The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-31 00:00:00

THE yaI,,PRESS, FBIL,AT EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1866.

vagrant. Mr. Bu LIAR suggested for this pu the
refusal of relief to all yoyng e-liticlied 11
titaik
actually destitute, the exislio bile
work, the employment of Italica oers'aa assigiant
relieving officers, and • system of passes or certi-
ficates to be givesito the-eadiwal poor for produc-
*pp at their next place of sojourn. Two of these
suggestions—that of giving certificates to the really
deserving, the casuals travelling in search
of woik, tested jy the actual length
of their day's journey, and exacting a heavy labour
test from all others—if universally adopted, would
perhaps go far towards meeting the evil. A
scheme founded on these suggestions, and embody-
ing them in a modified form, is about to be tried
in Gloucestershire. According to this plan, any
able-bodied vagrant is to receive a night's
food and lodging, but is roquired to do
four hours' work in the morning, unless
he can show that he has travelled from
fifteen to twenty miles towards his place of desti-
nation on the previous day. These are the main
features of the scheme designed to check the
growing evil of public and indiscriminate vagrant
relief, and they are sufficiently promising to justify
• hope that if faithfully and wisely carried
out the plan may prove to a considerable extent
successful. It is high time that something should
be done in the matter, and the progress of the
new scheme will be watched with special interest
by all who understand the magnitude and me-
nacing character of the evil it is designed to
combat.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

fidelity mid exactuali which vould ;Wight the philo-
sophical ilkii-carpe in `teeter " 4yond
mesiminvrWak P confisigOilei oomploosa, re-
-lazing Set: screw, ding out facilleiea and irotting
about like Fagin with pockets tern ly open ; eager
public, sanguine and expectant, folloWing on ifs heels
with beaming countenance and new blossom hopes
—a charming and encourariug tahlitetz Then
Bank Parlour, with unpleasant previsions rising in
its mind, enhanced by gloomy leaders in monetary
Journals, feels its gold slipping away from it, and rushes
to its screw, which it works with frenzied vehemence and
frantic unreason ; terrified public grasps at every bank-
note it can get hold of at any price, and buries it as a dog
does • bone, and with about as much reflection, and
about as much insight into what it is doing. Thus, •
universal stagnation, a diminution of reserve, and money
will be as if it were not ; terror and darkness, and every-
body will lose except those who are purely dealers in dis-
count. Bad and gloomy tableau ! That will be the course
if the problems of commerce are to be worked out under
the machinery that was created twenty-two years ago.

LATUST INTELLIGENCE.

banners LETTER. —sErz raw- AND 1,0-
SECUTION OF THE " UNITA ITALIAN

The Unita /taliana, of August 24, contains
the following :
His Majesty's Attorney-General, seeing that the Unita
Motions of this day contains in ite first article, filling the
whole foes °obtains of the first page and more than half
of the second, and signed by Giuseppe Mazzini, a provo-
e ition ►gainst constitutional institutions—seeing that the
article which immediately follows contains the same
offence, and moreover, excites to hatred between the
different classes of society—seeing that an article entitled
"A Proposition," in the same number, contains an
offence against the sacred person of the King, and is
ciloulated to expose him to contempt and dislike, orders
under Articles 13, 19, 22, 24, of the hues law of the
26th of March, 1848, and Article 471 of the penal code,
the seizure of the said number and the commencement of
a prosecution against the manager of the said paper,
Giaainto

*lisped con behalf of the Attorney-General,
ZINDRINL

CANDIA.
The Late of Syrs publishes the following procla-
mation :

August 11,1866.
To all Cretans residing in the Island or out of it, and

to all Christiana.

The General Assembly of Cretans taking into ootuddera-
lion the critical situation of the country, and trusting in
the sentiments of the whole population of this illustrious
and sacred land, as well as of all Helenas, appeals by this
proclamation to their patriotism, and invokes them in the
crime of our common and unfortunate country for help by
wards and deeds in order that the aim which we all have
in view, and for which so much has been sacrificed, may
for ever be secured.

(Signed) ALUALS DU TD2BUM44I DZ CtDONMVL

(uvraa•s Trxraiwca.)
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Atlol7Bl. 31.

On account of the unsatisfactory state of the
finances, the Emperor has ordered the amount
fixed for the court expenditure in 1867 to be re-
duced from 74 million to 5 million florins. A large
portion of the imperial retinue has been dismissed,
and considerable retrenchments are about to be
made in the salaries of the chief court functionaries.

