The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-01 00:00:00

THE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN ITALY;

A letter, dated Naples, Aug. 24, gives the ''allow-
ing particulars as to the earthquake spoken of in Sa'airday's
Erpress:—.. I have received several details relents to dm
dreadful disaster which occurred on the 14th hue., in.
the province of Basilicara, in this kingdom, and about
one hundred miles from the capital. A list of rsere than
fifty villages is given in which greater or leas damage
was done, in more than one place the principal
buildings hiving been destroyed, and in all several lives
having been lost amidst the rains of fallen homes. 'the
greatest sufferer, however, was the town of Maid, a place
containing 10,000 inhabitants; three-quar tees °false city are
a mass of ruins—the archbishep's pal ace, the college,
the municipality, the barracks, and the radios station
having been all levelled to the ground. The %norm %baths
amount already to 700, besides MO wow tided, mating whom
the principal families count victims. I have nut time
this morning to give all the minute dets ils, but it is ,allltheat
to say that a sash and populous district has been completely
destroyed, sad the loss of life hes bee as immense. It does
not appear that the ground *peeled, t all the injury was
done by the houses falling beta the - repented shocks of the
earthquake, the rapidity of which w as such thatthe psessas
in the houses and passing in the streets had mot time le
escape. The King on receiving th' a dreadful news isesseo
diately misted a sum of 4,000 du" eats to be sent from Ids
private parse, to which the Ques' a added 2,000 in addition
to the mm of 5,000 ducats one tributed by the Treasury.
Temporary hospitals have been v rectal, and detachments of
InPacre and miners have been • ...nt to the different places to
"lilt in clearing away tbß *no is and disinterring the un-
fortunate victims. Private tie Jacriptions have beets opened
in the towns near to the *iv .e where the catastrophe Me
occurred, east no donht the active charity of the city et
Naples will not be deficient

CHARGE OF CHERAW NO AT BRIGHTON.—Anothe,
application was made as Saturday for the reception of bail
in the case of Stades, se no is charged, together with Broome
and another, with eh eating at Brighton under eircum
stances already knew, a to the public. On Wednesday Mr.
William Brisket Der des, attorney, of No. 6 Swan-street,
Trinity-squarib_ eppl ied to the Lord Chief Baron, at his
chambers, in. Wane' gardens, Chancery-lane, for the issuing
of a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the prisoner, Charles
Staden, before his lordship, in order that bail might be
tendered on his behalf. The writ of habeas corpus was
ordered Masons, and made returnable at the chambers of
the Lord Chief Baron on Saturday at 2 o'clock.—Mr. Sill,
of Tavishiek-raw, Covent-garden, attorney for the prosecu-
tion, attends d accordingly at the Lord Chief Baron'achasa-
bers, at the time named. On appearing before his lordship,
Mr. Sill yr iid he wished that everything should proceed
with regu'imity, and he should be glad, therefore, to know
wise tha party was who attended for the prisoner —The
laird Ct,ief Baron inquired of that gentleman, and he re-
plied filet he was clerk to Mr. Davies.—Mr. Sill said he
*pretended that Mr. Davies should have attended himself.
—The Lord Chief Baron : Certainly ; where is Mr. Davies ?
—The clerk replied that he was gone to bring the bail.—The
Lord Chief Baron: Where are they? Why are they not in
attendance ?—The clerk said they were gone to get refresh-
ments, and would be there immediately.—The Lord Chief
Baron ; Why are they not here ? It is now ten minutes
past two o'clock.—The clerk said they would be present in
a few minutes.—The Lord Chief Baron said he should not
wait; they should have been in attendance.—The clerk
again repeated that the bail would be immediately present.
The Lord Chief Baron, however, said he should not wait for
them, and added, Go to the magistrates; go to the Mlts-
trates." As his lordship was leaving, Mr. Sill mid that
four applications for bail had already been made before the
magistrates without success, and he expressed a hope that
the prosecutor should not be put to further expense in at-
tending befote his lordship, and that another habeas would
not be issued.—The Lord Chief Baron said that none
should be issued by him, and immediately retired. Hi',
lordship had scarcely left his chambers when Mr. Davirj,,
attended by the proposed bail, entered the outer Mace. He
was accompanied by J. Broome and Staden, the lidter
being brought up by the gaoler in obedience to the emit uf
habeas. The Lord Chief Baron, however, having gone,
nothing could be done, and the parties left, Staden •sr, be re
conveyed to Lewes Gaol.
FRAUD AND ROBBERY.—Several rObbe,ries have
lately been committed in the neighbourhood of London by
a man who aasumes the name of a certain pugilist, better
known by report than personally, and mho taker up his
quarters under pretence that he is going into training. On
Saturday he took lodgings at Mr. Jones's, the Angel Inn,
Petworth, and shortly afterwards went off with A large
quantity of silver plate, several watch*, ft,