Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-12 00:00:00

Anntstnatitis.

ZEATRE,ROYAL,' WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.
THE NEW, GRAND, COMIC PANTOMIEM. JR*

THIS EVENING, and every evening daring the week,
THE LITTLE TREASURE.
After which, the New, Grand, Comic, Christmas Pantomime,
entitled,
LITTLE SNOW WHITE;

• - OR,
HARLEQUIN PRINCE GOLDENFIEART, AND TTIE MAIDEN
WHO 'NEVE -SAVV.IIER FACE IN A GLASS!
The Opening St/,ry of the Pantomime (Written expressly for
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.
Musgrave. The scenery of the Pantomime designed and
Tainted by Mr. George Dawson, assisted Ly Messrs. Penn,
*Goolman, Hall, and Rogers. ' The Machinery by Mr. Caw-
drey. The Masks by Mr. Clarkson. The Properties by Mr.
Jenkins, assisted by Messrs. Dearlove, son , and E. Lauri.
The 'Dresses by Mr. and Mrs. Jeff. ice. The whole of the
Dances arranged by Miss M'Gi ty and Miss Brainah. 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
pram • 'tive period to which this story refers, was governed by a
crafty and tyrannical monarchy. 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 replenish his empty coffers, 'and
—to- stop- the- murmurs of his-impoverished followers; 'King
Squander conceived the idea of effecting a matrimonial
'lliance between his only son, the handsome Prince Golden-
heart, and a wealthy spinster Princess, his Ward; whose
charms were bulled 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 idga
that the fair sex were wholly and with-out exception addicted
to the looking-glass (those in which they could see•their own
• faces, having been invented about that time), he'despatchedthe
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, he
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 of little Snow-white, a•woad nymph,
who, together with her 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 wonder tut discovery,-was at once
smitten with her 'beauty, and the nitiden was not slow to
reciprocate the sentiment. ' ' -
Their future was probably a happy onee--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 of the existing gene-
ration, or the onward advancement of the future, are of opinion
.that tha ancient kingdon of Faraway has been discovered
beneath the Goodwin Sands, and a Limited Liability scheme is
in contemplation for explorivg 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-
-eovery of a fossil, bearing a strong rese iblance to a missing•
toothpick, formerly the property of King Squander. Other
'equally learned pundits are of opinion that Faraway is buried
An oblivion, and that it never existed an: where but in the
inventive imagination of a needy author,

TRANSFORMATION,
harlequin' Mr. W. Waite Pantaloon Mr. E. Lauri
I
Clown Mr. Power Columbine :Miss 3Pginty

On Saturday nest, the 14th instant,
THE TIIIRD GRAND MORNING PERFORMAN CE

of the --
Doors open at Half-past One o'clock, commencing at Two.

Admission :--Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, aa:; Pit, 25.;
Gallery, Is.

Doors Opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven o'clock precisely.
The Box-office is .Apex 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.

THE LAST WEEK.

THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBITION
OF

WORKS OF LIVING ARTISTS,
OLD POST-OFFICE PLACE,
IS NOW OPEN

WILL CLQSE NEXT SATURDAY, THE- 14TH.
Fsoin Ten until Four. Admission. Is. Day and Evening
Season Tickets ; Gentlemen, ss. ; Ladies' Ditto, 3s, Gd. Even-
ing Season Tickets, 2s. 6d.
EVERY EVENING FROM
CLASSE SIX TO TEN TO THE
WORKING S.
ADMISSION, TWOPENCE.
Brilliantly Illuminated with Gas
JAMES PELHAM, Secretary.

STAR COMMERCIAL HOTEL AND CONCERT-
ROOMS, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL.
(OPPOSITE THE THEATRE ROYAL.)
PROPRIETOP. MR. E. BRAHAM. ,
MANAGER - MR. J. SIMMONS.
Immense success -of the Sisters ELIZA and MARY ANN
SHE ItRANS.
Mr. JOHN GILL, the inimitable Comic Patter Vocalist and
Author, has become quite a favourite.
Engagement of Mr. WYNDHAM CLARK, the celebrated
Tenor Singer (his first appearance in Liverpool.)
Violin, Mr. SIMMONS. Piano-forte and Harmonium, Mr.
HATTON. Commencing every evening at Half-past Seven.
Admission Free. Gentlemen only admitted.
Wines, Spirits, Ales, and Cigars, of the best quality. N.B.—
The Commercial Department is quite separate from the
Concert 'looms,