The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-28 00:00:00

Beef from the River Plate.

A very interesting reunion was held yesterday
at the London Tavern, the object of which was
the important one of ascertaining whether our
present-very deficient supply of animal food might
not. be supplemented from, the illimitable Pampas
of South America. The. object of meeting Was
stated. by Mr. Paris, who explained that at a pre-
vious social meeting held in the London Tavern in
November last the advantages of an invention for
preserving meat fresh was tested, and was pro-
nounced to be successful. The inventors were
Messrs. M'Call and Sloper and the process was the
introduction of a certain gas,- the nature of which is
still the secret of the patentee, by means of which the
meat was preserved fresh for any possible period.
Armed with this invention, and provided with par-
cels of English beef cured according to the Sloper-
M'Call process, Mr. Paris proceeded. to Buenos
Ayres, and at a public entertainment there con-
vinced all the local authorities that beef could bepre-
served perfectly fresh over the voyage to England.
The government of Buenos Ayres, seeing the ad-
vantages that might accrue, gave Mr. Paris every
facility for procuring the beef of the country, and it
was some of this beef cured according to Mr. Call's
process that was served up at yesterday's luncheon.
Before its introduction Mr. Paris stated very can-
didly that the experiment was made under unfavour-
able circumstances, the present year having been a
very bad one for cattle in La Plata ; the agent of
Messrs. Sloper and M'Call having fallen sick, and
been obliged to communicate the curing process to
him (Mr. Paris); and the local workmen having put
the beef into pans of pine wood insteadof that which
had no flavour of turpentine. The meat, however,
was prepared under the inspection of Messrs. Zim-
merman, the principal merchants of Buenos Ayres,
and it now came before the London public, genuine
South American beef of the Pampas, and preserved
solely by the process patented by Messrs. M'Call
and Sloper.

After this exordium, the luncheon, which con-
sisted exclusively of BuenosAyrean beef,
was put on
the table in the various forms of roast, stewed, and
in pies and puddings. The company ate heartily of
the beef in all its varieties, and were unanimous in
their approval of its freshness and flavour, giving,
however, credit to Mr. Nicholls, the eminent chef of
the London Tavern, who had taken care that it
should be dished to the best advantage. The roast
beef was very fine, quite as good as the filet de bceiff
of the first class Paris tables d'hUte, and the stewed
beef and puddings were admirable. There could be
no doubt but that if imported ektensively the *La
Plata beef, prepared according to the Afeall
process,
would be a most valuable addition to the food of
London, especially as we can state, on the authority
of Mr. Paris, that it could be sold by retail over the
counter at prices yelling 4d. to Gd, a pound,
from .
according to the capacity of the retailer. At the
conclusion of the luncheon, cases of the raw meat
which had been imported from Buenos Ayres were
opened in presence of the company, and appeared
and smelt as fresh as if they had been packed yes-
terday. It was, in fact, really good, succulent meat,
and was unhesitatingly pronounced to be such by
Mr. Warrener, the well-known preserver of fresh
meat for the army. The importance of this process,
as well as the labours of Mr. Paris in procuring a
supply of the raw material, can hardly be overrated
when we recollect that two and a half millions of
black cattle have up to the present date been annually
killed in La Plata solely for the sake of their hides,
the meat being left to the vultures, whilst we in this
country have been paying famine prices for meat of
not very sliperior quality. At the close of the pro-
ceedings, a resolution affirming the success of the
process was proposed by Mr. Itavolta, and assented
to by general acclamation.

In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days there has been only a
moderate amount of business entered into. Tea
has remained inactive, a large quantity, however,
will be offered at public sale on Tuesday next.
Sugars have been in fair demand, at full rates,
while the late demand for rice has somewhat abated
consequent upon the improvement in the weather.
Tallow, however, has remained dull, at barely pre-
vious rates, for both present and forward daiyery.

SPORTING INTELLIGENOE.—This Day.

NEWMARKET RACES--TH is DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
SWEEPSTAKES.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 30 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-old fillies,
Bst 71b each, winners of a plate or sweepstakes of 200
sovs 31b, of two, or one value 400. sovs, 71b extra. T.Y.C.
(5 fur 136 yds). 19 subs.
Satyr
Ettrick

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9

Won by half a length.
FORLORN STAKES..
The Foitzonx STAKES of 10 sovs-each, h ft, for 2-yp-olds
cots Bst 101 b, fillies Bsf7lb, winners of a 40l sovs
sweopstakes 41b, Winners of 101 sous in places or stakes
-81 b extra ; penalties -accumulative up to 91b ; second to
. save his stake. The last half of R.M. (1 mile 17 yds.)
1.2 subS.
Dragon
Lady Hester ...
Perdition .

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Won easy.

NOTES

FROM
TRAINING DISTRICTS.

(Tills DAY.)

NEWMARKET.

Our Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire horses continue to
do first-rate, more particularly Lothario, who, this morn-
ing, galloped two miles very fast, and Breeze went two
and a quarter, the pair pulling up fresh and sound. In
fact the mare is improving wonderfully ; and if she can
only stand the 'necessary severe preparation, which we fear
she will not, Breeze must be troublesome for the long dis-
tance handicap at our next meeting.. Lothario, however,
has the Baron's especial confidence. Broomielaw bolted
at exercise this morning, and, showing a deal of temper,
was taken in early. Emigrant galloped a mile and a
.half, but cannot be got ready in time for the Cesare-
witch. Jollity went two miles and a half at a
real good pace, and though a plainish animal is a; most
useful one. Nu has got as thin as a rail, but she went a
rattling two miles this morning, and Medina galloped about
a mile and three-quarters. Eakring has been eased again ;
his stable companion, Sealskin, did a mile and a half gallop
nicely. Knight of the Garter and Hippia were walking
and trotting; but Julius, Bombastes, The Rake, The Her-
mit, and several other leading two-yr-olds took mild gal-
lops. Plunder, Vaspasian, Plutus, Problem, Delium, Water
Cure, Cecrops, Janitor, Magician, Miss Harriette, Toma-
hawk, Chapel Royal, Whitby, Duke of York, Guinivere,
Honiton, Cromwell, Ettrick, Vernlam, Sunnylocks, Madlle.
Charolais, Sultan, Il Re Galautuomo, Paris, Peon, Slender,
Claymore, Fitzroy,.Breadalbane, and several others were
also doing good work.'