Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-07 00:00:00

Every Evening this week except To-night and Friday,
THE YOUTHFUL QUEEN.
This Evening, for the BENEFIT of Mr. GEO. WESTON,
TrcE ItENT. DAY ! r
On Thursday,. by particular request; a JUVENILE NIGHT,I
when th'e PANTOMIME will be played as a first,piece. TO
conclude with THE 'YOUTHFUL QUEEN. '

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;

OR,
HARLEQUIN PRINCE GOLDENHEART, AND THE MAIDEN
WHO NEVE ::SAW HER FACE IN A ()LASS!

The Opening St-,ry of ,the Pantomime' (written expressly for
this. Theatre) by Mr. Charles Millward.
The Overture and 31usie of the Opening, and the Music-of
the Comic Scenes composed, selected and arranged by Mr.
Musgrave. The Scenrry of the :Pantomime designed and
painted by Mr. George Dawson, assisted by Messrs. Penn,
Goodman, Hall, and, lingers. The. Machinery by Mr. Caw-
drey. The Masks by Mr. Clarkson. The Properties by Mr.
Jenkins, assisted ;by Messrs. Dearlore, sen and E. :Lauri.
The Dresses by Mr. and Mrs. Jellies. The whole of the
Dances'arranged by Miss M'Gi ty and. Miss Bramah: The
Action of the Ballet directed by Miss M'Ginty.

GUMENV:
Ever. so. long age there existed a remote little kingdom in
the realms of Extravagauoe 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 :replenish his empty coffers, and
to stop the Murimir4 of his impoterished followers;' King
Squander conceived the idea of effecting a matrimonial
alliance between his Only ,idea
the handsome Prince Golden-
heart, and • a wealthy spinster ! Princess, his ward, :whose
charms were buried hermoney-bags. Like many modern
match-makers, his Maje Sty. speedily made the discovery twat
his task :was more difficult than lie had imagined ; : for
although the int Ended bride was quite willing, the bridegroom
elect expressed a &tided • 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 seleme, .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 "(these in which they could see their own
faces, having heen invented ahoutthat time); he despatelied 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 aglass, he would then accept the prof-
fered hand d the obnoxious Princess. Proceeding upon his
noyel and apparently hopeless mission, the Prince had almost
resigned himself' to deSpair, when, wearied and dispirited, lie.,
reached an eribhanted forest, and, by the aid of certain girodd'
fairies who dwelt therein, he w s enabled to discover the object
of his search in the person of little Snow-white, a wood nytaph,
who, together'vrith 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 wonderful discovery, was at onee
anitten with her beauty, and the maiden was not slow to
reciprocate the sentiment.
Their future was probably a happy one--but history is obli-
ous 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 td
the livlng..nresent than thestirring events of the existing gent=
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 :exploriYg that highly attractive locality.'
By others it is contended that Hilbre Island covers the defunct
kingclem, and this supposition is encouraged by the recent dis-
covery of a fossil, bearing a strong rese.nblance to a missing
toothpick, formerly the property of King Squander. Other
equally leamed.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.