Il8 THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES. 



GUNBOAT IN GLENDALE WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. 



The county authorities knew that it was utterly useless to 

 attempt the apprehension of any of those charged with 

 Breach of Interdict by the Police force at their disposal, 

 and they applied to Government for a gunboat or a mi- 

 litary force. Several meetings were held and resolutions 

 passed, by associations throughout the country, deprecating 

 the use of the military until all other means were exhausted, 

 as there was still hope that Sir John MacLeod's trustees 

 would reconsider the position they had taken up. The 

 result was that at 9 P.M. on Monday, 5th of February, a 

 gun-boat, the Jackal, left her moorings at Rothesay, and 

 arrived, after a rough passage and consequent delay, in the 

 North of Skye. She had neither military nor police force 

 on board. On Friday the 9th, she anchored in Poltiel bay, 

 opposite Glendale, and sent an officer ashore, who was met 

 by some of the crofters, and courteously received. It was 

 arranged that the people should meet Mr. Malcolm Mac- 

 Neill of the Board of Supervision, and Captain Macdonald 

 of Waternish, in the Free Church, at two o'clock the same 

 afternoon. The horns were sounded, and between 600 and 

 700 persons attended the meeting, when the two gentlemen 

 named were introduced by the Rev. John MacRae. Captain 

 Macdonald addressed the people in Gaelic, and explained 

 to them the object of Mr. MacNeuTs visit, which was of a 

 peaceable nature, after which the latter read the following 

 statement to the people, translated into Gaelic, by the Rev. 

 Mr. MacRae : 



Inhabitants of Glendale, I have come here to speak to you one last 

 word on behalf of the Government. It may be that you are not aware 

 how serious is the offence which you have committed in deforcing and 

 maltreating an officer carrying out the orders of the Supreme Court. If 



