An account of the progress of Joseph Lancaster's plan for the education of poor children, and the training of masters for country schools

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AN

ACCOUNT

OF

THE PROGRESS

OF

JOSEPH LANCASTER'S PLAN

FOR THE

EDUCATION OF POOR CHILDREN,

AND

THE TRAINING OF MASTERS FOR COUNTRY
SCHOOLS. '

Xn the year 1798, Joseph Lancaster opened a school in St.
George's Fields, for the education of the children of tBe poor, at
a very reduced charge. In the prosecution of (his Avork he was
obliged to devise plans of economy, in order to diminish the ex-
pense of books, paper, &c. and also a particular kind of discipline,
that he might be able to manage a large number of children with-
out the necessity of employing ushers or assistants with salaries.
The present state of perfection exhibited by his schools is the re-
sult of numerous experiments and many years indefatigable atten-
tion, which he has been enabled to devote to this important sub-
ject, by the encouragement of enlightened and benevolent indivi-
duals. The school was shortly converted into a Free School, and
in the year 1805 it was made sufficiently capacious to contain 1000
children.

The distinguishing features of his plan, which are minutely
explained in the publication entitled, ' Improvements in educa-
tion, (a new edition of which will speedily go to press) are,

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1. That by his system ef order and rewards, together with
the division of the school into classes, and the assistance of moni-
tors, ONE MASTER IS ABLE TO CONDUCT A SCHOOL OF ONE THOU-
SAND CHILDREN.

2. That by printing a spelling book, or any other lessons for
reading, in a large typey^npon one side of the paper, and pasting
the sheets thus printed, on a pasteboard, they may, when suspend-
ed to a nail, against the wall, be read by any number of children ;
— a method whereby one book will serve for a whole school,
instead of a book for each child.

3. That by the introduction of writing upon slates, and one
boy spelling to 4ns whole class any certain word, the boys in the
class will instantly write it, going on in this manner for an hour or
more, so that boys may write and spell one hundred words in the
course of a morning : — A method whereby five hundred boys

MAY SPELL AND WRITE THE SAME WORD AT THE SAME INSTANT
OF TIME.

4. An entire new method of instruction in arithmetic, wholly
superseding the forme* method of setting sums in cyphering books,
or using books, as Walkinghame's or Dilworth's Assistant for the
four first rules : — a plan whereby any child who can read,

MAY TEACH ARITHMETIC WITH THE UTMOST CERTAINTY.

j. The expense of education is reduced to a very trifling
sum. Schools for three hundred children may be supported at
the rate of seven shillings per annum for each child; and for a
greater number of children, it may be reduced to four shillings per
annum for each child.

And lastly, while Joseph Lancaster is anxious to lay the
foundation of religious and moral principles in the youthful mind,
fie studiously avoids introducing controverted theological points,
^ind in short, every thing zchich in peculiar to any sect or party;

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The Hor,Y Scriptures is the only religious bgok taught in the
school — for here, as Sir W. Jones expresses it, we have "purer
morality than can be colrected from any other book in any lan-
guage :" or as Locke has well observed, a volume which has " God
for its author, salvation for its end, and truth Avithout any mixture
of error for its subject."

By proceeding upon this broad and general basis, there is
nothing repulsive to the feelings of any particular sect, but the
doors of his schools are thrown open to receive the whole com-
munity.

The good which must arise from the extension of these ele-
mentary schools, cannot be calculated : their influence upon the
morals and Oondnct of the lower orders of society has already
been experienced ; and we may entertain more than a hope, that
they will not fail to diminish the number of crimes, cherish and
promote virtuous dispositions among the great mass of the people,
and thus most materially contribute to the happiness and security
of the State. In some places where J. Lancaster has established
schools, by the committees dividing the children into different
bodies, and conducting them to the several places for worship,
hundreds of children are taken in an orderly manner to attend
divine service, who formerly profaned the Lord's day by idle and
riotous conduct in the streets.

