The Virginia Gazette

Yesterday, according to annual custom, the treasurers, trustees, and Subscribers to the charity Schools in London and Westminster, assembled at the Royal Exchange and at Covent Garden piazza, from whence they proceeded at the head of the children, in number about 5000, to Christchurch, Newgate Street, where a most excellent sermon was preached by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Norwich, and an anthem was sung by the children, in which the whole body of them joined thrice in chorus, in two parts; which plan being never before adopted afforded an unexpected and most agreeable harmony, and gave the congregation, which was both numerous and polite, a foretaste of the celestial choir. The above performance, as usual, was conducted by Mr. Riley. After the service the Gentlemen dined together, at their own expense, at the King's Arms tavern, Cornhill, and the children dined at their several schools.