The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

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changes to a hermitage. A pior Old hermit, with white
beard, enters with tottering gait and leaning on his staff.

water and two litt

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over which he soliloquises thus

" Of temperance I surely am the king,
For total abstinence from everything
Is every day my rule."

Knocks are heard, and St. George appears, tells the hermit

that he is a traveller, and that" his breakfast he would
share." The hermit inquires whether he is " a boat fide
traveller ?" and upon being assured of that fact he invites
his guest to sit down and partake of his fare. They fall
into conversation. St. George asks what news there is in
these outlandish parts, whereupon the hermit tells him
that there is a dragon in the neighbourhood who darts
flames from his nostrils, and " at dinner every day a virgin
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he must devour," and such vast expenses had he caned
that " the king had doubled that hard income tax." Upon
being told that the king's beautiful daughter Sabra was

any knight
the hand of

doomed to be the monster's mea
ho could slay him would be rewar
the nrincess. St. George asks, " Is this fair_ daugh

worth such deadly fighting ?" He is assured that she is,
and moreover the hermit shows her to him. St. George
regards her with delight, and resolves to save her. The
next scene discloses the den of the dragon, which St.

George approaches, mounted on his charger and carrying
his lance. The monster comes out, and they fight, the
knight obtaining a glorious victory. The next scene is a
street in Memphis. St. George arrives with the dragon's
head on a truncheon, kneels at the feet of Ptolemy, and
claims the Princess Sabra as his reward for the service he
has performed. The father of the beauty vows that she
shall never be the wife of cursed infidel, whereupon Almi-
dor, the black King of Morocco, says—
" Give me the head ; I'll have it, or, at least,
I'll swear 't was I that killed the fiery beast."

Hereupon the black guards attempt to seize St. George.
He knocks them down with the dragon's head. Egyptian
guards meet with a similar fate. Almidor is knocked
down by the knight, who is then about to be attacked by
Ptolemy, when Sabra makes her appearance, and on her
knees thus intercedes for her father :

"Stranger, I love you, whatsoe'er you are—
' I'll love you more if you'll not hurt papa."

St. George, " for her sake," spares Ptolemy ; by this time
Almidor has recovered his legs, and, taking advantage of
the attention paid by the knight to the princess, causes
the guards to seize him and wrest the dragon's head from
his grasp. He is dragged away by them. Sabra is about
to run to his rescue, when she is held back by Ptolemy and
Almidor, and then she invokes succour from the gods.
The scene now changes to the Grand Hall of Chivalry.
Britannia is discovered seated on a throne, bearing her
lance and shield. The Genius of the Mersey here claims
to be protector of St George, and delivers her prophecy
and effects the pantomimic transformation :

"Release the valiant knight, and be it known
Henceforth my river claims him as her own.
For on her banks a noble town shall rise,
Famed for its merchants and their enterprise;
Whose wealth a nation's destinies shall rule,
And known in after times as Liverpool ;
Where in her mighty docks, with flag unfurled,
Shall ride huge ships from all parts of the world ;
Whose basins wide, whose buildings high and fair,
The name of England's champion shall bear ;
, While one great Hall, the country's boast and pride,
With you, St. George, will share its lasting fame,
For that shall also own your peerless name.
But first you have a motley course to run,
Egypt's fair daught,,r you have fairly won.
To test your truth, and prove your love sincere,
St. George must now as Harlequin appear."
St. George, changed to 'Harlequin, receives from Britannia
a cap and wand. The cap put on, he is told, will make
him invisible when pursued, while the magic wand will
" from all stratagem his life defend." Sabra, delivered
from the black king's will, is made to trip with her
knightly lover as Columbine, while Ptolemy, " as foodfor
laughter," is doomed " as Pantaloon this pair to, hobble
after," Almidor following as " the knavish servant
Clown." The changes effected, Britannia bids them