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In the Borough school alone 5000 children have been edu-
cated, whose parents were of the poorest description, and hitherto
no instance has occurred of any on,e of these being charged with
a criminal offence in any court of justice. In this school the pro-
gress of the children in learning is rapid; it is no uncommon thing
for one or two hundred boys to obtain tickets of commendation
daily, and more than one hundred to have rewards for merit in the
course of a single week. The improvement in morals, and the
habits of order among the children who are educated on this sys-
tem in town or country is of the most gratifying nature.

In an early stage of his labours J. Laucaster obtained the
patronage and liberal support of the Duke of Bedford and Lord
Somerville, whose example was soon followed by many of the
Nobility, Clergy, and other characters distinguished for virtue
and benevolence. In 1805 he was honoured by the countenance
of the King and Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Princesses,
and the Royal Dukes ; who then became, and have continued
ever since, annual subscribers- to a large amount. In the course
of the last year, the attention of the Sovereign and Royal Family
to the welfare and progress of the Plan, has been most particularly
gracious and encouraging. Twice within the year 1809, the
King sent his own Page with his subscription of 100/. The Insti-
tution has since been visited by the Duke of Kent, who staid two
hours, and by his many attentions to the children, made them com-
pletely happy. The account given by the Duke of Kent to his
Royal Parents and august Family has been very gratifying. The
Duke has publicly declared, that the system of education resem-
bles, in its practice, the most perfect piece of machinery.

The august and benevolent Personages who promoted this
institution for the instruction of the poor, looking forward to the
more general diffusion of these benefits, were desirous that a plan
should be established for training young men and lads as school-
masters, that by a practical knowledge of the improved modes of
tuition, they might be qualified to superintend schools to be
formed in various parts of the kingdom upon the same plan.

The institution in the Borough Road, therefore, consists of
Free Schools for boys and girls, and an Establishment for board-
ing, clotliing, and training up young men and women for school
masters and school mistresses, so as to qualify them to undertake
the charge of new schools. But it is obvious, that, in the attain-
ment of objects like these, a considerable and heavy expense must
be incurred ; the annual expense of the Institution, in all its parts,
amounts at least to 1400/.

It is however very important that the public should rightly
distinguish between the expense attending the Free School, and
the Establishment for training school masters. In the former case,
the expense for ground rent, rewards, and instruction, does not
exceed 160/. per annum, which is about 3s. Gd. por annum for the
education of each child. — But the support of the Institution for
training young school masters and school mistresses, as it involves
the board, clothing, and lodging of a considerable family, cannot
be supported but at a very considerable charge.

The due application of all subscriptions in aid of his plans
and the management of his financial concerns, Joseph Lancaster
has entrusted to his friends,

JOHN JACKSON, Esq. M. P. New Broad Street,
WILLIAM ALLEN, Plough Court, Lombard Street,
WILLIAM CORSTON, No. 30, Ludgate Street,
JOSEPH FOSTER, Bromley, Middlesex,
JOSEPH FOX, 54, Lombard Street, or 27, Argyle St.
THOMAS STURGE, Newington Butts.

The Committee earnestly solicit the support of the benevo-
lent to enable them to meet the unavoidable expenses attending so
large an establishment; arid when it is considered that this Insti-
tution must be regarded as the root of a tree, whose branches, it
is hoped, will extend themselves over the British empire, they
trust to a generous public for that annual aid which is necessary
to render their labours efficient.

Subscriptions are received at J. Lancaster's Royal Free
School, Borough Road; by the Members of the Committee, and
by the following Bankers.

KENSINGTONS, STYAN, and ADAMS, 20, Lombard St.
HOARES and Co. 37, Fleet Street,
RANSOM, MORLAND, and Co. Pail-Mall.

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Schools have been formed by J. Lancaster in the following
places :

Swansea,

Canterbury,

Lynn,

Liverpool,

Hull,

Clewer, near Windsor,

Birmingham,

Sheffield,

Bristol,

Etruria,

Oswestry,

Rochester,

Dover,

Lewes,

Cambridge,

Deptford,

Woburn.

Uxbridge,

Manchester,

Lakefield,

Chester,

Whittington.

