The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-06 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

On Thursday evening Mr. CONANT was engaged
some time in investigating the complaint of a young
woman, of rather prepossessing appearance, who
stated her name to he Mary Ann Moore, who had
been robbed of nearly 1001. worth of property, in
the following heartless manner :
The complainant, who appeared to be about 26
years of age, had been living for the last four years
in the service of Mr. Gould, hatter, Ludgate-hill.
She, however, left his situation last Monday week,
under the following circumstances :—During the
last four or five years she had kept company with a
young man, who said his name was William Palmer,
but which she had every reason to believe %vas ficti-
tious, having since heard it was Farlow. He re-
presented himself to be a valet to a single gentle-
man of the name of Williams, and was in the habit
of going to the continent; during his absence a re-
gular correspondence was kept up. Upon his re-
turn the last time from Paris he proposed they
should be married, to which she agreed. He, how-
ever, objected to have it by bans, as his master, who
objected to married met might hear of it, and lie
also requested her not to mention a word to her
master or mistress, as they might talk about it, and
by that means it might reach Mr. Williams's ears;
with those requests she complied, and upon leaving
she went and took lodgings in Lower Gower-street.
On Tuesday was the day appointed for the wedding,
which was to take place at St. George's church : he
came at the appointed time, and said the upper ser-
vants of Lord Keith were his most intimate friends,
and as his Lordship and family were out of town,
they were to spend a few weeks there. Believing the
statement to be correct, she packed up several silk
dresses, rings, and other valuables, in a band-box, and
other things in a handkerchief, leaving the boxes at her
lodgings. Just as they were about leaving the house,
Palmer went to the drawer and took out 30 sove-
reigns belonging to her, saying, "My dear, I have
to pay a bill of 401. for my ma.s•er to-day, but I for-
got to bring the money, and as what is yours is
mine, it can make no difference in my taking it ;
but I will give it back directly I return from my
master." She objected to it. He, however,
laughed, and said, " You would not like me to leave
you after we are married ?" He then took up the
band-box, and she the bundle, and they left the
house. Upon reaching Bedford-square he said,
"My love, I have to deliver a message to Colonel
Ellis from my master, but as I am not upon good
terms with the footman, in consequence of his saying
that I owe him money, which is not the case, I wish
you would go and say that my master will meet
the Colonel at the Opera at six o'clock this even-
ing." He then took the bundle from her, and she
went to Colonel Ellis's. She was there informed
that the Colonel did not know such a gentleman
as Mr. Williams. The conviction instantly flashed
across her mind that she had been imposed on. She
tan back to the spot where she had left Palmer, but
he had gone, as well as the entire savings of her
whole life.

Mr. CONANT—Do you know whether the fellow
is a warned or single man ? Applicant—l have
heard since he is a married man.

Mr. CONANT—Did you never accompany him to
any of his friends ? Witness—No : he only used
to come on Sunday evenings, and then we always
went to chapel.

Mr. CONANT—It is singular you should only go
to chapel with him. How did your acquaintance
commence? Applicant—We became acquainted
at Moorfields' chapel.

Mr. CONANT—Do you think he ever intended
to marry you? Applicant—Not now there was
something repulsive about him, which I did not Eke.
Mr. FARRANT (who was on the bench) inquired
of the young woman whether Palmer had taken any
improper liberties with her while she was in lodg-
ings. She replied in the negative.
Mr. CONANT—WouId you prosecute him if he is
apprehended ? Applicant—Yes, certainly I would.
Mr. CONANT--WhO advised you to come here ?
Cheval, one of the officers belonging to the
Mendicity Society, informed Mr. Conant that the
young woman, being completely destitute, had been
taken to the station-house of the E division; upon
he inspector's hearing of her distressed situation he
sent her to the society, and Mr. Ramsden bad
desired him to bring her to Marlborough-street.
The society had ever since supported her, and any
expense that might accrue in apprehending the
fellow would be paid by the institution.
The young woman, in reply to a question froth

Mr. Conant, said she had been after a situation, but
the lady, upon hearing of what had occurred, said
she could not think of having in her service a person
crossed in love, as her temper must be soured.
A warrant was then granted for the apprehen•
sion of the fellow.

SIR WM. COURTENAY COMMITTED

FOR SWINDLING.

On Thursday evening Sir William Courtenay,
Knight of Malta, was apprehended on a charge of
obtaining from Thomas Stroud, the waiter at the
Rose Inn, in this •city, various sums of money
under false pretences, and after a short examination
before the Mayor and Magistrates, was ordered to
be brought up at eleven o'clock the following morn-
ing for further examination. At an early hour on
Friday morning the streets became thronged by
crowds of people anxious to hear the proceedings,
and when, at the time appointed, Sir William was
conducted into the Hall, the place wasinstantaneously
tilled in every part, and he addressed the assemblage
in his accustomed style, denying that he was guilty
of the charge, and assuring thetn that he was "one
of the most honourable and virtuous men in the
city ;" he declared that he would demand a public
examination in the body of the Hall, as he could
then prove his innocence to them all. On the con-
stables desiring him to appear before the Mayor
(S. Kingsford, Esq.) and Magistrates in the Counci:
Chamber, the rush of the crowd was tremendous,
and the room was speedily so full, and the demand
for an adjournment to the Hall so vociferous, that the
Magistrates were compelled to yield the point, and
adjourn to the Hall, where the examination was
gone into. Mr. T. T. Delasaux, as solicitor for the
prosecution, examined Thomas Stroud, the plaintiff,
who swore that in or about the month of August
last, a person, calling himself Count Rothschin
Rothschild, came as a guest to the Rose Inn, and
remained there for several months. When he had
been there about two months, he applied to exami-
nant for the loan of .51., telling him that he was
Lord Courtenay, of Powderham Castle; he promised
him a portion of land, attached to Powderham
Castle, and belonging to him ; and he also stated
he had 10,0001. worth of bullion in London. Exa-
minant made several other advances of cash to the
said Lord Courtenay, at his request, arid also paid
several sums of money for him to various persons in
the name of Lord Courtenay, by his direction ; he
was induced to make such advances entirely in con-
sequence of the statements made to him, which
examinant believes to be wholly untrue.
This was the evidence against the prisoner.
Sir Wm. Courtenay, in a long rambling address,
gave an account of his residence in London as
Squire Thompson, and his arrival in this city as
Count Rothschild, and concluded by declaring that
he had given Stroud 601., that he owed him 11/.
only, that he had 10,000/. in bullion, and that he
would give Stroud an estate, though not the Pow-
derham one

