Kay's Originals Vol. 2

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Go to: « Kay's Originals Vol. 1 Kay's Originals Vol. 2 Title Pages Advetisement Notice to the First Edition CLXXI. Mr. John Dowie, Vintner, Libberton's Wynd CLXXII. Colin Campbell, Esq. of Kilberry, Argyleshire CLXXIII. The Lawnmarket Coach; or, A Journey Along the Mound CLXXIV. The Right Hon. Selina Countess Dowager of Huntingdon CLXXV. Jamie Duff, alias Bailie Duff CLXXVI. Major-General Alexander Mackay CLXXVII. Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank CLXXVIII. General James Grant of Ballindalloch CLXXIX. The Right Hon. the Earl of Moira, commander-in-chief of the forces in Scotland CLXXX. The Commander-in-Chief addressing the Edinburgh Spearmen CLXXXI. Mr. John Wemyss, Mr. Robert Clerk, and George Pratt CLXXXII. Two booksellers. Mr. William Coke and Mr. John Guthrie CLXXXIII. William Butter, Esq., and Sir John Morrison CLXXXIV. James Alexander Haldane, Esq., Minister of the Tabernacle, Leith Walk CLXXXV. Sergeant-Major Patrick Gould, and an Edinburgh Volunteer CLXXXVI. Mr. Benjamin Bell, Surgeon CLXXXVII. "The Five Alls." CLXXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Thomas Hardie CLXXXIX. Sir James Campbell, Bart., of Ardkinglass CXC. Dr. Andrew Duncan, Sen. CXCI. Dr. Andrew Duncan in 1797 CXCII. Major Andrew Fraser, the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and Sir John Whitefoord, Bart. CXCIII. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. of Ulbster CXCIV. Lord Stonefield CXCV. John Home, Esq., of Ninewells CXCVI. Mr. William Grinly, Broker and Auctioneer CXCVII. The Hon. Alexander Leslie, Lieut.-General and Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Foot. CXCVIII. Dr. James Hamilton, Senior CXCIX. Mr. William Mason, Secretary to the Grand Lodge CC. Rev. James Baine, A.M. CCI. Ebenezer Wilson, Brassfounder CCII. Sir Ilay Campbell, Bart. CCIII. Mr. John Campbell, Precentor CCIV. A medley of Musicians CCIV. A medley of Musicians CCV. William Wilson or "Mortar Willie" CCVI. Dr. Thomas Snell Jones, Minister of Lady Glenorchy's Chapel CCVII. William Forbes, Esq. of Callendar CCVIII. Dr. Gregory Grant CCIX. Rev. James Lapslie, Minister of Campsie CCX. O'Brien, the Irish Giant, and William Ranken, Esq. CCXI. Faithful Service Rewarded CCXII. Mr. George Williamson, King's Messenger and Admiral Macer for Scotland CCXIII. Mr. Francis Braidwood, Cabinet-Maker CCXIV. The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton CCXV. Rev. James Struthers, Minister of the Relief Chapel, College Street CCXVI. Rev. Mr. Struthers CCXVII. Lord Monboddo, in the Court of Session CCXVIII. Old Geordie Syme, a famous Piper in his time CCXIX. Sir John Leslie, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh CCXX. Old John Tait, the Broom-Maker CCXXI. James Hume Rigg, Esq. of Morton, Isaac Grant, Esq. of Hilton, Achibald Macarthur Stewart, Esq. of Ascog, The Hon. Captain (afterwards General), John Leslie, and Captain William Wemyss CCXXII. Rev. Dr. Buchanan, one of the Ministers of the Canongate Church CCXXIII. Old Widow Ellis CCXXIV. The City Tron-Men; or Chimney-Sweepers CCXXV. William Cumming, Esq. CCXXVI. Rev. John Wesley, Dr. Hamilton, and the Rev. Mr. Cole CCXXVII. Sir William Honyman, Bart., of Armadale CCXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Alexander Turnbull, of Dalladies CCXXIX. Margaret Suttie, a hawker of salt CCXXX. Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq., of Killileagh, in Ireland, and The Hon. Simon Butler CCXXXI. Citizen M. C. Browne CCXXXII. Rev. John Walker, D.D. CCXXXIII. M. De Latour, Painter to the King of France, Member of the Royal Academy of Painting at Paris, etc. CCXXXIV. Mr. Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the American Congress CCXXXV. Captain James Burnet, the Last Captain of the City Guard CCXXXVI. Samuel McDonald, in the Uniform of the Sutherland Fencibles CCXXXVII. Mr. Charles Sinclair CCXXXVIII. Rev. David Black, Minister of Lady Yester's Church, Edinburgh CCXXXIX. Thomas Jefferson, Esq., President of the United States of America CCXL. Major-General Aytoun and The Duc D'Angouleme CCXLI. Mr. Clinch and Mrs. Yates, in the characters of the Duke and Duchess of Braganza CCXLII. Alexander McKellar; or "The Cock o' the Green." CCXLIII. Lord Polkemmet CCXLIV. James Gillespie, Esq. of Spylaw, and his brother, Mr. John Gillespie CCXLV. Rev. Dr. John Colquhoun CCXLVI. Major Charles Johnstone CCXLVII. Andrew Donaldson, Teacher of Greek and Hebrew CCXLVIII. "Petticoat Government" CCXLIX. Campbell of Sonachan laughing at the Print of "Petticoat Government" CCL. Mr. Thomas Sommers, his Majesty's Glazier for Scotland CCLI. Mr. Francis Anderson, W.S., Mr. James Hunter, and his son, Mr. George Hunter CCLII. Rev. Robert Culbertson, of the Associate Congregation, Leith CCLIII. The Right Hon. Charles Hope of Granton, when Lord Advocate of Scotland CCLIV. Right Hon. Charles Hope CCLV. The Right Hon. William Pitt CCLVI. The Right Hon. William Pitt, and Henry Dundas, afterwards Lord Melville CCLVII. