Miss Grant, daughter of Sir Colquhoun Grant, has eloped with
Mr. Brinsley Sheridan. The Morning Post supplies the following particu- lars of this affair.
" The young lady has 40,0001. of her own settled upon her, besides expecta- tions of a considerable fortune in addition to this. The absence of Sir Colqu- houn Grant from London was chosen to carry into execution a plan, it is said, long since matured; and, we fear, under circumstances not very creditable to some of the female parties accessory to the transaction. Three fashionable ladies are said to have been cognizant of the whole transaction, and rumours are afloat of an intention to prosecute for a conspiracy to carry off the lady. An extempore wardrobe for the fair fugitive is said to have been provided for her
by her female coadjutors ; among which was included a celebrated nightcap, to which, it is to be hoped, the same accident will not again occur as befel it on the first occasion on which it was worn by its lovely owner."
The " fashionable ladies " alluded to are Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Black- wood, and Lady Seymour, all sisters of Mr. Sheridan. It was from Mrs. Norton's that the lady went off. In order to deceive pursuers, one carriage was sent towards Dover, while the fugitives made the best of their way to Gretna Green in another. We perceive by a paragraph in the _Dumfries Courier, that Mr. Sheridan was married to Miss Grant at " Gretna 1-1811 " on Sunday morning at five o'clock. It is said that Lord Morpeth is about to marry a daughter of Earl Fitzwilliam.
It is stated in a letter from Lisbon, that Lady Howard de Walden had lately nearly poisoned herself by a large dose of laudanum she swallowed, by mistaking it for some other medicine ; but a powerful emetic saved her Ladyship. Notice has been given from the Post-office, that in future letters for the General Post may be put into the boxes in different parts of the Metropolis as late as six-o'clock, instead of five. The Postmaster-General has informed the Members of the two Houses of Parliament, that the receiving houses at the Branch Post- offices, Charing Cross, Vere Street, and Lombard Street, will in fu- ture be opened on Sunday until 7 p.m., for the reception of letters franked by them on that day, to be forwarded by Monday's post. The Members can now receive thirty letters (double number) on Mon- day mornings ; before they could only receive fifteen, and all extra were charged postage.!
The Commissioners of the Great Seal have presented the son of the Vice-Chancellor to the Rectory of All Soul's, Southampton. This is doing business, and following the precept of St. Paul as to taking care of those of " our own household."—Morning Post.
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