The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-04 00:00:00

EVEN ING

HE FRAUDS UPON THE ir;;;;.'
RANCE OFFICES BY THE BROTIIEL.
WALLACE.

Sir Pacr Laurie received the following lctt, ,
closing the copy of the communication to Lloyd',
the British Consulate at Buena Vista, r—v,c• t
ass of the Lucy ,

" General Maritime Office, 30, Corni,:il.
" DEAR SlR—Although
.the completion
crime by our countrymen, the Wallaces, can L. ;!
subject of congratulation either to you or rae, I
it due to your sagacity, pereeveranca, and firm ;e
iNivristrate, to which this great commercial I.l:.tterL
so Zeply indebted, to hand you, without less et- 1;1:: •
copy of a letter, first received from. her Pritar:oie
jesty's Consul at the Cape de Verds, abbot:.: is
loss of the Lucy on the voyage to "Valparaiso.
" We hare taken the necessary steps 'to eeeu
Houston Wallaer on 114 arrivaliand by thu tim
:hers are brought up far trir.4, I hope
complete the trio.—l am, with mush respect,
your very obedient servant,
" Sir Peter Laurie. " JAMES GL.',
Roe, the officer who' apprehended -Mie4;
Stewart Wallace and Patrick ,lass ell
lace, was sent•by the prosecutors to Bristol as :t; •
the communication was made, in the hope th:.=,
Wallace, who, it is believed sueli the ship
f, r the purpose of defrauding the 1:•:;,oraoce
he in that port. If Captain Houston \*,
r.eched Bristol on Tuesday the committal of
thers to Nervgate must have stared him in thel.',e;:
the Londonnewspapers.

Mr. Phillips, Solicitor to some of the prosento
has ascertained that Michael Shaw: Stetvalt
cause(' aa insurance to be afected on
the Delta, from London to LID. and He

of which vessel he was captain, and which wi*,
the voyage. The hrukers who effected the 'LI
were Messrs. S6lden and Johnson, and the •
which it was effected was the London InsuraneL (_!1:;•

in Birchin-lane. The goods which were stated to be c,
hoard were pieces of cloth, priati, &mock,
marks and numbers of which were specified in
.t!
policy. Upon inquiry at the Custom,house, it has
ticertained that no goods so marked and- nunibernd
shipped on board the Delta. The period at which ft
affair took place was the 4th of March, 1837. Ti
iusurance office settled as for a total tom

The excitement at Lloyd's has been exceedingly
av cal ,

PRESENTATION OF THE CITE:'
ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN,
ALBERT, AND TILE DUCIIESS OF KENT'.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Gott':
moos of the City of London, assembled at Guildhall.
or the purpose of going in state to 13oekingiro!!
Palace, to present the Addresses voted* by th.s. Courr.
of Aldermen and Common Council on the birth of thr
Princeßs Royal. Tncre were about eighty assernbl;:.d
on the occasion.

The Queen received the members of both Court
very graciouoy.

ill; Recorder then read the following addresses, t
which her Majesty was graciously pleased to return ti.
answers attached to them.

" To the Queen's Most Excellent Mujeety.
" The humble Address of the Court of Lof(l
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of .14-ukttl,:.-

" litre, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal ettlieeta,,
the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City ofL.7iatice,
humbly approach your Majesty to offer our beartta,
congratulations on your Majesty having given birip
a presumptive heiress to the throne of these realms.
" Affectionately attached to your Majesty's seerad
rrsion, and yielding to none of the subjects of ve
Majesty in devotion to your Majesty's illustrious house,
we most ntileigtiedly rejoice in the recent interposition
of Providence on behalf of your Majesty, and in the
event which promises that the Grown shall (we trust
a very di-Stant day) devolve upon one lineally-deseend,
from your Majesty.
" We fervently pray that your Majesty may Is:a
reign over a free, a loyal, and a grateful people ;
that the illustrious Princess, on whose birth it is
happiness to felicitate your Majesty, may be spared
e a blessing to your Ma jesty, and your illustrimis
sort, and to exemplify the good effects of an cdueati,”:
founded on- the ptinciples of the Protestant Ilehghi
so happily established in this highlyfavoured country: •
(Signed Ly order of the Court) •
"H. WOODTHORPI..
To which Address her Majesty was pleased. to
the following mo,st gracious Answer :
" I thank you for your congratulation on tia
the Princess Royal.
" I receive your assuraneas of the satisfactiea
derive froM the prospect thus Sorded of a
cession to the Crown, as an additional
attachment to my person, family, and governmeta :
"To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
" The !..v amble Address .of the Lord Mn', -
'Aldermen, and Commots of the City of Lon

don, in Common Council as.scuMed:

" Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majebty'i To!
dutiful and loyal subjeCts, the Lord Mayor, Aidcnner.
and Commons, in Common Council assembled, un'orcr
the earliest opportunity of approaching your 111.,jct:
nith our sincere and dutiful congratulations_ on tt
birth of the Princess Royal, presumptive heiress to
throne of these realms.

