The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-18 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

Bushranging in New South Wales.

It would appear, from the Australian papers just
arrived, that bushranging is on the increase in New
South Wales. The Sydney Morning Herald, of Dec.
21, says :--‘, On the 2d ult. five men, masked and
armed, stuck up the sheep station of Mr. Garbutt,
a short distance from Mudgee. The bushrangers
drove all the inmates into the kitchen, and took
with them £35 and two saddles. On the same day
Morgan and his mate stopped the Deniliquin mail,
about forty miles from Wagga Wagga. They
cut open all the letters, and, after examination,
said the mail was a very poor one. On the Satur-
day previous, Ben Hall stuck up the mail from
Yass to Lambing Flat. The miscreants
rifled the letters, and then burnt all of
them, with the periodicals received by the
November mail. They were heard of on Monday
at the station of Mr. Macnish. On the 29th ult.
they paid a visit to the residence of Mr. Rothery,
but a party of police were inside, and the bush-
rangers rode off. On the 29th the Gundaroo mail
was also robbed by two armed men, and Mr. Moran,
mail contractor, and an assistant bailiff, were stuck
up near Collector, and the latter was robbed of £lO.
On the 13th of the present month, Morgan made
his appearance at the camp of Mr. Adams, road-
contractor, and bailed up all the men, and as he
could get no cash he set fire to the tents.
Five Chinamen having made their appearance,
he caused them also to join the rest of the
men ; and, having ordered them to strip, with
a view of searching their garments, they
not understanding the command, and therefore
apparently hesitating to put it in force, he shot one
of them in the arm just below the shoulder joint.
This man is now lying in a precarious state. Mr.
Jones, another contractor, paid a visit to the camp
(which was soon after it had been set on fire) ; he
was likewise secured, besides a traveller and two or
three other men residing in the neighbourhood, who
came there on horseback. On leaving, he took these
men with him, as also Mr. Jones, four in all, they
being each mounted on horseback. He made them
carry a gun with them, and took them by a circuit-
ous route over the mountains to a small bridge on
the Little Billabong, about eight miles south
of Kyamba. Here he met two buggies, in one
of which were Mr. and Mrs. Manson, on their
way to Braidwood, and in the other were two young
men travelling to the same destination. These he
immediately stopped, ordering them out of their
buggies ; and, because Mr. Manson seemed to he-
sitate, he threatened to shoot the whole of them on
the spot. Having got them out, he pointed to the
four other men standing where he had placed them
in a rank close by, and spoke of them as belonging
to his party. This effectually set aside all idea of
resistance; and, after having stripped Mr. Manson
to his shirt, and searched the pockets of the others,
he succeeded in taking £6 in all. They then asked
his permission to proceed, but he said they must wait
20 minutes, as the mail was expected, and the bug-
gies would be useful in stopping the passage of
the coaches, The time having expired, however, and
the mail not arriving, they were allowed to proceed.
He conversed freely at the camp for some hours, with
the men, detailing his various exploits at great length,
and dwelling particularly upon the murder of M'Gin-
nerty and Smyth, of which he made no attempt at
concealment; indeed, he stated that he had watched
Sinyth's party five days in order to makesureescoafptehde
right man. Soon after Mr. Manson had
from his clutches, the mail to Albury arrived at the
scene of action. The mailman had been previously
warned, but did not consider it to be his duty to
take any steps by way of special security. Being very
light, he allowed it to pass after a merely formal
examination ; but shortly afterwards the Albury
mail arrived, when he demanded of the driver to
stop. This not being instantly complied with, he
fired a shot at him to bring him to. He then made
him get out and hold the horses' heads, while he
ransacked the mails. This inspection lasted a con-
siderable time, in the course of which nearly, if not
the whole, of the letters were opened, and though
many cheques were found, which he threw to one
side as useless, it is supposed that he obtained but
little booty in the shape of bank notes ; for he com-
plained bitterly of the poverty of the mails. A box
of pills and some photographs were disposed of with
sovereign contempt.

THE LATE CARDINAL WISEMAN.—We under-
stand that his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, the pain-
ful news of whose decease after a wasting illness has been re-
ceived with general regret, has been suffering for about 12
years from diabetes. In 1860, whilst in Rome, he suffered
severely from carbuncle. His last illness was erysipelas of
the head and face, which came on about three weeks ago.
It was followed by a carbuncle on the scalp, ten days back
He gradually sank, exhausted by this accumulation of
maladies.—Loncet.
The Emperor's speech consists of 1,710 words.
Delivered in Paris at one o'clock, the whole was known in
London at half-past three.
The Prince Napoleon's recent ball, says the writer
of a Paris letter in the Nord, cost 80,000 f., thus distri-
buted :—Supper, 14,000 f.; flowers, 6,000 f.; lighting and
decorations, 10,000 f.
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