Committees are formed in

Portsmouth,

Maidstone,

Plymouth,

Exeter,

Southampton,

Worcester,

Newcastle upon T)'ne,

Edinburgh,

Dublin,

Leeds,

Leicester,

Derby,

York,

and in a great number of other places. And it is with great
thankfullncss J. Lanc^ter can state, that, in the schools formed
by himself and his young assistants, full 30,000 poor children
are receiving daily instruction in various parts of the British
empire; and he hopes, that the philanthropic aid of a British
Public will enable him to continue his labours, until every popu-
lous district is provided with the means of education for their
poor children.

V. B. One part of Joseph Lancaster's Establishment
consists of a Printing Office, in which every kind of business in the
printing department is carried on : a?id, as the profits of this con-
cernform a considerable aid to his Institution, ha solicits the order*
of his friends and the public in general.

fcf* Lancaster's Royal Free School is situated neai
Belvidere Place, Borough Road, not far from the Obelisk ;
and the Public are respectfully informed, that the School is
open for inspection erery Afternoon (except Saturday) at
three o'Clock.

This Day are Published,
By JOSEPH LANCASTER,

THE FOLLOWING BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS,

Organized according to the Plan of the Author.

J. Lancaster's New Invented Spoiling Book, 4s.

• Dictating Do. 2s.

. New Invented System of Arithmetic, 10s.

— : Dictating Do. 4s.

Freame's Scripture Instruction, 8*.

Watts's Hymns for Schools, 4s.

Instructions for the forming and conducting of a Society for the
Education of the Children of the Labouring Classes of the
People, according to the general Principles of the Lancaster
rian or British Plan.

The Linguist; or Literary Amusement, consisting of above 2000
small Cards, by means of which a Family of Children may, in
a short time, become acquainted with the Principal Words in
the French Language, 12*.

" To my Bible," a Poem: By Charlotte Richardson, 6d.

A Comparative View of the Plans of Education, as detailed in the
Publications of Dr. BELL and Mr. LANCASTER; with Re-
marks on Dr. BELL's "Madras School,"- &c. &c. By Joseph
Fox, Is. 6d.

Fruits of Christian Love, or a Letter to the Society of Friends,
called Quakers, Is.

Address to the Friends and Teachers of Sunday Schools, Is. 6d.

Hints and Directions for Building, Fitting up, and Arranging
School-rooms on the British System of Education, illustrated
with Plates, 1*. 6d.

And speedily will be published, a Report of the System of
Female Education, practised in the Borough Road, as to Learn-
ing, Work, &c.

An Account of a Remarkable Establishment at Paris ; to which is
prefixed, Queries addressed to Dr. Bell, Is.

In the press, Lancaster on Education, and an Abridgment of the
same.

%* Slates, Tickets for Monitors, Rules for conducting Schools,
$c. <5fc. may be had at the Free School.

Printed at Lancaster's Royal Free School Press, Borough Road, Southwark,
and sold by W. Corston, 30, Ludgate Street, and by Darton
and Harvey, Graceehurch Street.

LIST

OF

Annual ^ufcscufcers

IN AID OF

J. LANCASTER'S ECONOMICAL PLANS

FOR THE

GENERAL EDUCATION

OF

THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR. '

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THE KING 10O

• THE QUEEM 50

THE PRIM CE OF WALES 50

THE PRINCESS OF WALES 10

THE DUKE OF YORK 10

THE DUCHESS OF YORK 10

THE DUKE OP KENT 10

THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND 10

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE 10

.THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA SOPHIA .... 10

THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH 1Q

THE PRINCESS MARY 10

THE PRINCESS SOPHIA 10

THE PRINCESS AMELIA 10

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER 10

L. s. d.

J. W. Adam, Grove, Mile End 5 5

Dr. Adams, New Bridge-street , . . . , , 1 1

William Alexander, Kennington 1 1

William Allen, Plough-court, L'ombard-street 5 5

Charlotte Allen, Ditto , 3 3

Joseph Allen, Kingsland Crescent 3 3

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Margaret Allen, Kingsland Crescent , 1 1

S. Apthorp, Richmond . . . . 1 1

Benjamin Angell, Islesworth 1 1

John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill - 3 3

Henry Archer, Dover-street 1 1

Lord Arundel, Somerset-street I 1

Joseph Asher, Hay don-square 1 '

