The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-02 00:00:00

ANTONINA LEE.

This lady, who during the last twenty-five years
has altered in her names Fanny to Frances, and
Antonine to Antonina, and assumed the title of
Baroness le Despencer, was the Mrs. Lee of camphor-
bag notoriety, and for whose abduction Loudoun and
Lockhart Gordon were tried and acquitted, at the
Oxford Assizes in 1804. Judge Lawrence pre-
sided at the trial, and on her admitting, among cir-
cumstanees too gross to relate, that on the Uxbridge
road she drew frotn her bosom a gold locket contain-
ing a camphor-bag, exclaiming, " This has hitherto
preserved my virtue !" threw it away, and added,
" Now, welcome pleasure," stopped the trial, and
directed the Jury to acquit the prisoners, at the same
time censuring their conduct as disgraceful in the
extreme.

Mrs. Lee was a lady of ample fortune, and of ac-
complished but eccentric manners. Of late years
she was of a suspicious disposition, disliking much
the company of her own sex; she was also of a vi
sionary turn, of which foible the Gordons availed
themselves, as will be seen by the following letters,
intended to have been produced at their trial :
Jan. 12, 1804.
My dearest Madam,—lf you assent to my proposition,
I shall gain an inexhaustible mine of felicity, and you will
°illy lose the pity of the ignorant and the prejudiced. I
have been matured in adversity, but have still left the
most valuable gift of the mesas conscio recti, which can
neither be stolen nor purchased. Though my fortune is
aot great, I have to offer you strength of body and mind.
1 have consulted :ay heart, and would have plucked it out
had it been unfaithful. 1 have applied to my reason in a
16w, yet distinct voice, and it has whispered Faith. The
world is unworthy, and it' there be a union of souls, there
should be a union of bodies. Consult the God of nature,
and tremble at disobedience. I have obeyed your injunc-
tku, anal fir two days have not seen the splendour nor felt
the vital warmth of that sun which must either illuminate
ov destroy sne. LOUDOUN GORDON.
January 12, 1804.
Dear lladain,—l assent to all Loudoun has said in his
answer, and if he deceives you blow his brains out, and
then we shall both meet that damnation we shall so richly
deserve. Burst the fetters of ceremony, and think that in
Lockhart Gordon you have found a heart to feel. a bead to
conceive, and a band to execute what may tend to your
happiness,. LOCKHART GORDON.

THE Krso.—On Monday the Duchess of
Gloucester paid a visit to hie Majesty. On Tuesday, the
Duke of Wellington had the honour of an interview with
the Xiitg. This day, Count Munster arrived on a visit at
the Castle. A Council will be held at the Castle on Mon-
day, for the eonsideration of the King's Speech ; at which,
we presume, the Duke of Northumberland will be pre-
sent, to kiss hands, previous to his departure, in the event
of his being sufficiently recovered to attend. We do not
hear of there being any arrangement for his Majesty's leav-
ing Windsor Castle for the metropolis, at present. Neither
4ta We hear of the idea of holding a Chapter of the Garter
king even in contemplation. We are happy to state
that his Majesty continues in excellent health.— Windsor
Express.

The Marquis 'Wellesley, Marchioness Wel-
haley, Miss Caton, and Sir Richard Hunter, hare removed
from 14, St. Jai:lea's-square, to Mr. Maberly'a house, in
Regent's Park.

bIRD.—On Friday, the 30th January, John
Cooper, Esq. of Sunning, in the county of Berks, in the
79th year of his age.
It may be of importance to many to know that
writs made returnable this day are invalid. Being the
Purification of the Blessed Virgin, there will be no sittings
3ny of the Courts of Law.

Lord Cony and Lord Clive are mentioned as
the probable Mover and Seconder of the Address to the
Xi •
ng the House of Commons, on the opening of the
Session on Thursday next.

• The Colosseum, in the Regent's Park, has
been excellently well attended ;luring the past week. The
noble Panorama of London, the Conservatories, the Swiss
Cottage, and the stupendous Waterfall, when they are
e,ninplete, will not only be the Wonders, but the Lions of
• the Aietropolis, during the season.
The visitors of the pit and the stalls at the
Tng's Theatre, who go there for the purpose of hearing
ittf music and seeing the scenery, ought to unite with the
*unager in a temperate remonstrance against the wearing
• thbee huge bonnets, by which the sight was so greatly
rnPaded on Saturday evening.