The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-23 00:00:00

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Tilts Lady, who is the topic of gene rat Conirer.
sation, we have already stated, is a naturalidaugh.
'• ter of the la,te Lard Le DEsrENCER. 1-ht ritto.ther';'
name was DAsHWOOty. Lord LO.-
his death, had bequeathed to Mrs. LE IGH, then MiSs.
DAsil wool), 70,000!. to be paid into er own
when site came of age. Mrs. Lit6ur !.y as then an
infant. The money Was placed in the FUndS to xc.
cumulate until the periodl of her taking pOssession.
Mien in her ficteenth year she was Courted l) iii my
young men of,fasbion, and she was then the Belle of
Bath, being the toast in every gay patty. Among
her suitors were, Lftrd SAY and SELF, and a Nephew'
of the Earl of MAtciESPiELL7; she consented rui
be. united to the latter Gentlernan. . equi
page suitable to the Lady's fortune
ed, the wedding Clothes were provided, the .ring
hotight, and even the wedding dinner ordered
but the night previous the Lady changed her mind,
and would not haVe him. Meeting a short time
afterwards Mr. LEIGH, the elegance of. iris perso'i
and his gentlerrianly manners made so deep an
pression, . that she agreed to- elope with him for
Gretna Green, which plan was carried into execu-
tion in a few days, the Lady leaving behind her a
numerous train of passionate adthirers. The mar-
riage with Mr...LEIGH took place in 1792, and about
nine months after, the parties were separated, o,v.
ing it is said, to use a fashionable phrase, the
rz.Khiminy disposition of the Lady. On the seora-
tion taking.plaCe:she relinquished a part of her for-
tune in favour of her hu,b.oui.

The recent transaction seems the mare ea:mm;(li—
nary the-more it is considered. a Lady, sur..
rounded by her servants, and in the heart of the
metropolis, sh uld be forced from her hauSa, in op-
posttion to her v. fishes, is a twitter almost iaaredible;
she has, however, made attestation to tat! ciaoae ;
and if the Jury to whom the question wilt he re-
ferred, give coedit to her tectimany, suploreal as
it is by that of her maid, the Plisoners are liable to
the penalty of death. The circumstances of Mrs.
LEIGH having returned to the apartmaats of these
Gentlemen, after being apprised of their parpose,
and when, either by hetaerders for assistance, or by
leaving the house, she might have assured her safety;
of her consenting to receive the embraces of Mr.
LAUDEN GortnoN, at Tetsworth, when by the
slighest .communication of her condition, it is at
least probable :dhe might have avoided the;s4eAfice;
and after this repeated violence, her accompanying
him to Gloucester, will naturally inspire doubts as
to the criminality of the Gentlemen to the full
tent of the charge.
Mrs. Lelata, in her examination on Friday, at
flow-street, declined to state her dream upon oath
before the Magistrates, but the following ace 'tont
of it was given in a 'Paper of Saturday :
On Thursday se'nnight she went into her bed.
room about eleven o'clock at night. It wassverY
cold, and a shivering came upon her. The shiver.
ing continued for some time hi-ter she la)' down, ;r ad
about twelve she fell asleep. In the course of the
night she dreamed she was upon a lOne and desolate
island. • A dreadful storm came on,•s• and' she saw
two worlds corning in contact with each other. She
saw written.upon the one, " the Western, and on
the other the Eastern World." After a short con-
flia the Eastern world sunk beneath the Western
."world ; the former vanished entirely, and the lattet
began to assume the shape of a man. In a few •rnia
notes it stood a man complete, and she had a distinet
view of his person and countenance. He appeared as
if standing in a plantation of sugar-canes. He had
a beautiful child in his arms, with which he came for.
ward, and presented her ; but at this very moment a
man dressed in black, rushed in between them, and
the child fell to the ground. She shrieked and
awoke. On her awaking she felt a violent palpita-
tion at the heart, and was greatly alarmed. She
began to refle& upon the dream. Her thoughts
turned particularly upon the man. His person and
countenance were as plain to her imagination- as if
he stood manifest before her eyes. He was a young
man, about twenty-two, middle sized, well made,
with an oval countenance, apparently discoloured by
a warm climate, good teeth, and light'hrown haira
In her dream it never struck her thati..'Stie'had seen
him before ; but after she awake, and had titnefor
refection, upon a review of all her acquaintance, it
struck her that the person whom she saw in her
sleep was Mr. Lauver; GORDON. The more she
reflefted, the more she was confirmed In•this idea ;
and what struck"her particularly was, that the figure.
seen in her sleep wore a beautiful ring, such as she
had noticed on Mr. LAUDEN GoaDoN. She had
been very restless for several weeks past, and had
many dreams much more remarkable and curious,
but none that made any impression upon her mind.
The circumstances of this dream, howev.er, were
constantly before her eyes, and she-could not banish
it from her thoughts. With kview, therefore, to
relieve her anxiety, she sent an account of it to
Mr. LAUDEN GORDON requesting a solution. It
described the man who appeared to her, as quite
naked, and that he forced her into a bed with yeL,
low damask curtains of an old flower pattern, and a
painting upon the tester representing Adam anti h.q.,:
in Paradise. There were some other par Letoars,
which we do not chink fit to mention, and which
probably induced the Lady to decline giving an ac.
'count of the dream to the Magistrate.