October 1781
Anno 21o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 18o Octobris 1781.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
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 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 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 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, James Earl of Salisbury, Basil Earl of Denbigh,
John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlisle,
Richard Earl of Scarborough, 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,
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 Counsellors Francis Lord Le Despenser,
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 and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued
to and until Thursday the Eighteenth Day of this Instant October, 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
Eighteenth Day of this Instant October, in Our Name
further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and
unto Tuesday the Twenty-seventh 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 Twelfth
Day of October, in the Twenty-first Year of
Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with his own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Parliament prorogued.
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
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 Tuesday the 27th Day of November next, to be then here
holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued
to Tuesday the 27th Day of November next."
Die Veneris, 27o Februarii 1806.
Hitherto examined by us,
Walsingham.
Wodehouse.
Arden.