London Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Feasting Stewards Named for St Bartholomew's Feast Day

The Gentlemen listed as appointed Stewards for the Feast at St Bartholomew's Hospital include Sir John Hind Cotton Br Watkyns Williams Wynne Sir Walter Waytstaff Bagor awe aly Henry Hoare Efq William Nicolas Efq Marcus Hill Efq Henry Smith Efq and Mr John Markham. The report recounts varied items from prisons to fire at Ironmonger Lane, ship news, port duties, price lists, and local notices. The long itemized column covers trials at Old Bailey, shipboard incidents, floods, and public proclamations, with additional notes on French and continental affairs and local notices of stock and investments.