The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-15 00:00:00

REM A RK S.

Atmospherical pressure, which less than yesterday, Is de-
creasing generally this morning, chiefly on the southern coasts.
Winds are light and variable. Thunder is reported from places
In the south and tut

THE WEATHER.—(THIS DAY.)—Taking MOUTH.
Negretti and Zantbm's thermometer, as registered yes-
tm-Miy at 1 o'clock, the mercury bad fallen 47 degrees
at the corresponding hour to-day. That a change was
about to take place was apparent last evening ; but during
the night the glass never indicated below 80,
At about 2 o'clock this morning vivid flashes
of lightning illuminated the metropolis and con-
tinued for some time ; and between 3 and 4 loud claps
of thunder were heard, accompanied by a heavy fall of
rain. Raving ceased for a time, the thunder returned be-
tween 7 and 8, and HUM that time rain has been almost
incessant.
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Txa Nsw VACCINATION ACT. —Yesterday this
important cot, which received tberoyal assent on Monday,
WU printed. It makes oonsiderable alteration in the law,
abolishing other statutes, and making vaccination com-
pulsory to a certain extent. The act will take effect on
the Ist January. New vaccination districts are to be
formed, and to be approved by the Poor-law Board.
Beyond the fee of la. 6d. to 3s. (according to distance) to
be paid by the guardians, the Lords of the Privy Council
may order an additional fee, not exceeding ls. for each
child. When a child is registered a certificate is to be
given orient within seven days; that the child must be
brought within three months to be vaccinated, and also
for inspection, under a penalty of 20s. According to tha
31st section, a registrar or other person appointed may
give notice to a justice that be has reason to believe that
• child under 14 has not been successfully vaccinated, and
that • notice to the parents has been disregarded, the
justice may summon the parents, and vaccination can be
directed under a penalty of 20a. Compensation can be
made to any person improperly summoned under the
provision. A person inoculating, or attempting to inocu-
-1 atee for the small pox, to be liable to imprisonment for
one month.

Tee TAILORS' STRUM—Last evening a well-
attended meeting of the London trades unions was brld
in Cambridge-hall, Newman-street, Oxford-street, to con-
sider the coming trials at the Old Bailey, and to receive a
report as to theposition of the tailors' association. The
chair was taken by Mr. George Potter, who stated that the
tailors' strike had now been going on for 17 weeks, and
that the responsibility lay with the masters. Notwith-
standing all tint bad been said against trades unions,
the workmen would not give them up. They had not only
improved the condition of the workmen, but of the
marten also, as well as of labour through the country at
large. He therefore thought that the tailors' association
should be supported by every trades union in the kingdom.
A resolution was passed pledging the meeting to give all
the moral and pecuniary support in its power to the move-
ment, and to bring the subject before the trades unions.
A resolution approving of the system of picketing, and
declaring it to be no violation of the act of parliament,
was unanimously adopted.
Among the literary persona named in the official
journal as having obtained the Cross of the Legion of
Honour is Mr. Spier's, Professor of English at the Emile
des Pants et Chemise's, and author of the English and
French dictionary which beam his name.