The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

Canterbury Hall.

Ri-Fum Ti-Fum, the sable magician, still con'
tinues to attract large audiences to this establish'
merit, which seem to pay great attention to biS
opinion on passing events ; and when he said--
" That thanks to our free press, wo now are sure
How Lambeth's Guardians treat their casual poor.
That we might learn the truth, from Pall Mall Wile 6
swell
Disguised in vagrant garb, the pauper's tale to tell.
'Twas nobly done. Through him the world hath read
About its bath, its casuals, and its shed.
What can the Guardians say ? I say, at any rate,
Reform your rules at once—pity the pauper's fate," r
it was received with rounds of applause. Afte;
alluding to " L'Entente cordiale" which 11°:e
happily exists between France and England, m4l;
takes us, or more properly speaking he transplant
the famous Jardin Mabile from the Champ
Elysees into the very heart of Lambeth, and gives.,
the Cantaburians an opportunity of witnessing -
Parisian Bal CostumL This is admirably
ranged, and Mr. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Rand'
Miss Hayes, Miss Metz, Miss Wieland, the Alt";
tagnards (who sing one of their national melocueo
charmingly), the Etoile family, and SignorTeseall_
in his one-legged performance, do their utmost t:
keep up the fun of a masquerade ; and when al
transformation takes place (for there is a trail!'
formation, designed and painted by Mr. W. Gowriej
the mechanical arrangement by Mr. Burgess), an
we find Talliott descending as Mercury, surrounded
by fifty ballerines, a tableaux d'amour is forillea
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which would do credit to any metropolitan theat`:,o.
The " Medley Overture," and the incidental nius,;,
is composed and arranged by Willem Vandervoi
and a waltz, which we understand has been chi'
i
tened " Fair Gertrude," bids fair to become ve a
popular, as it contains a very pleasing Alla
catching melody. The management have spare
no expense in placing this spectacular divertisse.:
ment before the public, and we prognosticate
will have no reason to regret the outlay. "h
cannot do better than recommend those in sear'
of amusement to go and see Ri-Fum

THE AFFRAY ON BOARD THE TAMAR QUERN.-1
rumour is afloat giving a somewhat different asPecii
to this shocking affair. It is said that when the Bnglig°t,
seaman belonging to the schooner was sent ashore ill at
George the islander was sent on board by the island
chants to work in his room. The islander was not reg%;
larly shipped, and when the vessel was about to bail is $B3,
to have cried, and was understood to make some referet:e
to his regret on his leaving his wife and children. T.-10,r
may therefore be some cause to doubt as to what view
took of the intentions of Captain Tremills and tho er°
towards him. cter a
STORM AT LIVERPOOL—Loss OF lted
few days' cessation, Liverpool has again been 117,-lit
by a very severe storm. From a late hour on Sunday sight
up to an early hour yesterday morning a severe gale ge
W. to W.S.W. passed over Liverpool, doing some (13 '*;,:it
to the "ferry buildings," and other frail tenementtuald
during the day it abated to some extent ; but this a
appear to be only a slight calm, as in the aftero°ot
despatch was received from the meteorological departfiea
ordering the storm " drum" to be hoisted, which sign of
—successive gales from all quarters. A large numb and
vessels of different sizes, which sailed on Saturday pat
Sunday, having experienced Sunday's "blow," haLeriog
back. The brig Mary Richards, from Caen, on ej,;-„, bog
the Mersey last evening, had the first mate an' -
washed overboard—drowned. A.„ Of
An inquest was held yesterday on the b°"1„03-
the French gentleman and his mother Who 'rho
mitted suicide in Paddington last Thursday nigit„.
evidence showed that the gentleman had been
uO ft
hallucination that he was always beset by We- rG"
also shown that he and his mother bad sufforeu_ttuti-
privations. For days together they lived on small q"
ties of vegetables. The invest was adjournOs