August 1779
Anno 19o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 5o Augusti 1779.
Domini præsentes fuerunts.
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Lincoln. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
The Lord Chancellor 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 Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right
Hand, and the Lord Bishop of London 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, 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, 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 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 Jessery 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 Fifth Day of this
instant August, 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 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 Fifth
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 Sixteenth 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, 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 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 Fourth Day
of August, in the Nineteenth Year of Our
Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor 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 Sixteenth Day of September
next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is
accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Sixteenth Day
of September next."