Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-26 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 wretched subjects into an abject state of poverty
!aid want. In order to repl nish his empty coffers, and
Lo atop the murmurs of his impoverished followers, King
wander conceived the idea of effecting a matrimonial
tance between his only son, the handsome Prince Golden-
;Tareaart, and a wealthy spinster Princess' his ward, whose
Zs were buried in her money-bags. Like many modern
his
,atch-makesr, his Majesty speedily made the discovery toat
aitotask more difficult than he had imagined; for
gh tneinten oned bride was quite willing the bridegroom
Licht expressed a decided objection to the alliance. Finding
son so obstinate that threats and entreaties alike failed to
*urns e
from his anti-matrimoniae
l purpose, the King de-
vised a e seru„,_spanningi scheme, by which b hoped to overcome the
of his son, and entrap himh .into wedlock with the
tif2? Means beautiful Princess.having an ungallant idea
lok,4tvehieoafakiinr
gse_xgiwaseare wholly and without exception addicted
(those in which they could see their own
plaiceees aving been invented about that time), he despatched thei
Pon his travels, and obtained his rdyal promise that f
retu
aiev flied without having discovered a fair maiden who had
er beheld her face in a glass, he would then accept the prof-
beoceedinlnd of the obnoxious Princess. Proceeding upon his
reeignrld, Pi3arentiv hopeless mission; the Prince. had almost
acned'ar'sell to despair; when, wearied and dispulted; he_
es 'who enchanted -forest, and, by the aid of cerin good
of _ dwelt therein, he w4s enabled to discover the obi
thtsearch in the person of little Snow-whtte, a woad ympeh,
eir o?ivgnetfhaec
reslviinthahgelrascao,mpanions, had not only never seen
n
but had never seen the face. ofb onee
4.;‘,llllchuntil the arrival of Prince Golden-heart in
ftheffra
lanodd,
Thu p :was a sequestered dell on the b9rders Fai y
akitte-, ce, overjoyed by his wonderful discover), was at once"
wlth her beauty, and the maiden was not slow to
recinrPe ate the sentiment.
piothe to
future was probably a happy one—but history is obli-
ce oft •
*Who, eir
specialsubuent career. Certain learned
thatantiquarians
the missions to attempt to make people believe
i'LlstY records of past and gone are of more importance to
tatio„g Present than the stirring events of the existing gtnen-
that 7i or the onward advancement of the future, are of opinio
le,„te anci t kingd of Farawa), has been discovered
e 034 the G.eonodwinSan°dns, and a Limited Liabilitv scheme is
oche Inelation for explorimg that highly attractive- locality.
7tiacs it is contended that Hilbre Island covers the defunct
tes",-,;4n, and this supposition is encouraged by the recent dis-
teetifL of a fossil, bearing a strong rese iiblance to a missing
Nsare,k, formerly the property of King Squander.. Other
oid:earlied pundits are of opinion that Faraway is buried
gave.,,,-;''en, and that it never existed and where but in the
"'ive imagination of a needy author.

TRANSFORMATION.
4,1111 ...... Mr W. Waite Pantaloon Mr. E. Lauri
....Mr. Power I Columbine Miss M,Ginty

144.„ The FIFTH (and LAST BUT ONE) MORNING PER-
t t',,,‘IANCE of the ANTOMIME will take place on SATUR-
,' XgXT, January 28.
Rir„, The LAST '' rERFORAN-TOMINIE will beMORNING on SATURDAY, FebruM C E of the
ary 4.
llG°t's Open at Ilalf-past One o'clock, commencing at Two.
h; 11W A GRAND MORNING CONCERT, supported by
.i.,TtiFuIYItDAY, February distinguished Artistes will be given in this Theatre on
.w
11.

„ Admission :---Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.;
I.allery, Is.
Doors Opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances coin-
taence at Seven o'clock precisely.
The Box-office is Open from Ten to Three, for securing
Seats in the Dress Circle and taking Private Boxes, which may
'be hid under the direction of Mr. George Weston.

CHATHAM BALL.
LADY PATRONESS, MRS. WILLIAM FLETCHER.
PRESIDENT, JAMES ASPINALL TOBIN, Esq.
THE LIVERPOOL CHATHAM SOCIETY'S
uIL BALL, in aid of the FUNDS of •the BLUE, COAT
Z9BPITAL, will be held in the Town-hall, on thst livening
-4 Tuesday, the 31st January instant.
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