October 1778
DIE Jovis, 1o Octobris 1778.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Dux Chandos.
Comes Mansfield. |
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a
former Commission.
The Earl of Mansfield acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission
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 Woolsack, the Earl of Mansfield in the
Middle, with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right
Hand; and the Duke of Chandos on his Left; commanded
the Yeoman 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,
The Commission was read by the Clerk, as follows;
(videlicet)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
GEORGE R.
George the Third, by the Grace of God of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth; To Our Most dear Brothers and
faithful Counsellors, William Duke of Gloucester, Henry
Duke of Cumberland; the Most Reverend Father in
God, and Our faithful Counsellor Frederick Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all
England; Our Well-beloved and faithful Counsellor
Edward Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor of Great Britain; the Most Reverend Father in God, and Our
faithful Counsellor William Archbishop of York, Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our Most dear
Cousins and Counsellors Granville Earl Gower, President of Our Council; William Earl of Dartmouth,
Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Edward Duke of Somerset, Charles Duke of Richmond, Augustus Henry Duke
of Grafton, Harry Duke of Bolton, Thomas Duke of
Leeds, George Duke of Marlborough, John Duke of
Rutland, William Henry Duke of Portland, James
Duke of Chandos, Henry Duke of Newcastle, Hugh
Duke of Northumberland, George Duke of Montagu,
Charles Marquis of Rockingham, William Earl Talbot, Steward of Our Household; Francis Seymour Earl
of Hertford, Chamberlain of Our Household; Francis
Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, One of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Basil
Earl of Denbigh, John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick
Earl of Carlisle, Richard Earl of Scarbrough, William
Henry Earl of Rochford, George Bussy Earl of Jersey,
Thomas Earl of Kinnoul, John Earl of Breadalbane,
Hugh Earl of Marchmont, John Earl of Bute, George
Earl of Pomfret, John Earl of Ashburnham, John Earl
of Buckinghamshire, Richard Earl Temple, Charles Earl
Cornwallis, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, Henry Earl
Bathurst, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of
Ailesbury, Thomas Earl of Clarendon, William Earl of
Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us; George Viscount Townshend, Thomas Viscount Weymouth, One other of Our Principal Secretaries of State; David Viscount Stormont, Hugh Viscount
Falmouth; the Right Reverend Father in God and Our
faithful Counsellor, Robert Lord Bishop of London, and
Our Well-beloved and faithful Counsellors Francis
Lord Le Despencer, Francis Lord Osborne, George Lord
Onslow, George Lord Edgcumbe, William Lord Ponsonby, Thomas Lord Lyttelton, William Lord Wycombe,
Thomas Lord Grantham, Thomas Lord Pelham, Charles
Lord Camden, Edward Lord Hawke, and Jeffery Lord
Amherst, 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
Twenty-ninth Day of November, in the Fifteenth 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 First Day of October
next, 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 sit 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 First Day of October next, in
Our Name further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament, at Our City of Westminster aforesaid,
until and unto Thursday the Twenty-sixth 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, Marquisses,
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 Twenty-fifth
Day of September, in the Eighteenth Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand."
"Yorke."
Then the Earl of Mansfield 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 Twenty-sixth Day of November next, to be
then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday the Twenty-sixth Day of November next."
Die Sabbati, 16o Decembris 1797.
Hitherto examined by us, the Interlineation between the Lines
4 and 5 in page 810 appearing.
Napier.
Walsingham.
De Dunstanville.
Bayning.