The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

DEEP AT 2HRZEPZNCI A POUND.

Since the publication of our paragraph on the intro-
duction to this country of the jerked beef of South America
we have/waived &great numberof lettemoontaining inquiries
from peroonadeeirousof turning the foetal° practical account.
The name of the merchants comprising the commission for
the iekoductioa of the beef will be found, with mach other
information, in a pamphlet on the subject published by
Behlerwick and Son, of Glasgow. The wbolssale agents
an Mews. James Garden and Co., 11, Onage-coest, Li-
verpool, mid Mews. Steel, of 5, Dixon -street, Glasgow. It
is met out in came of one hundred weight. We may repeat
that the " jerked" beefs prepared from the choicest parte of
the animal, and, while it is sot expected to supersede the
use of fresh meat, it is Wined that no greater boos bee
bees lately offered to the underfed claws of Great Britain.
The following directions fee etching the beef have been
published by authority of the 000111lialli00
Steep the beef for three or four hours, or wash it well in
hot water. lot. Cat it I. small pieces, about an inch square;
simmer it the Sr. for ow and a-half-hoar, add polateee,
pepper, sad oak= ; and again 000 k slowly *eta ready. It
will then be found a very good Irish Mew. gad. Miami is
the formal mince oak"' ; cook it slowly. end when ready
mix it up with numbed potatoes. It may then be put in a
dish, sad browned is the oven. 3rd. Cut into piece', and
after oimmerieg in hour mid a-half add turnips, carrots, or
other vegetables, suck ea used in a !mime. 4th. It will also
make very good pea soap ; and I. also need in timeless
hotels for givinvisdielightful Savour to all kinds of soap
particularly to and other similar deem. In short, a
good housewife will ad a hundred ways of making it avail-
able and agreeable. 5411. It oar be used as mime college,
without potatoes ; and • ditch is somehmee takes, rolled se
and spiced in the form of a beef ham, whit* moat be cooked

Deanincrlvk Fres fir 'rue CrrY.—Last evening,
at 9 o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mrs. Ann
Straker and Sons. bookbinders and publishers, in Montanus-
court, Little Brits's, adjoining Bartholomew-elose. The
remises wavy nearly the whole least' of cos side of a
long court` the opposite side consisting of homes tenanted
by • large number of poor people. At the hour above.
=outland a young woman living in one of them houses wee
attracted to the wWdow by a strong light reflected into her
room, and es °peels( the ehrittele perceived that the ware-
house of Mrs. Straker, oa the ground floor, woo is a mass of
flame. She at coos :shed the window and gave the alarm,
and City Police-constable White, 212, who wee at the end
of the tout, at once 0111119 up, but finding no use wee as the
premises, the workpeeple having all left as 8 o'clock. he at
moe despatched niseessems to the eiwetation is Fortino.
desretrest, the engines from which, steam and man
were on the spot in a few intent's. By this time, however,
the flames had obtained possession of the whole of the ex-
tessive warehouses, which, with their valuable oosteats.
were being rapidly mesemed. Captain Shaw, who had
now arrived, seeing all attempts at saving Mrs. Straker's
="were fruitless, at oboe directed the effort' of the
to save the surroundings promises, esproially the
homes on the opposite wide of the oeurt, and the old end
well known public-house at the wrest of the mart, the
White Bwen, the back portion of which had bees attacked
by the flames. After an hour's hard work they sueeseded
in the attempt, and the material damp by the fire woe
confined to the premises in which it had brolmeeat Dario(
the time the Siemee wars at work they were exposed I.
great dieser from the falling elates and tiles from the roofs
of the warehouses. and general were moonily bruised is con-
sequeece. By 11 o'olosk the fire was got so far under
OA to prevent all fear of its spreading, bat the
Woman Mock of paper and books which bad
been assumed kept vomiting forth demo thowess
of 'corks sad lighted bits of paper, presenting all the ap-
pearanos of a grand pyrotechnic display. A sew eagle.,
not larger than an ordinary nixed box, and worked by ma-
nual labour, called " The Frenchman," hem being invested
by a native of France. rendered great movies, being capable
of being set to work within a few mask of it. mini,
and although only requiring six permits to work it, throws
out • much larger volume of water than the ordinary ma-
nual engines. The origin of the fire is mimes, but it is
supposed to have bees • spark dropped by me of the
workpeople amongst thigmmehavioge dart
liieths evening,
and which had been for some ma, The loss
W estimated at several pounds. The furniture cf
the moupeate of the house la the court was also meek da-
mmed by the water poured sate them.
LIFEBOAT INSTITOTION.—AII AMU= lIIIBUNALIIk.
meet hes bees gives in Banbury by some yens( men In aid
of the funds of the Material Lifeboat Imututloeiittdraidtk•
proceeds thereof, amounting to M., they havew
to the inetitntios, to Wilt le its great and asilswel week.
GREAT NORTHWI HOIETTAL, OALIDOWUE-ROAD.
—Weather of patents for the week ending Jam 7, 1131,
if whisk 194 1/1110 new Ores.