The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-14 00:00:00

MS IiIfOROACHMINT UPON PUBLIC MONTS
AT HIGIIGATB

At the meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras, held
oa Wednewhy, Mr. Churchwarden CARTI9I is the chair, a
communication was read from Mr. Joseph Taylor, the soli-
citor to the promoters of closing Bromage'elatie, enclosing
a request on the part of certain Inhabitants to close the
thoroughfare In question. This daminset was As form
1 eta peremptory settee as follows :
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. Pawns, in the county
of Middlesex, and to Francis Flaw, their clerk.
" Whereas, we, the undersigned inhabitants residing
within your perish, being desirous of stopping up a certain
street and public highway, called or known as Brumaire's-
walk,' otherwise ' Love-Lim,' leading from 9Waidll.lllllo to
H sad within thesaid perish, hereby give you notice
of we um wilt, and desire and hereby require you to con-
vene and reanible a meeting of the said vestry, and to
submit to such vestry our said wish and desire.—Dated
this 2nd day of January, 1861,
(Signed) " Ws. LAWGDALX, 3, Holly-terrace.
" MUM BARCLAY, West-bill."
A further memorial was also presented by Major Wilkin-
son to the following effect :
"To the vestry of Si. Fasciae—The memorial of the
undersigned justices of thepeaee for the county of Middle-
sex, clergymen, gentry, sad =tomes resident in the im-
mediate vicinity of ' Broosageb-walk,' otherwise 'Love-
less,' leading from the district of fit. Ann's, Brookfield, to
Highgate, in your parish, ehoweth, that the above walk or
Ease has been well known to us for many years past and
that the same him been very little used for foot pamengem,
and then only in the height of summer, when the same has
beenpaseable.
"Tibet Use grebe has been allowed to get into very bad
repair, and has never been lighted, and from the same being
a dark unfrequented walk, it has become a resort of thieves
sod other improper characters, and for the meow aforesaid
bee become useless as a highway, and should the same be
allowed to remain open it most, for the protection of the
public, be thoroughly repaired and properly lighted.
' net, inasmuch as the closing of the same would be of
great benefit to the inhabitant' residing at the north cad of
Kentish Town and Highgate aforesaid,
" Your memorialist. trust that you will be pleasel to take
the necessary steps for cannot such lame to be stopped up."
Major WILILINtION, in presenting this memorial, said it
would be observed that some of the memorialists had quali-
fied the prayer of the memorial by attaching a note to their
signature to the effect that if the path were properly re-
paired and lighted the necessity for it' being closed would
be removed. He would move that the memorial be read and
brought up with the other memorials already presented.
Thu was adopted.
Mr. DOUGL4II moved that the whole subject be deferred
till their next meeting for consideration, and that notice
be rives to the vestrymen on the subject.
Mr. C. CRANE mid be would second this motion with
plusses, as he thought the more the subject was con-
sidered and made public, the more it would be seen that
those win, wanted to close up this path were in the wrong.
L, hear.) He did not hesitate to declare that he would
ail be posaibly could to prevent such a proceeding taking
phew (Hear. hear.)
The resolution was then put and curried.

The eighth annual exhibition of the Photographic
Society opened to the public to-day, at the
gallery of the Society of Painters in Water
Colours, Pall-mall East. The photographs here
exhibited (many of which are on sale) are for
the most part submitted to the public merely
as the most pleasing and popular specimens
of the art. It is necessary to bear this in mind,
as some disappointment may be felt at the absence
of novelties and curiosities. A supplementary ex-
hibition has occasionally been contrived by the
society at its own rooms, for the purpose more
especially of giving practitioners the opportunity
of examining and comparing new processes and tech-
nicalities of more immediate interest to photo-
graphers themselves. We presume and trust
that this plan will be adopted this year.
The Right lion. the Lord Mayor gave a grand
entertainment on Saturday evening to his Excellency the
llovernor.Gerneral of Canada and a select party. Them
were present the Lady Mayoras@ (Lady 011iffe), his Excel-
lency the Governer-General of Cansda, Lieutensat.Cleoeral
Fox, the lion. Colosel French, M.P., the Hoe. Butler
Johnstone. M.P., Sr; Frederick Rogers Bart., the Under-
Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir James Elphinstone,
Bart., ; Muu.r4;eneni: Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8.,
and Lily Airev ; Thomas Baring, Fag., LP., It. W. Keo-
nerd, Fag., M.P., F. Musks, Fag., M.P., the Hoc John
Roes, J. Abel Smith. Faq., M.P., J. C. Halibartes. Eau,
M.P., W. 31birrsv. Req., M.P., W. Tile. Isq., M.P., J.
Sews, Erg.. LP., W. Nicoll, Esq., M.P., Joseph Locke,
Pa%, M.P., he.
SOcISTT FOR ?RR ENCOtRAORNIC4? or Tern:ix
Arra —Mr. Samuel J. Nichol] (of the firm of Wilson and
Nichol', architects), to whom the silver medal of this
society wan awarded for bin design for the church of St.
Peter and Paull. Cork, has bees very successful in obtaining
such hoisourable testimonials from the public societies, he
having twice gained the students prize from the Royal In-
stitute of British Architects. se welt ea the silver medals for
two years. &weeny* ori building matorials, and the proggpnl
offered by the ',witty of Arta for designs fur labourers'
cottages.