The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

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• • I I, TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING POST.
• ' Morrison 's Hotel, Dawson street, Tuesday.
Sir,—Having been requested this morning by several
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receipts, I forward them to you for that purpose.—Your
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A. SOYER.

SOYER'S NOURISHING MEAGRE FOOD FOR LENT.
Put two ounces of butter or oil into a two-gallon-and-
a-half stewpan, peel four ounces of onions, cut thin, put
them on the fire till lightly brown (stirring it now and
then), add half a pound of vegetables, as turnips, leeks,
celery, carrots, &c., do not peel them or throw away any-
thing except that part which may be decayed, but wash
them well, cut them in a slanting direction, put them in
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PRICE SD.

tides, is an improveMent, and also soaking the peas is
soft water. Although this food is entirely deprived of
animal subtance, yet the farinaceLus ingredients will act
generously on the digestive organs, particularly to a
stomach which has suffered from want of food.
THE. FISHERMAN'S SOUP FOR THE COAST.
Cut four pounds of fresh fish of any kind in large
pieces; put it into your pan, with three ounces of salt,
half an ounce of sugar, a little pepper, two bay leaves, a
little thyme, twelve pints of water, and let it stew gently.
Mix one pound of oatmeal with lukewarm water, and pour
it over the fish; stir it gently, so as not to break it too
much; let it boil twenty minutes, and it is done.
A red herring, or dried salt fish, previously soaked, is
exceedingly good to make this soup; but omit the salt if
all salt fish is used.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE.
We were yesterday favoured with an inspection of
this theatre, and so great was the change in the area and
the appearance of the interior, as compared with that
which Covent garden had presented, that, like all who
have been so fortunate as to obtain a peep, we were per-
fectly astonished at the alteration which has been carried
out in the short space of three months.
As " Covent-garden," the house contained three rows
of boxes ; the " Royal Italian Opera House" consists of
six tiers of boxes. This additional accommodation

been obtained by lowering the pit, and by heightening
the lit orUer to afros-el our r. Ma Ora thin
chance of understanding what transformations have
been made, and what results have been achieved, it will
be well that a slight sketch of the movements, in re-
ference to this establishment, should be given.
Within a few hours of Jullien's " Bal Masque" having
been brought to a termination in December last, the
workmen, under the direction of Mr. Albano, the
architect, began the operation of preliminary
destruction, and from that morning until the hour
whereat we are writing, not a moment, save during
the Sunday, has passed without witnessing the
labours of several hundred (600 or 700) men within
the building. An inspection as the works have pro-
gressed can alone have enabled any man to arrive at a
faithful conception of their gigantic character. Since
the morning alluded to, the whole of the interior of the
audience portion of the theatre has been removed, so
that there have been nothing left but the external walls,
the outside roof, and the earth underneath, where thou-
sands of our fellow-subjects have sat—the pit. Here
an excavation was carried on until a sufficiency of extra
depth had been attained to enable the construction of a
new pit and orchestra on a lower level than heretofore,
and also an additional tier (now the pit tier) of boxes.
From this depth two walls, on the inside of the outer
walls, have been built of four bricks thick to the height
of 22 feet, and in some parts even a greater number,
and have been carried up in cement from the foundation
as a support to the front and back of the boxes. Upon
these walls have been erected pillars of cast iron, 10 ft.
4 in. apart in front, and 11 ft. 6 in. apart at the back of
the boxes, which have since been raised upon them.
These columns are 6 ft. 8 in. in diameter from

the level of the pit tier up to the ceiling,
and thus form the extra support to the upper
five tiers of boxes. It has already been stated that