The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-11 00:00:00

The Military Tribunal of Salerno (South Italy)
ban just been engaged 'lima days in hying twelve ishaM-
twits of the small town of Campagoa, close by, cal dune
of having organised an armed bind for the purpose of °la
tainiog money by threats, violence. and sequestration of
persons. The accused wars—Baron Berretta, an *spode_ at
sub-prefect, who has hitherto succeeded in 11$
the efforts of the police to arrest him ; G. B. Rocco,
a captaia d the National Guard ; T. Adslizze,
sa officer of the mobilised National Guard ;
and three moo named Castages, all Widows's, ;
Cubiciotti, a physician • N. Berretta, a priest ;
Giordano, a gostberd ; and'arrother Raton, a farm labourer.
The more wealthy of the accused had formed a kind of
joint-stock company for the purpces of supporting brigand.
age and dividing its profits ; the others were merely their
agents. Amos( the brigands maintained by this band was
Ciardullo, one of whose last exploit, was the capture of Mr.
Moses, who had to pay so heavy a ransom for his libera-
tion. Sines then Ciardollo has surrendered himself pri-
soner, and is to be tried for his numerous crimes; but he
was noverthalsse admitted as one of the principal witnesses
against the accused. He is a good 400kieg man of about 2$
years of age, and gave his evideooe with extreme volubility,
but avoided all allusioos to his own personal dhows.
He stated that in the winter of 1861 the pastimes
(signori) of Canapagna„ propossd that he should organise a
bead of brigands to take_ advantage of the ow:110810Q which
would be sure to arse in a ravalatiou, which they can.
Wasted imminent, and they 'draped biro 5,000 darts
(21,2501 r.) in gold, for the Punks' of eagnipc own. As
the time was unfavourable fee fermis( a band, NI returned
the mousy to them ; but received it again souse time
later, and organised his baud, which cesiontsaand its
operations, and continual Sham for swirly four yews,
during which time be always gave his prix
cilia's their full Aare of the proceeds. The
goethord and the labourer acted as massagers between
him sod the other aseased ; but he emeeionelly
had interviews with them whom importhot besieges had to
be tranwieted. Several of Ciardullo's victims also gave evi-
dence ; among them was Cornelia, whose ears had been cat
off by Ciardidles orders, but he was afterwards released ma
paying a ransom of B,ooo4oosta ; and Giannattanado, who,
after losing one ear, paid 14000 ducats for his liberty.
After hearing costwel for the Mon and tho deistic%
the tribuoal acquitted serge the aeonssd, against whom
the evidence was iacooolnarai, but found she other five
guilty. Baron Berretta sad Captain Rocco were each con-
domed to 20 years' hard labour; Dr. Cobiciotti to 15 years;
and the goatherd sad labourer each to 10 years of the same
punishment.

LOSS OF TBE STEAMSHIP BEAGLE, OF
BELFAST AND GLASGOW.

On Wednesday night • very serious collision
took place in the Channel, between the Beagle, one of the
Meeas..l3nrne's amageificent fleet of steamers which ply
between Belfast and Glasgow, and sagesli steamship.
Livioptoo, commaoder, booed from o Alexandna
rid Belfast, resulting in the total Lou of the Beagle.
It appears from the information which we have
obtained that the Beagle left Belfast on Wedeesday
morning, with • crew and general cargo, for Greenock. This
vowel had been placed on the lino by the Messrs. Burns as
a tattle and general merchandise steamer, for the purpose
of relieving the replier mail steamers of a portion of the
general traffic, this of late having become so mush in-
creased that the ordinary steamers bad not the necks.
accommodation far the requirements of the trails,
and also to insure and maintain the character of the
firm for the regular carriage of the mails, by having
special vela& for the goods tiuMe alms, leaving the
mail boats principally for the eonvevaece of pameogers.
The Beagle, as already stated, left Belfast on Wadoceday
morning, and in the evening, when off the Cambrem, was
run into by the Napoli, which mewl struck the Beagle on
the port bow and in about 10 minutes afterwards the Bag%
went down, how first, in 40 fathoms of water. The steam-
tug Pearl, of Greenock, it spoors, cam insight, and
rescued the crew of the Beagle, and took the Napoli, which
was considerably injured, lock to Glasgow. The Beagle
bad no passengers on board, and, no far as we have heard,
, no lives have been lcs.
The above are the only particulars we have as yet heard
of the collision, but faller particulars will be to heed diaries
this day from Glasgow. Tbs unfortunate occurrenes is the
more to be regretted, as this is the first maul of the
Messrs. Burns's splendid fleet which, during the long period
they have so creditably carried oo the erces-obastud trams
to Glasgow, has been lost. We believe we are also correct
in stating that the Glasgow steamers have been so punctual
to their time that they never missed the mail at either
side.
Messrs. Bores have already contracted with Mesas. J.
and G. Thompson for a screw steamship the same as the
Beagle, to ply between Belfast and Glasgow, and this new
vessel is to be called the Wessel—Nord/ern Whig.