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewes CCLVIII. Dr. Thomas Hay, City Chamberlain, and Sir James Stirling, Bart. CCLIX. Colonel Monro, a well known blue-gown beggar CCLX. Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood, Bart. CCLXI. Sergeant William Duff CCLXII. Lord Balmuto CCLXIII. Rev. James Hall, D.D. CCLXIV. Mr. Hamilton Bell, W.S., carrying a Vintner's Boy from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, and Mr. John Rae, Surgeon-Dentist, accompanying him in the character of Bottle-Holder CCLXV. Mr. Edward Innes, and his second, Mr. James Cooper, following after Mr. Bell CCLXVI. The Artist under Examination by Sheriff Pringle, with the pursuers, Bell and Rae, sitting behind CCLXVII. The Hon. Sir Nash Grose, one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench CCLXVIII. Harvey Christian Combe, Esq., Lord Mayor of London CCLXIX. Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart., Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in his robes CCLXX. Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. of Trinity Church, Cambridge CCLXXI. Archibald McArthur, piper to the late Sir Reginald Macdonald Stewart Seton, of Touch and Staffa, Bart. CCLXXII. Mirza Aboul Hassan Khan, envoy extraordinary from the King of Persia to the Court of Great Britain CCLXXIII. Mr. John Finlayson, formerly a writer in Cupar-Fife CCLXXIV. Rev. David Dickson, minister of New North Church, Edinburgh CCLXXV. Hugh Macpherson, sometime Clerk to the Perth Carriers CCLXXVI. Mr. Henry Johnston, in the Character of Hamlet CCLXXVII. Rev. John Jamieson, D.D. CCLXXVIII. Robert Craig, Esq. of Riccarton CCLXXIX. David Smythe, Lord Methven CCLXXX. General Francis Dundas, Sir Henry Jardine, Sir Robert Dundas of Beechwood, Bart., Captain Hay, the Late Earl of Eglinton, and the Misses Maxwell, etc. CCLXXXI. Rev. John McDonald of the Gaelic Chapel, Castle Wynd, Edinburgh CCLXXXII. Lord Cullen, one of the senators of the College of Justice CCLXXXIII. The Edinburgh Fish-Women CCLXXXIV. William Macdonald, officer to the Highland Society of Scotland CCLXXXV. Sir William Miller of Glenlee, Bart. CCLXXXVI. Lieut.-General Vyse, in command of the Forces of Scotland CCLXXXVII. Rev. Dr. James Peddie, of the Associate Congregation, Bristo Street CCLXXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Peddie, in 1810 CCLXXXIX. Andrew McKinlay, tried for administering unlawful oaths CCXC. James Mackcoull, alias Captain Moffat CCXCI. Beetty Dick, Town-Crier of Dalkeith CCXCII. Two Chairmen; or, "The Social Pinch." CCXCIII. James McKean, at the Bar of the High Court of Justiciary CCXCIV. Sir William Macleod-Bannatyne (Lord Bannatyne) CCXCV. Training a Councillor CCXCVI. John Steele CCXCVII. Mr. John Austin, author of a "System of Stenographic Music" CCXCVIII. Robert Kay, Esq., Architect CCXCIX. Captain Billair and his Wife, who, though a tall woman, always wore high-heeled shoes CCC. The Last Sitting of The Old Court of Session CCCI. Rev. Alexander King, of the Relief Congregation, Dalkeith CCCII. Francis Jeffrey, Esq., Advocate CCCIII. Captain Dalrymple, and Miss Macdonald of Clanronald CCCIV. The Lovers CCCV. Dr. John Brown, alias "The Devil Killer" CCCVI. Miss Burns, a celebrated beauty of last century CCCVII. A Political Set-To; or, "Freedom of Election" Illustrated CCCVIII. Mr. Pierie and Mr. Maxwell. The Ladies are in the Costume of 1785 CCCIX. Rev. George Husband Baird, D.D. CCCX. Provost Elder and Principal Baird. CCCXI. Dr. John Hope, Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh CCCXII. Second Division of the Court of Session CCCXIII. Jerome William Knapp LL.D., Deputy-Clerk of Arraigns CCCXIV. Three Social Friends. Mr. Robert Kay, Mr. Louis Cauvin, and Mr. David Scott CCCXV. Mrs. Smith, in the costume of 1795 CCCXVI. The Hon. William Ramsay Maule, of Panmure, afterwards Lord Panmure of Brechin and Navar CCCXVII. A. Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont, Lord Advocate of Scotland, and A. Maconochie, Esq. (Lord Meadowbank), then Solicitor-General CCCXVIII. The Hon. Francis William Grant of Grant, Colonel of the Inverness-shire Militia CCCXIX. Rev. David Dickson, D.D. CCCXX. Twelve Advocates who plead with wigs on CCCXXI. Rev. James-Francis Grant, of St. George's Chapel, York Place, Edinburgh CCCXXII. The Craft in Danger CCCXXIII. Robert Sym, Esq., writer to the Signet CCCXXIV. Rev. Henry Grey, A.M. CCCXXV. Mr. Robert Macgachen, Accountant of Excise CCCXXVI. Twelve Advocates, who plead without wigs CCCXXVII. John Rose, Esq. of Holme CCCXXVIII. Major Skey, and the Right Hon. Lord Clive (now Earl of Powis), of the Shropshire Militia CCCXXIX. Archibald Campbell, City Officer CCCXXIX.* Archibald Constable, Esq. Appendix Notes to Vol. 2 Index to the Portraits, etc. in Vol. 2 Index to the Names Incidentally Mentioned in the Second Volume » Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time » Edinburgh Past and Present » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. I » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 173 of Clonmell) having summed up the evidence, the jury retired a few minutes, and returned with a verdict of guilty, which the audience heard with strong manifestations of disapprobation. Mr. Rowan was conveyed back to Mewgate ; and as Mr. Curran-who had been repeatedly applauded even in CourCwas about to proceed home, the horses were taken from his carriage, and he was drawn to his own house by the people-a vast crowd of whom were congregated, anxiously waiting the result of the trial. A motion was made on the part of Hamilton Rowan for a new trial ; but this being overruled, he was brought before the Court of King’s Bench on the 7th February, when Justice Boyd pronounced the sentence of the Gourd“ That Archibald Hamilton Rowan should be imprisoned in the gaol of Newgate, for two years, to commence from the day of his trial ; that he should pay a fine of X500 to his Majesty, and remain in prison till the same be paid; and that he shall give security to keep the peace for seven years himself, in 322000, and two sureties in .€E1000 each.” In his defence before the Court, Mr. Rowan did not attempt to palliate his political conducd“1 have heard much of United Irishmen,” said he -“much calumny here and elsewhere. I avow myself to be one -my name has appeared to several of their publications. I glory in the name. On entering tha.t Society I took a test, by which I am bound to seek for the emancipation of every class of my fellow-citizens, and to procure (by spreading information, for that is the only mode a few men assembled in Back-lane can adopt) a reform in the representation of the people-a reform, the necessity of which has been allowed even in Parliament. These are our objects-objects which I am bound to pursue to their completion.” Mr. Rowan had not been long in Newgate when, by the arrest of Jacksonan English divine who came to Ireland as an emissary of the French-he had every reason to think it probable that he might be implicated in a charge of high treason. He therefore resolved to effect his escape-which he accomplished in a singular and romantic manner. From his station in society, and respectability of character, he was frequently permitted to accompany Mrs. Rowan without the walls to her carriage, and indulged in many other privileges by the gaolers. Of his escape and subsequent particulars of his history, the following unvarnished yet interesting narrative has been given by himself : “Dublin, December 1816. . “When I had been in Newgate about four months, in consequence of my sentence, the Rev. Mr. Jackson, an Englishman, and an emissary from France, came to this country. He was accompanied by another person, to whom he had communicated the object of his mission, and who pretended to assist his views, but had in fact betrayed him to the minister, and accompanied him to Ireland as a spy. We had several conferences ; and at last a statement of the situation of this country waa agreed upon and given to Jackson, in my hand-writing. Mr. Jackson’s friend waa employed by him to put this into the Post Office, directed to Hamburgh. He was seized in the act, and takeu before the Privg. CounciL Mr. Jackson was committed to prison. In the evening Mr. Jackson’s friend came to my room, and reqiiested I would procure him admission to Jackson, which I did ; for at this time there was no suspicion of the friend, nor of my being implicated with Jackson. In this interview he said, that in his examination he had acknowledged the letter to have been given to him by Jackson ; They were introduced to me in the jail.

