CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.— Agreeably to the will of the late Captain South, the anniversary dinner to upwards of 100 apprenticed sweeps in the cities of London and Westminster, took place at the Yorkshire Stingo on Monday. The boys in their appearance looked cleanly, and behaved with perfect decorum. In addition the to the new shilling obtained from the Mint expressly for the occasion, a Testament, through the able management of Mr. Cronin, the senior churchwarden, was given to each boy. After dinner, “God Save the Queen” was sung by a few professionals, and the boys then dispersed, highly gratified by the kindness evinced towards them by the gentlemen present. Previous to the dinner a sermon was preached by the Rev. W. Short, rector, in the parish church of St George-the-Martyr, Queen-square.
The Illustrated London News, London England, Week Ending May 21, 1842