the
Rev. Berkeley Jones, M.A., late curate of Belgrave Chapel (Bentley,
London, 1853):--"If you turn into any of the auction rooms in Sydney the
day after the gold escort comes in you may see and, if you can, buy,
pretty yellow-looking lumps from about the size of a pin's head to a
horse bean, or, if you prefer it, a flat piece about the size of a small
dessert plate. One of the greatest buyers is an old pardoned convict of
the name of 'William,' or, as he is there more commonly called, 'Bill'
Nash, who robbed the Bristol mail, of which he was the guard. His wife
followed him--as some say, with the booty--and set up a fine shop in
Pitt Street in the haberdashery line. Under the old system he was
assigned to her as a servant. Her own husband her domestic! What a
burlesque on transportation as a punishment! He is very unpopular with
the old hands, as he returned to England and offered an intentional
affront to Queen Victoria when driving in the Park, by drawing his
horses across the road as her equipage was driving by. He cut a great
dash in the Regent's Park, and was known as the 'flash returned
convict.' We stood by him at Messrs. Cohen's auction room when the gold
fraud (planting on the gold buyers nuggets made in Birmingham) was
discussed. He addressed us, and we cannot add that he prepossessed us
much in his favour. He looks what he is and has been. In a little
cupboard-looking shop in King Street he may be seen in shirt sleeves
spreading a tray full of sovereigns in the shop front and heaping up
bank-notes as a border to them, inviting anyone to sell their gold to
him. We believe he is now among the wealthiest men of New South Wales."

By the year 1830 the terror inspired by highwaymen had no doubt
diminished, but the coach proprietors thought it prudent to guard
themselves against loss, and so they put increased charges on the
articles of value they had to carry. On the 1st September, 1830, a
coaching notice of about 1,000 words, based on an Act of Parliament, was
put forth by Moses Pickwick and Company from the White Hart, Bath. A
copy of this notice on a large screen was exhibited recently at the
Dickens celebration at Bath. The notice, in legal or other jargon,
announced the increased rate of charge for commission by mail or stage
coach of articles of value. Put into plain form, the increased rates of
charge were as follows, _viz._:--Additional charge for parcel or package
over L10 in value.--For every pound, o