The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-28 00:00:00

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88 PRA CTI f:A L COOK, ENG LISII and
°E.EIG .N. By Joseph Breyion and Anne Miller:
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Sub,•ime is the •
wv
. l ~t-ry of p.ool living. Sagacious
hthe .scholiast who defined man to be "'an animal
h.° cooks." Great wisdom was there in the reply
h "leil s,,me one made when his hostess saK " Why,
,ht ,r, you actually en joy the delicacies of the table 1"
T" he sure I do. Do you think good things were made
'Y for fools? May I trouble you for some more of the
4tridges and truffks ?"
There is much philosophy around the social table :—a
I feast, with a good many people (from 4to 12) to
,talie of it, practically carries out the utilitarian prin-
ke of " the greatest happiness of the greatest number."
?,!tntil the: Restoration was the obese Bourbon really
:

titledto the title of Louis Dix-hurt ;—hut, even in
he had happily qualified himsoli-; by nurve enjoy-
fur the appellation of Louis des-huitrcs I What
red he, while he feaste d at llartw,fil. how French-
iu4lit, and bled, and starved for glory ? If
Mo,iteur duly recorded the triumphs of the Cor-
-411, the ,ailed Bourbon could solace himself, and did,
;careful study of the Alnanach des Gourmands. If,

Ilirikine,r, of the days when the clas-ies charmed him, he
,
irvd once more to bother his mind with a referenc,
t4,t6m, how naturally mist he have taken up Apicius de
o_"iis (1 condimehtes—how immediately must he have
71a reminded of the epicurean philosophy, " Live while
64 !nay."
trie have had a score of cookery hooks within the last
L'ten years. Wily, in these days of know halge mach
pr. does not some ore give us a gastronomic geogra-
tip The pupil could readily trawl o'er Europe on
map. The Neva would remind him of sturgeon ;
ti:lrgundy, Bordeaux, the Rhine, and the Peninsula, of
wines, white, red, or sparkling ; Alencon, of geese ;
;tlrashurg, of a, pate; Narbonne, of honey ; Parmesan,
w'keheese ; Ai, of champagne ; Limoges, of oxen ; and
chesnuts, capons, and cherries, were on the
hula, what time more suitable to instruct con-
krtling• the places ;hence they come in perfec-
tlin• viz , Puy, La FNlche, and Montmorenci, Even
,
i!thin our own " tight little island" what a charming
our Gast- onomique might be made ! Oxford and Cam-
It'4lge, if there learning had no attraction, would woo us
11% their sausages and bishop. No one could visit
lerpool without a pilgrimage to Everton, where " toffy"
first produced. Ormskirk and its gingerbread-
-o,vrs—u and her mammoth-turkies—Colchester and
ca her
41lk shabby Shrewsbury with her brawn, andcakes
simnel—Gloucester, Cheshire, and Stilton with their
and and her clouted cream —Scarborough
iti her lobsters—all these are places sacred to
141 who studies the geography of the table. How
1,
:!Ppingly off the tongue" run the names of places
"Me immortal by the delicacies they produce ! Burton
Yarmouth bloaters, Severn salmon, Banbury cakes,
ilooln pork-pies, Finnan haddocks, Bath • buns,
Dundee
larks York hams, Cumberland bacon,
marmalaide, Innoshawen whiskey, or the death-
Ferintosh
The Cookery boolt before U 3, a joint-stork concern, by
r• Bregion and Miss Miller, is an improvement, in
respects, upon many of its class. It Las an abun-
tsee of old receipts adapted to the present time and
Iste ; and (what is really curious and may be useful) a
,tPiety of receipts in the cookery of France, Germany.
TlSsia, Spain, Poland, Holland, Switzerland, India, and
'erica. Among the last-named receipts we have
Z's for making the far-famed "'mint julep" which Mar•
714 and Dickens have attempted to describe—one might
%liven try to paint a perfume ! but oh ! n-4 one word
ttill to the constituent parts of a " sherry cobler." That
12 public may not languish for this exquisite drink, we
1713 annex our own receipt :—" Pour into a large turn-
about half a pint. of brown sherry ; add half-a-
iron spoonfuls of powdered lump-sugar ; fill up with
veoham-lake ice, broken small ; pour the contents
this into another tumbler, and keep on shifting
e mixture from tumbler to tumbler until an in-
:llLstation of ice gathers on the outside of the
1,7 ,1i; rub the lips of the vessel with a lemon,
transversely ; put a straw into the golden-
a mixture, through that delicate medium gently and
(furiously imbibe !" The mint-julep is made in the
1!, way, equal parts of brandy and rum being substi-
*a for the sherry, and a few mint-shoots, just squeezed
tr,,t, to emit the more delicate flavour of the herb being
k:(1 in one tumbler, while the other contents are
i
'tfted about from vessel to vessel to insure the
tWeet blending of the whole. By the way, " The
44otical Cook" omits the " to be well shaken;" yet,
4 this depends the perfection of the delicious corn-
tund. Let them amend this in their next edition. Dr.
tehener (what an appropriate name for a gourmand!)
eer published a receipt until he could say —probation
_ _ _