Miss Bailey, Upper Homerton • 1 1

T. W. Barker, Graccchurch-street . . - 1 1

John Barry, Plough-court, Lombard-street 2 2

John Bate, Russel-square 1 1

James Bell, Bishopsgate-street 1 1

John Bell, Oxford-street • 2 2

Lord Berwick, Grosvenor-square 21

R. and T. Bevington, Gracechurch-stree t 2 2

i: ohert Bingley, Tower 1 1

Alexander Black, Leadenhall-street 1 1

James Blackett, Borough 1 1

Matthew Blowfield, Beaufort-buildings, Strand 1 1

Samuel Ely th, Goldsmith-street ... 1 1

Thomas Bodley, Lombard-street • ■ • • 1 1

Thompson Bonar, New Broad-street 2 2

Dr. Rostock, Liverpool , . . . 1

Joseph Bowman, Bread-street ... - : 1 1

Gervas Bradbury, Suffolk-lane, Cannon-street 5 5

Joseph Bradney, Lawrance-lane . 1 1

Bi andram, Templeman and Jaques, Size-lane 5 5

Anthony Brough, Clapham 1 1

Nicholas Brown, Somerset- house 2 2 0,

Thomas Brown, Grove, Mile End 5 5 ,0

Bull and Banks Borough 1 1

Rev. H. F- Burder, 53, Hatton Garden 1 1

William Butler, Oxford-court, Cannon-street 1 1

John Butler, Ditto 1 1

Joseph Butterworlh, Fleet-street : 1 1

Joel Cadbury, Gracechurch-strect 1 1

Jasper Capper, Ditto 5 5

Katfl of Carysfort, Portman-square 10 10

Mibs Carrie, 68, Gloucester-place 1 I

ffieorgfl Chandler i 1

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George Chandler, 66, Gloucester-place , 1 | y

Kichard Chester, Stoke Newington 3 3

Thomas Chevalier, 20, South Audley-street 1 1

Miller Christy, Stockwell 1 1

T. W. and J. Christy, Gracechurch-street 3 3

John Clark, Edmonton 1 1

Honorable Robert Clifford, Wimpole-street 110

Thomas Cock, Cornhill - 1 1

James Constable, Shad Thames 1 1

Michael Constable Ditto -. 2 2

Clayton, Lincoln's Inn - = 1 1

John Coleby, Bishopsgate-street ,. 1 1

T. Compture, Gloucester-place 1 1

Harvey Coomb, jun. Russel-street 1 1

A tin Cooper, Broad-street 1 1

W. Cooper, Gloucester-place _ 1 1

John Cooper, Queen-street, Cheapside 1 1

Wm. Corston, Ludgate-street 2 2

Sir Stephen Cotterel, "Wimpole-street 2

William Curling, Fish-street Hill 1 1

Leonard Currie, Bromley 5 5

Parsons Custance, Friday-street 1 1

Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-street ., 3 3

G. M. Davidson, Fish-street Hill . . 1 I

James Davidson, jun. Ditto , . . . . 1 1

G. Davis, Surry-road 1 1

James Davies, Gracechurch-street 1 1

Thomas Davy, Gould-square 2 2

Roger Dawson, 47, Borough 1 1

W. J. Dennison, St. Mary-axe 10 10

Joseph Dorrien, New Broad-street _ 2 2

Doyle . . 1 1

Major Doyle _ 1 1

Sir Francis Drake, Nottingham-street 1 1

Sir Henry Englefield, Tilney-street, May Fair 10 10

Walter Evans, Derby I 1

John Fell, Bankside 2 2

Thomas Furguson, George-yard, Lombard-street 1 1 ©

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John Field, Lambeth Marsh .1

G. Fisher, jun. Bristol 1

Sir Charles Flower, Bart 2

Joseph Foster, Bromley 5

Sarah Foster, Ditto 3

Rachel Foster, Ditto 2

Edward Foster, jun. St. Helen's-place _ 1

Henry Foster, 85, Basinghall-street _ 1

Thomas Foster, Bromley • 5

Samuel Fossick, Gracechurch-street . - 1

George and Catherine Croker Fox, Falmouth 10

George Fox, Falmouth 2

Richard Fox, Ditto ■ 1

Robert Wefe Fox, Ditto 5

Joseph and Ann Fox, Argyll-street 10

A Friend 5

Thomas Frost, Goldsmith-street 2

Fry and Steele, Finsbury 5

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William Gale, Bedford-street, Bedford-row 1

