Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (CMSW) - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/cmsw/ Document : 587 Title: Extract 'The Declarations in Mr Woodburn's Affair Classed as they Relate to the Different Articles'. Author(s): Anonymous The Declarations in Mr Woodburns affair Claſsed as they relate to the Different articles. Article 1st That Mr Woodburn on the 17th of March laſt in a publick Company, in which his own Pupil, the Pupil of Mr Robinſon and ſeveral other Students were preſent, gave a toast which he explained in an obscene manner. Mr Long Page 27th Line 21st Mr Dunlop Page 40th Line 16th Mr Woodburns own acknowledgement page 68 Line 16th Article 2d That tho' the said Mr Robinſon reproved him for this in a manner that the Reproof was intended for him alone, yet he Mr Woodburn on the day following called Mr Robinſon out of the General Society and in Preſence of Mr Long, charged him with having uſed Mr Woodburn ill, & gave Mr Robinſon abuſive Language. Mr Long page 27th Line 12th - Mr Woodburn called Mr Robinſon a Coxcomb & a Puppy. Mr Woodburn acknowledges page 69 Line 9th that he called Mr Robinſon a Puppy and in page 72 Line Mr Wodburn admitts that he gave Mr Robinſon Contemptible names. Mr Will Wilſon page 99, declares that he heard the word Impertiment, uttered by Mr Robinſon, but did not at that time know what it related to. Mr Sinclair page 36. Lines 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th. Mr Pitt page 44th Mr Kennedy page 45th Lines 1 2d 5th Mr Thornton page 46 line 17th Mr Pollock page 47 line 16th Mr James McDowall page 96th. The Six preceding Gentlmen declare they did not hear the Words that paſsed betwixt Mr Robinſon & Mr Woodburn. Several of them think Mr Robinſon spoke with a Low Voice & delcare they observed no signs of anger betwixt them Mr Woodburn page 70 declares that Mr Wilſon could have the account of Mr Woodburns being ill uſed by Mr Robinſon from no body bu tfrom his (Mr Wilſons) own observation. Mr Wilſon page 97 declares that he thinks his saing Mr Woodburn was ill uſed by Mr Robinſon was founded on Converſation which he (Mr Wilſon) afterwards had with Mr Woodburn, and the other Gentlmen in Mr Donalds next to him. Exculpatory Mr Long page 27th at the bottom, declares That Mr Robinſon own'd (on the Saturdays Night when called out of the General Society) that he had a particular design of fishing out the Meaning of Mr Woodburns toast in order to expoſe him. See also page 85 Line 20th & page 89th at bottom. Article 3d That Upon the Day Following being Sunday, he prepared & Publiſhed a Paper called an Advertiſment the Intention of which was to provoke and to hurt mr Robinſon. Mr Kay page 18th page 20th Line 3d page 8th Line 22d & page 81st Line 1st Mr Will Wilſon page 38. From middle of Line 4th &c, page 98 Line 17th Mr Agnew page 39th Line 1, 2d, 3d, 4th 5th page 100, 101, & page 102 Line 4th. Mr Agnew page 113 declares "That Mr Woodburn did say that he was the original Author of that Advertiſment. Mr Woodburn page 109, Line 4th &c Being asked if he (Mr Woodburn) was the original Author or Compoſer of the above mentioned Advertiſmt Declares that he does not chuſe to answer that Question. Mr Woodburns Confeſsion before the Meeting. Article 4th That on the Day following [¿] on Monday he persuaded Mr John kay to addreſs a Letter to Mr Robinſon, and to convey it privatly to Mrs Lindsay's Houſe, which Letter contained an Advertiſment much the same with that which Mr Kay had got on the Day preceeding, and that this He Mr Woodburn did though he knew that Mr Robinſon was ill at that time. Mr Kay p: 18th - page 80th Line 18th Alexander Gowan page 110 Mr Woodburn's own Confeſsion before the Meeting Article 5th That when this Letter was ſhewn by Mr Robinſon to Mr Woodburn Mr Woodburn declared that he knew nothing at all about it. Article 6th That this Behaviour of Mr Woodburn above narrated gave occaſion to and produced a Riot within the College, in which Riot Mr Woodburn bore a part. Mr Roſe page 35th Line 3d, 4th & 12th Mr Woodburn page 64, acknowledges he gave Mr Robinſon the Ly Mr Mc Geouch page 95th, declares Mr Woodburn acted on the Defensive. Article 7th That after the Riot Mr Woodburn desired Mr Kay to ceal that he had conveyed the above mentioned Letter to Mrs Lindsays: That though Mr Kay had informed his Tutor that he had conveyed the said Letter to Mrs Lindsay, Mr Woodburn earnestly desired Mr Kay to [¿] or retract what Mr Kay had formerly told as Truth. Mr Kay page 19th at the bottom.