November 1782
Anno 23o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 26o Novembris 1782.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Grafton, C. P. S. |
Ds. Osborne. |
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 Privy Seal on his Right
Hand, and the Lord Osborne 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, with their Speaker,
The Commission was read by the Clerk, as follows;
(videlicet)
GEORGE R.
Commission for proroguing the Parguing Parliament.
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 wellbeloved 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, Charles Earl of Tankerville, 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, 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 Tuesday
the Twenty-sixth Day of this Instant November, 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 Twenty-sixth Day of this
Instant November, in Our Name, further to prorogue
and continue Our present Parliament at Our City of
Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the
Fifth Day of December 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-second Day of November, in the Twenty-third
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 Majesty's Commands, prorogue
this Parliament to Thursday the Fifth Day of December
next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is
accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Fifth Day of
December next."