The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-06 00:00:00

• • TERIUDAT.
There ie a good deal of excitement in the town
respecting the impending election. The coeservativse hive
decided upon a candidate, namely, Mr. Brcenley, who, it is
nodeistood, is willing to stand. No answer has yet been
received from Mr. Chat hem. The agitation continues for
Mr. Harper Twelvetrees and Mr. Pope, of 4dancheater.
Lord Lincoln has not come forward, but is 'befog cowshed.
cated with by some influential liberals, and' also con-
servatives. There was • meeting of the liberal meters
of Sir Robert Clifton last night et St. George's h
Robert was enthusiastically received, arid having addreesed
the electors, a resolution was unanimously pared, pledging
the meeting to support him.
Mr. Mellor, late member for the borough, has just issued
hie farewell address, as follows :
"To the Electors of the Borough of Nottingham.
" Gootlemen,— Her Majesty having been graciously
pleased to appoint me to • seat oa the judicial bench, I beg
mapectfally sad grata/MIT to restore to you that trust
which you so generously reposed in me.
I hope that I may say without presumption that, whilst
advocating "spatially those great principles of civil asd re-
ligious liberty which I have always professed, I have not
been neglectful of the ;emend interest" of the town of Not-
lisgliem. I have received so missy and
ofoneltairs=i
marks your esteem and roped, from aeon of
Min_ your town. that it is with profound motion I
myself severed from a codoesiem which was at once so
honourable arid satisfactory to re.—l en, petlerneu, yoar
faithful friend sod servants "Joss 1/I.LIAMI.
"Temple; Dec., 1861."

1111 PROPOSED ROAD ACROSS HYDE PARK.

Yesterday a deputation of influential gentlemen
from the parishes of Chelsea, Kensington, Paddington, and
Maryiebone (whose names will be found in the Corot
Cireihir in another colonia), waited upon the Right Hon.
Mr. Cowper, Chief Commissioner of Works, to urge the
of the speedy formation of the proposed road
air" essrZyde7perk. to comet Paddington with Brownian
sad South Kenstagton. The right boa. geutleman was
addressed by Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., Mr. Tit*,
M.P., Mews. Homebred. Preentaa, :ficholay, and
Roche, and Lieut. Colonel Wortley ea the great Magus-
Mance which they contended existed for want of such
a commenicatios u that proposed, and the de-
sirability of its being effected Woes the opening of
the Exhibition next year. In reply Mr. Cooper said, for
the last two years he had devoted a peat deal of his atten-
tion to the sub:fem. Aortae Midair the trouble to glance
at the map of London would use that the communication
north and south between Messiagtea•road and Uxbridge-
road was very bad. Now. as such large masses of tie
population had settled in those parte known as Tyburnia
and Belgravia, it was his opinion that it was necesury
some arrangement should be rude. He ocesidered that if
the omnibus traffic from the railway Mations to the Great
Exhibition next year was to go through Park-lane and the
other still more ineonveuient thoroughfare of Church-
street, Kensington, it would Greasiest such a continual
jam that it would be a great public inconvenience. He
felt called upon, therefore, to have a starting
point from the Paddington Station to the Great
Exhibition, open to all kinds of vehicles ; but it
need not be open to slow traffic. They must take it for
panted that a read on the surfers would be totally inad-
:Usable, as it would he too post so infringement upon the
park sad Kaosiagton-palms. There were two other ways
is which the road might be carried out, either as a sub-
way or • sunkway ; the former would be nice* agreeable to
the trequesters of the park, whereas the latter would be
most ecevenient for thou using the road. He thought it
should enter just below the Victoria.gate and come out at
Kensington-gore, opposite the road leading to the Great Ex-
hibitiou, travel over or under the Serpentine, either of which
schemes was, be believed, practicable. A sunkway might
be made without interferiag with any tress. There were so
engineering difficulties as all to interfere. With regard to
the most material point—which he wss glad lad not bun
lost sight of—namely, the payment for such a road, the
House of (Nimmons he had always found very liberal in
allowing foods for improving the parks for park purposes ;
bet this could sot be considered as park purposes, se
he thought fluids could not be legitimately appropriated for
the purpose. The expense might, be thought, be defrayed
by imposing a toll, bet which he knew to be particularly
unpalatable, and which should be avoided ; and the most
probable alternative, therefore, was, that the parishes inte-
rested should raise the funds. He should have looked to
the Metropolitan Board to find the foods, but be had been
told it would probably be timeless, from the great works
they had on bawd. Now, if the gentlemen prima would
appoint a ocoatraii••• to anoarinin and set before him the
way the funds could be turd. he &seen he weld find
the plan, as he believed It very neeamary that it should be
dome before the opening of the Great Exhibitioa next year.
The Hoe. First Commissioner fully coincided with so ob-
servation from Mr. Tit* that there would be not the least
interference with Rottemrow, whittler it was a sunk road
or a tunnel.