Stirling peerage

INTRODUCTION. 19
his Majesty's Hereditary Lieutenant of Nova Scotia, and
otlier Hereditary Offices, by Seisin talcen at the Castle of
Edinburgh on the 8th day of the same month of July, in
terms of the original Charters granted to my ancestor, the
said Sir William Alexander, which, conformably to their
covenants and contents, were ratified and confirmed in
Parliament, and of which Charters a printed copy, as well in
the original Latin as translated into English, is hereunto
attached.
" Now I, the said Alexander, Earl of Stirling and Dovan,
do hereby give notice to ycu, the said Earl Grey, as his
Majesty's principal Minister, that I claim as my legal right
of inheritance, (and into which I am now by law infeft,) all
the high and hereditary ofBces named, mentioned, and de-
scribed, in the aforesaid Charters, together with all the pre-
rogatives, jurisdictions, judications, distinctions, pre-eminences,
powers, and privileges whatsoever, petitory as well as posses-
sory, therein set forth and granted to be inheritably holden,
exercised, and enjoyed, as also all the lands, country, and lord-
ships of Nova Scotia, and of Canada, not heretofore legally
granted or assigned by my ancestor. Sir William Alex-
ander, his immediate heirs or successors; with all and sundiy
parts, pendicles, and pertinents specially and generally recited
in the said Charters, as well in longitude as in latitude, in
space or in bounds, islands and arms of the sea, gulfs, rivers,
or lakes, with all royalties of mines, quarries, or productions
whatsoever, under or above ground, far and near, together
with all immunities and liberties expressed in the Charters
aforesaid. And I, the said Alexander, Earl of Stirling and
Dovan, do hereby protest against the possession or exercise of
any of the high hereditary offices to which reference has
herein before been made, by any person or persons whomso-
ever, other than by such person or persons, as by me may
have been previously nominated and appointed to act, as and
for my deputy therein. And I, the said Alexander, Earl of
Stirling and Dovan, do hereby also protest against the appro-
priations, grants, or assignations of lands, mainlands, islands,