The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

TH3 JARDIN II 211P32.

A meeting of the subscribers end
_promoter, of
this underfelt was held in the building, late the Royal
Panepticen, in • -square, • day or two back, at which
Mr. E. T. Smith, the proprietor, attended, and explained Ws
view as to the management and future financial return to
the shareholders in respect to the undertaking. Mr. Smith
slated that he had had three offers from respeedble prams
to eel the metre hell of the building kr tie repose of a
fist-eye cirrus, the flooring of which would be we tea-
sleeted as to be mealy removable. If le for that mess,
it would produce at the Lee • rental of 3,0001. • year. The
two houses on each side of the building to Liked/sr-square
would leas chambers for 1601. per year each, end parties
were willing to take thee at that rent far sock papas. The
proprLotar of se eminent restaurant in Pais herd offered to
ppaey 1,0001. a year rent for the supply of the whole of the
fYshmests in the building. The photographic rooms
would let at 160/. per annum ; a large room as
• billiard room would produce 10111. • year, and a
popular singer had offered 1601. a year for the use of one
of the lecture rooms. Mr. E. T. Smith also explained
It was tart of hie project to give • series of grand musical
' festival,' both lyrical and serred, supported by a powerful
chorus, the most eminent vocalists, aorl the splendid organ
in the building Itself, which would realise, he calculated, a
profit of at toast 2001. weekly. Mr. Smith said be, however
prop .ied to reckon on only half that amount ask:eon. arising
Prom that muroe. In addition to ell these, there was little
doubt a Urge revenue would be derived tram the em of the
main building for the holding of public meetings, end be
proesenadee, in respect of size and situation for which per
it was unrivalled. These sources of Inmate would
yield upwards of 9,0001. per annum; and when it was re-
membered that the only liability to which the building was
a rent of 9001. • year, Mr. Smith said he Leered
ete less
cosecince he was laying before the subscribers pre
eat and the public one of the moat safe and profitable heist-
meats of the present or any other time.
Various questioes having been asked and ettisfectorily an-
swered, the genlisemen present agreed that the expertise
afforded them was highly eattarserory, end pledged them-
selves to 'upped Mr. Smith Me his endeavours to marry out
the project of the Jardie tither.

COMMITTAL OF A SHAM BARRISTER.
Yesterday, at the Wakefield Court-house, a is-
, spa. table looking man, named John Lundy, wee charged
with homing, on the 26th nit, oskistally preemeded that be
wee • banister-et-lew. Pram tie teldukee of Mrs Ds

wife of William Heys, shopkeeper, of Wakefield, it appesirill
that the prisoner called at her house on Townley afternoon
last, and engaged rooms, saying that he was a barrister-at-
law, and that be bad oome to Wakefield sessions to defend
prisoners. He partook of tea end supper, end the neat
morning after breakfast said he woe going to the court-house.
He returned again about Ire o'clock to tea end supper. On
Thumb', morning he took some meat and bread with bine,
saying it was fora woman be was going to defend. When
he came home on the evening of the third day he said be
had got three prisoners off that day. On the name evening
he also borrowed some money, promising to pay It when be
got his ebb over, and on in. anal Wsitistitis
6%mM:et
borrowed some money, observing, wham at ak
he was going to defend a woman who was timeged with steel-
ing 701. ; that he knew she had the Ps, is bee poeissf,
but that he did not wish it to be known. Lass in the day the
barrister's" landlady, wishing. no doubt, b sin brit ledger
in his wig end gown, end to hear how hs bight bind the
woman for stealing the 701., went to the efewrtshones; bat
instead of finding him mated at the barrlstew's table, she
found him standing in the body of the court. She made her
way to him, and I thought you wadi bare beer
among the white wigs." Ile I bare been; bets my
cue is over." He also bid he was 'rabbi bbear • case
that wee then going on. That evening be wished to borrow
some more money; but her suspickse Wag areamed
rebated to lend say.—Williarn Deys cceroberated his wiles
statement, and said, in addition, that ths bleaser had
engaged him ss his clerk, at 2ba. a week. He hod she mob
proposals of marriage to his daughter. He meld that Ws
carpet tag containing hie wig end gown was at Mr. Webs-
wright's, the solicitor.—Mr. Wainwright said the prisoner
came to him to defend a female on a charge of felony ; but
he neither left carpet beg nor wig or gown.—lnspector
Burton apprehended the prisoner on the charge, and ho was
then fully oommitted for trial, bail being refuarrl.—Maneliestn.
Guardian.