Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

ARGUMENT.

Ever so long ago there existed a remote little kingdom in
the realms of Extravagance called Faraway, which, at the=
primitive period to which this story refers, was governed by a
crafty and tyrannical monarch, yclept Squander, whose reckless
and unchecked expenditure (book-keeping being then unknown
and auditors never dreamt of,) had plunged his little king-
dom and his wretchectsubjects into an abject state of poverty
.aud want. In order to rept nish his empty coffers, and
to—efdri The Miitinursof hiS impoverished' -followers,- King
Squander conceived the idea of effecting a matrimonial
alliance between his, only son, tae handsome Prince Golden-
3mart, and a wealthy spinster Princesti, his ward, whose
charms were buried in her monev-bags. Like many modern
ariatch-MakerS, his Majesty speedily made the discovery that
;his . task was more difficult than he had imagined ; for
Although the intended bride was quite willing the bridegroom
relxt expressed a:decided objection to the alliance. Finding,
obit son so obstinate that threats and entreaties alike failed to
turn' him from his'-'anti-matrimonial purpose, the King de-
'vised a cunning scheme, by which he hoped to overcome the
scruples of hit son, and entrap him into wedloCk With the'
by-no-means beautiful Princess. Having an ungallant idea
that the fair seit were 'wholly and without exception addicted
to the looking-glass (those In which they could see their own
faces, having been invented about that time), he despatched the
Prince upon his travels, and obtained' his royal•proniise that if
be returned without having discovered a fair maiden who had
never beheld her face in a glass, he would then accept the prof-
fered hand of the' obnoxious Princess. Proceeding upon his
novel and apparently hopeless mission, the Prince had almost
resigned himself to despair,-when, wearied and dispirited, he
reached an 'enchanted forest' and, by the aid of certain good
fairies who dwelt therein, hew .s enabled all-discover the object
of his search in the person of little Snow-white, a ny
mph,
who, mooed
'who, together with her companions, had not only never seen
their own'faces in a glass, but- had never seen the face of
n
man until the arrival of Prince Golden-heart in their abode,oe
-which was a seguestered dell on the borders of Fairyland.
'The Prince, overjoyed by his wonderful discovery, was at once
:smitten with her beauty, and the maiden was not slow to
zeciprocate the sentiment. •
Their future was probably a hippy ong--but history is obli-
vious of their subsequent career. Certain learned antiquarians,
-whose special mission is to attempt to make people lielieve that •
the musty records of past and gone are of more impertance to
the living present than the stirring events of the existing gene-
ration, or the onward advancement of the future, are of opiniroi
that the ancient kingdon of Faraway has been discovered
beneath the Goodwin Sands,, and a Limited Liability scheme is
incontbmplatien for explonv g that highly attractive locality.
By others it is contended that 'Hilbre Island covers the defunct
kingdom, and this supposition is encouraged by the recent dis-
covery of a fossil, bearing a strong rese nblance to a missing
toothpick,' formerly the property of King Squander. Other,
equally learned pundits are of opinion that Faraway is buried
in oblivion, and that it never existed an, where 'but in the
inventive imagination of a needy author.

TRANSFO:
Harlequin Mr. W. Waite
Mr. Power

,MATION. •
Pantaloon Mr. E. Lauri
Columbine , Miss M'Ginty

• On Saturday next, the 11th instant,
'THE THIRD GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE

of the PANTOMIME.
Doors open at Half-past One o'clock, commencing at Two.

Admission :--Dress Boxes, 4s, ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.;
Gallery, Is.
Doors. Opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven o'clock precisely.
The Box-office is Open from Ten to Three, for securing
Se had the Dress Circle and taking' Private Boxes, which may
beunder the direction of Mr. George Weston.

