Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-26 00:00:00

We have resolv'd, in.marriage, to best -' •
She is our ward, and wealthy, beyond doubt,
''Tis-time for such a ward, :some one " came out,
. (Aside) She wants a husband, we, her 'Cash require, . ."
This royal weddintr, 'therefdre,' all 'desire.
• { Tli.s PRINCESS• appears- greatlg agitated.
Now dont attempt to faint, or make a fuss,
You know yen like it, so give us a buss. (kisses her) -
Bring forth the bridegroom without more delay, .
The nuptials shall take place this very-day. • •
PRINCE GOLDENHEAItT is conducted into the presence
of the KING and court.
PRnsoJ—Papa, my empty pockets yeti must fill ; •
KING (angrily)--If I (.10,—
PRINCEL- • Fie pa, don't loek so cross,
- - - I Will ; •
But first, as yonwill soon be tied for life,
We'll introduce you to your future wife.
PRINCE—That horrid fright my " better half!" oh
.bother •
, • •
She's old, and plain enough, to be my mother. • -
QUEEN (Offeflied)—Ungrateful boy, where is "oar
filial duty.?
The Princess, like your mother, is a beauty.
PnliceE—lf that be beauty, you do well to share it,
•
For singly,
,I believe, you could not bear it.
KING. (indignantly)---This comes of giving you.- an
education,
Beyond our customary cultivation.
Allowing your young fancy to run wild,
And never asking you to " draw it mlid.". -
Winking at latch-keys, blind to knocker-wrenching,
And scorning gentle hints about retrenching.
Our subjects, too, by your example taught,
Have, lately, some newfangled notions caught.
They "bore" us with their rifle clubs and carps,
And in their " shots". they run up "heavy scores."
Nay, worse, they. talk, and rave on things political,
Until our state, is in a stat,3 most critical.
These treasonable capers must be cut,
And to theirTeriod, a fall stop be put,
Else like the " Merchants four" of scribbling fame,
'Each timid wight will ask our little game, -
And silly gravers after notoriety -
The "-nobodies" who ever haunt society, „
Will ape the power, invested in their betters, -
And on the world intrude as men of letters.
Who'd be a ? when any chap, can write
And beg an answer if he, means to fight ?
The world indeed has come to,a nice pass, -
If people fancy we are such an ass !
No•longer.yott shall shake our royal credit,
If you won't marry, "slope ;" there we have said it,
And if your face, you dare again to show,
"Down.amongst the dead men you shall go.'.'
PRINCE—Ere I to such a sentence acquiesce,
The case-must be submitted to the press.
When verdicts are opposed to law and facts,
The public are the best to judge our acts.
BlNG—Away ; yet stay ; to mercy we're inclined: .
If, in your travels through the world, you find •
Something, quite new, or somebody uncommon—
A talking fish, or secret-keeping -woman—
Or,.strangerstill, if- a fair.maid-you trace,
-Who in a glass has never seen her face,
You- may return. •
PRINCE— ' The task is hopeless.
KING— Rather!
.
PRINCE—Had ever heir-apparent such a father?
KlNG—Speed:on-your wild-goose chase. Out of our
sight. : . •
• Over the left is your way, ours the right. •

prusic.

DUET.:
Xing;
We are a king of high degree,
As wise as any king can be,
. Mid far as most folks we can see,
, Hoop-de-doodein-do.
Prince. •
If that be true, pray tell me where
, To find a maid so very fair,
Or off the errand I declare.
Xing.
If from our sight you do not go,
• Before wo lift our royal toe, •
A n'•arer way you soon will know,
' Hoop-de-doodern-do.
.Pririce. •
I scorn your threats, but not your kicks,
Don't put yourself in such :viz,
I'll on my errand tut my sticks.

•- • - • - • ; [Exit Pri,oce.
And returns immediately, and sings the following—
; • Your rashness you will soon deplore, .
For I will jo:la a Rifle Corps;
A:-_d make you pay the outfit score, , •
ilotip-de,doodem-do.•
, . Chorus, repeats "Youi rashness," Ste.
[PRINCI3 GOLDENHEART vainly appeals against the KING' 8
harsh sentence. He then invokes. the aid of the QUEEN
and PitINCESs FAEBA N G ON, but they turn indignantly
from hit-4, and he, is, ignominiously driven from the
royal presence.
SCENE lII.—THE WISHING TREE IN -THE
ENCHANTED FOREST.

