The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

IDICOUNTER WITH BRIGANDS NEAR
VELLETRI.

Oar Paris correspondent forwards the following

arisast from • kale', just rsaaived frog • trims& of ids.
glviag as istsreating mama of • raiscestr• with brigands
near Valletri :

ROME, Dic. 4.

We left Naples by diligence at as cut, hoar oa &tar.
day (Dm. 1). sad were ascompasied by a numated gen-
darme, for we carried ea the met 20,000 daces in silver,
whir& is. is mat frees Naples twice every =oath for the
paymeat of the troops at Blois des Gaeta, where the Xing
maiatalas a large garrison.
We got es Meta at alibtfall, where we depmited the
spode, sad ear smart left as.
Having shagged earflaps at Torras:dam, the frostier tows
of the Papal Braun, we started theses about me boar after
midair/be, sad mu slumbers through the Poetise marshes
were only disturbed by the demands, at each stage, of the
pestboys for Beferabi.
At early dews we wired at Cinema, sad attest slaves
stepped to dump ►ones at Velletri. It waa a floe bright
meraliag, sad Wag %slay, the men were alias about I.
groups, in their brews 'leaks sad onkel hats and the
female seated's! were fisekiag late the tows fa holiday
eastusse—searlet beddlese, Wee petticoats, sad the white
Remus os their heads.

I walked ea, la sinew, •ad had proemial about half
• the bored the town, ilea the (Wiper, overtook we,
sad I reamed my seat. About tea adautes afterwards
we mate to • sadden halt, sad apse iseklag t►roaph the
Masers le sessrtda the mass of our Nome, fea•d we
were ammaaded by beggar* masked, sad sin or soma bag
• peessated horinsatally at the amine wisdom. They
apperashed, *posed the doses, and maimed to as to alight,
sad aide se Its dome ea ear fees by the roadside. We
were Its poisoners, sad lied • fellow to sash, who wade as
—lsere by was Qua weeds—deliver ap the wasteate of oar
pockets. I beaded eat all the loose Ulm I bad about um,

which wee army Utile ; bat I bad aim a fsw Napeleoae:
whisk, I. maw that I might aot dariag the dub-
amps disburse than by mistake fee two-Paal pietas,
I lied wrapped is a mend of peper—thie I did act give up.
sad ea the know did net himself put hie haat into my
poriume, I luckily saved my *Mae. To say 'uprise be did
aft take my wallah, although he saw, sad his head ems
is.. is easiest with, the Asia. He took my deer we,

sad :storad to gas my Iloseutraidd. H. IMO missed go

wet to aw•. ea! tali the; whet we heard ea shaman
with the eesollaster. who test peed*, meet eesseetly to the

..Care tratelhe,"ss he sailed ►i.. Tb. we heart thmeeattiag
through the desk WOW tarpoalia that severed the lamp
ea the net. la about a geed quarter of a ►oar they jumped
late the bassoons, or thigh plaatatisa of tall reeds. by tits
roadside, sad disappeared. Finding they had Messed oat,
we naked eamelves op, sad is a few mimeos wen agate ea
ear road Marie& Albano. The other tear passages had
boss esespistely despoiled et every mat they possessed ; bat
alt►oagh we all had wawa sad stain mespoassely were,
sae only had bees Mina. Ws maid may sessaat he this
by suppesiag that they hand that no pessaries of,
attempt to dispose et, sash artistes might lead to
detesties. The squabble wit► the coodeater had
seissa from his lassitatias to epos a bag sepesdally
entesseed to his eon, sad tee the safety el ankh he was
respaaelbis, mod width seatsned paresis of mosey sad
registered snicks of value. Cne of the fellows homer
proseated the mule of his pins hamedistaly loader his
see, sad at this tea& he said his bleed raa salt through his
velum, sad he .pond the bag, of which they immediately
appropriated the whole et the mateats, sad Una spouts iota
the jos& sad disappeared.
The samesat ta►a hoot the possesses ha messy was

attest SAO dellam, sr 601. Osly me -portmanteau bed
beta get et, which wee set epos sad s fsw 'Map of Wiles
mite Mhos therefrom. There ma be se ileubt that Meg
had smote sat is merest isterreptiem foe bath before the
attack sad ilemoodistely shelves& we saw mime matey
people attest, both giggly sad Is parties; bat daring the

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WO;le Ass U. affair lOWA, whist' was a geed curio
an beer. set • nal appreobed. Upon arriviai at Albeit*,
8110 boon atm, one of the perespn was la a state of the
mat pekoe penpitaties, mid his Mast liwebblag kaday.
TM aeadostar, wit* appeared patio/Up well Imo oar
ottani to 8... the woe eflantese, was sobsaqueatly
taken Wok, sod has stow ben einflawl to bie bed, sod is
asw estkowly AL