GREAT ROBBERY OF GOLD BARS.

New Zealand Herald, Issue I, 24 June 1864, Page 4

GREAT ROBBERY OF GOLD BARS.

L'oOUO IUIWAKD. Ox Saturday !ill the metropolitan hankers, bullion dealers, anil monev changers, were serve*! with a printed notice by the City detective force, at the instance of the Salvage Association, Lloyd's ottering .L'liOOO reward for such information as may lead to the recovery of GS bars and 11 boxes o( gold, valued at CoO,OOO, stolen front he treasure in the sunken steamer (iolden Clate, oil' Manzanillo, near San Francisco. The bills contain an accurate description oi the bars and boxes, with the mark and number of each bur, t !i*i name of the assayer, weight, and value. Twentv-live were assaved by Messrs. llewston and Co., 10 by Messrs. S. Molitor and Co., 8 by GA\ . llell, ;1 by Messrs. JL Harris and Co., :md tlie remainder by Messrs. B.C.'. (ievasey, (Jreenwood and Newbain, L'odens and Ruhhng. There is also one i»i" " foreign coin missing, and several express paresis containing bullion. The (lolden (late was j an American steamer, and was wrecked in duly, l.Sfi'J, when a great loss of life took place. The total amount of gold and specie on board was about £-];30,0U0, consigned to several iirius in New ork, London, and Paris, and the whole of it was insured. TheVinderwriters, on hearingW the wreck, dispatched a special agent, to the scene of the wreck to recover, impossible, the treasure. Alter considerable ■ exertions a large amount of gold was discovered, but owing to the dangerous character of the currents ami climate a jrreat many lives were lost in ihe enterprise. 8- veral expeditions went to tao wreck ; some failed, and others were unsueeosstul, and the gold in que>ti-»n was recovered by one party, who immediately decnupcd with Iho valuable store. It

is stated, however, that one of the iranpr has been ai rested. The gold when shipped nn bofwl the Golden Cate was packed i;i boxes, and marked thus : —« Tarjso, and Co., No?. 3HS, 3119. 3120 31 :" "F. A. fv. Xn. ■!">■! "],nzard Frercs, Xo. 217:" "!'• Vo. 12':" IJ. T.. aial Co., Paris, Xo. 11l "J. A., Ao. 'JS : " '■ P. and Co., Paris, No. -1 "A. ft., Xo. 1." It is believed that much of the proM lins already arrived in London, and tl'.at some consign incut.'< nro cxpecteil.—Ereving IXiiithl, April 11.