The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-11 00:00:00

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BEVERLEY. •
We have been visited in this part of the country by
one of the heaviest floods ever remembered. The rain
began to descend last Fri,lay, and continued almost
without intermission for up a ards of eighty hours. The
cons .quence is, that thousands of acres of land are now
under water, a great number of lain bs have been drowned,
and the spring corn, but recently sown, must nearly all
perish. The weather (Wednesday) is still gloomy, and
gives indications of more rain. 't he high tides are just
commencin,g, and the river and drains, already full to
it is feared, burst through their em-
-4 overflowing,ankm em-
bankments, t
andwil ,
the consequences which must then ensue
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very widely felt.—Hull Advertiser.

To make griddle cakes—Best way to make
yellow
use milk altogether instead of water—two eggs,
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them is to
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and white, to be allowed for a pint of corn
milk to be a little warmed, and the whole to be wealll— b
up with a spoon or ladle. There must be milk enouda
meal—the
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outflour,
and lard (pure butter still better) the size of a walnut.
wheat
The griddle—Much nicety is to be observed in the pre-
paration of the griddle, which, as must be well known, is
a flat round iron concern standing on three legs, and of
stay size ; it must be made not very hot, because then it •
would burn the cakes. And it must be well greased whils
warm, that it may be perfectly smooth, so that the cakes
may be easily turned, that they may be done brown (not
burnt) on both sides, to promote their turning easily is
the object of adding the wheaien flour. Be it remem-
bered that the dough, or rather the batter, above di-
rected, must be well beat up and repared diro;..tly before -
being cooked, though it might set itn hour, this I,' men.
tioned to prevent it being supposed that it, like sots:',e
other bread, would bear to be nixed overnight. The
cakes are usually poured on until they spread on the
griddle to the size of thebottom of a breakfast plate. You
think this receipt rather prolix, but it is my way in all
such cases to be very exact. Better be too particular
Pone:—
f'hree eggs to a quart than to omit any essenttioalf imteema.l-oJo.Sw.Sb.esEt
Egg
gour) to be
made also with milk—water would make it heavy—a
spoonful of butter, all well beat together and made up of
a consistence thicker than the cakes—too thick to pour out
but just thick enough to be taken up with a spoon—may be
baked like the cakes,immediately after being mixed—must
be baked in a tin pan, which must be placed in a Dutch
oven, not too hot at first, but the fire under it to be in-
creased. The object is to have it begin to bake at the
bottom, when it. will rise in the process of baking, tie_
come brown at the top. and when put on the table and
cut, resemble what we call pound cake. If yoo:t friend will exactly follow those directions, and then eat his
cakes, or his egg pone, hot, with good fresh butter, he
will find that Indian corn bread is fit far other persons
as well as pigs to eat, the assertion of a corn-law Mem-
ber of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding,
Divers other preparations of corn and corn-meal might
be given. For instance, " hominy and cheese cakes,"
water S,—ln
which a certain George Washington had cooked for his
own eating till the day of his death. P.S. Salt of course,
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corn-meal, stir it until it is wet ; then add two
well-
beaten eggs, and milk enough to make it a thick bat-
ter ; measure a small tea-spoonful of dry saiteratus,
and dissolve it into some warm water, and put it into
the butter, with a small quantity of salt; butter square tin pans, fill them two-thirds full, and bake in a quick
oven ; when done, cut it in squares and serve hot.—ln-
dian Muffins : Pour boiling water into a quart of corn -meal, stir it well ; let it be a thick batter ; when it is
cooled a little, add to it a table-spoonful of yeast, two
eggs well beaten, and a tea spoonfulof salt ; set it in a
warm place to rise for two hours ; then butter square - tin pans, two-thirds fill them, and bake in a quick oven ; -
when done serve hot, or cut in squares, or bake as wheat
muffine.—Corn Bread : One quart of milk, one pound of
Indian meal, two eggs, small lumps of butter, a little
ialteratus ; bake in a flat pan.—Artificial oysters : One
pint grated green corn, one egg, one table spoonful of
wheaten flour, one spoonful butter ; fry them brown.
—Baked Indian Pudding : One quart of milk boiled,
stir in seven spoons of meal while it is boiling hot,
mix it quite thin ; when it is moderately warm,
add molasses, a little ginger and salt, tour eggs, a lump
of butter the size of an egg.—Corn Pudding: Take four
ears of green corn, boil them until half done, cut off the
corn as fine as convenient, mix it with two spoonsful of
wheat flour, one pint sweet milk, salt and pepper to
season ; bake it well.—Green Corn Cake: Mix one
pint grated corn with three table spoonsful milk, one
tea-cup wheat flour, half a cup of melted butter, one
egg, one spoonful' salt, half a spoonful pepper ; drop
this mixture into hot butter by the spoonful, let thew_
fry eight or ten minutes.—Boiled Indian Puddir. g:
One tea-cup of molasses, a piece of suet the ai.:e of
two eggs chopped fine, eight spoonsful of meal., scald
the meal with boiling water or milk, 'mix it quite thin,
when it is nearly cold add four eggs well beaten. It
requires three hours' billing in a strong cloth.--In-
dian Gruel: To one quart of boiling water, stir in two
table spoonsful of Indian meal, mixed with a little cold -
water, boil fifteen or twenty minutes—a little salt. Johnny
Cake is prepared from the corn meal scalded, and the •
dough rolled or pressed out to half an inch in thickness,.
is cooked one side at a time in front of the fire aftek •
'being put on a board, sheet of tin, a plate, or any me..
terial of suitable shape. Ash cake is prepared from tt "
corn dough made as above, and is woken as follow, :___.
Make a bed by scraping away the ashes on all . sides,
roll the dough, after being made into form, betwe en two_
cabbage leaves, place it in the bed and cover: it with
the previously removed ashes and emben-A : a little
practice will determine the length of Valle requisite
fur cooking. The process resembles t7nat of roasting
potatoes. Common pones are PrePle eed from the corn
dough made into oblong pieces about three inches.,
thick, and baked in a covered . bake-kettle with fire
above and below. Corn dodgers are made of o,e
corn dough, in balls about the size of an egg, and are
boiled in the pot as an 'adjunct to " bacon and
greens."
fried with Shovey is made from the dough cut to slimes,
ared from the cor
and a piece of fat :Aeon. Otappeya are :pre-
p meal :scalded and after being made
into a thin batter witl eggs and milk, eke baked; on a
griddle. Corn Cap Cake :—Take two cup of corn
meal, and one of wheat flour, or in That peon irtion i
make them into a thin batter with milk and eft Js, and
cook them on a griddle. Washington's breakfast 1: 'read,
if prepared with the corn dough make up with eh 'gB,
milk, and a little sugar, to be baked in a tin pan as a n
ordinary pan loaf. Hoe cake is prepared by corn meat
with boiling water; is made into a cake, and cooked is front of the fire, on a board or plate. It was originally
put on a hoe, whence its name. This resembles
the Johnny cake. Indian -Mush :—Tbia is made irz
different ways ; but the easiest mode is that which
resembles the making of starch or arrow root. Thus
put five pints of water over the fire into a pot or skillet,
then take one pound oflndian meal, well sifted from the,
(
bran, and mix with a littlecold water, so as to make a thick
batter; add salt. As soon as the water boils add the batter;
stir it well, And keep it stirred and boiling
twenty minutes. It should for at least
be about the consistence of
hasty pudding, porridge, or stir-about, and may, indeed.
be made in the same way. Take it up,
and 11.
milk, butter, or treacle. In this form it OEM e at It '''fitli
and distributed to the poor from soup twti&t,a44A25„:„r4„1114„1,1
individuals, too, might verepurEt ti,' ti Lth6--e""
kitchens, and give it to the It g y.e ra
4 his
v-e-
owil
is the most manageable aann/ and de§titute. This
preparations of maize ; it is ues°ednYednai
daily
elnt
.of all the
number of American families, and yconinsidaeredi a
most wholesome diet, What is not used at one meal 4
cut into slices and fried or heated on the gridiron at the
next meal, and eaten with butter or treacle. It is proper
to state that many of these receipts are differently pre-
pared in different parts of the country ; but in selecting
the above I believe I have chosen the most popular forma
in use. A proper seasoning with salt is necessary in all
cases. The meal should be carefully sifted from the
bran ; and the bran after being scalded is excellent food
for pigs and poultry. Of the different receipts given
above, the most easily *pared are the mash, the
Johnny and hoe-cakes, and the ash-cake. The latter '
can be cooked with great facility in the turf fires com-
mon in Ireland, In all eases the article must be well
and thoroughly cooked, or it will not be nutritious or
digestible.—Bartlett on Maize.

