The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-08 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.

TIIE NEW BUILDING AUT.—Thomas Scott, the owner of
some low lodging-houses in the neighbourhood of Somers-
town, was charged with having violently assaulted Thomas
O'Connell, and he was fined 50s.

In the course of the investigation, it appeared that the
plaintiff occupied a kitchen in the house of the prisoner,
where he slept with his family, whilst the upper part of the
house was crammed by numetort3 distr.eed persons. The
prisoner, it was stated, formerly kept houses of a similar de-
scription in St. Giles's.
Mr. GREENWOOD, addressing the prisoner, said it was im-
portant that he (the prisoner) should know that the recent
Act of Parliament, passed for the immediate protection of
the poor, and to prevent disease and fever in the town, came
into operation on and after the Ist day of July, 1846, and
forbad the letting of kitchens, &c., unless built peculiarly
and constructed pursuant to the directions laid down in
the statute. The parties letting out such places to the
poor were liable to a penalty of 20s. for every day it was
used.

Scott said his kitchens were formed according to the Act of
Parliament.
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Mr. GREENwooD—If so, all the better. He directed the
police to look after the place; and Mr. Wilkes, the overseer,
being also present, was desired to attend to the case.

CREAM OF EGYPT A L'IBRAHIM

PACHA.

The novelty of the bill of fare which appeared in our
columns of Saturday last, relating to the banquet given to
his Highness Ibrahim Pacha, by the members of the Re-
form Club, the day previous, having since been the topic
of general conversation, our readers will perhaps feel in-
terested in the description of two of the most novel
and original dishes served on that occasion.
The first, entitled, "Cream of Egypt I l'lbra-
him Pacha," and composed expressly for the
occasion by M. Soyer, the chef de cusine of the
club, was the admiration of the whole company, and
especially so of the Pacha, who as soon as it was placed
before him, quickly perceived the honour intended to
be conferred upon him. This dish consisted of a
pyramid about two feet and a half high, made of light
meringues cake, in imitatimrof solid stones, surrounded
with immense grapes and other fruit, but repre-
senting only the four angles of the pyramid through
sheets of waved sugar, to show to the greatest advantage
an elegant cream a l'Ananas, on the top of which was
resting a highly-finished portrait of the illustrious
stranger's father, Mehemet Ali, carefully drawn on a
round shape satin carton, the exact size- of the top
of the cream. The portrait was immediately ob-
served by. his Ifighness, who carefully took it
up, and after showing it to several of his suite,
placed it in his bosom. What was his Highness's
astonishment, however, on again looking at the spot, to
observe in the cream, as under a glass, a highly-finished
portrait of himself surrounded by a very carefully exe-
cuted frame. M. Soyer having been sent for by the party,
was highly complimented by his Highness, through his
interpreter. The Paella desired to know where and how
he could procure such a likeness of his father, and how
his own was so correctly drawn in the cream ? Please
tell his Highness, says M. Soyer to the interpreter)
" that both were executed from the original sketches
drawn by our celebrated artist, Horace Vernet, whilst in
Alexandria. The portrait in the cream is drawn on wafer
paper, which being placed on the damp jelly, representing
the glass, dissolves, and nothing remains of the wafer
paper but ,the appearance of the portrait painted in
light water colours. The imitation of the gilt frame is
made with the eau-de-vie of Dantzic and gold water
mixed with the jelly, the gold leaf of which forms the
frame." After having been thanked by the Pacha, the
pyramidal cream of Egypt was ordered to be shown to
each guest by sliding it from one to the other round the
table.

Though everything was eatable in it, this magnificent
dish was respected, and remained untouched until the
end of the banquet, though everybody tried to partake
of the fruit which surrounded it.

The next dish which much amused the company was
the one entitled the " Gateau Britanique a l'amiral,"
being the representation of an old man-of-war, bearing
the English and Egyptian flags, drawn on rice paper,
the ship being filled with ice mousscuse aux reMe, and
loaded with large strawberries, cherries, grapes, and
bunches of currents, It was so placed on the table that
Commodore Napier, had to help from this cargo the
Illustrious Stranger, who appeared much amused at the
incident. The moisture and liquor of the ice gradually
melted and imbibed the carcase of the vessel, which was
made of a kind of delicate sponge cake. While the
Gallant Commodore was in the act of helping the re-
mainder of the ice, the ship gave way, and formed a
complete wreck, which caused great hilarity among the
company who were close enough to witness the scene.

ANECDOTE OF IBRAHIM PACHA. AT MANCHESTER:--
An amusing incident occurred when the Pacha was visiting
a glass manufactory in Manchester. In the centre of one
of the squares of the building stands a pump. Round this
had congregated some twenty or thirty of the boys, some
with bowls, others with tin cans or jugs. Amid this group
suddenly came the Pacha. Astonishment seized the whole
of the juniors, and was heightened by his taking from one
of them a jug, filling it with water from the pump, and
draining its contents to the very bottom; his example was
followed by his suite. Ibrahim Pacha is a Mahomedan, and,
as such, will not indulge in the use of wine. It is needless
to say, that the vessel from which they drank speedily rose
in value—could not be had at any money, and has been
canonised as a relic under the title of" Ibrahim Paella's jug."
OPERATION OF Tun NEW CORN BILL.—The new
Corn-law Repeal Bill came into operation on Monday, and
since then about 75,000 quarters of wheat, 4,000 quarters of
oats, 3,000 quarters of barley, and 1,800 quarters of beans
have been taken out of bond. This is a greater quantity of
these descriptions of grain than was released in Hull for a
period of twelve months. Yet there is no panic in our Corn-
market, nor are any fears entertained that prices will fall
much lower than they, are at present. The market is dull
but-the causes" of the dulness are—ziot tobe' sought in any,
superabundance of foreign corn. The best qualities of wheat
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