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made a request that he might join his cousin at Dumfries, but 

 the officials rephed that " it cannot be allowed." Lieutenant 

 Fleitz, as we have noted, was transferred from Dumfries to 

 Lockerbie. 



The Dumfries Courier, 8th September, 1812, is our autho- 

 rity for the following- : — " Several prisoners of war arrived 

 at Lockerbie last week from Leith, among- those are two 

 ladies, the one French, the other Spanish." Jean Victor, 

 Captain, 15th Reg-iment ; D. Rostagnol, Captain, 3rd Reg;i- 

 ment Line; and T. Limosin, Captain 36th Regiment Line, 

 were invalided to France via Leith on 24th August, 1813. 



Some of the prisoners acquired a liking for whisky, and 

 two, father and son, who lodged in the Black Bull Inn, writing 

 home to their friends, told what a cold bleak country Scotland 

 was, and said they had bad colds, and in the land they were 

 in there was only one medicine for all ills, whisky, but it was 

 very expensive, and their allowance did not admit of their 

 getting it often. 



It was noticed that one officer was shunned by all the 

 others, and on being asked why he was kept at a distance, 

 one of them replied : — " Ah, him ! A bad man; he was one 

 of the poisoners employed by Napoleon in Egypt." That 

 black stain could not be forgotten. 



The following is noted in the Dumfries Courier, April 

 26th, 1814 : — " The fa\ourable weather on the market day at 

 Lockerbie (Thursday last) gave rise to much gaiety and mirth. 

 The White Cockade was worn on almost every head ; even 

 the French gentlemen shook the Bourbon ribbon to the wind ; 

 indeed, ' Perish the Tyrant !' and ' Long life to Louis 

 XVHL !' were the songs of the day. A brilliant illumination 

 took place in Lockerbie on the news of the downfall of the 

 Tyrant and the venerable Bourbon being called to the throne 

 of his ancestors." 



LOCHMABEN. 



The following information was derived from John Hume, 

 Lochmaben, born New Year's Day, 1800, and Mungo Martin 

 Bell, a bootmaker in Lochmaben, grandson of Alexander 

 Martin, the writer in Lockerbie who paid the pensions to the 



