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good is done , but under very disadvantageous circumstances , from bad accommodations . We hope this inconvenience will soon be removed , by the erection of a new School house , which has long been in contemplation , and which now
appears in a fair train for accdmplishxnent . The harmony and energy among Lancasterian Schools in this city are an happy bond of brotherhood ; and the prospect of the education of every child in it , and of the extension of the same
benefits to eveiy district where there may be a disposition to welcome them , if found necessary , is indeed one of those heart-animating prospects , on which the mind cannot but dwell wi ; h delight . We are pleased to see , that , in the resolutions , the patrons of Mr . Lancaster and his system are not forgotten * ,
and we are persuaded the country at large , will unite in honouring those royal and noble names who have evinced their patriotism , in patronizing a system , which will bring the light of knowledge ( the handmaid of the Christian religion , ) and the blessings of the Bible , into the
dwelling of every humble cottager in the empire . We have had the pleasure of mentioning the di ner and > ts respectable attendance . —We now report , v-ith equal satisfaction , some of the occurrences of the evening .
When the Chairman gave the health of the Duke of Kent , Mr . Lancaster made a statement , not as acknowledging an Y to-ost , ( which the strictness of the religions opinions of the Society of Friends , to which he belongs , forbids in any case , ) but by way of information . He stated , that the King himself , (
attended by his consort and princesses , among whow was the amiable Amelia !) introduced him to the Duke of Kent , who joined a subscription set forward by his royal father . That the Duke then visited bis scholars , not in the state of a prince of the blood , but as a private gentleman , to acquaint himself with the
merits of the plan , by minute enqury and personal inspection . That he then introduced it into the Royals , and this near three years ago , as an e > ample to all the regiments of the line . He had educated near 1 , 000 children and young soldiers in that regiment . And yet > though he had this exalted merit , there were some , who called themselves Chn « - tian » j who would not give him the hon ur which was his due : but to make
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amends , a Jew had been as forward la gratitude as they had been remiss The sentiments of that liberal and enlightened Jew he would now recite : ^ - but he must first observe , that the Hoyal Highlanders , the Marquis of Huntley * s regiment , were had in high honour in the country from which he had just come ,
Ireland . During the rebellion in that country , the soldiery we \ e allowed to l » ve at free quarters ; and , under martial law , rapine and violence might hold their lawless sway : but those enlightened , educated soldiers had the Bible in their hearts and knowledge in their heads ; the power of violence was restrained by the force of principle ,
associated with knowledge ; iand they would not even take a drink of butter-muk without paying for it . If war had put a sword into the hands of these brave fellows J knowledge had put a shield , and with that the oppressions of civil war had been restrained , and the head of the wretched and forlorn man protected from the iron hand of violence . He then recited the
verses . The Despot ' s rule must be o ' er darken'd men The tyger ' s home , the darkness of a den But where true Freedom lives , no fear she knows , To make man learn the blessing she bestows .
The enlighten'd Kent , excited at her shrine , Spreads quick instruction through each martial line ; That every soldier , civiliz ed and free , May nobly shield our land of liberty . ( Universal approbation . )
The Chairman , in concluding his address , stated , that it was not consistent with the principles of the Society of Friends , or Quakers , to join in toasts ; and therefore he proposed that the company should express their gratitude to Mr . Lancaster by acclamation , instead of the customary compliment of drinking his health , which was done loudly
and standing . Mr . JLancaster , evidently under a strong grateful feeling of sensibility , rose to make his acknov , ledgment . He obsei ved , that members of his religious society were tenacious of their principles , for the sake of integrity in religion , and regard to youth . On many occasions , it was hard for them to shut themselves out from meetings conducive
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336 Intelligence . —Mr . Lancaster ' s Reception in Scotlan d *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 336, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/56/
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