i Away, the motley chase commence,

" Until we nieet again a twelvemonth hence."
Then follow a variety of comic scenes. The last scene but
one in the pantomime is the " kennel of the dogs of war."
The barking of large dogs is heard, and through the
gloom are seen the heads of dogs of monstrous size. Har-
lequin and Columbine enter, having lost their way. Har-
lequin is about to waive his wand to discover where they
are, when a Russian bear enters and grasps him, bruin
fashion. At the same time, a huge dog bounds forward,
and seizes Harlequin's cap in his mouth, and Harlequin,
being deprived of his magic wand, becomes helpless.
Clown and Pantaloon now make their appearance. Clown
seizes Harlequin, and exclaims —" I've got him," where-
upon bruin releases Harlequin, and commences huggin,;
Clown, who changes his tune, finding he has " caught a
Tartar," and roars out, " Oh, he's got me." The dog
runs off with Harlequin's cap in his mouth. The Genius
of the Mersey appears to the rescue of Harlequin and
Columbine, and prophesies the final muzzling of the
bear—

" Hold! though the war-dogs of that rugged Bear
Have marr'd your happiness, let him beware
While lam here to save you. You have proved
Well worthy of the lady you have loved.
Henceforth be happy, while to all I'd show
The deeds that shall a tyrant overthrow.
While Inkerman and Alma's noble story,
Well worthy of Great France and England's glory,
Shall be but preludes to a victory
That will the huge Bear safely muzzle see."

At the ADELPHI, the pantomine is founded upon the
favourite old nursery tale of " Cinderella, or the Little
Glass Slipper," The opening of the pantomime is written
by Mr. John Courtney, who is also the author of
the pantomime at the Surrey theatre for the present
season, together with " Sinbad the Sailor," produced at the
Adelphi last year. It embraces all the interest of the
un an estivity. The first scene finds the Prince of Pep-
perminto, having been thrown into slumber by the Fairy
Queen Crystalline, dreaming of Cinderella; he awakes,
and is drawn by a fairy chorus to the Baron's chateau. In
the interval of his travel thither, there is a beautiful fairy
scene, with rising fountains, and a collection of local
"hits" are given in conversational chat between the Queen
and her court. The Prince, in search of his hunting com-
panions, reaches the Baron's residence, and is received in
due form. We have now the oddities of the Baron and
Baroness, with her daughters; then Cinderella in the
kitchen, persecuted by the sisters and assisted by the
Fairy Queen. Cinderella departs for the ball to the illu-
minated gardens of the palace of the prince—the latter
falls in love—the clock strikes twelve—and the injunction
of the Fairy fills Cinderella with horror, and she flies.

The Prince now orders his heralds to proclaim the lost
slipper, and follows to the Baron's castle. The sisters fail
in their efforts to make the slipper fit them, owing to the
pressure of corns and bunions. Cinderella is ordered by
the Prince to try it on : it fits, and all is happiness by the
intervention of the Fairy Queen, who appears with all her
court in her Panonian temple. The opening is full of
beautiful scenery and mechanical contrivances, and paro-
dies of popular airs, together with choice morceaux from
the well-known and favourite opera.
A e n anariMPtl of the rhyme we insert the following :

My fairy vassals, welcome to
.you all,
I've just dropped in—a morning call.
St. George's Hall is finished, I suppose?
MYRTLE.
Not yet; and when it will be, no one knows,
To get it done the many made a fight ;
* * * *

But time wore on, and public hope diminished,
And popr St. George's Hall remains unfinished
* * * * * * * *

QUEEN.
A widow and two daughters on his back,
He'll full soon find, I fear, he's got his whack.
FAIRY.
And serve him right; a widow to make wife—

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They fight for liberty, for freeaOiriever cheer

They've lost a chalk of freedom, though in beer
A pattern act there was last session got,
Which sends their liberties in beer to pot.

Each bung is now a mystic law's unraveller,
Knows not himsel f (and nothing can tell him) who's a traveller

it that people won't get nova

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By act of parliament you'll never make men sober.
Teach them to think; emancipate their brains;
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On the 22nd inst., the wife of M
and shipchandler, Price-street, of a daugh
On the 23rd inst., at Anfield-lodge, Walton-bi
wife of Mr. James Smith, jun., of a son.
On the 23rd inst., the wife of Mr. Henry Roberts, of
Pleasant-street, of twin-daughters.

