Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

On Friday, for the BENEFIT of Messrs. POWER & LAURI,
Clown and Pantaloon, BLACK EYED SUSAN.
After which, the New, Grand, Comic, Christmas Pantomime,
, entitled
LITTLE SNOW WHITE; ti
, •

OR,
•
HARLEQUIN PRINCE GOLDENIIEART, AND Tills MAIDEN
WHO NEVE SAW HER FACE IN A GLASS!

The Opening Story of the Pantomime (written expressly for
this Theatre) by Mr. Charles Millward.
The Overture and Music of tie Opening, and the Music of
the Comio Scenes composed., selected and arranged by Mr.
Musgrave. The Scenery of the Pantomime designed and
painted by Mr. George Dawson, assisted by Messrs. Penn,
Goodman, Hall, and Rogers. The Machinery by Mr- Caw-
drey. The Masks by Mr. Clarkson. The Properties by Mr.
Jenkins, assisted by :Messrs. Dearlove, sen , and E. Lauri.
The Dresses by Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries. The wkole o 4 the-
Dances arranged by Miss M'Gi ty and Miss Ilramah. ‘The
Action of the Ballet directed by Miss M‘Ginty..
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; yelept Squander, whose reckless
and unchecked expenditure (book-keeping being then unknown
and auditors never dreamt of,) had plunged his little king-
Awn. and; his wretchecesubjects into an abject state of poverty
and want. In order, to replenish his empty coffers, and
to stop the murmurs of his; impoverished followers, King
Squander conceived the idea of effecting a matrimonial
alliance between his only son, the handsome Prince Golden-
heart, and a wealthy spinster Princess, his ward, whose
charms were buried in her money-bags. Like many modern
matoh-makers, his Majesty speedily made the discovery taat
his task was more difficult than he had imagined; for
although the intended bride was quite willing.lhe bridegroom
elect expressed a decided objection to the alliance. Finding
his son so obstinate that threats and entreaties alike failed to
turn him :tom: his anti-matrimonial . purpose, the King de-
vised a cunning scheme, by which .he hoped to overcome the
scruples of his son, and entrap him into wedlock with the
by-no-means beautiful Princess. Having an ungallant idea
that the fair sex 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 royalpromise that if
he 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 a enabled to discover the object
of his search in the person of little Snow-white, a woJd nymph,
who, together with leer companions, had not only never seen
their own faces in a glass, but had never seen the face of one
man until the arrival of Prince Golden-heart in their abode,
which was a sequestered 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
reciprocate the sentiment.
Their future was probably a happy one—but history is obli-
vious of their subsequent career. Certain learned antiquarians,
whose special mission is to attempt to-make people believe-that
the musty records of past and gone are of more importance to
the living. present than the stirring events or the existing gene-
ration, or the onward advancement of the future, are of opinion
that the ancient kingdon of Faraway has been discovered
beneath the Goodwin Sands, and a Limited Liability scheme is
LA contemplation for exploring that highly attractive locality.
137 others it is contended that Hilbre Island covers the defunct -
ctoinvirerdyegri of a fossil, b
, suepoxinposgitioanstrisoenngeoruerasegie,bdianeby
et
teoreeea
mnistsdisg-
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.

TRANSFORMATION.
Harlequin Mr. W. Waite I Pantaloon Mr. R. Lauri
Clown Mr. Power Columbine Miss M`Ginty

A GRAND MORNING CONCERT, supported by
highly distinguished Artistes will be given in this Theatre on
SATURDAY, February 11.

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
Seats in the Dress Circle and taking Private Boxes, which may
be had under the direction of Mr. 9eorge Weston.

ROYAL AMPIIITHE.ATBE
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET,

Proprietor, Mr. W. R. COPELAND.

THE NEW, GRAND, LOCAL, COMIC, AND NAUTICAL

- PANTO3iIME!
EVERY'EVENING. - T
This Evening (Wednesday,) BENEFIT of MiSs BRAAIAII,