About one o'oclock the Magistrates retired, and
shortly after made out the commitment of Sr
William. The announcement of this circumstance
was received by the multitude with the most un-
qualified disapprobation. It is quite certain that
his friends would have rescued him, had he not
frequently and most earnestly entreated them not
to make any such attempt. Many hundreds followed
him to Westgate prison, and it was some time
after his arrival there before they would allow him
to enter it.

In consequence of the committal of Sir William
Courtenay, some anonymous letters have been ad-
dressed to the Magistrates, threatening a second
" Bristol affair," owing to which, together with
other information received by them on Saturday
morning, the Mayor was induced to call a meeting
of his brother Magistrates in the afternoon of
that day, when it was determined to send for
some of the military from Dover. At about ten
o'clock a company of the Rifle Brigade, under the
command of Captain Gossett, who had a short time
before arrived from Dover, was marched into the
Guildhall, on which occasion a stone was thrown
by some one in the crowd, which struck the gallant
Captain on the back of the bead (two others having
previously been thrown through the window of the
Council-chamber, where the Mayor and Magistrates
were sitting in deliberation); immediately on the
circumstance being made known, several of the re-
spectable inhabitants volunteered their services as
special constables, which were cheerfully accepted
by the Magistrates. In the course of the night the
special constables apprehended three or four indi-
viduals who were most conspicuous in manifesting
a desire to create a breach of the peace, and about
four o'clock in the morning the streets having be-
come comparatively clear, the Mayor and Magi-
strates quitted the hall, having previously dismissed
the military; since which time the city has re-
mained tranquil.—Kent Herald.

BRISKNESS OF BUSINESS IN THE PORT
OF LoNnox.—The late arrivals of part of the China
fleet in the river, with an unusual number of ships from
various parts of the globe, together with the fitting out of
a great many vessels for the colonies with emigrants, and
the commencement of the steam packet season—nume-
rous steamers having already commenced running to the
watering places—has caused a good deal of activity in the
port of London during the last few ;lays, and business,
particularly in Cie maritime district of the metropolis, hes
proportionably incr., seed.

NATURE of FLAME.—FIame is gas heated
to whiteness, by the heat produced by the combustion of
volatile matter. When a candle burns, the tallow or wax
of which it is composed is first liquefied, and then drawn
upwards through the insterstices of the wick by capillary
attraction. As it comes in contact with the source of
heat, it is boiled, and converted into vapour; this vapour
ascends in a column by reason of its lightness, and is now
raised to the temperature which enables it to form a com-
bination with the oxygen of the surrounding air. This
combination instantly and copiously develops heat, which,
being communicated to the surrounding current of gas,
renders it luminous, and produces the white bright light
of the flame. It will be apparent from this, that the
light from the flame can only exist on its exterior surface,
which is in contact with air. The flame of a candle or
lamp is, therefore, so far as regards light, hollow ; or
rather it is a column of gas, the exterior surface of which
is luminous, while the interior is non-luminous. As the
gas in the interior of the flame ascends, it gets into con-
tact with a fresh portion of the atmosphere, from which it
receives a supply of oxygen, by combination with which
heat is evolved, which produces light. As the gas
ascends from the centre of the flame, it comes successively
into contact with the air, and in this manner becomes
luminous, until at length the column is reduced to a
point. Thus, the flame of a candle or lamp gradually
tapers to a point, until all the gas produced from ihe boil-
ing matter in the wick receives its due complement of
oxygen from the air, and passes off. It speedily loses the
temperature necessary to render it luminous, and the flame
terminates.—Lardner on Heat.

ATROCITIES ON BOARD SLAVE SHIPs.—
By the villains employed on board of those vessels engaged
in the slave trade, life is held to cheap, and their moral
turpitude is so excessive, that the most atrocious crimes
are perpetrated, and the most diabolical cruelties inflicted
on the persons of their unoffending captives, with itn•
punity and without compunction. A frightful instance of
this occurred on board a vessel taken by the Plumper. One
of the female slaves, with a chastity of demeanour above
" all Greek, all Roman fame," and a purity of heart that
would have done honour to the most refined and exalted
state of human society, had long and indignantly repulsed
the disgusting advances of the master of the schooner,
until at last the iniquitous wretch, finding himself foiled
in his execrable attempts on her person, became furious
with disappointment, and murdered his unfortunate and
unoffending victim with the most savage cruelty, the de-
tails of which are too horrible to be conceived, far less
described. A companion atrocity for this occurred when
his Majesty's ship Medina, cruising off the river Galli-
nas, descried a suspicious sail, and sent a boat to examinr
her, the officer of which found her to be fitted for the
reception of slaves, hut without any on board, and con-
sequently allowed her to proceed on her course. It was
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Leonard's Voyage to Western Africa.