THE LAST WEEK.
TRE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBITION
OF

WORKS OF LIVING ARTISTS,
OLD POST-OFFICE PLACE,
IS NOW OPEN
WILL CLOSE NEXT SATURDAY, THE 4 1 _ _TH.
mom' Ten until Four. Admission. Is. Day and Evening
.rason Tickets ; Gentlemen, ss. ; Ladies' Ditto, 3s, 63. Even-
`l,g Seagon Tickets, 25. 6d.
EVERY EVENING FROM SIX TO TEN TO THE
WORKING CLASSES.
ADMISSION, TWOPENCE.
Brilliantly Illuminated with Gas
JAMES PELHAM, Secretary.

The eiiat locality' of Ms 'residence is 'not known, but it is
supposed to be in one of the streets adjoining to the Liverpool
Theatres.
Characters in the Prelude.
. -
A Needy Author, "in want, of an Idea," Mr. Blakely. '
The Spirit of Pantomime
Commerce (well known on the Banks of the • - ~.-
Mersey)Vl
- Mrs..Soinerlle.

Clinoters in the Opening of the Pantomime. '
Davy Jones, the Ocean Wrecker, envying the
island Queeri • Mr.-Appleby.
Sharkehead, his confidant, with a ravenous
- appetite
Corahana, Queen of "A Tight Little Island,"
_ _

a near neighbour of Davy Jones - Miss Laura Gray
Telegram, the " Spirit of 'the Ocean Tele-
graph," a aseful agent in the service of
the 'guild Queen, who is ever engaged
in watching the movements of Davy
Janes, from Dover Cliffs to the Land's
End, and the Liverpool Doelcs=l".4 Miss Anniellowe
• • MORTALS.
Jaeltßatlin, first mate of the " Lively Lass
ofliverpool," so named after the daughter
of Captain.Bowliae,-the owner - Mr. Angel.
Mary Bowline, who •haii,no objection to Jack
Ra'lin being, " her firg'mate," as well as
her father's • Mrs. Ne+ille.
rASTOMIMIC TTLkNSFORMATION;
Harlequin... Mr. Martin. I Clown • Mr. rostahr.....
Their First Appearance hi this Theatre.
Pantaloon Mr. Appleby I Columbine... Miss Brainah.t

Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seieao'clock precisely. . '
Admission—Dress Boxes, Ss.; Side Boxes, 2s. Gd.; Pit,
ls. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Dress Boxes, 2s. ; Side_
Boxes, is. Ga.; Pit, h.
The Box-office is open from Ten to Three for securing Seats
in thaDress Circle and taking Private Boxes, iwhieb, may be
had under thadirettionaf Mr. Geo. WeSton. - • '

ENGLER'S "CIRQUE LIVERPOOL.
TRIUMPHANT AND GLORIOUS SUCCESS!

THIS EVENING, -
'PERFORMANCE OF THE PANTOMIME

THE LAST DAY PERFORMANCE BUT ONE OF THE
PANTOMIME, '
Under the Patronage of several Families of Distinction.
By request of several Families, Mr. HENGLER has arrangdto
A JUVENILE DAY REPRASENTATION
of the Splendid Pantoniime,'on TO-MORROW (Saturday), fbr
the express accommodation of parties living at a distanCe,
and unable to attend the Evening Performances.
The Amusements will be varied • with Superior ACTS OF
EQUITATION, represented by the Star Company.

Doors open at Two o'clock, commencing at Half-past; '
Open every Evening at Seven o'clock, commencing at Half-
past. . --
Admission :---Stalls, 3s. Boxes, 2s • Pit, Is ; Gallery, 6d

Children under Ten, Half-price to Boxes and Pit only.
Sole Proprietor and Director—Mr. CHARLES HENOLER.

CONCERT - HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.
GRAND CONCERT,
THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, THE 13nt- INSTANT.
RTISTI! :
MISS ALICE DODD,
• MISS ROWE,
• (From the Royal-Academy, London,)
MR. T. BOLTON,
(His First Appearance,)
AND
SIGN OR PERUGINI.
CONDUCTOR—MIL H. V. LEWIS.

Body, 6d.; Gallery, Is. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. Concert to
commence at Eight o clock. Doors open at Half-past Seven.
Carriages at Ten.
Tickets to be obtained at Messrs. Hime and Son's, Church-
street.