The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-05 00:00:00

AN ACTOR'S SALARY.

At the Lambeth Police-court, on Monday, Mr. James
Rogers, the well-known comedian at the Olympic Theatre,
waited on Mr. Elliott, and handed to that gentleman the
sum of thirteen shillings and fourpence, with the following
note:—

"Sir,—Allow me to rresent to the poor box the enclosed
thirteen shillings and fourponee, being the amount I re-
ceived for performing at Windsor Castle on Wednesday
am, sir, your obedient servant, JAS. Roost's."
Mr. Rogers requested his worship would, with his usual
kindness; acknowledge his small donation in the usual
way; upon hicli Mr. ntliott said he would give a receipt
for it, but Mr.vv Rogers replied that that was not necedsary.
It would appear hat the restriction of such members of
the ei!ympie company as performed before the Queen and
Court on W edneeday night, to the payment of their
night's salary, has given rise to some grumbling amongst
the professim.

THE, L RTII MURDERS.

EXTUMATION OF BACON'S MOTHEI

On Monday afternoon, a spcial messenger arrived at tam •
ford, from the Home Office, bearing a letter from Sir George
Grey, addressed to the mayor, requesting that gentlemen to
infortn the Government forthwith where the remains of Mrs.
Bacon, the mother of the man charged with the mirder• of
his two children, were buried, in order that immediate steps
na'ght be taken by .the proper aritharities to have the body
ekhnmed and the inquest held without delay, The Mayor
informed the Right Hon. Baronet that " Mrs. Bacon was
buried in May last, in tha parish churchyard of Great Chester-
ton, near Oakham, in Rutlandshiro, and that the coroner
for the district is Mr. Henry Hough, of Pakham, in
that county." The necessary orders from the Home Office
were sent off last night to Mr. Hough, and the body of Mrs..
Bacon will at once be exhumed, hut the proceeding in the first
place will only be of a formal nature, as the intestines will be
taken out by the local surgeon, who will make the post modern
examination, and forwarded to Professor Taylor for analysis.
Mr. Reed, the chief anstahle of Stamford, has collected a
great quantity of information in connection with the case.
On Tuesday. morning, at Oakham, Rutlandsbire, Mr.
henry !lough, one of her Majesty's coroners, in,pursuance of
instructions which be had received from Sir, George Grey,
gave the necessary orders for the exhumation of the body of
Mrs, Bacon, who, it is alleged, was poisoned by her son in
May, 18L5, and an inquest will bo forthwith holden.

The King of Sardinia has returned to Turin.
The health of the Earl of Harewood continues to im-
prove. • /
:The Earl of Yarborough has been appointed Lord.
Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.

The Emperor of AUstria will not go to Florence, he
returns from Milan direct to Austria.

The widow of the Right Hon. Henry Golbourn died a
day or two ago, at Betchworth House, Surrey.
THE WAR wn'n RUSSlA.—Further papers relative to
addresses, resolutions, stc., from the British colonies on the
subject of the late war with Russia, have just been printed
in the form of a blue book. They include loyal addresses
from Ell our colonial possessions, generally accompanied by
a liberal subciiption to the Patriotic Fund.
CRIMEAN CAPS IN NEW YORK —A large quantity of fur
caps intended by the British government to be sent to the
Crimea, for the use of the army, have found their way to
New York and have been selling so cheap during the late
cold snap, that about every other man in the city has one
on his head. It is a pity they could not have reached the
soldiers, for they are ugly enough to have frightened the
Russians out of Sebastopol if they had been worn by the
besieging army.—New York Times.

The Journal des Chemins de Fer says :—" A rumour has
recently been current at Paris, that the Council of State
has been called on to examine the statues of an Anglo-
French international financial company, with a capital of
120 millions, divided into 24,000 shares of 5,000 f each.
The following is said to be the plan proposed :—The
shares should be to bearer after 2,030 f had been paid ; the
object of the association to be discounting bills, advancing
money on goods, and loans on moveable property of all
kinds. The board to consist of 25 persons, French,
English, and Germans, the chairman being named by the
government. It appears that the Council of State found
a great similitude between this company and that of the
syndicate of bankers, and as it had declared this latter
inopportune, it has rejected the otherfelso."
REPORTING IN THE Muss OF LORDS.—Some time ego
the Lord Chamberlain was good enough to appropriate a
room to the use of the reporters in the House of Lords.
The kindness of his lordship was duly appreciated by
those whom it was intended to benefit, for the apartment
was commodious and convenient. This room was prepared
for the reception of the reporters as usual yesterday
morning, but about midday the tables and writing desks
were removed from it to another apartment, which is too
small to supply the requisite accommodation. The officers
of the House themselves seem not to be aware who was
the author of this summary and discourteous proceeding;
but as it is in direct violation of the formally expressed
intentions of the Lord Chamberlain, it may not
unreasonably be expected that this netice will lead to the
immediate restitution of the reporters' room.—Times.
A BRIDE'S OUTFIT ON ITS TRAVELS.—The preparation
consisted in the despatch of her maid to Paris under the
protection of the courier, for the purchase of that outfit
for a bride which it would be extremely low, in the pre.
sent narrative, to bestow an English name, but to which
(on a vulgar principle it observes of adhering to the lan-
guage in which it professes to be written) it declines to
give a French one. The rich and beautiful wardrobe
purchased by these agents, in the course of a few weeks,
made its way through the intervening country, bristling
with custom-houses, garnished by an immense
army of shabby mendicants in uniform, who in-
cessantly repeated the Beggar's Petition over it,
as if every individual warrior among them were the
ancient Belisarius ; and of whom there were so many
legions, that unless the courier had expended just one
bushel and a half ofsilver money in relieving their distress,
they would have worn the wardrobe out before it got to
Rome, by turning it over and over. Through all such danger
however, it was triumphantly brought, inch by inch, and
arrived at its journey's end in fine condition. There it
was exhibited to select companies of female viewers, in
whose gentle bosoms it awakened implacable feelings.—
Little Dorris for February.
Oun Bor.—Our boy is by no means certain in his
movements, he takes sometimes one hour to accomplish a
distance of half a mile, sometimes two hours ; this is
accounted for by his taking ,various circuitous routes
according to his taste. One day, in consequence of Punch
and Judy, be proceeded from Charing-cross to Pater-
noster-row, via Westminster-bridge, the New-cut, the New
Kent-road, and then over Blackfriars-bridge, to his des-
tination ; the next day he proceeded from and to the same
place, via the Northern-road, taking in Guildford-street,
Pentonville, and the City-road. Our boy is also given to
music ; we have frequently found him extemporising an
accompaniment on the bones to a grinding organ, and
once he assisted at an acrobat's performance, by surrep-
titiously beating the drum when the men's backs were
turned. Our boy is likewise given:to holding conversations
in the streets with perfect strangers, and he also takes
great interest in all shops were mechanical operations are
going on. Our boy is also of an enquiring turn of appetite ;
he invariably tests the qualities of our wine and biscuits,
and he carries his investigations in this quarter to such an
extent, that whenever he goes to our printer, he steals
pieces of old printing rollers, because a certain portion
of treacle enters into their composition._ Commercial
Travellers' Magazine, for February.