August 1725
Anno 12o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 12o Augusti.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Carliol. |
Dux Chandos.
Comes Sutherland.
Vis. Falmouth. |
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's
Bench sat Speaker, by virtue of a former Commission.
The Speaker acquainted the Lords, "That His
Majesty had been pleased to cause a Commission to
be issued under the Great Seal, for the further
proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack (the Speaker being retired
to the usual Place by the State, as the Speakers do
when His Majesty is present); the Duke of Chandos
in the Middle; with the Earl of Sutherland on his
Right Hand; and the Lord Viscount Falmouth on his
Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod to let the House of Commons know,
That the Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear His Majesty's Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission
was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"King C.
Dorset.
Bolton.
Roxburgh.
R. Walpole.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniœ,
Franc. & Hib'niœ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Principi Walliœ, Reverendissimo in Christo
Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot. Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Carolo
Duci Somerset, Hen'co Duci Kent, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Peregrin. Duci dc Ancaster & Kesteven Magno
Camerario Angliæ, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomœ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery,
Hen'co Comiti Lincoln, Georgio Comiti North'ton,
Thomœ Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesea,
Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham,
Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Will'o Comiti Coventry,
Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Job'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater &
Seafield, Job'i Comiti Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay,
Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax,
Will'o Comiti Cadogan, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham,
Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis &
Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Berkeley de Stratton, & Nic'o Domino Lechmere Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr., Salurem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis,
Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ
Britanniœ & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc
Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram
Westm. Decimo Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Octavo,
inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde, per separalia Brevia Nostra,
prorogatum fuit usque ad et in Nonum Diem Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Nono, & ibidem tunc
tentum; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta &
Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Duodecimum Diem hujus instantis Augusti prox. sequen. prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram
Westm. prædictam, & ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus
Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia,
& Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum considentes,
de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis,
& aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore
Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a
dicto Duodecimo Die Augusti, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et
in Diem Jovis, Tricesimum Diem Mensis Septembris prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. ulterius prorogandum & continuandum,
ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo
vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus,
Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Barombus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, et omnibus aliis quorum interest
ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore
Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exequendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri secimus Patentes.
"Testibus Gulielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuar. &
cæteris Custodibus & Justiciariis Regni, apud
Westm. Quinto Die Augusti Anno Regni
Nostri Duodecimo.
"Per ipsos Custodes & Justiciarios Regni, propriis Manibus signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
Which done; the Duke of Chandos said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue this
present Parliament to Thursday the Thirtieth Day
of September next, to be then here held: And this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday
the Thirtieth Day of September next."