Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

DUBLIN, May 3.

Particulars of the Escape of Archibald Hamilton Rowan.

Mr. Rowan had been on all occasions allowed the full and free intercourse of his family and friends, and especially his wife and children, who generally dined and spent the evening at his apartments, and always went away at ten o'clock.

At half past nine on Thursday night, Mr. Gregg, the head gaoler, paid his usual visit to the prison, in order to see all his prisoners locked up, and that every thing was quiet.

Mr. Rowan, with his wife and children were then in their apartment. It has been usual with him to escort his wife to the prison door on her departure—an indulgence never refused him, because a firm, but (it seems) a very ill-founded confidence was placed on his honor, that nothing like an attempt to escape would have ever entered his mind.

Mr. Rowan, however; (very honorably) took care to profit by this apparent security of his keepers.

Some time before Mrs. Rowan was prepared to depart on Thursday night, a bonfire was lighted in Green-street, nearly opposite the prison door, (it being May night) and surrounded by a numerous crowd of the populace. As Mrs. Rowan reached her carriage, which waited before the prison, several squibs were thrown, and the horses became rather restive.

Mr. Rowan, who still stood at the door with one of the turnkeys, without his hat reached forward with apparent eagerness to see if his wife was in any danger, and, as if alarmed for her situation, rushed hastily towards the steps, which he descended with rapidity, and instantly mixing with the crowd, ran off.

The coach, in the mean time, set out at full gallop, and the turnkey, missing his prisoner, pursued the coach to Mr. Rowan's house in Dominick street, where he searched in vain for Mr. Rowan.

What seems a little extraordinary in the matter is, that no report of Mr. Rowan's escape was made either to Mr. Gregg, or to any magistrate, until yesterday morning.

Some circumstances of a most alarming tendency and treasonable nature, which have transpired relative to Mr. Rowan, since the apprehension of Jackson, are supposed to have been the motives that urged the former to attempt a precipitate escape, in which he effectually succeeded.

Matters, it is said, were so well pre-concerted in this business, that Mr. Rowan had a horse in waiting, upon which he set off immediately for Rush, from whence he was directly conveyed on board an American vessel, which waited for him off that place, and sailed the instant he came on board.

A scene of treason long since developed in the views of that party with whom Rowan was concerned, is at length brought into proof, and will in a few days be brought to light, and which will shew the principles of that party in their true colours.
Party in such horrible colours as might excite in the public mind sensations towards Rowan's character and conduct extremely different from that common ration heretofore expressed for his rash and very extraordinary zeal for reformation.