September 1782
Anno 22o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 3o Septembris 1782.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Viscount Keppel. |
Ds. Grantham. |
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 Viscount Keppel on his Right
Hand, and the Lord Grantham 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;
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 well-beloved and
faithful Counsellor Charles Lord Camden, President
of Our Council; Our most dear Cousins and Counsellors Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, Keeper of
Our Privy Seal; George Duke of Manchester, Chamberlain of Our Household; Edward Duke of Somerset, Charles Duke of Richmond, Harry Duke of Bolton, Thomas Duke of Leeds, George Duke of Marlborough, William Henry Duke of Portland, James
Duke of Chandos, John Frederick Duke of Dorset,
Henry Duke of Newcastle, Hugh Duke of Northumberland, George Duke of Montagu, Frederick Earl of
Carlisle, Steward of Our Household; Francis Earl of
Huntingdon, James Earl of Salisbury, Basil Earl of
Denbigh, John Earl of Sandwich, George Bussy Earl of
Jersey, Thomas Earl of Kinnoul, Hugh Earl of Marchmont, John Earl of Bute, William Earl of Dartmouth,
George Earl of Pomfret, John Earl of Ashburnham,
Thomas Earl of Effingham, Granville Earl Gower,
John Earl of Buckinghamshire, George Earl Temple,
Francis Earl of Hertford, 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, David Viscount Stormont, George Viscount
Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort, George Viscount Sackville, Richard Viscount Howe, Augustus Viscount
Keppel; the right Reverend Father in God, and
Our faithful Counsellor Robert Lord Bishop of London;
and Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellors Thomas
Lord Grantham, One of Our Principal Secretaries of
State; George Lord De Ferrars, Francis Lord Osborne,
George Lord Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby, William
Lord Wycombe, Thomas Lord Pelham, John Lord Cardiff,
Jeffery Lord Amherst, Alexander Lord Loughborough,
Chief Justice of Our Court of Common Pleas; John
Lord Ashburton, and Fletcher Lord Grantley, 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,
which Our Parliament from thenceforth was prorogued by Our several Writs until and to the Twenty-seventh Day of November last past, and there lately
holden, and from thence by several Adjournments
and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued to
and until Tuesday the Third Day of September 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 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 Third Day
of September, in Our Name, further to prorogue and
continue Our present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the Tenth
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 Twenty-eighth Day of August in the Twenty-second
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 10th Day of October next, to be then
here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 10th Day of October next."