August 1757
Anno 31o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 11o Augusti.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Granville, Præses.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds. Berkeley Str. |
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That a
Commission was issued under the Great Seal, for
the further Prorogation of the Parliament."
Then Four of the Lords Commissioners being in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the
Middle; with the Lord President and the Lord Berkeley
of Stratton on his Right Hand; and the Lord Viscount
Falmouth on his Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons
know, "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.
"GEORGE R.
"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 Son
and Faithful Counsellor William Duke of Cumberland,
the most Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful
Counsellor Matthew Archbishop of Canterbury Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our Right
Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Robert Henley
Knight Keeper of Our Great Seal of Great Britain;
the most Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful
Counsellor John Archbishop of York Primate and
Metropolitan of (fn. 1) all England; Our most Dear
Cousins and Counsellors John Earl Granville President of Our Council, Richard Earl Temple Keeper
of Our Privy Seal, John Duke of Rutland Steward
of Our Household, William Duke of Devonshire
Chamberlain of Our Household, Harry Duke of
Bolton, Thomas Duke of Leeds, John Duke of Bedford, Charles Duke of Marlborough, Archibald Duke
of Argyll, James Duke of Athol, Peregrine Duke of
Ancaster and Kesteven Great Chamberlain of England, Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle, Lionel Cranfield Duke of Dorset, John Marquis of Tweeddale,
Daniel Earl of Winchilsea & Nottingham, Philip Earl
of Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, Robert Earl
of Holdernesse One of Our Principal Secretaries of
State, William Henry Earl of Rochford, William Earl
of Jersey, Francis Earl of Godolphin, George Earl of
Cholmondeley, John Earl of Hyndford, George Dunk
Earl of Halifax, James Earl Waldegrave, William Earl
of Bath, Granville Leveson Earl Gower, John Earl
of Buckinghamshire, Simon Earl Harcourt, Charles Earl
Cornwallis, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, Hugh Viscount Falmouth; the Right Reverend Father in
God and Our Faithful Counsellor Thomas Lord
Bishop of London; and Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellors John Lord Delawar, John Lord
Berkeley of Stratton, Allen Lord Bathurst, Richard
Lord Edgecumbe Chancellor of Our Dutchy of
Lancaster, Samuel Lord Sandys, George Lord Anson,
William Lord Mansfield Our Chief Justice assigned to
hold Pleas before Us, Wills Lord Harwich, and George
Lord Lyttelton, 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 Thirty-first Day of May in
the Twenty-seventh Year of Our Reign; on which
Day Our said Parliament was begun and held; and
from thence, by several Adjournments and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued to and until Thursday the Eleventh Day of this Instant August, then to be
held, and sit at Our said City of Westminster (fn. 2) 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, confiding 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 Eleventh Day
of this Instant August, in Our Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament, at Our
City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the Twenty-second Day of September now next following, there then to be held and fit. 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, Burgestes, and
Commissioners for our 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 Pre
mises, as they ought to do. In Witness whereof,
We have caused these Our Letters to be made
Patent.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Ninth Day
of August, in the Thirty-first Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke and Yorke."
Then the Lord Keeper 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 in Obedience to His Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the 22d
Day of September next, to be then here held: And
this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday
the 22d Day of September next."