July 1760
DIE Jovis, 17o Julii.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Henley, Custos Magni Sigilli. |
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 Three of the Lords Commissioners, being in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolfack; the Lord Keeper in the
Middle; with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right
Hand, and the Lord Berkeley of Stratton 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 and
Entirely-beloved Grandson George Prince of Wales,
Our most Dear Son and Faithful Counsellor William
Duke of Cumberland, Our most Dear Grandson Edward Duke of York; the most Reverend Father in
God and Our Faithful Counsellor Thomas Archbishop
of Canterbury Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellor Robert Lord Henley 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 England; Our most Dear
Consins 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, Charles Duke of Bolton, Thomas Duke of Leeds, John Duke of Bedford,
Archibald Duke of Argyll, James Duke of Athol,
Peregrine Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Great Chamberlain of England, Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle, Lionel Duke of Dorset; John Marquis of
Tweeddale; Basil Earl of Denbigh, Daniel Earl
of Winchilsea and 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, Thomas Earl of Kinnoul Chancellor of Our
Dutchy of Lancaster, John Earl of Hyndford, George
Dunk Earl of Halifax, James Earl Waldegrave, William Earl of Bath, Granville 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 Comptroller of Our Household, 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 Seventeenth
Day of this Instant July, then to be held, and fit 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, 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 Seventeenth Day of
this Instant July, in Our Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament, at Our
City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the Eighteenth Day of September 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, Burgesses, 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 Premises, as they ought to do. In Witness whereof,
We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Eleventh
Day of July, in the Thirty-fourth Year of
Our Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke & Yorke."
Then the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission under the
Great Seal, 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 Eighteenth Day of September next, to be then here held: And this Parliament
is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Eighteenth
Day of September next."