Appearance of PRINCE GOLDENHEART, weary and
dispirited
PRINCE—AIas ! was e'er a lad insuch a pass ?
No maid know I a stranger to her glass.
Where shall Igo to ? Echo answers, where ?
But where is nowhere here, and I am there.
I've lost my way. No tavern hereabout.
My inn, to all intents, must now be out. '
My eyes grow "heavy," and my head feels ; "
The "_ day" is spent, so here I'll spend the "night."
No shower-bath knight to help me into bed,
Or cozy nightcap for my royal head ; .
No robe-de-chambre; a valet, too, I lack; . -
Lucky, I don't wear boots; there's no bootjack.
Night comes apace, but if my courage fails,
I. won't cry out, or he a prince of wails !
This bank, in such a place, is qnite a treasure,
.4. pressure on it now will be a pleasure.
{Reclines upon the bank.
If lesser mortals this world's evils buffet,.
It is but right that princes, too, should "rough it."
(Drowsily) Yet.it is hard, without a pillow,. too ;
And trees, instead of windows, to look through.
I'll dream my. wishes, fora simple lass, . .
Whose lace has never been before a glass. .
. , [The Znchanted:_Forest sinks from view,
• and discovers
SCENE IV.-L--THE FAIRY BOWER. OF QUEEN
,ZEPHYRUS.—GRAND PAS,DES FEES. •
ZEPAYRUS, the FAIRir QUEEN, appears..
I
ZEPHYRUS—My pretty subjects, do not think me rude,
If on your sports venture to intrude. .
In Faraway there dwells a tyrant king, -
Whose rule, as fast folks say, is not." the thing."
His subjects, subject to his slow dominion,,
Are not, allowed to express their opinion..
His son, young Goldenheart, has lately. shown
A will and disposition of his own.
For which he is, by way of.punishment;
Upon a seeming hopeless mission sent.
This prince is noblet•generous, and clever,
So we *ill aid him in his strange endeavour.
Wearied and. hopeless, near, he seeks repose, , • -
And.dream4 the secret I will now disclose..
[She raises the sank upon wheat the PRINCE is sleeping.
Behold our Prince, who, though the pink of.fasliion
Looks sad enough to merit our compassion.
In siniple childhood primitively dwell
A sylvan troop, in a sequestered dell ;
Their happy faces have not yet been shown
Where most fair maidens' faces are best known. ,
And stranger stilt; these nymphs have never been
Where form of man by any could be seen. ,
But soon the retex of a looking-glass
Shall cause. some strange events-to come to pass.
The fairest of these sylvan maids shall prove,
To this, good Trince, the mighty. power of love.
The name.. of this fair 'nymph need not he-spoken, .
But you can wreathe. it, in a fairy token.
• [Fairies gather flowers, which they
.forin into letters,
producing the words, "LITTLE SNOW-WHITE."

SONG.--ZEruyucs.
POWER .OP LOVE. -
• ' There's a fairy way,
Few have joerneyed o'er,
Yield not to dismay,
But its paths explore.
- Lose not in surprise,
Such a way to prove,
That in woman's eyes, ••
Dweils the power of love. . •
Some to wealth may bow,
Others yield to fate,
But in love art thou
Blest in thy estate.
Hasten then where dwells
Hid in yonder grove,
She, whose witching spells
Shall prove the power of love.
SCENE V.—THE ENCHANTED FOREST.
PRINCE GOLDENHTART discovered on the bank. He
awakes from his slumber, and gazing around him in
astonishment,
PRINCE—What a delightful dream, and how sug-
gestive,
My broken rest has made me feel quite restive.
At once in search of Snow-white I will rove,