Samuel Galton, Birmingham

J. Gazelee, Borough

Mary Gibbs, Walworth

Sir Philip Gibbes, New Burlington-street

Lady Gibbes, Ditto

T. Gibson, Newcastle under Lyne

J. A. Gillham, Surry-road

J. Graves, Borough \ . . . -

Thomas Gravett, Newington

J. Guiliemard, Gower- street

F. Haldimand, St. Mary Axe

C. Hall, Layton-yard, Borough

Elthan Hammond, Milk-street

Anna Hanbury, Stoke Newington ■.

John Hanbury, jun. Bartlett's-buildings .

George Harford, Old-street Road

Samuel Harris, Ratcliff

Joseph Harris, 20, St. Paul's Church-yard

Samuel Harris, Clapham-Rise

George Harrison, Wandsworth

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Martha Harry, Charter-house 1 1

John Hennniug, Charlotte-row, Walworth I 1

William Hibberdine, 12, Wood-street, Cheapsjde 1 1

Rev. Mr. Heinekin, Brentford, 1 1

Henry Hoare, Fleet-street 1 1

Henry Hugh Hoare, Ditto 5 5

William Henry Hoare, Ditto 2 2

J. Hodson, 32, Barnard-street 1 1

J. Holloway, Bank 1 1

William Holt, Broad-street 1 1

John Harner, Bucklersbury 2 S

Francis Horner, M. P 2 2

Leonard Horner ' 2 2

S. Houston, Crosby-square 1 1

Luke Howard, Plaistow, Essex < 5 5

William Hughes, Golden-square 2 2

Mr. Humphries, Richmond Green L 1

Rev. William Humphries, Canterbury-place, Newington 1 1

Joshua Hutchinson, Bank 1 1

Mr. Hyde, Fenchurch-street 1 1

Mrs. Hyde, Ditto 1 1

Miss Hyde, Ditto 1 1

John Jacob, Newgate-street 2 2

John Jackson, M. P. New Broad-street » _ 5 5 O

Thomas James •••• 1 1 Q

William Janson, Lloyd's Coffee House 1 1

E. Ironmonger, 25, Upper Grosvenor-street 1 1

J. Ironmonger, Bolton-row 1 I

R. B. Jones, 8, Hereford-street, Oxford-road 1 1

Robert Jones, Curtain-road 1 1

Mr. Kay, Finsbury-square 5

Dr. Kelly, Finsbury-square 1 1

John Kitchen, Whitechapel I 1

Heury Knight, Ratciiff , 1 1

Mr. KoJle, Addle-street 2 2

T. Laing, Prescott-street 1 '

H. Ledger, jun. Lombard-street ... 1 1

Jiichard Lea, Old Jewry 1 1

Sapuel Lee, 218, Borough I I

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Sarah Leedham,- 230, Borough : ..... 1

