---
_id: cni00051439
data:
  actDates:
    - end: 1823
      lang: eng
      start: 1819
      text: 1819-1823
  actNote:
    - intro: acti
      lang: eng
      text: printer
  extResource:
    - display: http://www.nls.uk/
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)
      url: http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index
  external:
    - auth: NLS-SBTI
      country: UK
      date: 20080207
  foundIn:
    - '“Hugh Davidson. Lanark: a series of papers”. Edinburgh, 1910'
    - 'Robert Alexander. “Letter to Sir J. Mackintosh, Knt. M.P. explanatory of the whole circumstances which led to the robbery of the Glasgow Sentinel Office; to the death of Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart”.;... Glasgow: printed in the Sentinel Office, 1822'
    - "William Borthwick. “Proceedings against Wm. Murray Borthwick, at the instance of His Majesty's Advocate, and of Robert Alexander, styling himself editor and proprietor of the Glasgow Sentinel newspaper. With an appendix of documents, and a preface, by William Murray Borthwick”. Edinburgh for J. Robertson, 1822"
    - 'Peter Mackenzie. “Reminiscences of Glasgow”. vol.1 p.366-99, 1890'
    - Cadell
  generalNote:
    - lang: eng
      text: "William Murray Borthwick published a cheap magazine called “The Clydesdale Magazine” at Lanark. On its failure he projected in February 1820, “The Clydesdale Journal” 'a loyal weekly paper'. He advertised in a Glasgow paper for an editor who could advance £300 and Robert Alexander applied. He went to Hamilton early in July 1820, but withdrew when he discovered the real circumstances. However he was persuaded to take the editorship on the understanding that the paper should be removed to Glasgow. The last number of the “Clydesdale Journal” appeared on 28 September 1821. In 1821 the printing materials were sequestered at the instance of Borthwick's creditors and bought in by Alexander who thereafter published the “Glasgow Sentinel”. Borthwick was imprisoned in March 1822 for an old debt in 1822. He wrote to some of the individuals who had been traduced by the “Sentinel”, and offered them the originals of the offending articles if they paid his debt and released him from prison. They did and he broke into the offices of the “Sentinel” and a large part of the papers of the newspaper were taken away to Edinburgh. Borthwick was apprehended and indicted for trial at Glasgow in April 1822, but proceedings were ultimately dropped. The papers resulted in the fatal duel between James Stuart of Dearn and Sir Alexander Boswell Bart of Auchinleck. Robert Alexander, printer of Glasgow was admitted to Sanctuary for debt at Holyroodhouse 6 January 1823."
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Alexander
        - firstname: Robert
      usedBy:
        - NLS-SBTI
  place:
    - id: cnl00026653
      part:
        - name: Hamilton
      typeOfPlace: actv
    - id: cnl00026646
      part:
        - name: Glasgow
      typeOfPlace: actv
  related:
    - end: 1821
      part:
        - entry: Robert Alexander and William Murray Borthwick
      start: 1819
      tmp: sbti:add record link
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
    - end: 1821
      part:
        - entry: Clydesdale Journal Office
        - addition: Hamilton
      start: 1819
      tmp: sbti:confirm related
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
    - end: 1823
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: 'Nelson Street, Glasgow'
      part:
        - entry: Glasgow Sentinel Office
      start: 1821
      tmp: sbti:confirm related
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2014-03-14T12:00:00Z
  remark:
    - 'SBTI original entry: ALEXANDER, Robert <printer> Hamilton and Glasgow'
    - 'Warning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution.'
  status: n