Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

ARGUMENT.

lEver 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
and want. In order to rep': nish his empty coffers, and
to stop the murmurs of his impoverished followers, King
squ_ander conceived the idea of effecting a matrionial
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
match-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
elect expressed a decided objection to the alliance. Finding
his 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 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
facei, having been invented about that time), he despatched the
Prince upon his travels, and obtained his royal promise 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, ha
reached an enchanted forest, and, by the aid of certain good
fairies who dwelt therein, he w.a enabled to discover the object
of his search in the person of little Snow-white, a wood nymph,
who, together with her companions, had not only never seen
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their own faces in a glass, but had never seen the of f one
man until the arrival of Prince Golden-heart in their abode,
which was a sequestered dell on the borders'of Fairy land.
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 Stirling events of 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
in contemplation for exploring 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 ,blance 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.

Harlequin
Clown .....

TRANSFORMATION.;
..Mr. W. Waite Pantaloon Mr. E. Lauri
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.Mr. Power Columbine Miss rid

To-morrow (Saturday,) the 7th January,
THE SECOND GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE
Preceded of the PANTOMIME,
by THE- TWO GREGORIES. '

Admission :---Dress Boxes, 46. ,U • per Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.;
Upper Gallery, Is.
Dodrs Opened at Ralf-past Six, and. he 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. George 'We don.

ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

THE NEXT PEOPLE'S CONCERT,
At the Low Prices, will be given
TO-MORROW (SATURDAY,) THE 7TH INSTANT,
At a Quarter before Eight o'clock,
When the following celebrated Artistes will appear :
MADAME ENDERSSOHN,
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The great English Soprano, of the Philharnionic Society's
Concerts, the Provincial Festivals, &c., &c. ;
MISS M. WELLS,
The celebrated Contralto, of the Exe er-hall Concerts, &c. ;

MONS. DEPRET,
The eminent Belgian Tenor ;
MR. J. G. PATEY,

Bass, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury.llne, and the principal
Theatres of Italy.

sow VIOLIN :
MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE HITMLER,
Who has had the honour of performing before her Majesty.

CORPORAL WOODHOUSE,
The extraordinary Drummer,' who created such a furor' at the
Three Military Concerts given by the Band of Her Majesty's
Life Guards, is engaged to perform his