THE ELECTOR OF HESSE.
BERLIN, AuGun' 31.

The semi-official North German Gazette of to-
day contains an article alluding to certain
rumours which have been current here, that
the Elector of Hesse had abdicated in
favour of the King of Prussia. The article
says :—" Nothing is known of these rumours
in well-informed circles. The Elector of Hesse
could not, however, in his own interest do better
than adopt such a resolution. Austria and the
other German states with whom peace has been
concluded having already recognised the new
organisation of Northern Germany, no prospect
exists of a change taking place in the position of
the Elector."

THE BAVARIAN CHAMBER.
MUNICH, Auousr 30.

The bill for a loan submitted to the Chamber of
Deputies to-day is accompanied by a motion to
the following effect :—That a dose union
with Prussia would be the only means de-
finitively to bring about the unification of Ger-
many by the co-operation of a freely elected parlia-
ment, endowed with the requisite powers, and
effectually to protect the national interests, and
repel, in case of necessity, any attack from abroad.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, At Cat'ST 31.

The Emperor has given a banquet in honour of
the American Embassy, at which his Majesty
drank a toast to the prosperity and consolidation
of the United States.
The official Northern Post states that certain
journals have greatly exaggerated the number of
Polish insurgents in Siberia, and denies that the
revolt has spread.
The imperial sanction has been given to the
statutes of a joint stock company established for
the purchase of landed property in the western
provinces. The government advances to the com-
pany without interest the sum of 5,000,000 roubles.
Baron Kneaebek, who arrived here on a special
mission from the King of Hanover, has had an
audience of the Emperor.

SPANISH FINANCE.
MADRID, AUGUR? 31.

It is officially announced that the Spanish float-
ing debt amounted on the ht July to 1,545 million
reels, and on the ht August to 1,606 million reels.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE JAVA.

The Royal Mail steamship Java, from New
York on the 22nd inst., arrived at Queenstown at
9.30 a.m. to-day (August 31), with 48 passengers
and 40,000 dollars in specie. She landed all the
mails, consisting of 125 sacks and 22 passengers, and
proceeded to Liverpool immediately ; all well.

( Roche's Point.)
NEW YORK, AUGUST 22.

.
President Johnson has issued a proclamation
declaring Texas restored to the Union, and that
peace, order, tranquillity, and civil authority now
exist throughout the whole United States.

A committee have visited the President to pre-
sent to him a copy of the proceedings of the Phila-
delphia Convention. The President made a speech,
reiterating his determination to maintain his po-
licy, and declared that the convention was more
important than any that had sat since 1787. The
declaration made by the convention was, he said,
a second declaration of independence.
General Grant stood at the President's side
during the delivery of the speech.
A convention of soldiers and sailors has been
called to assemble at Cleveland on the 17th Sep_
tember to endorse Johnson's policy.
The political pressure to bring about Mr. Stan-
ton's retirement increases, and his resignation is
daily expected.
The Federal Attorney-General has ordered a
note prosequi to be entered in the cases of the
Fenian officers concerned in the Fenian raids.
No hostile demonstration was made at the Fenian
picnic held at Buffalo yesterday.
The Fenians are reported to be demonstrating at
Malone and along the Niagara frontier.
The commanders of the Canadian Volunteers in
the Brookville division have been instructed to
issue 60 rounds of ball cartridge to each man.

General Sweeney has issued an address, waiting
the Fenian against using the organisation of the
Brotherhood for the purposes of American
politicians.
Two Federal war vessels have been ordered to
Rio Grande, in accordance with President John.
son's proclamation ignoring the blockade of
Matamoros.

The commander of the American Pacific egnadron
has been ordered to detach a force to take care of
American interests off Magadan Guaymas.
A terrible patrolman explosion has amused at
Long Dock, opposite New York. Six lives were

' lost and numbers injured. Propel .y to the amount
of 1,000,000 dole. was destroyed. _ .

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Cholera Is still raging severely throughout the
western cities.
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NSW YOB.K, Ammer 30.
President Johnson has visited New York and met
with an enthusiastic reception.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, Ammer 22.

The Rio Grande Courier of the 7th inst. reports
that the French had retaken Monterey, capturing
Escobedo, numerous officers, and 1,400 prisoners.

Cortinas had captured Reynosa from the liberals,
and had pronounced for the imperialists.

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