Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

THIS EVENING, and tvery evening during the week,
THE LITTLE TREASURE.
11 After which, the 'New, Giand,.. CoMic, hristmas Pantomime,
entitled,
• LITTLE SNOW-. WHITE;..
OR,
HARLEQUIN PRINCE GOLDENIIEART, AWD run MAIDEN
WHO NEVER SAW HER FACE IN A GLASS!
The Opening St ry of .the Pantomime. (written expressly for
i this Theatre) by' Mr.. Charles Millward.
The Overture and Music of the Opening, and the Music of
the 'Comic. Scenes composed, selected and arranged .by Mr.
I Musgrave.. •The) Seentry 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 whole of the
Dances arranged by Miss M•Gi ty and Miss Brainah. • ' The
Action of the Ballet directed by Miss lki`Crinty.

ARGUMENT. to 1
kingdom
Ever s.O long ago' there existed a remote little kingdom
the realms of Extravagance Called Faraway, which, at the
primitive period to which this story refers, was governed by a
ici crafty and tvrannic.l monarch,- -clept Sghander, whose reckless
and unchecked eXpenditurc ( k-keeping being then unknown
and auditors 'never dreamt of, had plunged his little kiiig-
• dem and Ms wretched subject into an abject suite of poverty
and want. In order to rep nish his empty . coffers, and
• to stop the murmurs of his limpoVerished followers,. N.1.9g
Squander ecmceived the . Wel of effecting - a matrimonial
affiance between his 'only;'son, )tite handsome Prince Golden-
: heart, and a wealthy spinster Princess, his ward, whose
t charms were burled in 'her meney-bags. Like many modern
match-makers, his Majesty speedily. made the discovery tnat
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 ohstinate that tM•eate and entreaties alike failed to
turn him from his -anti-matrimonial; ptirpose, the ,I;ing..,l3e-
vised'a canning seherne, by whio' he hoped to overcome ,the
scruples of his son, and entrap, him, into Wedlock with the
i by-no-means beautifurPriucess.:. 'Hating an ungallant ides
that the fair sex were 'wholly And without exception addicted
'to thelooking-glass (those in which they could see their own
i faces, having been invented about that time)4,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 Mass, he would then accept the pref-
:fel-0d hind of the obnoxious Princess. Proceeding upon his
:novel ane:apperrenlly hopeless' mission, the Prince had alinoist
;resigned himself to despair, when, wearied and dispirited,,te-
' reached an enchanted forest; and,' by the aid of certain good
',fairies who dwelt therein, he w s enabled to discover the object
of his search in the person oflittle Snow-white, a woed:nymph,
who, together with her companions, had not only never seen
theiE own.faces ins 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
eciprocate the sentiment.
' Their. tuture was probably a happy one--4ut histOrl is obli-
vious of their subsequent career. Certain learned antiquhrians,
whose special mission is to attempt to make people believe that
the musty7cords of past and or are of more imPertance to
the living t.resent than theetirring events of the existing gene-
ration, orthe. ouward advancement of the future, are of opinion,
that the ancient kiegdon of Faraway has been discovered
beneath the Goodwin Studs, and a Limited. Liability scheme is
jafeentemplation for exploring that highly attractive locality.
By others it is contended that Ilillire Island covers the defunct
kingdom, and this supposition is encouraged by:the recent dis-
covery-cif-a- fossil, bearing bearing a strong resemblance to a missing
toothpick, tprzne;ly the properAy; of: King Stplander:f Other
equally learr.eil puridite are of opinion that Faraway is buried
in oblivion, and that it never existed an, where but in the
inven4ve isa„,,,ina.t.isof,a needy author... 4 I -F, -,y-
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TRAgSPORMATION.
Harlequin lir. W. Waite 1 Pantaloon 11r. E. Lauri
Clown Mr. Power I Colombine Miss M'Giaty

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On Saturday next, December 31st,
A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE
of the PANTOMIME;

Doors. open at Ralf-past One o'clock, commencing at Two.
Admission Boxes, 45.; 140 r Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.;
Gallery; Is. ; ' • -
Doors Opened. at lialf-past :Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven o'clock precisely. .
The • IREI-eltioe 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 Weston...