For strange.to,say' I almost feel in love. •
• f DREAM OF JENNY.
To dream of anything I scarcely dare,
Here midst the 'Willis of the damp night air ; . •
for its the dripping dew that falls this way, " •
Happy visions would but lead Illy mind.astray.
Many arc my dampers, but more there are in store,
For this rheumatic twinge will quickly make me roar.
Oh, if I don't dream of any maiden fair,
Who has not seen a glass, I shall die in despair.
Exit PRINCE.
SCENE 'I7I.—THE SEQUESTERED DELL.
Enter PRINCE GOLDENHEART.
That Fairy's very kind, none could be kinder,
Bdt'still she might have told me where to find-her.•
noise,of laughter and merriment proceeds from
the wood, and the PRINCE perceives the Wood
Nymph.s approaching.
Why, as I live; those Sylvans are advancing ;
This tree shall hide me whilst I view their .dancing.
[Conceals himself behind the tree. The SYLVANS
appear and retire._
PRINCE. (emerging from his place of concealment)—
I must be very " wide awake" to catch 'em.
By feigning sleep, I may more closely watch 'em.
[He reclines upon the •bank, and .a.,;:pears to be
asleep. The WOOD NYMPHS return, and regard
him with anzazement. Emboldened by his as-
sumed slumber, they slowly gather round him.
SNOW-WHITE.. more curious than the rest, bends
over the watohful PRINCE, when he kisses her
and prevents her escape:
SONG.
This " din o'er, oh," at once return
A lesson of delight to learn ;
It is too bad, oh, not to come near me ;
.Why do'st theu fear me so, so, -
Suspicions fairy, oh why so wary,
Don't run away, no, no, no, • -
I will not fright thee, but most polite be,
So dearest Sylvan pray stay;
Ah ! do not run away.
[During the singing of the preceding lines, SNOW-
WHITE regains confidence, and gazes upon the
PRINCE with unfrigned admiration. The PRINCE
is equally smitten.
PRINCE—About her there is such a charming mystery,
That from her lips I soon must learn her history;
Such charms as these no mortal could withstand,
Without an offer of his heart and hand.
Sweet Snow-white, say the word and I am thine,
Or, what is all the same, dear maid,- be'raine.
Still no reply, no yes, yet I'm content,
For silence, in such cases, means consent ;
But it is somewhat strange, and quite uncommon,
To meet with such a very silent woman...
Should she be dumb! , Good gracious, she is so.
.No greater prize could Fortune here bestow.
An _gra, in this fair bell(e)' s life, will be
The day on which she plights her troth to me.
[Horns are heard from various parts of the wood.
This interruption is by no means pleasant,
We must postpone our wooing for the present
For hither conic, with looks of due import,
A deputation from my father's court. -
And by their flurried looks much haste they've shown,
For men; as well as horns, appear well blown.
(7.b Snow-white) Conceal yourself awhile from their
rude gaze, .
And I will send them on their homeward ways.
[Snow-white retires.
Thq fire. of love within my heart now burns,
But in these plAnt,Psla,.es, I smoke returns.
[MARQIS DE LOLLABOUT and attendants arrive
• flu search of the PRINCE. They profess great
delight at finding hive.
MARQUIS DE LOLLABOUT—
Mast noble Prinee, your father is " at home,"
And farther from his sight you need not roam ;
:lie mourns your absence, wishes you were back,
And swears he'll never more give you " the sack."
If gricriing were an antidote for folly,
Your. royal parent could net be less jolly.
Prince—lf that be true, it merely serves him right,
'Twas wrong to let his. son stop out ail night,
Amongst the evils that I least can bear,
Is that of sleeping in the open air.
But in my night's repose on the cold ground,
A paragon of beauty I have found ; •
A lovely girl,.whose.face has never been,
In lookiag-glass, or stately mirror! seen.
MARQUIS DE LOLLABOUT.
This prowling after dark has turned his head,
We'll take him home, and have him put to bed ;
If there's a woman here—and not a blind one,
Who has not seen a glass—l'd like to find
.one.
Prince—Behold, her then !
• [Snow-white returns, followed by the Wood'
.ATymphs; •who approach the Courtiers, and ex-
amine them. curiously, and admiringly. The
Courtiers are terrified by their strange appear-
ance, and attempt to repel their advances.
MARQUIS DB LOLLABOUT.
Good gracioas! what a sight,
Fashion from hence has surely taken flight ;
For shame ! such girls as these were never seen,
Covered with leaves instead of crinoline. •
'Tis really shocking. Now, who would suppose,
Those strange habiliments were meant for clothes.
When eljUrtlyetiquette is thus attacked,
The world, like bag Ben, must be doubly cracked.
,An open breach of privilegelike this,
Is most outrageous. Do'nt
_approach me miss,
I 11 loudly shout police, fire, murder, thieves !
If you come hear me with those horrid leaves.
[To attendants.
• DriYo 'em away. If they resist the crown,
Secure a forest branch, and." knock 'em down."
If some one doesn't bear the Prince away, •
There soon will be the what's-his-name to pay.
[Attendants seize the Prince, and attempt to drive
SNOW-WHITE and Sylvans into the , wood.
• Prince is being carried of.
[As the Prince is carried of, Show-wrirrE and
Sylvans. return,, and after expressing alarm and
grief at the unexpected denouement, Oey follow in
pursuit.
SCENE VII.—EXTERIOR OF THE PALACE.
Enter KING Attendants.
KING—Our coffers are well drained, and what is
. • worse,
There's not a farthing in the public purse.. ,
'Our wife abuse's us till all is blue,
And.makes about her son too much ado.
OUr courtiers, at their "daily post," are "witty,"
And, nowhere, can we find relief or pity;
All
,this because we laudably have shown,
Our right to rig whatwe like with cur own.
Enter QUEEN, Pm-Nauss, and Maids of Honour.
QU'Emi•—•-Where 'is my boy ?
PRINCESS= . Produce my Goldenheart.
KING (angrily to Pitnienss)—
YOu're not united, therefore not apart. • - -
For this disturbance -You have no pretence
• QUEEN—By your last sentence he was first senthence.
KING—Go to; that is be quiet. Your clatter cease,
And let us, being beaten, treat for peace.
Since every one appears to want him back,
Our: followers are sent upon his track ;
To say we're sorry we have been so hard on'him,
And—as we cannot help it—that we pardon him.
.'Tis nothing new for kings, when irfa fix,
To smooth their-way by (diplomatic tricks ;
Although we have, for you, revoked our sentence,
We don't expect the Prance to show repentance.
Arrival of the PRINCE and Courtiers.
KING (hypocritically)—My boy !
QUEEN:— My noble son !
PankopEss-, My precious ducky !
PRINCE—I can't stand this. At once, I'll cut my .
lucky., ' -
The maid is found whom you all thought a nonsuch,
And in my life I never gazed upon such.
QUEEN—He raves !
He's mad !
MARQUIS DE LOLLABOUT— Not so, for I have
seen
The damsel in her shocking dress of green.
In a deep 'forest, with the Prince, we found her,
With such a dreadful set of girls around her.
Though strange, 'tiS true; you'll find she is a rum 'un ;
And, still more strange, this woman is a dumb 'on.
KlNG—'Tie an invention, our designs to baulk,
She is no woman, if she cannot talk.
PRINCE—She is, and my betrothed.
PRINCESS— Not, if /know it.
I have a prior claim, and soon will show-it. •
QUEEN—I'm fit to faint, and cannot longer stay;
If Ilainklare, I cannot faint away.
KING-This serves us right for being led to wrong,
By, the long measure of a woman's tongue.
PRINCESS,succes,
Take him away. Too saucy he has grown,
You'd better lock him up, *or knock him down.
No more we mean to be so meek and quiet,
Our dander's up, so look out for a riot.
[KlNGaaniad
jalafrbaeliec:iase carried oif•lh'eldisraoanwt aeuy'r' .dsawn°t Thesa PRINCEiQnurEaEPNi di
8 conducted,
a prisoner, into the Palace, followed by the KING
and courtiers.
SNOW-WHITE and Wood Nymphs have traced the PRINCE