DEATH OF MADAME SABA FLOWEIL—Madame
Sara Flower, • vocalist well blown in Eoglend, died in
Sydney on the 20th of August. The late contralto arrived
in Melbourne in the early put of March, 1850. She had
been a severe sufferer from rheumatism foe the lest few
years, and it is painful to leant from the Sydney papers
that her last hours were passed without necessary com-
forts and sourishments. Her good nature was proverbial;
she gave her services willingly for public charities, and for
the benefit of any brother or sister artist who 'ought them,
and she was ever foremost to assist those of her profession
who were in straitened circumstances. The funetal took
place on the 21st of August, a solitary mourning coach con.
mining the mourners.
THE CarrLa Praons.—The present week has
been a very unsatidactory one as regards the cattle plague,
which we (Leeds Mercury) regret to Bad is extending
is the neighbourhood of Leeds, the vicinity of York, and
several other districts of this county. in some parts of
ScoUsod, also, the disease is spreading, and proving very
destructive. Oise report, from the Duette° district, states
that in Milton of Craigie one farmer has lost ninety•four
cattle out of a herd of ninety-eight. Some very dietressiog
lames are reported in West Sussex. The disease seems to
have fixed itself with great obstinacy in the meadows which
form part of the Bognor and Felpham levels. Mr. Geom.
Randall his lost stock to the vela* of 6001. or 7001. It Bent
attacked some very fine Devon steers, in cone Bolds at
Drayton, near Chichester. Subsequently it attacked the
cows on the farm at South Heisted ; sixties oat of eighteen
have fallen victims.
A BOY RANGING HIMSELF IN • Frr or PASSION.
—Yesterday an impost was held at the Leeds Townhall,
before Mr. Emile', coroner, on the body of William
Nicholson Fumes; 11 years old, son of a carter of the
Balm same, residing at 51, Union-street. and who is em-
ployed at the If onkbridge Ironworks. Oa Thursday, de-
ceased wee partaking of dinner with his mother sod sister,
when he demanded the 'poop with which his sister was
eating. He bad a spoon of his own, but he appeared
to have capriciously fancied that used by her, and upon his
mother telling him be must be content with that with which
she bed furnished him, he went into a violent pastioe,
declared ho would have no dinner unless he could have It
on his own condition, sad thee ran into the cellar. Tea
minutes afterwards, his mother thought his temper might
have expended itself, and went to look after him, bat to
her honor she found him suspended by his soar( from the
handle of the cellar-door. She gave ILL immediate alarm,
but upon the assistant of Mfr. Hopkins. seireeoa. being
summoned, the lad was found to he dead. His mother
now stated that he was of a very violent temper, bat that
his rage soon passed away. She did rot imaelos that he
intended to destroy himself, but only to frighten her.
Whilst engaged with the noose, his foot had accidentally
slipped from the step, cod thus death bad mend The
neigthours corroborated the mother's assertion sa to the
lad's temper. and further declared that both parents were
kind and affectionate towards him. The jury toned that
the youth bad oonouitted suicide whilst in a state of tem-
porary insanity.—Leeds Mercury.
SINGULAR Cour..—A Preston correspondent
writes :—" A very 'tramp care of strabismus (obliqueness
of vision) has just been effected in Presto. The person
afflicted was a nurse girl, living with a highly respectable
family in Wineklersquare, and her irregularity of vision
had got to such a Mich that her master and mistress
being apprehensive that the child in her care might,
by repeatedly looking at her, get a 'cant with its
eyes, had made up their mods to part with her.
The other evening (whilst 'serving her notion')
she neat to the *tido° Exhibition, and there, along with
numbers of other young personsfond of novelties end sense-
patronienl the galvanic apparatus in the philosophical
department,. She had two or three "meet shocks, end then
sent home. Soon after she entered the house a great
change was noticed in her appearance. Her optical defect
was entirely removed--the could see perfectly straight—
and we have it on most undisputable authority that nothing
whatever ails her eyes."—Derbyshire Courier.
ANOTHER FATAL RAILWAY ACClDENT.—Yesterday
an iespeetor of cattle trucks on the North British Railway,
named Bruce (brother of Mr. Bruce, goods superintendent,
Carlisle) met with a swims accident at HU:autos, which
cost hies hie life. While be was engaged in coupling some
wagons, they were unexpectedly sat in motion, sod he was
thrown from the buffers. on which he had been kneeling,
upon the lin*. A wages passed over both the unfortunate
tree's knees, breaking bosh lege. He was removed to Car.
lisle by train, and taken to the Infirmary, but the injuries
he bad sustained were so serious that be died in a few hours.
—Carlisle Journal.
iternasuwarr-ROOMS AT RAILWAY STATIONS.--
The directain of the Great Northern Railway Company
have resolved to take the management of the refreshment-
rooms along their lines lath their own hand., with a view
e giving the public full valuator their money and of placing
the whole system of supplying travellers with refreshments
on a more satisfactory footing.