1846.—The following is the House List of Governors
and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing,
viz.:—

FOR GOVERNORS.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq , Governor.
William R. Robinson, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
FOR DIRECTORS.

Arthur Edward Camplell,Esq.-
James PattieOn, Esq. _art.
William Cotton, Esq.
Sir John Henry Pally, Rummy Dobree, Esq.
B
Christopher Pearse, Esq.
Chas. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. James Prescott, Esq.
ioiriTlorsl.7 Palmer, Esq.
~ n Esc. Henry
Thomson Hankes, Ju ••i
Sir John Rae Reid Bart.
William Little, Esq.
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Thomas P 1 'wo (e) iki 'a
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John Mild
may,
1 :II:rosin:sot:1u, bEhagrd:may,
Humphrey St.
Esq.
James Morris, E.
Sheffield soave, Esq.
.... Esq.
w.
CroVernor will be
George Ward* Norman, Esq. Francis ilson, Rub
kforonGoTvueernsdoary, and
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rheecTitdohrseatoetnhleeciNt'Bieoandnnesday, the 15th Tli April, fromAp
rtiel,nano,cicifoockr Diin-
'cloct in Ike afternoon.
e_lorsburgh of the 22d ult., says that
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loi
Sir Moses ,Montef.ore had been twice received by the Em-
peror, and ha audiences had not been without some good re-
sults, e.',, it is affirmed that his Imperial Majesty has ordered
the suspension for four years of the ukase which ordained
that the Israelites dwelling on the western frontiers of the
empire should remove to the central or southern provinces of
Russia.
ANOTHER CLERICAL CONVERT TO ROME.—The Rev,
Mr. Wells, curate of St. Martin's•in-the-Fields, Liverpool,
who has been wavering for some time, has this week con-
lonied to the Church of Romee—Liverpool Mercury.

a probability that a few hours will set us to right Witt.
It was not, however, the river Idle altogether, that -,
flooded Retford ; to the east of the town, scores of acres
were under water, which poured down from the Grove-
hills, and which in its course to the river laii part of-
Moorgate under water, and doing great damage to tte,ISMaN
forward gardens, most of which were fully set for a
crop. Toe scene from the top of the tower at Retford
church was most singular; indeed Retford itself seemed
an island, being neatly surrounded with water. The
damages done in Bassetlaw must be immense—large
tracts of fine corn land will be entirely ruined, it is to
be feared, for the present season altogether. With re-
spect to the loss of life, we have heard of several pigs
and some horses and cattle being drowned, but not to
any serious extent. A man was found drowned yeater.
day morning at Gainsborough-bridge; and we regret to
hear that a boat used for passing the Trent to an ozier
holt, not far from Gainborough, was capsized el." Out the _
same time, and the whole of those on board, amoonting
to thirty persons, instantly met a watery grave.