The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-15 00:00:00

CURRY FISH.

Put into a stew-pan one onion, a small bunch of bay-leaf
thyme, and savory ; two apples, if convenient, with a
quarter pound of fat, three ounces of salt, and quarter
ounce of sugar, and fry for fifteen minutes. Put one pound
of rice, and four quarts of water, asd boil till tender ; add
one ounce of curry powder, mixed in a little water. Cut
up six pounds of cheap fish into pieces the size of an egg ;
add to the above, and boil for twenty or thirty minutes,
according to the kind of fish. Salt and dried fish, pre-
viously soaked, cooked in this way, is excellent, omitting
the salt.

A man of the name of Richard Walter was found
frozen to death within half a mile of Shepherd's Shore on
Wednesday night. Deceased had been to the above place
with some oxen, and it was supposed had taken too much
beer, and becoming drowsy had laid down to sleep, and thus
perished.— Wilts Independent.
REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday
morning a reduction of one halfpenny in the price of the 41b.
loaf was made by the bakers generally. The price varies in
the several parts of the metropolis. On the Surrey side, and
at the east-end, inferior bread is selling at 7d., good house-
hold ditto 7%d., seconds ditto 814 d., and the best bread 91/2d.,
per 41b. loaf. In Oxford-street, Drury-lane, Clare and New-
port Markets, the prices obtained are generally one halfpenny
more than those quoted—country and brown bread (on-
weighed), selling at 6d. per loaf; flour (best) 9►,!2d., seconds
Bd., and inferior 7d. per quartern.

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RAILWAYS.-By a Parliamentary return published
yesterday morning, of the proposed amount of capital and of
the sum authorised to be borrowed, in the Railway Bills de-
posited with the Commissioners of Railways for the praseut
session of Parliament, it appears that the amount of capital
is, 82,553,150/. ; amount to be borrowed. 41,314,259/.—
making a total of capital and loan of 123,867,4091.
THE LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—
The complaint, which was made some time since by an Hon.
Member, of the inefficient lighting of the House of Commons,
appears to have been wholly disregarded by the persons en-
trusted with the management of this department. Generally
speaking, the light is so defective as to render it painful to
write in the gallery ; and in the course of Mr. Gregory's
speech last night, and for some time subsequently, the light
was diminished to such an extent that the reporters fou,d
great difficulty in taking notes of the proceedings.
AN AMERICAN VETERAN.—The olde-t inhabitant
died at Akron, Ohio, on the 3d inst. His name was John
Shepherd, aged 118 years 9 months and 18 days. He fought
in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown Flats, and
was wounded at the former. He never received a pension !
An ungrateful Congress denied him that boon, because he
had the misfortune to lose his papers in a fire which con-
sumed his dwelling. His children provided for him com-
fortably in his old age.—. New Yorh Sun.
On 'the 4th instant the funeral of the unfortunate
victims of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Theatre was
solemnized at Carlsrhue. An immense crowd of the inhabi-
tants formed a double line to the cemetery gates. The ashes
of the victims were enclosed in eight coffins, which were laid
in two tombs.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM
FIRE.—The committee of the above society have awarded
to the youth, George Best, who was the instrument of
savi ig the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Grover and their three
children at the late fire at Brentford, one of their silver
medals and 203. To another youth who assisted Best on
the night in question, they have awarded a silver medal.
I losiEur.—i he cotton hosiery trade, though a
shade mended to what it was previous to Christmas, con-
tinues very dull. The Leicester is worse than the Notting-
ham trade. Frames are constructing in that town 120 inches
wide, being more than double width hitherto 'attempted ;
" Gog and Magog," hitherto the widest frames known, being
only 54 inches wide.—Nottingham Review.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO JOHN SHIP WAY, THE STEEPLE
CLIMBER.—An inquest was held yesterday, at Bristol, on the
body of John Shipway, the celebrated steeple climber, who
has earned a reputation by his daring exploits in ascending
for the purpose of adjusting, removing, or refitting the vanes
of some of the loftiest steeples in England, among which may
be mentioned those of Salisbury Cathedral and the church of
St. Nicholas, Bristol. The poor fellow had been engaged to
lit up some scaffolding at an elevation of sixty or seventy
feet, in connection with the large sugar refinery of Messrs;
Fingell and Co., now in course of erection, at Counterslip,
Bristol, and while crossing a plank with the end of a large
iron rafter which he and some others were supporting, the
plank suddenly broke off in the middle, and Shipway and
another were precipitated to the ground. lie was taken up
insensible and bleeding, and was carried to the Infirmary,
where it was found that he had ruptured his intestines and
fractured his thighs. Medical aid was unavailing, and he
died after lingering several hours in great agony. The jury
returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
A NEW WAY OF MAKING GROG.—A short time
since, two " navvies" called at the retail shop of a spirit-mer-
chant in Lynn, Norfolk, and inquired for a gallon of genuine
gin, wlrich quantity was forthwith deposited in a two gallon
stone bottle brought for the purpose, and into which the men
said they had already emptied one gallon bought at another
shop. The cash being the next requisite to settle the affair
between the buyer and seller, the amount was demanded—
when these " gentlemen of the soil," declared they would
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