The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

• TUTS EVENING,
And Every Fvening during the Wrek, exec; t Friday, will be
presented the admired Comedy of
THE PORTER'S KNOT.
Samrson Burt Mr. W. Conner.
Stephen Scatter._ Mr. F. Neville.
Alice ' Miss Goodall.
On 'Wednesday there will be a Juvenile Night. when the
Pantomime will be played as a First Piece.
On Friday, for the Benefit of Miss M'Ginty, the Columbine,
SIMPSON & CO.
Mr. Simpson Mr. W. Cooper.
Mrs. Simpson
Mrs. Fit7allen Miss Rosina Power.
(Her First Appearance on any Stage.)
Every Evening.,
THE GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
(Writ en expressly for this Theatre), entitled.
HARLEQUIN AND .TnEl3l_,ACt HEN;
OR, THE GIFT OE THE GOLIAN EGGS..
The Overture and Mbtib tO the Opeiiing, and the
.Musib Of. the
Comic Scene§, toippospii, SeleCted. and arranged by MR.
totiric.ANsON. The, Fte,9ery the Pantoininie desikncd
tinkti,bainkf) GEQRGE nssi*d )067, MR.
FENN...The Machinery by MR .CA7DREX.,,The Proper-
)l7 .SIR. JENbaNS. Th,e ibres'ies MR. and MRS.
EFFRIES. The whole, of ``h aPhrS arranged by MISS
AtIGINTY and, MIRS,TRAMAIL The action of the Ballet •
arrringeil

id`ORY OF THE PANTOMIME.
At thikt ',.l'ell-knoWn period, "a long time ago," in a country
4iinti.b, situate in a remote part of Fancyland, there dwelt a
Prbtlent pair, who were never at odds with each other. In
fact, so exemplary were they in their marriage state, that had
the ilunmow Prize of a Flitch of Raton been established in
their time, there can be no doubt they would hate obtained
#t: Ai it NVA, thO• Were rewarded for the singularity of their
. Nvrrajtil happiness by having a present of Eggs matte them
by tt Good Fairy. It must not be imagined that these Eggs
were simply Eggs, to be eaten and then thrown away. No
these Eggs were Fairy Eggs, all made of Gold, and possessed
this singular property--that whoever was the bWrer of them
could have whatever he asked for, by simply throwing ono on
the ground and breaking it.
The reader of these lines will at onto t Xelaim :—" Oh, how
I shorild like a Faire Gift like that !" tut Fairy Gifts are only
valuable as the possessors know how to Make a proper Ilse of
them. Riches, without content, are but a sotiret Of inistry
and disquietude ; it might he better to tie poor, tot as a great
and good genius wrote—

" Poor anti cOnteht it rich arid rich enough*"
It it not to he shrposetl froth this digression, that the old
em
ple in question trade a bad use of their Golden Eggs—far
troth it. They it as exemplary in prosperity as they had
ben in adversity; but a new generation sprang up, and they
had.Thtve grandsons—two of them, adopting the manners of
the deice, became "Vast Young 31,n." The third resembled
his grandfather, and was considered by his brothers " rather
MOW."

Now, how these young men became sharers in theit Grand,
fathe 's Fairy Gifts—how they acted ;wisely or bllitrWlse in
the disposal of them—is all sot fottli in the opening of this
Christmas Pantoddiat:
TRAtiBVoitilikTibN.
41c4iiiii ••• • • 6 , Mr. Charles Green,
Mr. James Doughty.
6 ,.Mr. Sterne.
line Miss M'Ginty.
THE FIFTH GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE
OF THE PANTOMIME
ON SATURDAY NEXT, JANUARY 26rn.
Doors open at Half-past One, commencing at Two o'clock.

Admission: Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ;
Gallery. Is.
The Box.offiec is open from Ten to Three Daily for securing
fields in the Dress Circle and taking Pthate Boxes, Which
may be bad under the direction of Mr. George WeEtoth
Doors open at Italf-past Six, to commence at Seven.

TILE ,PANTOMIISIES.

NoTICE.

THE GREAT ithoiss—attendant upon the
Atrahgement of
A. MORNING PE RFORMANCE

At the Amphitheatre, and
A lUVENILE NIGHT
At the Theatre Royal,
Attested by the
CROWDED AUDIENCES
At both Establishments, induces the Management to Repeat