The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-26 00:00:00

THE LATE BANK ROBBERY IN AUSTRALIA.

The arrest of the ticket-of-leave convict, Henry
Garrett, by the City detective (Assn, on the charge of
being caucused in the greet robbery at the Victoria Bank,
as reported in Saturday's &press, has called forth mach
commendation, on account of the prisoner's desperate cha-
racter. In most of the (birth; acts of plunder and *Many
that have been perpetrated slaw the discovery of the gold
fields by a fearful gang of marauders, who have been a
terror to the colonists, Garrett formed one of the ringleader.
• confederate has now confessed that the parties composing
the gang were all coaserned in the plunder of the ship Nel-
sen, of her gold, and also in the gold escort robbery, where
they fired upon the pollee. The Victoria Bank robbery
was planned by one of the men now in custody at Mel.
bourne, named Bonitos. Quin, the app (who was
tnasported to the colony some ten years since for a bar-
' gamy in London, and afterwards obtained a ticket-otleave)
W given the following account of the manner in which the
robbery was effected:—He said he was a mason, living at
Geelong. Os the Bth of last November be arrived at Bal-
larat, and visited the prisoner Boohoo, at his tent in the
bush. They adjourned to a skittle•elley in the diggings,
when he was introdsoed to Gantt, and joined is a hand of
cards. They then agreed to rob the bank, Boniton proposing
it. According to arnagement, they met the neat day at Ger-
rate's tent, the other prisoner, Marriott, being with them.
Garrett gave them each a revolver and blue shirt and:crape to
digitise their persons. Garrett end Marriott's faces were
sesesehtd with crape; he (Quin) and Bonitos had white
sense ever their heads and faces, with boles cut for the
ere. Whoa all was ready, they set out for the hank, and
ea mak* near to it lay down on the ground and waited
till Boehm, who knew the management of the bank, told
them to go. Garrott was the first to enter; he (Quin) and
Marriott followed, Boolton remaining at the door to keep
Match. They:thee demanded Mr. Buckley, the manager, and
the ambler, Mr. Marshall, who were the only persons in the
ink be stand sad deliver Garrett ague Mr. Buckley,
sad Bed him down sad gagged him. He did the same
to Mr. Marshall, tad they assisted in " clearing" the beak.
They then left, and made for their tent, where they shared
M geld and metes. He afterwards accompanied Boone'
iebe twelrao peld dhleiels, where they bought up gold and
disposed all mesa of the notes. He was apprehended at
r, ged to save his wife and children from starving—
ptV. Mhos, the chief constable at Melboarue, having
eared them a free passage to another part of the colony,
he disclosed the name of his confederate*, and beam the
imam of !Molten and Marriott. Garrett bad sailed from
Ibis missy. Between 8,0001. and 7,0001. were found on the
three primers, besides papers and letters of credit relating
to 8,4001. The two prisoners wire both committed for trial,
which was expected to take plasm at the February &seises
The pwsmint bed Mead a peesiamation, offering 1,8001.
reword kr the gdessess. We eadenAssi that an applica-
tie. hes boss solo to the Hewer rn. respecting the dis-
posal of Oarealt, and Olivia% return to Auesalia has been
agreed ter, sad a* doubt be will be takes beak by one of the
detectives who captured him.

STORMY WEATHER IN THB NORTH SBA.
TYII3YOUTH, SATURDAY.
The gale of Thursday week, which wrecked three
wowb on the rooks at this place, and drowned all hands on
board the little Whitby vessel the Thomism and Mary, was
followed by a gale the same night week, much more vio.
lest and threaterdag, but fortunately less fatal in its esonse-
quinces. It blew a very violent gale from the out during
Thursday night, and ors Friday morning a considerable
quantity of snow was drifted up on this nowt. In the
midst of the storm a flee sew vessel, a fall rigged ship of
great valne, named the Kensington, built for the Australian
trade, which only left the Tyne on Wednesday for L udon,
was observed taming back to port. MN was watched with
great anxiety, bat fortuutely she had on board seamen
thoroughly acquainted with the one, and was brought in
in safety. In consequence of bevies too little ballast on
board, she hod bum tender, and her crew had been in
considerable saziety with regard to her, and the safety of
their own lives.
On the same night, as the brig Meridian, of Sesbam,
was taking the t arbour, she shipped three sus in suceession.
Her muter, Kr. Richard Snell, who was at the wheel, was
lifted off his legs, and precipitated bead foremost into the
ceMn. The wheel was smashed to pieces, the mate was at
the seine strawet buried to the fore part of the ship, and
the cabin boy was dud is between the lung boat and the
deck. The vessel then got athwart the sea, and would have
drowsed all heads, bad not a seaman crawled aft, and got
the beim right, which the vessel answered, and was carried
late a place of safety. The master, who was taken oat of
the cabin apparently dead, was removed on shore, and
though hie life was at fret despaired of, for he was awfully
bruised, he is now considered to he out of danger. The
mate is also recovering.
About midnight on Thursday, the Norwegian schooner,
Felix, ran on the Hard sand, but the sea was so violent that
it pitched her over It into deep water, and she was brought
lain harbour, though in a very leaky condition.
We have received telegraphic information that the two
Hamburg itemises., which left here on Monday for the first
time this season, arrived safe at their destination, and that
the passage was (dear. Bat we have also received a tele-
graphic menage today from Wingo &mad, that the uglier
brig Ord, which left here on the 12th with coils in readiness
for the Baltic Beet, had been teak la the ion ea tlte 14th
Her wow were said.