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London, England, 1803-08-27 00:00:00

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AT a matt nanierans and rerptaable Meeting of
the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the Coon-
ey Palatine of Lanoaftcr. held at the Court Houle in Prefton, on
Friday the 19th day of Anglia, 1803, in purfeance of Public Notice
from the High Sheriff, to confider of an Ades:tato his hlajcity, on
the prim arduous fituation of the Country,
ISAAC BLACKBURN, Erg. High Sheriff, in the Chair,
The purport of the Meeting was Rated by the High Shaiffouid
rime jolt encomiums paid by him to the Lord Lieutenant of the
County. for the scat and aetivity he dgplays lu the execution a
his Cada duties.

The Lord Lieutenant In a very appropriate, eloquent, and ener-
getic fptccb, (hewed the uneaampled drfigns and objeaa of our
prcfent enemy ; the neeeffity of the union of all ranks of people to
epel the daring invakon with which this Country k threaten:di
and the certainty of fuceefs in witkilanding any fuch attempt, if
our means of defence are properly exerted.
The Lord I.icutesant read and propofed the following Addrefs
to his Matetty, which waa fetonded by the Earl of and
unanimovil; agreed to:
" kl.y it pleafe your Malelly,
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" We yc;ur idajeft dutifta sta loyal S übjeffia, the High Sheriff;
Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the Co .my palatine
of Lancafter, humbly beg leave to addrefs your Majelly at the
prefcnt momentous exile.
• " At this awful period, when the vital Interefts of our Country
r' at flake ; when the fair and aourifhing Fabric of our happy
and unrivalled Conftitution ts menaced with deftruellon by an 'un-
principled and Inveterate foe, it is with juft and becoming pride
that we ftep forth to declare our unthaken attachment to your
Majefty's Pinfon and Government.
Truly lenlible of the many flgnal bleffings we and our an-
celton have enjoyed under the mild Tway of our juft nerd equal
laws, and grateful for that unexampled degree of stealth and prof-
perity which their benign influence has procured for this great
commercial county, we thus declare to you, 'nor revered Sove-
reign, and to the world, our firm and unalterable determination
to band or fall in their defence.

" Permit us, Sire, to -eturn our molt unfeigned thanks for that
unceafiug fslicitude which four Majelty has been pleated toevince
lot the welfare of your people, and to 'Jure your Majeity that
we will cheerfully unite hand and heart .or the fopport of thofe
means which, In your Royal witilom, you may think fit to recom-
mend for the Jefence and iccurity of this happy Nation.
o That the ALMICHITT Di a ecroa of events may long pre-
terve your Majetty, the bioved Sovereign of a grateful and prof-
Perms people, is the enure prayer of your Majefty's faithful
County Palatine of Lancafter,

-.. ►SAAC ILACIESURNE, Sheriff."

Prelton, Aug. 19,
Refalsed—That the Members for the County be requetted to
preterit this Addrefe to his Majefty, as loon as conveniently may be.
The Lord Lieutenant moved the Thanks of the Meeting to the
High Sheriff, for his readinefa in convening the Meeting, and for
his able, judicious, and fpirit ed conduct in the Chair.
The Proceedings of the Meeting were oriered to be infected in
the STAR, Sun, Courier, and Provincial Newtpaperc
ISAAC BLACKBURN, Shwa