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good impression of the plan , to the parents of the children . He was as well received , and as well attended to , as could be wished ; and some of the statements he gave made the good old King shine in the eyes of his subjects as the patron of education and friend of the poor . The instant the lecture was over , he set off by the mail > x > Edinburgh ,
in order to make his arrangements in person , for a lecture there , and found a general meeting of the committee of the Lancasterian school in that place , had appointed a public dinner at Oman ' s
hotel , to welcome his arrival . Here he was received with an urbanity and attention , which we hope will always continue to do , honour to the magistrates , clergy and gentry of that city , as well as to- the enlightened head and
members of * its liberal university . They paid the highest honours to his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent , for the example he had set to the army , in introducing the Lancasterian system into the Scots Royals , near three years ago , with unrivalled success and economy ; an example , as well Jen own to all the
Royal Family , as it is to this nation ; where such benevolence in a p rince will never fail to meet the most cneering reception from an affectionate and loyal people . Having completed his arrangements for lecturing in Edinburgh , he again returned hither , to lecture n the theatre , where he again met a cheerful auditory , who gave him a most hearty welcome .
The master of the Calton school appeared on the stage , with a detachment of fine little fellows , who illustrated part of the plan by their evolutions . The lad who attended them and gave the commands . is one of Kir . Lancaster ' s
apprentices from London , an orphan , who has been five years with Mr . . Lancaster , and , though only fourteen years of age , has organized several schools on his system , and contributed most materially to their success—and whose services in the Calton school will
not soon be forgot ' -en . The lecture was received with marked attention and approbation , and though the recent fatigues of Mr . Lancaster , at one time seemed to overpower h , im t yet he resumed , and went on , with unbroken P * Ht , to the end of a long and , very iatcrcStiug lecture . Wednesday , a public fiinper waa given in the gfeat rotta of * kc Black
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, \ L Bull Inn in this city * It was most O nui merousiy attended Robert wes , ; Esq of New Lanark , was in the chair . : Tbe whole room exhibited an assem - bloge , which was a fair specimen of , the ficel . ngs of the respectable citizens F of Glasgow , to this benevolent traveller , \ and <* £ their zeal in the cause to which
he is devoted - Previous to the dinner , a general meeting was hid , to hear several resolutions read , and to pass some additional ones * The gentlemen belonging to the
school m the Gorbals , had submitted a proposition , for uniting the schools under one committee , and making them , one concern . This harmonious proposition was brought forward and adopted with delight . The Lancasterian schools in this city are now united : and as we
are not a dshnded people , « ur fellowcitizens will not tail to be pleased with this concentration of energies , and unity of interests . A proposition for the extension of the views of the society beyond Glasgow , was also agreed to , and now at becomes— - ' * The Glasgow and West of Scotland Lancasterian School Society . *'
its purposes axe , by a distinct fund , to promote the spread of the system over the districts , wherever there may be a disposition to receive it : to carry its energies and benefits , by the operation of a general fund , home to the doors of those who otherwise might desire its benefits , and feel the need of them , in
vain ; not to innovate upon our truly respectable establishments , but to add to their energies % considering their constitution as sacred , but willing to render service to all populous places where
there are not adequate means of education adapted to the number of people ; and to render every service to existing institutions , which they may be prepared , and their conductors may be disposed to receive and this from a fund
which will certainly afford the means of accomplishing a great good at the smallest expense . The good the Committee will be enabled to do will be practical , and by means of persons well experienced ^ i the plan . We are happy , chat the Galton School it already in so flourishing a state , as to prom me high perfection in a short rime , and « flbrd a < good model of the system * Nor must we forget the merits * of a schoolmaster in , anpther school of < hc Society ' s , whet * rnwch
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Intelligence . —Mr * Lancaster * * Reception in Scotland . 335
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 335, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/55/
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