The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-30 00:00:00

LATE ELOPEMENT.

MEETING BETWEEN SIR COLQUHOUN
GRANT AND LORD SEYMOUR.

We are authorised to publish the subjoined letter and
statements :

LITTER FROM. SIR C. GRANT TO LORD
SEYMOUR.

MY LORD—Such has been the stupor and 'subsequent
agony of mind I have endured since the sad event that has
deprived me of the only remaining prop and comfort of my
life, that till now I have not beet, able to calm my senses, or
command my reason sufficiently to enable me to examine the
circumstances connected with this foul transaction.

" If I have found it hard, very hard my Lord, to bear up
against those afflictions which the will of Heaven has visited
me with, till but only one of all I had to bless my home was
left to me, it is, L find, beyond humanity to endure that this
last solace of my life, for whom alone I wished to live,
should be torn from me by a train of artifice disgraceful as it
is cruel.

" My Lord, I have said thus much, not with any wish or
hope to move your sympathy for that mockery would from
you be fresh wrong ; but purely that you may know that if I
have a heart that deeply feels a grief, it can as acutely feel a
wrong. _ _ .

" The guilt of this my wrong, my Lord, is shared by many ;
by some placed beyond the reach of that vengeance due from
me, and whom I must leave to the honour and character of
society to punish ; by others, too, whom the laws of honour
bring within my grasp ; among the latter I have just grounds
for fixing you, my Lord.
" It might be hard, however so decided by law, in home
cases, to hold a man responsible for the acts of his wife— such
as where he could not, with the most honest feelings, control
them ; but surely where, by active or tacit concurrence, he
witnesses, wickedly or tamely, the most grievous injury done
by her, the husband cannot complain that that redress which
could' not in such-case be obtained from the wife should be -de-
manded at his' hands. In this precise predicament is your
Lordship placed with regard to me. ,
At your house, from whence it was known, mark, that my
child had eloped, were assembled, with yourself and Lady
Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Blackwood, and Mrs.
Sheridan, in whose presence (added to that of Colonel and
Miss Armstrong, just arrived) my friend, arid, in the'event of
my death, my daughter's guardian, as he stated himself to be,
Sir Robert M'Farlane, required of your wife intelligence of
her flight. This, in your hearing, and in that of all present,
Lady Seymour yet-used.; "And you, not enforcing Sir R.
NfiVailane'S right to trace my daughter, Will, I think, be ac-
cused by all, as well as by myself, of having lent yourself to
the plot, and for thispost dishonourable conduct I demand
that yoli render me satisfaction. • '
" My friend, the `bearer of this, will, with yours,- arrange
Patters without delay to this end.—l have the honour to be,
my Lord, your obedient servant, '
(Signed) ' " COLQUEIOUN GRANT.
":Grosvenor-square, May 28, 1835.7' •

"1 'C-A PTA IN 'llO SE'S. Sir AT2MEN T. , -
• . May 29,-1835.
" I waited on Lord Seymour with Sir. C. Grant's letter (a
"eoliY of ivhich is" inclosed); on Friday motaiing.
His Lor -
ship said that, before her took any steps with regard- to, that
letter, he wished to see Sir Colquhoun himself, in order to.re-
meVe an erroneous impression which appeared to exist in Sir
Colquhoun's mind with'-regard to the share 'Lady Seymour
bad had in the matter referred to, stating, at the same time,
that the explanation which ha wished to afford Sir Colquhoun
would be without prejudice to the measures which be would
subsequently adopt respecting that portion of the letter which
had reference to himself. This, I said, would be perfectly
irregular, and that I could not advise Sir Colquhoun to'grant
such an interview ; and that unless his Lordship could state
that Miss Grant did not elope from his house, and that he was
not present wh6n Sir Robert M'Farlane demanded informa-
tion as to her route after her flight, Sin Colquhoun's opinion
could .not be altered. Mr. Bentinck called on me shortly
afterwards, and again repeated Lord Seymour's wish that
Sir C. Grant should separate Lady Seymour from any share
in the transaction, in which he said she had been in .no way
concerned; stating, at the same time, that Lord Seymour
was perfectly ready to meet Sir Colquhoun immediately, and
give him any satisfaction he might require for any share he
might suppose him to have had in the affair. I then said that
if Lord Seymour would state that he had no knowledge of the
transaction previous to the moment of the elopement. 'I would
endeavour to change 'Sir Colquhoun's determination.. This
Mr. Bentinck said was out of the question, as Lord Seymour
had known of the transaction an hour before it took place. An
-immediate meeting- was 'then agreed upon, previous to which
Mr. Bentinck again urged that Sir C. Grant should state in
writing that he called upon Lord Seymour for satisfaction for
his Lordship's share in the business, and not for any participa-
tion which Lady Seymour had had in it. I thought this a fair
request, and submitted it to Sir Cdlquhoun, who refused to'
accede to it. The parties met in a field near Hampstead, and
after a change of shots, without effect, Sir C. Grant begged
me to lead again. Mr. Bentinck came up to me at this mo-
ment, and asked if I considered that "I,Ord Seymour had
afforded Sir Colquhoun the 'satisfaction he required?. I an-
swered that I conceived he had ; upon which Mr. Bentinck
stated that Lord Seymour was now ready to explain to Sir
Colquhoun various circumstances connected with the transac-
tion which had caused the meeting, and which would probably
much alter his opinion with regard to it. The parties then
left the ground without any further communication.
" GEO. PITT, ROSE."

" I have read over the above statement, signed by Captain
Rose, and I consider it to be a correct account of what passed
on the occasion.
" White's, May 29." " G. BENTINCK.