The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Yesterday morning the vestry meetii; of this
parish was held at the Boys' Schoolrooms, CLurch-street,
the Rev. C. B. DALTON, the Rector, presidine. There
was an unusuaily full attendance of ra•eprysri. Th? vestry
clerk was reelected; after which the Rev. C B. DALTON
said that he should nominate Mr. J. M. Itsssitsr to be the
rector's warden. . . . . .

Mr. EDWARDS said, that he protested against the course
pursued by the rev. chairman in making the appointment.
He believed that the rector of that parish had no right to
nominate a warden, and, after a good deal of :rouble and
research, be had been able to find no precedent for such •
proceeding. The churchwardens were formerly elected by
the ratepayers is prevent disorders in the parish, and to
see that the Sabbath was duly observed; but in process of
time they missed to execute these functions, an t became
what they at present were. He found that it was in the
year 1672 that the rector first claimed the right of appoints
nag a churchwarden; but he could not then have possessed
such • right unless he had it prior to the canon of James 1.,
in 1603—be bad the law on this subject in his pocket.
(Laughter.) Having carefully examined the authorities on
the matter, and taken goad legal advise, ha hat formed
the strong conAusion that the right claimed by the rector
' was a nullity, and therefore he should enter his protest
against its exercise. It was only in the year 1790 that the
rector had first appointed a waraen, notwithstanding that
the right had been before claimed. He trusted that what
he had said would not be suffered to fall unheeded, and he
protested acainst the validity of the nomination.
Mr. It. Taylor, Mr. John strata.::, and Hr. lime were
then elected churchwardens.

In St. George's, St. Olave s, and St. Olare's South-
wark, St. Paul's, and St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey,
St. John's, Horselydown, St. Catherine Cree, and St. Diary-
vestry meetings were yesterday held, but the pro-
ceedings were of no public interest.

LODGINGS IN PARIS.—A case of home interest to
persons in the middle classes of lit, same on yesterday (says
ricuiynani) for decision before the Civil Tribunal. The
question raised was this—has a person living in any house,
and not rich enough to keep his carriage, a right to have a
hackney-coach brought into the court by day or by night
in order to enter it at the foot of the grand staircase ; or
must the hind vehicle draw up at the outside gate and the
person about to use it walk through the yard to and from
it. The owner of a house iu the Rue d'Anjou St. llonore,
having interdicted the entrance of any hired vehicle into the
courtyard, a tenant insisted that the prohibition was i 1 nal,
and in the end brought an action to establish his right. 'fhe
counsel for the lodger reminded the curt that the case had
been already decided more than once. and th st on every occa-
sion the dee i.io n was given against the pretensions of the owner
of the house. If no express stipulation to the contrary, he
argued, was to be found, in the lease, the courts had ruled
that the lodger could at any hour, by day or by night,;have
a hired carriage brought into the court-yard, and could
get into it at the foot of the staircase. On the other hand,
the counsel for the owner of the Louie maintained that
any lodger, rot keeping hie carriog,,, was to be supposed to
be in a position only to go on foot, and consequently could
not have the right to brine a carriage into the court-yard.
President Debelleyme then gave judgment, and decided
that the lo 'ger bad undoubtedly tel right to have a car-
riage brought into the court-yard when ne pleased, and in
consequence, authorised him U call for the aid of the arand
force to defend his right if necessary.
SINGULAR LONGENITT.—The Irish papers an
nonce the norm death of Mrs. /dory Power, widow of J.
Power, Esc! , and aunt of the late Itigh• lion. It. L. Shell,
at the Umbels Convent, Cork, at the advanced age of 116
years. Mrs. Power till very recently rtsided at Ba;h, and
at the age of 114 she made two lasi*, from that place to
London to see the Great Exhibition. It was her own re-
mark that she believed herself to be the greatest curiosity
there. She afterwards returned to-te, e.e.41, and latterly
lived en pcasion in the quiet *Vetter hfe was
brought to a close about a Wilier; issae.re attack
of influents.

Gt ASCOW AND SOUTH wEr, AlL'inti.—Traffio
ter the w•ek. ending Much 24, 4,414 iircs:`• nd
isg week last yew, £3,769 be. 3d. linereree: !M' Ls. 3d