Continued Thursday 25th. November 1779.

of the 4th. day of March 1778 and of the Resolution or Order
of the Court of Lord Mayor and Alderman of the 17th. day of
the same Month and which were afterwards delivered to the
purport or Effect herein before Stated That the Clerks of the
said Hospitals not being able to Procure the Seal of or belonging
to the said Hospitals to the Affixed to the said Leases or either of
them and the Interest of all the said Hospitals being very
materially affected and likely to be greatly Prejudiced by the
withholding the said Seal they again applied to the said
Chamberlain's Office and left a Lease approved and Examined
and afterwards subscribed as aforesaid from each of the said
Hospitals with the usual Dockett for each of such Leases in
such Office and they severally Attended a Court of Common
Council held at Guild hall London on or about the 20th. day of
May last when such last mentioned Leases and Docketts
were Produced and they being called into that Court severally
requested to have the said Seal affixed to such Leases as
thentofore used and Accustomed to be done when (after being
interrogated by some of the Common Council touching such
Leases) they were directed to withdraw and a Motion being
thereupon made for Affixing the aforesaid Seal to such Leases
the same was superceded by the Previous Question being put
and carried against putting the former Question and they soon
after called into the same Court the Recorder declared to them
that by the direction of the Lord Mayor He was to inform them
That that Court had referred it to a Committee to Consider of
Sealing the Hospital Leases and that they should have Notice
when they met to Attend them or to that Effect but they have
not received any Notice of such Committee meeting to Attend
them touching the Sealing such Leases or otherwise relating thereto
although more than a Year and an half hath clapsed since the
Application made to the Court of Lord Mayor and Alderman
and above Six Months have clapsed since the Application
made to the said Court of Common Council as aforesaid nor have
they been able to Procure the aforesaid Seal to be Affixed to such