September 1781
Anno 21o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 13o Septembris 1781.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Comes Mansfield. |
Ds. Ambhrst. |
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 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,
Henry Earl Bathurst, President of Our Council;
William Earl of Darthmouth, 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, Charles 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, James Earl of
Salisbury, Basil Earl of Denbigh, John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlisle, Richard, Earl of
Scarborough, William Henry Earl of Rochford, George
Bussey 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, Granville Earl Gower, John Earl of
Buckinghamshire, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Philip Earl
of Hardwicke, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, One of
Our Principal Secretaries of State; 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, David Viscount Stormont, One other
of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Hugh Viscount
Falmouth, George Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort, the Right Reverend Father in God, and Our
faithful Counsellor Robert Lord Bishop of London;
and Our Well-beloved and faithful Counsell's, Francis
Lord Le Despencer, Francis Lord Osborne, George
Lord Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby, William Lord
Wycombe, Thomas Lord Grantham, Thomas Lord Pelham, Charles Lord Camden, John Lord Cardiff,
Edward Lord Hawke, Jeffery Lord Amherst, and
Alexander Lord Loughborough, Chief Justice of Our
Court of Common Pleas, 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 October,
in the Twenty-first Year of Our Reign, on which Day
Our said Parliament was begun and held, and from
thence by several Adjournments, was adjourned and
prorogued to and until Thursday the Thirteenth 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
Thirteenth 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 Eighteenth 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 Seventh Day
of September, in the Twenty-first 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 Eighteenth Day of October next, to be
then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday the Eighteenth Day of October
next."