The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-31 00:00:00

Restaurants for the Working Classes.

On Saturday afternoon a meeting of benevolent gentle-
men took place at the rooms of the Working Men's Club,
Colonnade, Clare-market, for the purpose of testing the
practicability of a new movement for the advantage of the
industrious classes, carried out under the auspices of an
Association for the Establishment of Dining and Refresh-
ment Rooms for the Working Classes. The Rev. Joseph
Irving, M,A., presided, and w3s supported by the Rev. Mr.
Killick, rector of St. Clement Danes; the Rev. Mr. Robins,
Dr. Lankester, Mr. Simon, Mr. G. A, Sala, and a number
of other gentlemen.
The object of the association is to provide in the poorer
and working districts of London restaurants, or dining and
refreshment rooms for the working classes, where they may
obtain soups, fish, joints, and other well-cooked dishes, com-
posed of wholesome food, at the cheapest possible price, In
order to t est the matter practically, the company sat down
to a dinner composed of viands, any of which could be
served to a working man, including eoup or broth, meat,
vegetables, and pudding (varied at pleasure by fish), for e
cost not exceeding 4id. The plan is to be carried out under
the superintendence of Mr. Warriner, Inspector of Cookery
to the Army, and Dr. Letheby has consented to act as food
examiner. After the company, had partaken of a substan-
tial dinner, letters were read by Mr. W. Carpenter, the hon.
sec., from the Earl of Shaftesbury and others, expressing
approval,-and regret at unavoidable absence, and the follow,
ing tariff of prices at which the food partaken of could be
supplied :

Soups—Meat soup, juillien, soldiers', and vegetable, each
ld. per pint.

Fish—Cod, ld.; plaice, ld.; and toad in the hole, ld.
for Boz.

Joints—Leg of mutton, 2d., 4oz ; salt boiled beef, 2d.,
4oz. ; stewed fresh beef, 2d, 4oz. ; beef pudding, 2d, 10oz.;
soldiers' meat dumpling and potatoes, 3d, 160 z.; beef pies,
2d ; and " India pot' (a very excellent, substantial dish
cold), 3d, 16oz.
Miscellaneous.—Kidney and Scotch tripe, 2d, 60z.; cur-
ried tripe 3d, 10oz. ; tripe toad in the hole, 3d, 10oz.
Puddings—lndian, 2d for Boz. ; Yorkshire, 2d, Boz. ;
honey balls, 2d, Soz.; polenta (sauced), 1 d, 16oz ; ditto
(cheese), lid, 16oz. ; sandwiches of new mixture, Id, 4oz.
Vegetables, &c.—Carrots, greens, turnips, broccoli sprout§
id. per plate each ; cohl cannon, id. 4oz. ; bread id:for 4oz;
and butter, ld. for 20z.; coffee, id. for three-quarters of a
pint ; cocoa, ld. per pint; tea, price not yet fixed.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Health of the Queen,"
and " The Prince and Princess of Wales "
Dr. LANKESTBR and other gentlemen addressed the meet-
ing, the learneddoctor expressing his opinion that material
beings required good and wholesome food such as that of
which they had partaken, and said he looked upon the
movement as one of the most beneficial that could be
adopted for the working classes, as to the want of proper
and nourishing food was to be traced drunkenness and
many other evils to which the working classes were sub-
ject.
It was also strenuously urged by some of the speakers
that they should never be tempted to raise their tariff of
prices when once they had established them, or allow all
religious or sectarian views to be mixed up with the move-
ment. These sentiments were generally appreciated, and
the company broke up, highly pleased with the inaugura-
tion of the project.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER-MARCH 28.

A short supply of wheat. Trade was dull, at Well
late currencies. Barley was in moderate show, and rather
lower. Beans and peas the turn cheaper.
Wheat, white 46s 52s Beans, Mazagan..3os 331
red ..42s 48s middle & small.3ss 420
Barley
Oats