Monday, December .26, 1K9.,-,

:froin the Fnchunted Forest,_and now arrfte-upon
_the
scenc. .I'hey gaze around them with surprise and awn,
and timidly enter into the Palace.
SCENE VIIL—THE HALL OF MIRRORS!
. . _
[Sztow.rwm# enters, and after gazing -timidly ground
'heri approaching the mirror, she withdraws tlur
curtain, and is startled by the reflection of her
own form in the glass. She beckons to her corn'
pinions, who are equally beuilldered by the novel:.
spectacle: Acquiring more confidence they dance.
" THE PAS DE MIRROIR !"

at the termination of which the attendants of
KING SQUANDER enter. A grotesque scene 0
confusion is produced by the vain attempts of tha
' attendants to .secure SNOW-WHITE and her. COM-
panions. Perplexed by the reflections in the
mirror, they are unable to distinguish the " sub-
stance" from the " shadow."' Ultimately the
curtain is drawn over the glass and SNOW-WHITE
is captured, the rest effecting their escape. KING •
SQUANDER then arrives, hastily followed by
QUEEN, PRINCESS, MAIDS OF HONOUR, LOLLS' '
FLINTYHEAD, and attendants.
KING (pointing to SNOW-WHITE)•—
Who is that woman ? what's her little game ?
•
MARQUIS DE LOLLABOUT—
Our leafy sylfan friend, Snow-white by name.
Qirra-,'N.—You don't say so !.
MARQUIS DE LOLLABOTJT—Upon my life I do: •
PRINCESS (regarding SNOW-WHITE with great co-'
' tempt).—
And lam jilted for a thing like you! '
Oh, I could .tear ycur eyes out.
QUEEN— Serve her right,
She is no beauty.
PRINCESS— She's a perfect fright.
Enter PRINCE GOLDENHEART, who embraces little '
SNOW-WHlTE—they attempt to molest SzTow-wnrrv. •
XlNG—Tear them asunder—never mind his clothes r
Kissing the girl under our very nose.
PRINCE—A fair fulfilment of your word, I ask,
For I have well performed my ardnouilask ;
The maiden you desired to see, is here,
You ,fina her cheap, but I have found her dear.
KING—Does verdure clothe our optics ? that you tit'
To cheat us to our face.
FLINTYHEAD— 'Tis all my eye. '
KING (fiercely)—lt isn't, slave (strikes him), but
this is (repeats the blow), so is that,
We won't be interrupted here, (knocks him down)
• that's flat.
(To PRINCE) ' You thought to trick us, but you lose-,7
_
your case,
For in that glass the girl has seen her face.
And as a consequence of that " reflection,"
We rather think you forfeit our protection.
We promised, it is true, but_an condition—
That you succeeded, tot failed, in your mission.
PRINCE—A mean and paltry quibble. • Would you
add insult to injury ?
KING— This is too bad. •
Paternal fondness vanish from our heart,
That we may no*perform a sterner.part,
(To attendants) Bear them away, in our strong dtua-,,
goons pop 'em,
We pledge our word to find a way to Stop ' em.
• [Attendants Biers PRINCE and Show-warrs. •
SCENE IX.—MODEL PRISON AND LOCK-UP'.
IN THE DOMINIONS OF KING SQUANDER!
SONG by.P.IIINCE GOLD/WI:MART%
I'M LEAVING THEE.
I'm leaving thee, be2ause too many
Are those against me '',ere,
But I will soon return, if any
Fair trace of thee is near. -
' Still as I'm torn from thee, the nearest
•
Of ways to meet again
Will be the one that leads thee, dearest,
Where thou wilt -find thy swain. I
Pm leaving thee, but have not any
Good chance of being free,
So come and cheer thy lover, when he
Is kept from courting thee.
Mournful procession; enter the KING and FLINTYHEAD

