The Complaint Of Bad Pay, And Difficulty

At A Moderate Calculation, Among A Million Of Persons Inhabiting The Metropolis, There Are, At Least, Twenty-five Thousand Children Who Attend These Schools, And Cost Their Parents As Many Pounds Sterling, Per Annum.

I Was Induced To Establish Several Orders Of Merit, From Conviction That Emulation, Well Directed, Becomes A Useful Servant; And, That The Latent Genius Of Some Youth Is More Easily Brought Into Action This Way, Than By The More Sordid Gratification Of Self-interest.

All Are Agreed, That The Increase Of Learning And Good Morals Are Great Blessings To Society.

Female Schools Might Be Comprised In The List Of Those Worthy The Public Patronage, With Great Propriety.

This System Of Encouragement Proves Serviceable As A Preventive Of Punishment, The Attainment Of The Tickets Being A Reward, The Forfeiture Of Them The Reverse; And, As Such, Boys Seem Often More Affected By Their Loss Than By Coercion.