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ECHOES OF OLD LEEDS.
property,and fleeinginto the country. The army spoken
of wasthat ofMarshall Wade, andtheplace where it was
encamped afterwards adopted names for the different
localities having reference to the incident. Such are
Wade Lane and Camp Road. Opposite the end of
Merrion Street was Wade Hall, an Elizabethan stone
building,and here it is said Marshall Wade took up his
quarters during the encampment. This encampment is
worthy of notice as being the last pitchedupon English
ground for purposes of actualwarfare. Another fact connected
with the '45 Rebellionwas that the commander of
the Royal troops at Edinburgh was General Guest, a
native of Leeds, and in earlylife a cloth-dresser, which
was also theprofessionofhis father. The Jacobite cause
was in a great measure lost through Guest's defence of
Edinburgh Castle. In1748 Henry Ibbetson, of the Red
Hall,Leeds, was createda baronetfor his loyalty,and was
permitted to add to his family arms the bearing of the
Golden Fleece, that of Leeds,his native town.
The cruel " sport " of bull-baiting was not yet extinct.
We find the Leedsnewspapersin 1792 inveighingagainst
the continuance of such " inhumanamusements."
Leeds on various occasions provedits loyalty. At the
time when the invasion by the French was feared, the
volunteers of Leeds speedily enrolled themselves for
the country's defence. The next year (1795) the quota of
27 men for the Navy was raised without any difficulty,
and in 1798 a regiment was raised of persons who found
all their accoutrements and served withoutpay.
In 1742 the Rev. John Wesley came into the county,
the first place he preached at being Birstal. He also
preached at Beeston, Mirfield, and Leeds. The journal
kept by Wesley has the following entry: —" Not a year
before(May 29th, 1743),Ihad come to Leeds and found
no man caredfor the things ofGod; but a spark has now
fallenin this place also, and it will kindle a great flame.
Imet the infant society, about fifty in number, most of
them justified,and exhorted them to walk circumspectly.