Page:Alexis de Chateauneuf - The Country House.djvu/9

 

 

ROYAL SCHOOLS OF INDUSTRY,

AT KENSINGTON, THE POTTERIES, AND

SHEPHERDS' BUSH.

Patron

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex.

Patronesses

Lady Elizabeth Whitbread,
Lady Augusta Gordon,
Lady Mary Fox,
Lady (V) Holland.

Honourable Miss Fox,
Lady Calcott,
Mrs. Valpy.

It is now ten years since the first of these Schools was established, and instruction is now afforded to nearly one hundred and fifty children of the poorer class, who, but for this aid, would linger on in idleness and ignorance.

The teaching is not merely confined to reading and writing; the main object of the Schools is to inculcate habits of industry, and to teach the principles and practice of the Christian Religion.

On the formation of the Schools, the plan of self-support was adopted, each child contributing a weekly payment—Infants, 1d.; Girls who are taught to work, and the