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THE, Charles Edward Stuart, of Scotland, who was defeated by the Duke of Cumberland, at Culloden, April 16, 1746. The Scotch lost 2,500 men killed on the field, or in the slaughter which occurred in the cruel pursuit, while the loss of the English did not far exceed 200. Prince Charles, who wandered among the wilds of Scotland for six months, while $150,000 were offered for taking him, at length escaped from Uist to Morlaix, and died in Rome, March 3, 1788.

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