J. C. Lettsom, M. D. Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street 1

Thomas Lewis, Queen-street ,...'. 1

William Lloyd, 54, Lothbury 1

George Lloyd, 38, Great Ormond-street . 5

(George Longman, M. P. Ludgate-street 2

Matthew Lowdown Blackfriars-road I

Benjamin Lucas, Mill Bank -street, Westminster 2

Caleb Lucas, Ditto . ...... 2

"William Lucas, Ditto 2

R. Mabberly, Reading 3

Mr. Macarel, Watling-street , 2

Zachary Macauly, Birchin-lane ... 1

Rev. Dr. Maltby, Buckden, Hunts • 2

J. Manger, St. George's Fields 1

William Marsh, Gracechurch-street . 1

John Marshal! 1

William Martin, Lewes 1

Masterman, Peters, Mildred & Co. Whitehart-court, Lombard-street 10 10

Jonah Messer, Holborn „ 2

John Menzies, 1

Mr. Milner 1

William Minshull, Snow-hill 2

Sparkes Moline, Leadenhall-street 5

Basil Montagu, Lincoln's Inn 1

N. M uggeridge, Borough , 1

William Muckamore, St. George's Fields 1

Benjamin Neale,jun. St. Paul's Church-yard 1 1

George Norman, Bromley, Kent 1 1

William Norris, Old Jewry 1 1

North, Hoare, Nanson and Simpson, Bridge-street 4 4

Arthur Onslow, New-street, Spring Gardens 1 1

Theodore Page, Blackfriars-road 1 1

John Page, 45, Borough 1 1

Samuel Parker, Fleet-street 2 2

Apsley Pellat, St. Paul's Church-yard 1 1

W. H. Pepys, Finsbury .3 3

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S\ illiam Phillips, George-yard, Lombard-street 3 3 6

Richard Phillips, Poultry _ 1 I

Richard Phillips, East-street 3 3

J. Pigeon, Borough ,.■•■'. 1 1

Sir John Pinhoi-n, Borough Bank. 2 ~

Thomas Pope, St. George's Market 2 2

John Powell, Islington I 1

Thomas Preston, Walworth 1 1

J. Prowett, Blackfriars-road 1 1

R. Purvis, Rodney-street, Pentonville 1 1

J.Purvis, Ditto .....1 1

Rev. Dr. Ramsden, Cambridge 2 2

Richard Reynolds, Bristol • • 5 5

W. F. Reynolds, St. Helen's 5 5

per Ditto 5 5

per Ditto 5 5

J. F. Reynolds, DitJo 5 5

David Ricardo, Grove, M ile End ....5 5

Martha Richardson, Stamford Hill .2 2

Richardson, Overend, and Co. Lombard-street 10 10

W. Roberts, Lambeth 1 1

John Rickman, Birchin-lane „ .... » „....<■... . I 1

John Row, Steward-street .....;. 3 3

Rundell, Bridge, and Co. Ludgate-hill ...3 3

Arthur Ryder, 1 1

Benjamin Rotch, Milford Haven . 5 5 f »

J. C. Saunders, Ely-place 1 1

James Shephard, Upton 1 I

John Shewell, Clapham 2 2

Edward Simeon, Salvadore-house • 5 5

James Skirrow, Borough 2 2

Isaac Slee, Borough ..• » 1 1

William Smith, M. P. Park-street 10

Thomas Woodroffe Smith, Stockwell "... 10 10 o

JohnSmith, 251, Borough 1 1

Thomas Smith, Houndsditch .".'.' • 3 3

Isaac Solly, St. Mary Axe 2 2

Anonymous, per Ditto •• 1 '

Samuel Southall, Wandsworth L~. ....... 5 5

James Staoger, Cheapside.. 1 1 ©

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John Steele, Bull and Mouth-street 1

William Stevens, Newington Causeway — 1

Dr. Stoddart, Surry-road 1

Joseph Storrs, Chesterfield 2

Caleb Stower, Blackfriars-road 1

Cornelius Sullivan, Newgate-street _ 1

Christopher Sundius, Devonshire-square 1

John Swift, Fenchtirch-street 1

Thomas Swift, Ditto 1

J. Taddy, jun. Lawrence-lane 1

Richard Teasdale, Merchant Taylor's Hail 1

II. Temple, Guildhall T

Henry Thornton, M. P. Clapham 2

John Thomas Thorp, Aldgate 1

Samuel Thorp, Ditto , 1 1

Henry Topham, Cheapside 1

T. Toulmin . . 2

John Townsend, jun. Fenchurch-street 1

Joseph Travers, Swithen's-Iane , 5

Samuel Tregelles, Falmouth 2 2

William Vaughan, DunstanVcourt, Mincing-lane 5 5

K. Waithman, Bridge-street _ 1

George Ware, Lant-street, Borough 3

John W. Webb, Fratton 2

Josiah Webb, Portsmouth . . 2

Samuel Weddell, Aldgate _ • 1

Samuel Weetch, Ratcliff , = 1

Ambrose Welchman, 34, Foster-lane 1

Benjamin West, P.R. A „ , 1

W. Weston, Borough Bank . ..,, 2

William Williams, 22, Lincoln's Inn Fields ••.... . 2

George WolfT, America-square ...... 2

John Wood, Cheapside * , 2

Samuel Woods, George-yard •; 3

S. Worsley, High Wycomb 2

JWaitliew Wright, Bristol »

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ADDITIONAL

Annual ^uftscrtbers.

l. s. a.