'' An event so important to the kingdom, and
auspicious circumstances, has filled us with the':.mea
grateful sentiments towards that Divine Provident,
which has thus cro•; tied your Majesty's domestic hip
pines=, and afforded to your people) a pro►pee. of per-7
mancnen and stability to the bletsing,s theyenjoy.unat*
your Li zsty's mild and beneficent rein and gurts:;4-
mem. May di; fame Gracious Providence continuo
watch over your Mljesty and your Royal leftist ;
long may your Majesty be in the enjoyment of mattiVi
happiness, to be the gulrdian and protector, the, urea
meat and delight, of your people.
(Signed, by order of the Court)
• " HENRY wooDTHoRpE:
Aieh Address her Majesty was ph.,:ised to re
turn the following most gracious Answer :
" I receive with peculiar sAtistaction, upon the pre-
sent occasion, the loyal congratulations of the I,.rd
Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of
London.
. _

r skirl

" I am most grateful to Divine Providence tie.u.:;,t
event so deeply interesting to myself should bo.w
corned by my people as a premise of the stalii;
those blessings which it is the study of my life 41 sel.,
to all el:7sses of my faithful subjects."
Tee Addresses to Prince Albert and Ole Dot
Kvnt, and the answers to them, were m a tot
and spirit.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-Tucsday infortna•io
was received by the police of the cOmmission of a ro,b!,
of notes alal securities to the value cl between 1,500/.

1,600/. It occurred on the evening of Saturday 1-fu'
when, as a gcntkman, whose name has not iTilLSpilled,
proceeding along Gill-street, in the town of Liverpool, he
Ivas accosted by t;vo men, of IN horn he is anaLle to giviz
Lseription, who knocked him down, and while uu.tbo
vreund rolhed him of an old red poeket-bok cootainiuri,
Bank of England notes a the value (*.) 7501., with sec,
ritics to the vale^ of about 8001. more, with which
got clear di' before he could raise an Outcry or pr ct.
assistance.

RIGOUR OF THE LAW.—Amongst the erii:••
brought b. fore the Insolvent Debtors Court on Tue.dl
the Society for the discharge of persons co,fined foie:sreu
(1, fete, were the following :--Eleanor Tirnan:, a dec-•:nt-
loc,kiEg young woman, was the next applicant for her !!-
beration from the same prison. The poor irvo?ient or,j
had one creditor in her schedule, who was an undertaker!
and to whom she owed a balance of 5/. 4S. for the taller,.
of her mother. An sttorney had been employed to sue-1,,i4--
and the debt, with the costs, amounted to 1.11. Vs . i
,
which she had been confined since the 11th of S:pte.u),..)
last, She had been a housemaid, and her .*ge',o _
been 91. a year, but she had teen out lola situation
time. Her insolvenoy was aseril?,ed to thoe proceedingsbo
disaberg,
the creditor. The Court ordered
had tcn tit
released. The insolvent,
a dregs-maker,
, and she bad be
debts, which amounted to 39/. 194,.
sine the 9,11.1
Sarah Ann Brown next appeared eirtiettretr application to
confined in Whitecross-street Prison
"'she was order‘d to be u
as attributed to qie 10.•
August last. Her insolvency
FINSBURY-SQUARE.— Not ,
able stock of furr,iture 1.. ••
is insured in the West ,
precedoilngeseayseasiu•
source as
the
Pdinte
dleiffiaaCcUllyteasntio
,tl,l,iiienbu-_Yteirla,o,,s t
The
been saved.
propertyb t not to the full extent. Tile 1,, f.
Fire Office, u
England
ves'tli'glelEof FIRE
l‘ I r .
belonging i° the
as to
perform, rskaf:ciecrnmuuctet ofipbartunoiertietbdtailro:)aiengisraaedi(
jeh.exfeenthrilstal jeedohdtneait
mill
oair:flrue
rswatolverekrr ecoittochrfe, :irlt.iltiiiiii.::-.
ad,vuui
tcyd
cloTcikle, wvhaelonetliccief 71,11„.‘
gt
het mo.'
;our 0,- " '
illbuprnlainygingunutpilonei
giecc we
property destroyed is estimated at 10,000/., and this i,Lr,
-rot include the buildings.
A BIRMINGHAM TRADESMAN MADF !-
m,..g conthrtteies
jm)GE.—We have received authentic information 4 tie.i
advancement of Mr. George Willis, jun., to the hi3O
office of a Judge in the West Indies, a gentleman Who ii
well known to many of our Birmingham readers. T:• -
gentleman, who for several years was in partnership v..
his father in Birmit;gham, and carried on businele eee
the firm of Willis and Son, blank tray manufacture :e
japenners, left England about seven years ago I*,i-
West Indies. He took with him a coesiderable c,ee. _:
merit of Birmingham hardware, and establishyebok,st:i,•.: .
Jamaica. In a few months after he landed. inc,,iititt,,,
~:,
~..
be vies made a Magistrate, when he. !onitinorf 1
ve.r,,
rrieneed studying the law, under the tnucietior his niggi-, • 1
practitioner. The zealous performance
ripen the bench..
duties, and the ability he displayed
and supoort of tt 0 , -
obtained for him the approb
atmwonths of his arrive! .
verner ; and within eighteenhonoured
with the appointment of a •I • .
colon} he was liono,t.,,ith a
salary of 500/.
,per entree.
diary Magistrate,
ds he wasmade A - J '
ssist ant. u , . -
three years aflorwa,r
and we are assured, on the author v
1,000/. a year ;
relative,
've, teat intelligence has been lately receivee
I , .
,ir„bin aof our highly esto.med townsman Me. :... -,..
Nl'VilliA, having received the high honour of b&ng appo•..
a Wv.st India Judge, at u salary of 2,800/.. per inv.
judge Willis is the eldest aed only son now living of .. -
Willis a retired tradesman, residing at Edgbaston,
married the niece of Robert Cooper, Esq , of Pctta ,-.
neer Evesharn,— l'elt Towns' 21144sorger. . . -