The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Tile Loss OF TUE DRYAD.--YeStenitty Janet and
Catherine Wallace, the sisters of Patrick S. S. Wal-
lace, who is now in custody on the charge of having, in
confederacy with others, occasioned the destruction of
the Dryad, and Mary IVallace, the wife of Michael
See.v Stewart Wallace, who has absconded, and for the
apprehension of whom a reward has been offered, were
brought before the Lord Mayor in the custody of Jahn
Forrester the officer.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin, the barristers, and
Mr. Phiflips, the solictiht7 de
, appeared
rentv. upon the part of
the Insurance
Companies, and Mr. Humphreys, the
for
Mr. Clarkson stated that the three females at the
bar had been taken into custody on S tturday evening,
and dthen the, with every possible indulgence. t'inca by the officer, who had instructions to
tie t then
appeared that on the day Patrick Wallace was first
ek
cx uni"ea' certain bank stock, which stood in the names
of Janet and Catherine Wallace, the sisters of Patrick
W:tilace and of Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, who
had absconded, was sold out ; and it would be shown that
ryas, upon hieing sold out,
forwarded to the British Linen Company at Edinburgh,to
the produce of the issu-
rs.unce:' '
ess' coffck,
ee t‘evlcl %
dh upon ePaD ,
i)y liephernia Wallace, a third sister of the
eeeeidiell charged. It would be also shown that on
the tight on which Michael Shaw Stewart W 3111" ab-
t:tre
seeieled, the two sisters, who were present, assisted
npeaici the
suer:vlafirsa tgottlit of
ds,attilitel iinioeuffsee.ctiogrhheisLee Learned
escape,
Counsel said he would call Mr. Phillips, the solicitor, to
sweer that important evidence affecting the two sisters
was expected. With respect to the wife of Michael
Stewart Wallace, whatever part she might have acted,
as she was so cennected with that person, there was
no elijection to let her depart, but it would be desirable
to 1-,now where she could be found. The two sisters
be should wish to have remit:l4d until the day ap-
pointed for the examination of their brother, when he
should show that they were deeply implicated in the
trensactious relating to the Dryad, or the prosecutors
would be responsible for their detention.
Joint Forrester stated that he was sent by Mr. Far-
quhar, the solicitor to the Neptune Insurance Offieei,
to the house No. 40, in Windsor-terrace, City-roe( ,
to take the two Misses Wallace into custody on Satur-
day evening. When he was let in, he asked whether
Mrs. Wallace, the mother of the young ladies, was at
home, and upon walking into the front parlour, he ob-
served Mrs. Mary \Vallee° go down stairs. He to;
her not to run away, and she directly retu.-fled. He
then saw the elder Mrs. Wallace, and said that he
wanted to look for some papers. While he was search.
log for the rapers, the two Misses Wallace. who !rde
not at home when he entered, arrived, and accompamei
him over the house during the two hours he was search-
into the drawers and boxes. He told the young ladies
that he was under the necessity of taking them into
custody, and a scene of great affliction took place be-
tween them all. Ho found the papers marked A and
B in a drawer, said to belong to Miss Janet Wallace,
and the paper marked C, in a cellaret.
Mr. Humphreys—Had you a warrant for the appre-