Jonathan Backhouse, Darlington , . . . . 1 1

Peter Bateman, Bunhill-row 1 1

Charles Bishop, King's Proctor , 2 2

Admiral Sir John Colpoys • • . . 2

Astley Cooper, New Broad-street 5 5

John Clark, Edmonton 1 1

Thomas Dykes, East-cheap 1 1

Honorable Margaret Elphinstone 2 2

John Etheridge, Hoxton 2 2

Richard Farmer, Kennington 2 2

John Fox, Lombard-street 1 1

John Gurney, Serjeant's Inn 1 1

Anthony Hammond, Stock Exchange 2 2

John Jackson, Barbican * 1 1

James Meek, 9, New Broad-street 2 2

J. P. Muspratt, Broad-street Buildings 2 2

Richard Noble, St. Mary Hill , 1 1

Robert Ransom, 8, Mount-place , , . 1 I

Thomas Reid, Broad-street Buildings 2 2

William Rothery, Arundel-street 2 2

Ha«kett Smith, America-square 2 2

Mary Bterry, South-street, Finsbury 2 2

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DONJTIONS in 1809.

L. s. d,

Silvanus Bevan, Riddlesworth 50

Samuel Alexander Needham *„..>.... 10

Alexander Mackenzie, Lloyd's Coffee House 10

F. Martin, Lewes 1 1

Anonymous, 1

John Elliot, Bartholemew-close . 5

J. Buller 5

Dr. Stoddart, Surry-road , 1

James Ware, Bridge-street , . 10 10

Sunday Schools of Walberton and Gapton, Sussex 3 3

Anthony Stern, Borough 10 10

H. Volkmau 1 1

■ Snow ; 1

Rev. J. Natt, John's College, Oxford 10

Richard Reynolds, Bristol „ 50

Sir Francis Drake, Nottingham-street ....;... 4 4

■ Toone 15

"William Lucas, Sen. Hitchin 5

John Hanbury, Beaufoy 2

Lady Norman 1

R. Barclay, Ciapham 30

R. Barclay, Lombard-street 30

James Silver, Camden-street, Camden Town , 5 5

William Coxon, Horslydown 10 10

J. F. Butterfield 1 1

Committee of Lewes School, Sussex 5 5

A Friend to the Institution, per John Harford, Stoke Newingtou . . 5

William Kcenig, Amsterdam 1

George Stacey, Tottenham 5 5

J. Mackie, Watling-street , 1

James Meyer, Leaden hall-street 10 10

Samuel Whitbread, M. P 50

A Friend to the Institution, by Josiah Messer 20

Rev. Mr. Furrier, Deptford 1

R. Spear, Manchester 50

Manchester School Committee 10

From Sundry Individuals at Public Lectures 40 7 6

Anonymous 4 9 8

L. 454 7 2

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ACCOUNT of Receipts and Disbursements from 1808
to 1809, for the ROYAL FREE SCHOOLS, and
INSTITUTION for training School-Masters and
Mistresses in the Practice of the British St/stem of
Education.

L. s. i.

For clothing and board of young school-masters and mistresses :

Family expenses, and workmen's bills for repairs and im-
provement of premises 1223 6 9

Salaries &c. of Master and Mistress, rent of schools and all in-
cidentals for the education of 800 boys and 200 girls, being

on the average about 4 shillings each 215 16 6

Printing, on account of the Institution 42 6 4

Expense of Maiden Bradley Institution 164 IT 11

Ditto of Deptford School 87 10 6

Ground rent at Cambenvell 17

Wear and tear of Printing Utensils „,. ..« 25

v JL. 1775 18

By annual Subscribers -. 953 7

By Donations 454 8 2

Profits on Printing of J. Lancaster's publications &c. in aid of

the Institution 210 17

Profit on Slates » 29 12 10

Loss to the Institution 127 13

L. 1775 18

Printed e.t the Royal Free School Press, Borough Road, Southu>ark>
fy J, Lancaster.

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