,a•Che thoroughly English receipts are the best in this
klitirae :—the French ones are very good, also, and
'l3aparatively inexpensive, which is a great point. To
e the authors' words, we have thus united " all that is
St in the substantial solidity and simplicity of the
, _`3gliah kitchen, and all that is most varied, delicate,
7" harmoniously combined in the kitchen of the French."
there are some sensible remarks on wines, and hints
I to the difficult and desirable mode of making coffee.

THE MOORS.
(Froth the Rosshire Advertiser).
co our ;last the weather has kept damp and wet,
th',ol very little sunshine, and the pleasures of the
Otsuian rendered very disagreeable. From all quarters
ghe.,4 learn that th 9 birds are unusually strong on the wing,
i keep a toleral;ly respectful distance. The results
Lthe first day's sport, addition to those we announced
7t week are as follow :
1 viscount Emyln and party, 79i brace on the moors
Cawdor. On the moor of Lairgs, r.nted by Mr.
ititaist of the Caledonian Hotel, 33 brace were bagged
QAve hours by Mr. Grant and another gentleman.
Plain Turner and friend shot 30 brace on the moor
6. ask. At Glenorrin, Mr. Vibart and Colonel Forbes
126 brace. At Corrimony, Ralph Creky, Esq.,
'',(l a friend, killed 51 brace of grouse and a stag. At
fngarry, Mr. Leslie bagged 77 brace ; Lords Beres-
kit! and Huntingfield, 70 brace, Alfred Baillie, 8 brace
e.iuulduthel; Mr. Ross, at Strathgarve, 25 brace; H.
Odwell, Esq., and friend, at Killin, 57 brace; Mr. Grant,
ilter, Elgin and his brother Mr. Grant, c,f Glen
kritit; bagged' 90 brace of grouse on the Benrinnes
4,?ors ; D. Maclean, Esq , and the gamekeeper, 97
Oce on the grounds of Moyhall. Since the 12th
et4tnt, the average number shot by the party at
At is 65, and the birds are said to be very wild.
4-4 Erchless Castle, Mr. Boulderson, Mr. Heathcotc,
14114 Captain Ca•tor, 231 brace in three days ; at Bal-
Ocaan, Lord Reidhaven, 27 brace ; Mr. Popham, Dal-
,j,.‘R4vie, 42 brace ; Sir Meux and party, at Dun-
); ',ton, 370 brace in five days; Mr. Campbell, of Blyths-
ik'dy 53 brace on the 12th ; Mr. Chearnly, the lion.
and friends, at Auchnanault, .150 brace ;
4tierardtirt Mr. Garde and Mr. Jackson, 42 brace ; at
):I(tsdale, Citntain Mitfurd and friend got 40 brace ; the
aster of LZwat, 30 brace, at 13.:aufort ; J. B. Carter
Sq., and friend, at Diebidale, 40 brace—the day wry
1),, at Pitmain, Mr. Laver,,ck and party bagged 205
154ce • vDals hi nie Mr. Neville and friends, 65 brace ;
n ,
"nitreba, Sir J. M. Mackethle, 52 brace ;
itidal, Mr. S. Crawford and party, 246 brace ; Glen-
na, Sir Massie Stanley. Lord Maids:"ll". and Cap-
kh_i-'l4 Macdonald, 15t brace ; Fvalair, Lord 31enlY""
47 Captain Drummond, 85 brace ; Ainulree,
ll:atilt Hon. Fox Maule bagged no fewer than 106
Strathbran moors, Sir P. M. Thriepland, 741
40e of grouse and 7 hares; Glentruim, Mr. Murray
ande Captain Chohnondeley, 51 brace; Dalnarnien, M.
aid
and party, 76 brace ; Calvine, Mr. Graham
Lti_ friend, 63 brace ; Kindr-,chet. Major Pugh, 26
Andrew Strathtummel. Mr. Graham, 35 brace; Grantully,
Robertson, Esq., 88 brace.
h AYRSHIRE.—On the 12th, Robert Fergussor., Esq.,
ned 39i brace, on the farm of Knockbrake, and
seldom killed more than a single bird at any rise
lov'ag to their shyness. J. G. Aiton, Esq., of Derny-
44nor, .bagged, on, the 12t11, en that small estate. 19i
L4ce, and a snipe ; and two gentleman from &lin-
lßh, on the same day, killed 121 brace on Kildonan.
st., these. moors are in the vicinity Barrhill. In
'"e neighb airhoods of Muirkirk. and Cumileek, the
Zort is also said to have been very good. Mr. Walker,
ilsbank, killed 26 brace on the farm of Moor, on the
igengillan estate ; Mr. Baird of Gartsberrie, bagged
4,1 brace on Cronberry ; and Mr. Monteith, writer,
1,14 gow 101 brace on the 12th, and 9 brace on the
"tn, on 'Dorms!.
From beyond Thornhill, Sanquhar, Moffatt, Lang-
-101,1161, &c., the sporting intelligence is highly favourabl ;
tillt! the success of the various parties engaged so obvious
t those who run may read, from the unusual number
ogame-boxes despatched by every coach. At Kinhar-
4Y, in our own neighbourhood, a party from Terreagles
t)il e,
tile Gleakens, the best-preserved moors are excellent;
Fletcher
at Corsock' Bridge, in the same direction, Major
bagged, on his own lands, in one day, 43 brace
,he greatest feat for a single gun as yet recorded in the
-utith of Scotland.—Dumfries Courier.

