October 1782
Anno 22o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 10o Octobris 1782.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Northumberland.
Comes Carlisle, Senescallus. |
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 Duke of Northumberland on his Right Hand,
and the Lord Steward 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 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 Thursday the
Tenth 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 Tenth 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-sixth 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 Fourth Day
of October, 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
Tuesday the 26th Day of November next, to be then
here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 26th Day of November next."