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174 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. said the Privy Council seemed to be much exasperated against me, and had asked him whether the statement was not in my hand-writing ?-which he had answered by saying he had never seen me write ; that his examination was not legal evidence, as he had refused to sign it ; and that he was determined to return immediately to England ; but that at any rate it was necessary to have two witnesses to convict of high treason ; and if we adhered to one another we should be safe. I asked him whether Jackson’s situation would be rendered worse in case I could make my escape. He said, No ; but he feared the thing would be impossible. I left him with his friend and have never seen him since.‘ “ The next morning I set about my scheme, and got it accomplished at twelve that night. It would be a waste of paper to recount the various deceptions practised on the under jailor, which induced him to accompany me to my own house, where a rope being slung ready out of a two pair of stairs window, enabled me to descend into the garden, and to take a horse out of the stable, and meet a friend who should conduct me to a place of refuge. “When the gaoler became impatient, and forced into my wife’s room, she made him every offer if he would conceal himself and go to America, not raising a pursuit, but permitting it to be supposed that he had accompanied me in my flight, which he absolutely refused, swearing that he would as soon see me hanged.a I was taken to the house of a gentleman named Sweetman, since dead. It was soon found that the most probable means of escaping from this country would be a small pleasure boat of Mr. Sweetman’s ; but she was neither sea-worthy, nor equipped for a Channel cruise ; and a farther question was, who would risk themselves with me who were not in the same danger! Mr. Sweetman, however, did not despair, and was successful. He procured three sailors of the vicinity of Buldoyle, where his house was, about four miles from Dublin, to whom he promised they should be well paid if they would take a gentleman to France in his boat ; and they consented. Two of them, the most trusty, had been in the smuggling trade, and knew the coasts of both countries. In the evening, when Mr. Sweetman returned, the three men came to him and showed him a proclamation which had been distributed during his absence, and which offered in different sums-from the Government, the city, and the gaoler-nearly 22000 for my apprehension. They said, ‘It is Mr. Hamilton Rowan we are to take to France ;’ without hesitation he answered it was. They as instantly replied, ‘ Never mind it. “We sailed with a fair wind, which, however, in the night got ahead, and blew hard. As we could not keep the sea, we returned to our old moorings under Howth. The next day the wind was again fair ; and after some other occurrences on the third day I landed at Roscoff, on the coast of Bretagne, under the fortified town of St. Paul de Leon. “ I remained an eventful year in France, and sailed from Havre, passing as an American to Philadel~hia.~ My departure from France being known, the Earl of Clare gave Mrs. H. R. an assurance that, although the prosecution against me must proceed with the utmost rigour, yet he would use his influence to procure a restoration of the estates to the family-eight children and herself. All the forms of law were gone through, except the appointment of an agent for “ The next day was occupied in procuring provisions, charts, etc. etc. By - we will land him safe.’ The fate of Jackson created great excitement in Dublin. His trial took place in April 1794 ; and being convicted, he was brought up for judgment on the 30th of the same month. He was observed to be suffering from acute bodily pain ; and, while sentence was about to be pronounced, he dropped down and expired. On a post-nwrtent examination it appeared that his death was occasioned by poison, which he had himself administered. * Two of the under keepers of Newgate, Alexander M‘Dowell and William M‘Dowell, were brought to trial at the Court of King’s Bench for “aiding and assisting the escape of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, and sentenced to be imprisoned one year and nine months, being the annexed period of Mr. Rowan’s sentence, and to pay a fine of E250 each, making 2500-the sum which Mr. Rowan was condemned to pay.” He had a narrow escape ; the vessel in which he sailed was boarded by his Majesty’s ship MeZump ; and Mr. Rowan was introduced. to the officer as a Mr. Thomson of South Carolina. Soon after his arrival, he had the singular plemure of meeting accidentally, at a caf6 in Philadelphia, some of his most distinguished friends, Wolfe Tone, Napper Tandy, Thomas Addis Emmet, and others : all active leaders of the United Irishmen, and who had separately succeeded in reaching America. a Mr. Rowan arrived in Philadelphia from Havre on the 17th July 1795.

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