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London, England, 1807-08-18 00:00:00

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HERTFORD, AUGUST se, 1807.
AT a GENERAL MEETING of the FREE-
HOLDERS of the County of HERTFORD. who have eo-
Itered into a Subfeription, for the purpofe of prrfrnting a Piece of
Plate, or fuch other Memorial of Regard as Ihould be agreed on,
Ito WILLIAM Pm] at ta, Efq. one of their late Reprefentatives in
Parliament, convened this Day, by public Advertifensent, at the
Angel Inn, at Hertford,
THOMAS HOPE BYDE, Efq. in the Chair,
It being reported to the Freeholders now prefent, that the Sub-
feriptions already received amount to more than Flee Hundred
r; u i nea 1 , they do unanimoufly %Solve, that the fame be applied
to the Porthole of a Piece of Plate,to be preterite& in their names,
'to William Plumer, Efq. as a lofting memorial of their veneration
,and gratitude for the zeal, fidelity, and attention, With which he
bath uniformly dircharged the various important duties of a Re-
refronative of this County, during the long and trying peri
od dof
Forty Years.
Refolved unanimoufly, That a Committee of the Subferibers
Prefent be appointed to purehare fuck Piece of Plate; and that
they caufe an appropriate Infeription to be engraves% thereon, and
prefent the fame, with a Lift of the Subferibers, to William
riumer, Efq.
Refolved unanimoufly, That the following Subfcribers be a
Committee; viz.
Thomas Hope Byde, Efq. the Hon.-Thomas Brand, the Hon.
Baron Nathaniel Dinsfdale ; Richard Stanley, Daniel Giles, Staines
Chamberlain, John Baron Dickinfon, John Bonfoy Rooper,
Charles Fuller, Michael Hankin. Thomas Clough, John Chriftie,
Nathaniel Green, Blips.; the Rev. Henry Law, the Rev. James
Tomlin; Metres. Richard Flowtr, Edward King Fordham, Wil-
liam Naib, Thomas Unwin, Roger Bolton, George Starkins, vva.
Liam Flack, Jofeph White, William Kimpton, Thomas Kimpton,
Benjamin Rooke, John Taylor, and Benjamin Rooke,junior; and
that 'Thomas Hope Byde, Efq. be Chairman of the Paid Corn.
niitttc, and that the Chairman, with any four of the Committee,
be a Quorum to aJt.
Refolved unanimoutly, That the Sums fdbfcribed do remain in
t I the hands of the Perron% who have received the fame, fubjeel Le the
call of the Committee.
Refolved unanimoufly, Tbat as Pion as Inch piece of Plate (hall i
be completed, the Chairman, in the name of the Committee, be
requefted to give public notice thereof ; as alfe, of the time when
it is intended to prefent the fame to William Plumer, F fq. in order
that any Subferibers, not of the Committee, may have the oppor.
tunity of attending the Prefentation.
Relayed uoanimoufly, That the Thanks of this Meeting be
given to Thomas Clough, Efq for the part be has taken in the firft
movemtnt of this hufintra ; and biro doing. for giving to the Free-
holders of this County an of pnrtunity of main feßing the high opi-
nion they eatertaiu of great private worth, and long tried public
integrity.
1 Refoived unanimottay. That there Refolutinns he figned by the
Chairman, and publiihed in the County Chronicle. the County
. Herald, the STAR, the Morning Chronicle, and the Times ; and
that Copies of the fame be printed, and fent to each Subferiber.
The Chairman having left the Chair,
Refolved unanimoufly, That the Thanks of this Meeting be
given to Thomas Hope Byde, Efq. for his condudt in the Chair.
THOMAS HOPE BYDE, Chairman.