The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-18 00:00:00

VIOLENT OUTRAGE.

LMT Sunday, the Rev. LOCKIIART GORDON, and
Mr. LAUDCN GORDON, brothers, dined with Mrs.
LEE. a Lady of considerable property, at her house
in B',lton-row, Piccadilly. In a short time after din-
ner Mrs. LE R rang the bell of an adjoining room to
that in which she had been dining with the Gentle-
men, which was answered by a female servant,
whom Mrs. LE e ordered to get her a glass of Water,
appeared very low spirited, and desired the servant
to remain in the adjoining room, as she was afraid
the Gentlemen would take her away; to which the
servant answered, 'that it Was impossible to take her
out of herown iitisei-but Mrs. LEE replied, they
were armed with pistols, and feared they would
force her ; she then returned to the room where
they dined, and in a few minutes after, Mrs. LEE'S
footman was sent out to call a hackney coach ;
while he was gone, the two female servants were
alarmed by their mistress's voice, saying, " I will
not be taken our of my own house," which induced
them to go to her assistance, when they found the
two Mr. GoßnoNs forcing Mrs. LEE down stairs
from the drawing-room, and Mrs. LEE holding by
the bannisters, resisting them ; on which they went
to her assistance, and endeavoured to. rescue her
from the Gentlemen, when Mr. LOCKHART GoR.
DON seized them both, and presenting "a pistol,
swore he would shoot them both if they masse any
noise or resistance, and succeeded in. forcing Mrs.
LEE out of her house into a post chaise, which
was in waiting within a few yards of the door,
the post.boy being ready, mounted, and off
as soon as the parties got in, with the greatest speed
possible. The servants followed it with screams and
cries, but in vain ; the swiftness with whiCh it
drove eluded all pursuit. The. servants making.
this extraordinary circumstance ''known to Mrs.
LEE'S friends on Monday morning, Mr. PARKIN
(the Solicitor for the Post-Office) applied, with the
servants, at the Public Office, -Bow-street, and Mr..
ROBINSON, the Sitting Magistrate, issued his War-
rant to apprehend the Mr. GrIRDONS ; and Miller
and Atkins, two of the Officers, were dispatched
in pursuit of the parties. They continued their
inquiries during the day, and it the evening they
learned, that Mr. LoctotAßT GORDON had been at
his lodgings in the New-road, Mary-le-bonne, 'and
had dressed and gone out to a ball in Portlan&place,
to which ther..puesuEd him, as dirthed; but on
their arrival at the,tiouse they learnt he had been
there, but was gone. Having lost Al trace of him,
they thought they must•give up the pursuit for • the
night, it then being near eleven.o'clock ; but before
they returned home they set off for Mrs. LEE'S
house, to see that all was quiet there,
.but when
they got into Bolton-street they heard thc.Wat'Gh.
men's rattle, and 'on ..,their coming 'up to* the spot,
found a Gentleman in, their custody, who, on in.
quiry proved to beMr;LoctcHAßt
.Gpßoota, ppon..
which the Officers told him; they lad a warrant
against him. .J-iis,.pistols 'were then taken from him,
and he was secured ; they both.proved to be loaded
with balls,_ It appeared that Mr,,.GoR.DoN had been
to Mrs. LEE'S house about eleven o'clock that night,
in a hackney-coach, and having gained atlinittance
into the passage, told the,servantslie was coipe•for
Wars. LSE's clothes; but observing a strange ;nan
in company with the footman, inquired if he was a
Peace Officer, and was retiring, When. the footman
slipped out of the house, and, procured the assistance
of two Watchmen, and just•as.the coach was driving
from the door, with Mr. GORDON in it, they re-
turned, and one of the Watchmen striking the near
horse a violent blow on the head with his staff, -stop.
ped the coach, when Mr. GORDON jump'ed out of
the coach, and presenting
.two pistols, swore he
would shoot any man who attempted to take him,
and ran away towards Curzon.street.
Yesterday morning he was brought to Bow-street,
and underwent a long examination before Mr. BOND
and Sir W. PARSONS, when the above circumstances
were fully established by the servants and several
other witnesses.

During the examination, Mr. BOND had frequent_
ly occasions to reprove the Prisoner for his indecorous
condud, in interrupting the Witnesses, and at last
was obliged to have him removed from the bar till
the Evidence was gone through, when he was put to
the bar again, and the depositions read to him, to
which he declined making any defence,

By the Statutes the. 3d of I-NRY the Vllth, and
of 39Th ELIZABETH, it is Made felony, without
benefit of Clergy, to take any woman forcibly away,
with intention to possess her property, 'marry her
without her consent, or to defile her person. - Mr.
PARKIN therefore contended,. that ikwas fair to pre-
sume the offence in question came within the mean-
ing of those Statutes, and in this opinion Mr. BOND
and the other Magistrates concurred. The Prisoner,
on being apprized of the situation in which he stood,
said, he was very willing the law should take its
course? and that he should readily meet any prose-
cution on that ground. He was dommittedior further
examination.

Mrs. LEE, we understand, is possessed of consi-
derable property in her own right : but, from sortie
family disagreement, does not live with her husband.
She is a very beautiful and amiable woman, about 27
years of age, and has been acquainted with the Pri_
soner and his Brother since they were children ; Mrs.
L. having been under the proteaion of their mother
when a child, who resided at Bath.

The Prisoner is in Deacon's Orders, and has a
Gen:leman.like appearance.

On Wednesday last a respetable Tradesman of
Manchester, who was enrolled as a Member of the
First Battalion 'Fourth Class, Manchester and Sal-
ford Volunteerinfantry, was summoned to the New
Bayley, to iheiVii‘ise why he should not pay the
fines he had incurredsy non-attendance at the mus-
ters of the Corps. The defaulter objeaed (among
other things) that, as he had not been attested, be
was not responsible for fines as' a Member of the
Corps. The Magistrates, hoWever, were of opi-
nion that he was liable, although not attested ; and
that, if a person be enrolled, whether by signing the
roll himself, or his name inserted being in consequence
of his previous consent, it is sufficient to constitute
him a Member of the Corps. He was therefore
acted to pay the fines, and double the amount, as a
renalty, in pursuance of the late An,.