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To j. COGGAN, Esq. High Sheriff' of the County of
Essex, &c.
SIR, • Chelmsford, Oit.'t3,
WE request you will take the earliest opportu-
nity to .convene a Meeting of the, Nobility, Gentry,
Clergy, and Freeholders of the County, •for the poi... of
taking into' consideration the Terms of the late Convention
in Portugal, acceded to by the Commanders of His Majesty's
Forces in that Country, and of expressing to His Majesty
their sentiments on the occasion.
We are, Sir, _ _

irour.obedient humble Servants, .
St. Vincent Peter Ducane, jun.
Petre Peter Wright
Filmer Honeywood T. T. Cock
Richard Nevile R. Knight Allen
Francis Vincent John Griggs
Richard Baker I. W. Hull
Montague Burgoyne J. Box
Charles Callis Western Thomas Bonham
Wm. Smith T. W. Western.
The High Sheriffhas appointed Friday the 28th, at Twelve
at Noon, for the Meeting, at the Shire Hall, Chelmsford.

ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER OF IRE-
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riri. HE WRITS for ELECTING a TEMPORAL
.1 PEER of IRELAND to succeed to the vacancy matte
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of the Earl of Clanricarde, will be ready to be delivered at
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the several Lords now entitled to vote; whose Names and
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to every such Lord who shall send directions in writing for
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THOMAS BOUCHIER,
Deputy Clerk Crown in Ireland.
•
Crown and Hanaper. Office, Dublin,
:Bth October, 1808.
N. B. By the Ad of Union, no Peer (except the 28 Re-
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issuing the Writs, and before they are returnable.

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