KING (so/.)—When Roman fathers had unruly boys'
They always stopped their breath to stop their noise ;
And citizens would classically smother
The child who gave its parents any.bother.
If we play such an ancient classic game,
Posterity will tremble at our name.
(To attendants) Produce youeprisonerg, and quake with,
fear,
We'll execute our deed of Vengeance here.
PLINTYHEAD—The Prince is rash, his sense he 10
forsaken.
Kira—He is a rasher, who would save their bacon.

, The PRINCE is brought in.
PRINCE—Say, cruel king, and unrelenting sire,
Wh4 alarming sacrifice you now'require,
What horrid deed is it you contemplate ?
KlNG—What's that to yon, prepare to meet yoari
'Ti,
tfiamte e,;
we think, to go from words to blows.
FLINTYREAD—Hear, hear.
KlNG—lt's not -hear, hear, slaie, but here go6s'
(knocks hinz down.) '
In courts of law, we should not court applause,
Nor ask such hears as those to aid our cause.
[To Trifie6"
A dreadful doom is yours, we here decree it,
Although we scarcely have the nerve to see it. . •
Prepare yourself for poison, slow and sure, ,•
A drug that kills most whom'it tries to cure ;
A potent mixture of "Dock Board proceedings,"
With a decoction of "choice Vestry pleadings," , •
" Town Council speeches," we will then inftise,
And stupefaction in a trice ensues.
Of this choice mixture you shall have your fill,
If it won't finish jpic, why, nothing will.
TAll'groan and appear horror-stricke*
PRINCE—I, cry your metcy, •any fate but that,
I cannot swallow such a heap of chat.
KING—We are -resolved. - But for your maiden def‘r '
Her punishment shall not be so severe;
Ten thousand.tons of Berlin wool she'll weave,
When that is done, we'll give her leave to leave. g,
PRINCE—Oh, monstrous doom! pray finish us °
hand,"
Such fearful tOrtuie no One could withstand.
KING—(4q attendants.)
Perform your task, ho firm, heed not their cries,
And let the- trembling culprits mind their eyes.
chi"
- [The King's orders are about to .be obeyeA Av.
music is heard, and the Fairy Queen-in-aka
appearance. Attendants, 4c., retire. tbi
ZEPHYRITS (to KlNG)—lnhuman monster, staY
brutal hand,
And yield to me the office of command.;
The power thou bast so grievously abused,
•
Shall never more in wickedness be used.
(To PRINCE and SNOW-WHITE.)
.Your constancy and truth must still be tried, • •
Whilst in the world, for twelve months, you abide
But happy in the knowledge of your love,
As HARLEQUIN and COLUMBINE yeu'll rove.
' • (To FLINTtHEAD.)
Failing in State affairs, 'twere best to try,
As PANTALOON, thy' future to employ. }‘
(To KING.) • •
And thou shalt court more suitable renown,
In the important. duties 'of—A CLowN.
Play well,yonr parts, no mirthful efforts spare,
From this fair scene to drive away dull care.
•
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many other sweet herbs. The etraction of the in the
oils, 'the small quantities Of which are TurceTeeetal;
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