. The astrologer of the nineteenth century . andingthere the next morning by several witnesses, who went with him tothe place where the hideous goblin appeared. This is exactly ashe himself related it. OMINOUS DREAM. Mr. King, a respectable baker, residing in Castle Street, OxfordStreet, a few years since had the misfortune to lose two of his eldestsons. They were at the time in India, and, in tho month that theeldest died, he was shocked by dreaming that he saw his son pale andghastly, and about to be buried. Alarmed at the impression thisdream left on his mind, he imparted it next morning to
. The astrologer of the nineteenth century . andingthere the next morning by several witnesses, who went with him tothe place where the hideous goblin appeared. This is exactly ashe himself related it. OMINOUS DREAM. Mr. King, a respectable baker, residing in Castle Street, OxfordStreet, a few years since had the misfortune to lose two of his eldestsons. They were at the time in India, and, in tho month that theeldest died, he was shocked by dreaming that he saw his son pale andghastly, and about to be buried. Alarmed at the impression thisdream left on his mind, he imparted it next morning to his wife, andher fears increasing his anxiety, he sought out a vessel that was go-ing to that part, and also by other means, urged every possible in-quiry to be made after his sons health. After several months hereceived intelligence that his son was dead and buried, and he died,as far as could be asccrtainedj precisely at the time his father had theabove dream ! This he himself is ready to attest the truth of. 524 ILLUSTRATION, No. LXXXV,. 5.—APPARITION AT THE OLD LEIGH COURT HOUSE. The manor, or court house, at Abbots Leigh, was lately pulleddown by its present proprietor, P. J. Miles, Esq., a rich merchantof Bristol. But previously thereto, it had been in the possession ofthe Gordons, who were formerly allied to the Stuart family. In the 18th century, a lady descended from this family was dis-appointed in some object of her affections, which she took verymuch to heart; she rose one day from dinner; and remained absentsome time, which absence being prolonged, the servants were sentin search of her, and they soon found her in the water-closet, withher throat cut, and lifeless ; this she did in a fit of insanity. Afterthis dreadful act, the noises heard in this part of the house (as thecloset was placed at the end of a long gallery) were so hideous andalarming; and evidently caused by something beyond all possible ANECDOTES OF THE DEAD, &C. 525 research, that they wore oblig
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