, 1859-03-17
GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT.

GRACE DALRYNIPLE ELLIOTT.
AuEuo,n OF TIE FRENCH REyo1rrI6;S.. J.
From the CcntnEy-l
4 curious book has just been published in
London, interesting not only as ske'ea: TO the
career Of remarkable woman, but us present
ing new details, and anecdotes, Of many distin-
guished persons, and extraordinary sccncs Of
that apparently incxhaustible epoch, the Reign
Of Terror ut Paris. The work originated under
the century, When George the Third was king,
the physician Of that monarch, Mr.. Dundas, Gu
tcrtaincd him with stories of the adventures in
the French Revolution Of lady patient, who
WIS known to the royal auditor By other associ-
ations; for in her youth size had been on over
intimate terms with the Prince Of Wales, and
had passed from that embrace TO perilous fanI-
iarity with the Duke Of Orleans, Egalite. The
king lad thus, probably, heard Of her before.
He was excited by the story Of lcr participation
in the Revolution, and requested that it should
be written down for him. The wish was CON-
piled with, the manuscript was carried to the
king-and now, has at, length. found its way to
the public through the hands Of Mr. bentley.
The account Of tic lady's adventures may
best beg with the story Of her BIRTH. She
was born Of u celebrated family iii Scotland.
Her father was n distinguished lawyer, Sir 1Iew
Dalrymplc, vino gained the case for the Hamil-
ton family, in the disputed inheritance Of tho
Duke of Douglas-a case which excited i world
of attention at the time. Sir Hew married q
f
Ger in the army, lat sddn atahdcnra llcl, and in
this state Of desgrton his daughter Grace, the
hcroiilc Of ttIis story, wns born III her grand
mothers house. She WIS sent to 4 convent, in
France, for her education, and returned to Scot
lu1ld a.l eqtraurdinary beauty ut fifteen. Here
she was acen by ar ald bean ut one nf ller fatl-
er's supper parties, and l.sslly marrying tltuan
tique inamorato, beclme the wife Of Sir John
Elliott. An intrigue OIL her part led to divorce,
and her family a@ain placed her III Frcnc! con
vent We hear Of Lord Cholmondeley bring
iny her back to England. The Prince Of Wales
SAW her porsrait-Hle ',ad hecn ,'aintcd as i
beauty by tosway and Gainsborous sll-was ea-
time daughter by the Prince became belle
ton, was painted by Sir+}osna, aud married into
thu family uf the Duke If Portland. Tf1e alice
tuns Of the first crnlcta,t Of Europe were INT
very steady, or the lady WAS capricious. She
passed over to France about 17e,;-pecuniarity
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1ac a'''l.e1Sat! u .lle !aA;.E I'll the nas'he, u
witness tas "rst t;'n'.s feusts'ien' "hc., TN
NM, Ina queen "eh' 10 =, .he Champ ae alarS
ana wien Monsieur ae ialeffuhtt: t!en l'Sl'"l
., ~ -A't:ii' saia 1iaSs pcI"re tt,rit A3estes. \
MIS- !.t''"'' House III 1;ss' Maf!e -tht"E''te l.
Fel'na';:" u come an" ":'sS III tne psessah
;r"a''ss 'ls az -" h'a done III iess e'"oaif:s:v'
i"nfs.a iesose Snhpst VI sunshine Ill Il las
dareen'n: gay. iae personal attendance III:
s"t,eti1's1oc!'ee III tll1 "reten "a faHe,'e'
:tl'i HIS :!>Soe'SS' re SCI a""h ~ aihl1hfshlh:
Inc h":io:r "1 t'lr hlh: rules Ills atfch'i'stt
escape III" capture ilt'' hfei'''s cohes Ht.
,avs II" 'soao'. says our zealo'tS royal's', tina
Ii fAte'1e WIS pfss ~ the event. anu atter"arts
tnr"atEh 'ear' betrAsca Nun sne = "lfi'css Il
The pits"ts su1'rrlt'=s Ut that painful! rtnrn Il
far1s. " saw them III the Champs dElSste
us they came PACK, and witnessed such Il sccn
as 1t Is impossible t" describe. The in]olencee 9
tic nI!h. aid the wretel'cs s''t surrounded II.
t':srl.M. c.'acnt; they were III. WAS very trir
'lr. lne iaitlltu' taltIe dc Corps, "lln l.ad tN
l""rA shc hln:s. were t'ed, hands and trrf: wlt
ropes on the c"acli-b"x Of si'eir slajr>'ic> cAl
ria:e, wh'e', wcnt Ut ! foot racr, that thu moi,
s'cr* might t"1ow- They were !e4nin:: "u I'll
e"acii' st'"Sln. swearing, and s:sS':fE tl's mos
indecent language. They prevented any III
getting ntn the carriage. haugf the poor Quet