The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-11-05 00:00:00

MONSIEUR SOY ER'S MAGIC STOVE.

Yesterday, the celebrated chef de cuisine, Mons. Soyer,
exhibited his magic stove at Mr. Drury's, in Castle-street,
to numerous and delighted visitors, comprising amongst
them many of our leading merchants and gentry. The
exhibition was by no means the dry and dull affair which
it would have been at any of our purely scientific meetings;
for here we had not only the apparatus itself, with its in-
ventor to describe it, but a plentiful distribution of choice
morsels cooked by it—kidneys, mutton cutlets, eggs, &c.
—savoured by Soyer's delicious sauce, and executed by
the great artist himself. The stove, which was placed
upon a tray, upon a table in the centre of the room, has
a very neat and most compact appearance. The ordinary
size is about four inches in diameter. It is heated from
an apparatus attached to it, containing two chambers,
the lower one, filled with spirits of wine and provided with
a wick, being used to heat the upper one, also containing
spirits of wine. Between the outer chamber and the
stove is another wick ; and when the spirits in the upper
chamber reach the boiling point, a gas is evolved through
a blow pipe from the top of the apparatus, which, acting
upon the flame between the wick and the stove, forces a
strong current of flame into the latter. By this flame,
diffused by flues over the upper surface of the stove, the
operations of cooking are carried on with great rapidity
and efficiency. A more complete affair it is impossible to
conceive, or one which is calculated to effect a more won-
derful revolution in the domestic and other relations of
life. No more need for cold meats for our picnics. With
one of Soy( r's miniature kitchen stoves in our vehicle,
we are enabled to produce a hot dinner at a quarter of an
hour's notice, under wnatever hedge-row, or tree, we may
choose to spread our table cloth. Then, who would tole-
rate half-cold chops, kidneys, or other relishes to break-
fast or tea, when we can eat them, cooked upon our table,
and of course hot as they ought to be ?
Unlike many modern inventions, Soyer's magic stove
is no gim -crack, or toy, the use of which is attendant with
expense so great as to render it available by the wealthy
alone. An expenditure of five-pence in spirit will cook
sufficient for a dozen or more persons; the apparatus is
easily cleaned and kept in order ; there is no danger or an-
noyance in using it even upon the tea table, and it is light

A small kitchen complete, with stewpans
&e. can be had for £3 10s. ;
We observe that Mr. Sayer.,
Mr. Drury's, and can rem.
`SIVI] sale.

kettles,

iatus for 35

moves, of all

on sale at ..

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COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT,

Our markets generally have been quiet the last two or
three days, arising partly from the unsettled state of the
Continent; but to-day the late political news is looked

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upon in a far more satisfactory light,
hension is now entertained that there will be v
absence of active business on 'Ol--
the opportunity of reac _
undisguised attack of Popery on our Queen and her sub-
jects ;---and great indeed is their indignation ! That the
clergy, from the Primate to the poorest Curate, will do
their duty, they do not doubt ; but the Goye!nment must
be told in plain language to do theirs. It is the latter
which have brought the audacious missile upon us; and

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