At length, a general amnesty was proclaimed, and several notedJacobites, compromised by the part they had taken in the rebellion,reappeared in the town.
Amongst them was the Rev. Mr. Clayton, who was reinstated as chaplainof the collegiate church.
Long afterwards, whenever allusion was made at a Jacobite meeting tothe eventful year of our story, it was designated the "fatal'Forty-Five."
A sad period no doubt. Yet some ancient chroniclers of the town, whohave long disappeared from the scene, but to whom we listeneddelightedly in boyhood, were wont to speak of the prince's visit toManchester as occurring in the Good Old Times.
The Good Old Times!--all times are good when old!
THE END.
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