The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

HOUSEHOLDERS' LIST.

Failed or
withdrawn.
Conservative c1aim5...*1,615 .... 1,294
Liberal
Conservative 4
Liberal 79
The statement 4)f the Liberal agents was not corn
pleted at the close of the registration.

Sustained.

* These numbers include 373 " double" objections, or ob-
jections taken by both parties.

MIDDLESEX.

Mr. L. Shadwell on Friday held his court at the
Chandos Arms, Edgeware, in order to revise the lists of
county voters for the parishes of Pinner, Edgeware,
Harrow, Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little
Stanmore, and Finchley.
Sir W. Milman, described upon the register as of
Pinner, was objected to by the Liberals, but no one ap-
peared to substantiate the objection.
Mr. SUADWELL overruled the objection, and allowed
ss. costs against Mr. Walker, the objector.
Mr. Payne, the Conservative agent, said it would be
safer, to guard against future objections, to insert " The
Grove, Pinner." _ _

Mr. SHADWELL made the suggested alteration.
In Harrow the Conservatives made a great many ob-
jections, which were all withdrawn.
Mr. Grainger, an objected party, asked for costs.
Mr. SHADWELL said he never granted costs in cases of
new claims.

Sir Robert Smirke was objected to by the Liberals,
but the objection was withdrawn. lie, however, sent his
steward to complain of frequent frivolous objections.
The Learned BARRISTER said, as Sir Robert Smirke
did not come himself, he could not allow any costs.
The other cases were of no more than ordinary im-
portance.

RECEIPT FOR BOILING RICE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Should you deem the annexed receipt for boiling
rice, and the modes of using it as human food, worthy
of a place in your newspaper at the present juncture of
the ascertained failure of the potato crop, I should be
glad if you gave it publicity. Rice se prepared has
constituted a part of my daily food fur the last thirty
years ; I have found it nourishing and agreeable : its
preparation after two or three trials will be found easier
by the cook than that of boiling a pan of potatoes.—Your
obedient servant,

ROBERT WISE.

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Allenby, near Carlisle, Oct. 14, 1846.
RECEIPT FOR BOILING RICE.—Put half a pound of
rice into a quart pan with a lid, to which add a pint and
a half of cold water; boil it over a brisk fire, keeping the
lid on, and in from ten to fifteen minutes from the time
it is placed on the fire the rice will have absorbed or
boiled up all the water; it must then be taken off the fire
(as it is apt to burn if left on after all the water appears
to be gone), the pan must then be placed on the hob, or
near the fire for ten minutes longer, when the rice will
be found to be quite dry and fit for use, all the grains
separate, but swelled out and quite soft. If kept warm
in the pan, with the lid close on, it will still be found as
good and fit for the table an hour or more after boiling
as it was ten minutes after it was first taken off the fire.
The chief attention necessary is to be particular in
taking it off the fire as soon as the water is all boiled
into the rice (as at that stage it is apt to burn), and to
keep the lid close on till used, as the steam greatly as-
sists in softening it. Half-a-pound of rice so boiled will
swell out and quite fill a quart pan, and other quantities
in like proportion.
Rice boiled in large quantities of water, requiring to
be strained through a cullender before using, in order to
separate the rice from the water, is a waste of its nutri-
trious qualities, and renders the rice insipid : such
water so strained in the East Indies and China, is called
congy water, and it is prescribed by medical men there
as nourishing food for convalescents, invalids, and sickly
individuals ; such water is, in fact, rice-gruel.

Boiled rice, as a substitute for potatoes, may be used
as under :

1. The cheapest and simplest seasoning for boiled rice
is salt ; hundreds of millions of human beings in East
India and China subsist on rice and salt only; the latter
are strong men.

2. The next superior seasoning is a little salt and
pepper, boiled in water separately from the rice, and
used by pouring it when hot on a plate full of hot
boiled rice.
3. The next in quality is to add to No. 2 a few slices
of onion and a little butter, and boil and use as above.

4. Add to No. 3 a few slices of fish, or flesh, or fowl,
and boil and use as before (with or without onion).
5. Add to No. 4 a little curry powder or spice, and
boil and use as above (with or without onion).
Or, on a soup plateful of hotEboiled rice (prepared as
per receipt), pour a couple of lightly boiled eggs, to
which add a little cold butter ; mix these together, and
use with fish,iflesh, or fowl, prepared agreeably to palate;
this will be founil substantial and agreeable food.
Or, a soup plateful of rice (boiled as per receipt)
mixed with a little milk, sugar, and spice, will be found
light and agreeable food, ei.her hot or cold.

M. Alexandre Dumas, the French author, is now
in Spain, collecting materials fur an historical account of
the royal marriages. It is said M. Dumas is to be ap-
pointed to an honorary post in the household of the
Duke de Montpensier.
The \Valhalla, at the late Miss Linwood's Gallery,
in Leicester-square, was opened on Monday evening to
a crowded audience ; and we were delighted and asto-
nished at the manner in which the place has been beau-
tified. Madame Wharton, we think, is the most perfect
model of the day, and the performances reflect the
highest credit upon her taste and ability. To describe
the beauty of the.groupings is impossible, they can only
be appreciated by a visit to the place—we cannot refrain
from giving them our most unqualified approbation.
spacious promenade, and a most excellent band, under
the lidirection of Herr Rede, contribute very materially
to the comfort and amusement of the visitors. Wo
strongly recommend our readers to pay Madame a visit.