MARRIAGES,

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On the 7th inst., at St. Bride's Cl
M. Falloon, Robert, eldest son of Samuel Quill
to Harriet, youngest daughter of John Burrows, Esq
both of this town.
On the 11th inst., at St. Bartholomew's Church, by the
Rev. T. Robinson, John James, sec
Taylor, of Armagh, to Ellen Blun
of the late Thomas Johnson, Bootle
On the 14th inst., at St. George's
W. Beckett, nephew of Sir John Beckett, Lowerbyhall
Lincolnshire, to the Hon. Miss Copley, daughter of Lord
Lyndhurst.

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On the 14th inst., at the Cathedral, Manchester, by the
Rev. W. W. Johnson, M.A., Mr. Joseph Johnson, of this
town, to Maria Jane, eldest daughter of the late Mr.
Edward 011erenshaw, of Manchester.
On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Islington,
London, E. Osborne, of H. M. Customs, at this port, to
Matilda, eldest daughter of th
Meon-Stoke, Hants.
On the 17th inst., at St
Mr. H. Dericate to Miss M. Nixon

John the Baptist's Church

Mr. It. M`Gowan to Mary
Hoppley, of Toxteth-park

and; on the 19th,
Mr. Thomas

lughter of

On the 17th inst., at St. Nicholas's Church, Capt
Berryman, of the Heatherbell, to Miss E. Hardimar
On the 18th inst., at St. Martin's Church, Birminl
by the Rev. B. Harris. M.A., John Henry Colborne,
of Birkenhead, to Mary, youngest daughter of
Ransford, Esu., of Leamington.

OR the 18th inst., at Holy Trinity
by the Rev. H. G. Vernon, Mr
Martha S

.hurch, Birkenhead,
T. Gittins to Miss

On the 20th inst., at Upholland Church, by the Rev
C. Bissett, 8.D., incumbent,_ Charles Hughes, BA., o

Trinity College,Dublin, to 'Ellen, youngest daughter of
the late William Walker, Esq., of the former place.
On the 21st inst., at St. Barnabas's Church, Hengoed,
by the Rev. Albany Rossendale Lloyd, 8.A.., Mr. James
Leatherbarrow, of Liverpool, to Jessie, youngest daughter
of Mr. William Hay MlCie, of Scybor-issa', near Oswestry.
On the 21st. inst... at Canning-street Church, by the
J. B. Welsh, Mr. Robert H. Ferguson, of Glasgow, to
Christiana, youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph Barry, of
Mount-pleasant. .

On the 21st inst., at St. John the Divine's Church,
Fairfield, by the Rev. W. Calder, M.A., incumbent,
Thomas Barton Ormerod, Esq., of Manchester, to Fanny,
daughter of Braithwaite Poole, Esq., of this town.
On the 21st inst., at St. John the Baptist's Church,
Thomas Massey, Esq., to Mary, daughter of the late R.
Bullock, Esq., of the Peak, Derbyshire.
On the 21st inst., at St. Mary's, Birkenhead, by the
Rev. A. Knox, 8.A., Mr. John Warry, son of the late
Robert Warry, Esq., of Yeovil, Somersetshire, to Fanny,
youngest daughter of the late Edward Holt Diggles, Esq.,
of Castle-street, Liverpool.
On the 21st inst., at Chorley, by the Rev. Canon J. S.
Master, James Vaughan, Esq., of the Middle Temple, to
Joanna Russell, youngest daughter of R. Smethurst, Esq.,
of Duxbury-park, in this county.
On the 23rd inst., at St. Peter's Church, Everton, Mr.
William Roberts to Miss Ellen Evans, both of Everton.
On the 24th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Everton, Mr.
Samuel Brabin to Miss Margaret Park Bowes, of Prince
Edwin-street, Everton.
On the 25th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Everton, Mr.
Francis Draper to Miss Margaret Holcroft, of Dover-street,
Everton.