October 1750
Anno 24o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 25o Octobris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt.
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Comes Godolphin.
Comes Halifax
Comes Fitzwalter. |
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's
Bench sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's
Commission.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there was
a Commission issued under the Great Seal, for the
further proroguing of the Parliament"
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack, the Earl of Godolphin in
the Middle, and the Earl of Halifax on his Right
Hand, and the Earl Fitzwalter on his Left, commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to let the Commons know, "That the Lords
Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in
this House, to hear the Commission read"
Who being come, with their Speaker, the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows.
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Tho Cantuar
Hardwicke, C
Gower, C P S
H Pelham.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God,
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, To Our most Dear
and Entirely-beloved Son and most Faithful Counsellor Frederick Prince of Wales, Our most Dear Son
and Faithful Counsellor William Duke of Cumberland, the most Reverend Father in God and Our
Faithful Counsellor Matthew Archbishop of York
Primate and Metropolitan of England, Charles
Duke of Bolton, William Duke of Devorshire, John
Duke of Rutland, James Duke of Athol, Peregrine
Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Great Chamberlain
of England, John Marquis of Tweeddale, Daniel
Earl or Winchilsea and Nottingham, Philip Earl of
Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, Richard Earl
of Burlington, William Earl of Coventry, William
Earl of Jersey, Henry Earl of Grantham, Francis
Earl Godolphin, George Earl Cholmondeley, John Earl
of Hyndford, John Earl Granville, George Dunk
Earl of Halifax, Benjamin Earl Fitzwalter Treasurer
of Our Household, William Earl of Bath, John Earl
of Buckinghamshire, Henry Viscount Lonsdale, the
Right Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful
Counsellor Thomas Lord Bishop of London, and
Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellors John
Lord Delawarr, Charles Lord Cornwallis, Allen
Lord Bathurst, Richard Lord Edgecumbe Chancellor
of Our Dutchy of Lancaster, Samuel Lord Sandys,
and George Lord Anson, Greeting Whereas We
did lately, for divers difficult and pressing Affairs,
concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our
Kingdom of Great Britain and the Church, ordain
this Our present Parliament to begin, and to be
held at Our City of Westminster, the Thirteenth
Day of August, in the Twenty-first Year of Our
Reign, which Our Parliament from thenceforth was
prorogued, by Our several Writs, until and to
the Tenth Day of November, in the Twenty-first
Year aforesaid, and there lately holden; and from
thence, by several Adjournments and Prorogations,
was adjourned and prorogued to and until Thursday
the Twenty-fifth Day of this Instant October, then
to be held, and sit at Our City of Westminster aforesaid Know ye nevertheless that, for certain pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially moving, We have thought fit further to prorogue Our
said Parliament Therefore We, considing very much
in your Fidelity, Prudence, and Circumspection,
have, by the Advice and Consent of Our Council,
assigned you Our Commissioners, giving to you, or
to any Three or more of you, by virtue of these
Presents, full Power and Authority, from the said
Twenty-fifth Day of this Instant October in Our
Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament, at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the Two and Twentieth Day of November now next following, there
then to be held and sit; and therefore We command you, that you diligently attend to the Premises, and effectually fulfil them in the Manner
aforesaid We also strictly command all and singular
Our Archbishops, Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons, Knights, Citizens, Bargesses, and Commissioners for Car Counties and Boroughs, and all others whom it concerns to meet at
Our said Parliament, by virtue of these Presents,
that they observe, obey, and assist you, in executing the Premises, as they ought to do In Witness
whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be
made Patent.
"Witness, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, and
other Guardians and Justices of the Kingdom,
at Westminster, the Eighteenth Day of October,
in the Twenty-fourth Year of Our Reign.
"By the Guardians and Justices of the kingdom,
signed with their own Hands.
"Yorke & Yorke."
The Commission being ended;
The Earl Godolphin said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission to us and
other Lords directed, and now read, we do, in His
Majesty's Name, and by His Royal Authority,
further prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the
22d Day of November next, to be then here held And
this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Twenty-second Day of November next."