The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-11 00:00:00

RYA Inio.—Mr...l. 0. Taylor, slate merchant.

Oxman.—Mr. W. Thompson (conservative), the
senior member, carver and gilder, was unanimously elecu.d.
A loyal and dutiful address to his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, congratulating him on having attained his
majority, was unanimously agreed to.
WOLVERIMUTON. —Mr. Henry Hartley Fowler,
solicitor, the son of a deceased Wesleyan minister of emi-
nence, and the son-in-law of the late Mr. G. B. Thomeycroft,
the first mayor of Wolverhampton, was unanimously elected
mayor for the ensuing year. After his election, he moved
addresses to her Majesty and the Prince of Wales, which
were unanimously adopted.
ROCHESTER.—Mr. Alderman H. Everist was
nassimessly elected. He has long been an active and
leading supporter of the liberal party.
N ORWICH. —Here the two political parties have
agreed by consent to let bygones bygones, and on each
side there are an equal number o members of the town
council. Mr. H. S. Patteson (conservative) was unani-
mously elected mayor, and Mr. J. J. Colman (liberal)
sherd.

GItLAT YARMOUTH. —The conservatives have a
decided preponderance here is municipal affairs, and Mr. B.
Stowers' was re-elected.
PORTSMOUTH.—DIr. Alderman Thomas Ellis
Owes was elected mayor. The election is Don.political.
SOUTH A M —llfr. F. Perkins was re-elected.
CAM BRIM:E.-Mr. Alderman Henry Smith,
liberal.

NormGnam.—The Nottingham Town Council
re-elected Mr. Richard Birkin mayor for the ensuing year.

THE OPENING Or Nay LAMBETH-BRIDGE.—TbiII
new bridge was opened for public traffic at 3 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. Long before the hour appointed great crowds
of people had assembled both on the Lambeth and Mill-
bank sides awaiting with much interest and curiosity the
formal opening, which it was understood would be made by
Mr. Hodges, the distiller, of Church-street, Lambeth,
crowing to the Middlesex side in his new and powerful he.
eagle.. Precisely at 3 o'clock the engine, on which was
Mr. Hodges, and several of the bridge directors, with its
full complement of firemen in new uniforms, came out of
the distillery yard, and at a swift pace crossed the bridge.
amidst the cheers of the spectators. Having reached the
Middlesex side, Mr. Hodges declared the bridge opened,
and immediately there was an immense rush of people on to
it from both ends, and several cabs and light carts rattled
serum The vibration consequent upon the traffic is not
anything like so great as was expected, and much lees than
that experienced on the Ilungerford.bridge when it was
first opened. The carriage-way is intended only to accom-
modate light traffic, and oo heavily laden engross will be
allowed upon it It is formed of square blocks of wood
laid down upon asphalte, nod is about 20 feet wide. The
footways we paved with flagstone and are about five feet
wide, There is an entire absence of OrDIOWOI about the
brigdo.

I—
we.i.eywne ov CIVIL Ewen,: Kelm —The weekly
meetings of this inetitatioe will be resumed at the house in
Gnat Orsargisatreet, Ibis evening, the 11th inst., at eight
p.m., when a paper by Mr. Robust Crawford (Amos.
Rost. C.E.I. of Homburg, " Co the Railway System of Ger-
many," will be reed.