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which we cannot get rid of . I wish we could find out . some way to get them at an earlier age , before they acquire these habits , and I am certain that we should make more of them . ' Mr . Owen immediately offered , with that warmth of benevolence which so e ™ jnentl y ^ belonged to him , that he
would be at the expense of 50 ? . if she would commence a school for their particular instruction . She answered , that it was entirely out of her line ; but the idea had not been lost , for as soon as he got back to Lanark , he established an infant school , from
which Mr . Buchanan , the masfter ^ was shortly afterwards brought to London , by the present Lord Chancellor , and they established the first infant schools at Westminster , from which have originated all the infant schools in England . I have now only to thank you
for the patience with which you have listened to the garrulity of three score and ten , and beg to drink to all your good healths . Mr . Turner sat down amidst great applause . Mr . Losh suggested that the Secretary to the dinner , Mr . Wm . Hutton , should read the letters which had been
received from several gentlemen , ( in answer to letters requesting their company , and their names as stewards , ) explaining their reasons for non-attendance . They were to the following purport , and were severally received
with loud applause . George Silvertop , Esq ., ( High Sheriff , ) said :-- ' Entertaining , as I have done for years past , the highest regard , friendship , and esteem , for this most excellent gentleman , I shall feel proud to have my name inserted in the list of stewards of
the day . I ani . afraid that distance will prevent my attendance at the dinner ; but should I bewithin 50 miles of Newcastle , nothing that I can foresee shall prevent me from attending on so inte * resting and agreeable an occasion . ' [ The High Sheriff was in London on the 21 st . ] C . Cookson , Esq ., ( Recorder ) : —* May I ask you to have the goodness to express to Mr . Turner the deep regret I feel that I am .
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* ¦ ^ t , f r . ' > , p unable to attend the dinner that is td be given to him to-day , in acknowledgment of his great public usefulness , and on the occasion of his entering upon the 50 th year of his residence in Newcastle ? I need scarcely say , that there is no man for whom I feel a higher or more sincere respect ;
and I wish that I had been able to express publicly the opinion ever entertained of him by my late excellent father , who knew him well from the time of his becoming a resident in Newcastle ; whose esteem for him increased as his intimacy with him became greater ; and who often declared , that in the course of a \ ery long life he had never known any individual to whom the inhabitants of this town were
so deeply indebted as they were to Mr . Turner , nothsnly for his activity and steadiness in originating and promoting so many scientific , literary , and useful institutions , but also for his anxiety to impart toothers that extensive knowledge which he himself possessed / N . Clayton , Esq ., Chesters : •—* I regret that my advanced age _ and wish for retirement make it
necessary for me to remain at home ; but I assure you that no one entertains a higher respect for Mr . Turner than he who laments his inability to do what you request / Sir John Swinburne , Bart . ;—* I shall always be happy to show any mark of attention and respect to Mr . Turner , and beg you will put down my name in the
list of the stewards : but mv increased list ot the stewards ; but my increased deafness obliges me to decline attending all public assemblies / William Ord , Esq . of Whitfield , M . P .: — There is no mark of esteem and respect towards Mr , Turner in which I would not most cheerfully join , and I shall be much flattered by your
setting me down as one of the stewards , if my name will be at all acceptable . My duties in parliament will , however , prevent my attendance on the day named / J . Hodgson , Esq . M . P .: —** I very much regret that I shall not be at home on the 21 st , or 1 would have felt great pleasure in evincing
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UNITARIAN CHRONICLE , 7
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1832, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1805/page/7/
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