The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-10 00:00:00

MR. BEAUMONT and MR. LAMBTON.

VARIOUS incorrect statements of the affair of
honour between Mr. Beaumont and Mr. Lambton having
appeared in the London newspapers, we are requested to insert,
upon authority, the following account of the affair.

In consequence of some expressions which passed between Mr.
Beaumont and Mr. Latnbton upon the hustings at Alnwick, on
Friday last, Mr. Lambton, on leaving the hustings, immediately
sent a note to Mr. Beaumont, informing him that an express had
been dispatched for General Grey, whose arrival might be shortly
expected, and requesting Mr. Beaumont to provide himself in the
mean time with a friend to commuicate with the General.

At seven o'clock in the evening, General Grey arrived, and was
referred to Captain Plunkett as the friend of Mr. Beaumont. The
General proposed a meeting on the Moor at nine o'clock that
evening. Captain Plunkett at first objected to this, observing,
that u Mr. Lambton had given the utmost publicity to the quar-
rel, the parties must necessarily be disturbed upon the ground ;
and as a preferable measure, Captain Plunkett suggested that the
meeting should take tike place in the morning, a few miles north
of the Tweed. General Grey, however, persisted in his propo-
sition, and Captain Plunkett, as bound to do, acceded to it, but
not without putting in writing and delivering to the General, his
objections to any meeting whatever, within a distance of less than
14 miles of Alnwick.

About half-peat eight o'clock, Mr. Beaumont, accompanied by
Capt. Plunkett, left Alnwick by a back way, and had proceeded
on foot about half a mile on the road towards the Moor, when
they were passed 'by Mr. Lambton- and Gen. Grey in Mr. Lamb-'
ton's' carriage. Their own carriage was then about 100 yards
behind Mr. Lainbton's, and the moment it came up, they stepped
into it, and went forward. Finding, however, that they.were
closely followed by an immense munber of people, Capt. Plunkett
saw 'very clearly'that their object must be frustrated, and re-
quested Mr. Beaumont to leave the carriage, while he (Capt. P.)
Would go forward, and explain to General Grey the impossibility
of settling the affair that evening.
On Captain Plunkett's speaking with General Grey, it was
agreed that the meeting should take place on the following morning
at '1 o'clock. At that hour, next morning, the parties returned to
the Moor, but being again interrupted, they proceeded by different
routes to Belford, and actually succeeded in getting a meeting near
to Balmbrongh, when, after exchanging shots, General Grey
stepped up to Captain Plunkett, and asked whether enough had
not been done for the honour of the parties ? Captain Plunkett,
who was then in the act of putting a second pistol into the hands
bf Mr. Beaumont, replied that his friend was not there for the
purpose of offering any apology to Mr. Lambton, nor could any
apology be made, but that if General Grey thought proper to
withdraw Mr. Lambton, he (Captain P.) would withdiaw Mr.
Beaumont. Here the affair terminated, without any communica-
tion between the principals.
The following is a Copy of the Statement drawn up and agreed
upon by the friends of the parties :--
"In consequence of some language which occurred on the Hue-
tinge at Alnwick yesterday, a Meeting took place this afternoon at
Balinbrough, between John George Lambton, Esq. M.P. and
Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq. when after au exchange of
shots, the affair terminated to the satisfaction of the Seconds.
" Alnwick, Ist July, 1826."