September 1779
Anno 19o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 16o Septembris 1779.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Gower, Præses. |
Ds. Amherst. |
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 Lord President on his Right Hand,
and the Lord Amherst 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, 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, John Lord Cardiff,
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 Sixteenth Day
of this instant September, 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 Sixteenth Day of this instant September,
in Our Name, further to prorogue and continue Our
present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the Seventh Day of
October 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 Fifteenth
Day of September, in the Nineteenth Year of
Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
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 Seventh Day of October
next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is
accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Seventh Day
of October next."