Continued Thursday 25th. November 1779

Hospital and for which respective Leases Contracts were
entered into or agreed to be entered into by such several
Persons with the respective treasurers or other proper Officers
of such several Hospitals respectively and diverse Invitations
have been thrown out and made to Induce the Tenants of
all the aforesaid Royal Hospitals or some of them to Apply to
the Court of Common Council for Leases to be Granted them of
the Premises by them respectively Contracted for and absolutely
agreed to be taken of the said Hospitals without the Concurrence [..]
of the President treasurers governors or other Officers of
such Hospitals and if such Measures succeed the Rents &
Profits of the Estates belonging to the different Hospitals
instead of being received by the treasurers of the respective
Hospitals as hath been used for very many Years and since
the Foundation of the said Hospitals respectively to be by them-
Applied to the Charitable Purposes of those Hospitals as
heretofore will be received by the Chamberlain of the City of
London and not Applied for the benefit of such Charities.

That not only General Secret and indirect Applications
have been made to divers Tenants of the said Hospitals
respectively but open and direct Applications have been
made to such Tenants and particulary that Application
hath been lately made to Messrs. Baynes & Co. or one of them
(who are Tenants by several Contracts for a Considerable part
of the Estates of Bridewell Hospital ) by or in the Name of the
said Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Right of
Common Council aforesaid to be governors of the Royal
Hospitals at the Houses of the aforesaid Alderman Crosby
who was Chairman or first named on such Committee And
also to Mr. Sherson another Tenant of that Hospital to Induce
such Tenants to resort to that Committee for Leases Pursuant
to such Contracts Intimating that the Leases might by Applying
to the Common Council obtain Leases for 99 Years Instead of
61 Years agreed to be Granted by the Hospitals and a Letter was
sent to the treasurer of Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals
(wrote by Mr. Boxley Assistant to the Town Clerk of the City of