The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

JERKED BEEF.

This morning was issued a report, presented to
both Houses of Parliament, on the methods employed in
the River Plate for curing meat for the Europe :n markets.
The report is by Mr. F. C. Ford, dated Buenos Ayres, June
26, 1866. After estimating the horned cattle of the River
Plate and its affluents at 22,003,000, and the sheep at
35,000,000, it quotes the opinion of a curer of 3D years'
experience, that the failure in England of this salted beef
is due rather to bad management than to any fault in the
meat itself. The simple process adopted in the
River Plate is to cut the meat into shoes
of from one to two inches in thickness, to
immerse it in strong brine, and lay it down in salt
for two days, after which it was ready for shipment in
• wet state. or if desired to be exported dry, to complete
the operation by exposure to the sun. The great objec-
tion to this olds of moat is that the greater portion of the
nutritive qualities are carried away in the brine,
but that the human frame will Li, rive on this
aliment is shown by the stalwart form of the coloured
population of the Brazils, who consume it largely. The
difficulty, however, of inducing Europeans to adept such
food, and the lucrative perspective held out to speculators,
were a process discovered by which the meat of the River
Plate could be conveyed 6,000 miles across the Atlantic
and predated to the European consumer in a tempting
and palatable form at a cheap rate, have induced Mr. J.
Morgan, Professor of Anatomy in the Royal College of
Surgeons in Dublin, Baron von Liebisr, of Munich, and Mr.
Sloper, of London, apart from philanthropic motives, to
devote their attention to the subject. Mr. Morgan's
process has already been attended with some
success, 500.0001 be. of beet and mutton cured
upon his principle having been imported into Liverpool
last year, and enerly purchased at 4d. per pound. This
meat bears a close resemblance to English copra beef. Mr.
Morgan adopts the circulatory system of the body as a
means of introducing the brine into the tissues. The meat
when cured is packed in barrels containing 2201b5. each,
which can be purchased in Liverpool for Si. 16s.
each. Baron Liebig's system is to reduce the
meat to an essence-331bs. being reduced tr 11b.,
which is sufficient to MAO broth for 128 men. A tin
can of this essence can be sold in London for 12s. 61. Mr.
Sloper, who with Mr. E. Paris has a patent for the whole
of South America, proposes to preserve the meat and send
it to England in its pure and raw state, in the condition of
butcher's meat just killed, to be disposed of at the rate of
from 4d. to sd. per lb. All bone is extracted, but the fat
is left, and the process is based upon the destruction of
oxygen in the vessel in which the meat is packed. To
carry out the first two processes companies have been
formed, and for the third a company is intended to be
,stablishecL

Errairsis SELUIPZIIB lig FRANCE. We have
already mentioned that • cronsiderable sum of money was
carried off at the Deauville races by some blacklegs from
England. It appears that one of these pests of the Eng-
lish turf, named Harry Jones, alias Davis, made his ap-
pearance on the racecourse in question on the Saturday
and Sunday, accompanied by some more of the fraternity.
They had taken up their quarters at • first-class
ho'-ei, where, however, they left the bill unpaid.
Jon- superintended the betting list, neatly •-
ranged, in • carriage, under the name of Monis
and Co., 126, Regent-street. Sunday, it appears, was
fize4 upon by these scamps for their grand coup, and as
soon 's+ the races commenced, Mr. Jones explained to the
public in French that the best race to bet upon was the
steeplechaee, the las. ; and consequently Morris and Co.
received a gooddealof money, about 6,000 fr. we understand.
Whilst • dead heat was being run off, and just prior to the
steeplechase, Mr. Jones informed an old Jew who was
selling sticks on the course that his friends and himself
were going to take some refreshment, and that, if he
would fate care of the conveyance, representing the esta-
blishment of Morris and Co., he would reward him with
sve franca. Our readers can imagine where Mr. Harry
Jones with his friends went to, and they can likewise
imagine the position of the poor Israelite when the backers
of Valentino canto howling for their money at the im-
promptu bank of Morris and Co. The police were sent
after the fellows, but these latter contrived to reach
Dieppe, where Jores was arrested at the moment he wee
embarking for Newhaven, en route for Brighton races.
He has undergone an interrogatory and been remanded
for • week.—Oatirrani.
FILENCH Poxrrerrarsa.—An extraordinary escape
from prison, followed, however, by recapture, has just
taken place at Taramoon (Roaches-du-Rhone). A man
named Lapallu had been arrested for robbery although
only recently liberated after undergoing • sentence of
twelve years' hard labour, and bad been confined in the
tower of the old castle of the town. Five other
prisoners slept in the same room, and all having agreed
to attempt to get away, they contrived to re-
move • bar from the window, and then tied
together the sheets of all the beds torn into strips.
Lapallu was the first to descend by this impromptu
rope, but it presently gave way, and be fell from a height
of about 50 feet into a dry moat, The noise attracted the
attention of the gaolers, and the remaining prisoner. were
put into irons, but Lapallu had got clear elf, leaving marks
of blood where he had fallen. Some days later, M. De-
risme', Procureur-Imperial of lampoon, was crossing the
bridge between that town and Beaueaire, when he met a
man whose head was bound up with linen and wive ap-
peared to walk with difficulty. M. Devismes at mace re-
cognised Lerpallu, but, being with his wife, he setnry,
asked the man whether he was in want ofe
ewe and offered to get him into the hospital. Liptak,
who also knew the Procureur-Imperial by sight, declined
with thanks and immediatelymade of in an oppoeLe dime-
tion. M. Devises at once gave notice to the gendarmes,'
and Lapallu being followed was overtaken at • fountain
where he had stopped to drink, and was recaptured. After
his return to prison he wrote to the Procnreur-Imperial to
compliment him on the presence of mind he had shown
when they met on the bridge, and the latter, not to be
outdone in politeness, is said to have since sent to the pri-
soner • few bottles of good wine, of which Lapallu was
greatly in need to recover his strength.
Yesterday, at the Leeds assizes, Cotnam Towns-
end, a member of the Doncaster Town Council, who
was indicted at the last assizes for perjury, but liberated
in consequence of the inability of the jury to
agree to • verdict, was again charged with the offence,
but Mr. Justice Smith, who presided, ruled that the
proceedings before the magistrate! (where the pets
was alleged to have been committed) were in? -
and his lordship therefore directed the jury to acquit
the defendant. A second indictment was thee preferred
against Townsend, who was charged with having obtained
8/, by false pretences from • woman who had taken a
hones for the race week fur Immoral par=l.bhut after
having been looked up for upwards of six tier jury,
being unable to agree, were also discharged. e defen-
dant will not again be tried this wines, but will be bound
over to appear at the next swine.