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city , several aldermen , the deputy-lieutenant of the county , and a number of respectable citizens . Among the subscribers are
Gen . Cartwright , aicl-du-camj ^ to the king , and several military officers . The number of children is above * 400 j who , only 12 months ago , were destitute of
any instruction . The following extract from the half-yearly report of the committee in July last presents a most striking example of the utility of these schools . 46
The committee of the Canterbury royal free school , have the pleasure to report to the subscribe ers , that , since the opening of the school , on the 1 st of January ,
321 boys have been admitted , many of whom are above ten years of age . Of these children , above 100 who did not know the alphabet , have learned to read , and there are more than 250 now
being taught to write ; likewise , that when the school was opened , very few had received any instruction in arithmetic , bat that now J 20 have commenced , and several of them have made considerable
progress /* The school at Dover , established by John Jackson , Esq . M . P . for that place , has been already productive of much good . The
children mostly belong to sea-faring people , and it was said , " if you can bring these boys into order , you can do any thing / ' This , however , was accomplished with small exertion , by one of J .
Lancaster ' s lads , only seventeen years of age . This school consists of near 200 boys , many of whom have learnt to read and write in the course of the present year . The city of Rochester has
followed these noble examples ,
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Lancaster having explained his plans in a public lecture at the town-hall , the proposition for a
school was seconded by the mayor , and met with general approbation . A school for 200 boys has since been established , and great ere - dit is due to the committee for
their philanthropic zeal in promoting the education of the poor . Their monthly returns , which are kept with great exactness , exhibit the great progress which the children make .
A school upon the same plan has been established at Lynn , under the sanction of the clergy and most of the respectable
inhabitants . The expense is defrayed by a subscription , to which the members of parliament for this place most liberally contribute . This school consists of 230 boys , and is in an excellent state of
organization ; and it is stated in the school-master ' s report , that in November last he had 20 boys in the Rule of Three , who did not know figures in the preceding May .
The Duke of Bedford , deeply impressed with the importance of extending these schools throughout the nation , has established one at Woburn , fora large number of boys . The duke and duchess occasionally visit the school , and take
great interest in the improvement of the children . To these may be added the following schools now formed and forming on J . Lancaster ' s plan , but which can only be briefly enumerated .
Maiden Bradley , Deptford , Leicester , several in Cheshire , Maidstone , Cheadle , Liverpool , Hull , Carlisle , Portsmouth , Oswestry , Manchester , Exeter
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Lancaster ' s Plan of Education * 111
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1810, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2402/page/7/
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