CENTENARYOF PRINCE Ch ARLES STF.WART.---
1 is the exact centenary of the arrival of Charles Edward,
IT al James VIII., who led on an army of devoted High-
',Nara that seemed destined, though so inconsiderable, to place
44 an t,:le throne of his ancestors. Whether we consider the
ot?ltlric heroism of the attempt, its rapid and brilliant success,
Itasodden extinction, it presents one of the most interesting
heats in BritiCh history. Fatal as were its effects on the for-
j".e of so many in both Scotland and England, the spirit of
%Ile. Shim continued to burn while the Stewart race were in
katence and to this day the memo7V of those who took part
tiwthe romantic campaign is cherished ;with feelings of the
est respect. One of the most curious reciNs of the stir-
°B events of the '45 will be the work advertised :!"I our co.
'67ms, which is a reprint from the only copy extant of the
to then Courant, printed during this eventful period. Most
te histories of this extraordinary attempt, even by con-
leVoraries, are unsatisfactory, the materials having been col-
;,,eted often from hearsay, and as frequently by writers ssrongly
authorised
against the unsuccessful party; but here we have
details of both, and such a document will vividly
:enrd the in:pressions which the passing events made on till
plblie of those days, so different in manners and modes of
Lilaking from present society.
SOCTKAmpTos, AuG. 26.—The splendid steam-ship
‘tr‘.sat Liverpool, Captain Nl‘Leod, arrived at the Motherbank
theu P.m. yesterday. Her mails were landed at three
trainl3day but not forwarded to London until the nine o'clock
th,• Her dates are Alexandria, the Bth inst. ; Malta, 13th,
tc." Gibraltar. The following ships were at the different sta-
t-,7_,,, at Alexandriat—The Gomer, another French, and Au--
Alle steamer, with several men-of b.-longing to Mehemet
Ate ; and at Gibraltar, her Majesty's brig Fantome, Flamer
likatner, and a Portuguese cutter, and a Danish brig of war.
R"e Liverpool has a moderate cargo, and thirty-eight past.en-
-44, including ladies and children, among whom are:—
essrs. 1111.:rray, Watson, Orange, Hudson, Mathyson, Noilan,
41)..i. Inge.. Messrs. Lake, Burlas, Johnson, Duprey, Min-
jute, 'Taylor, Simpson, Lieut.-Colonel Vaughan, Col.
Messrs.
Lieut. Sir F. Freeling, Capt. Hobtam, Dr. Inglis,
.fssl's, Sudan, Maxwell, and Thornton. The Liverpool is ex-
Oted to be re!eafiest from quarantine to-mot row. The Gib-
j:itar packet, the Queen, is hourly expected with the Penintu-
-1: arid other mails. ,:The neat Gibraltar packet leaves here
" Ulorrow with the ou'Avard