October 1783
Anno 23o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 16o Octobris 1783.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Viscount Stormont, Præses.
Comes Mansfield. |
Ds. Onslow & Cranley. |
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 Lord President on his Right Hand, and the
Lord Onslow 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 Fathers in
God and Our faithful Counsellors John Archbishop
of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; William Archbishop of York, Primate and
Metropolitan of England; Our most dear Cousins
and Counsellors David Viscount Stormont, President
of Our Council; Frederick Earl of Carlisle, 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, Charles Duke of Rutland,
William Henry Duke of Portland, George Duke of
Manchester, James Duke of Chandos, John Frederick
Duke of Dorset, Henry Duke of Newcastle, Hugh
Duke of Northumberland, George Duke of Montagu;
William Earl of Dartmouth, Steward of Our Household; Francis Earl of Hertford, Chamberlain of Our
Household; Edward Earl of Derby, Francis Earl of
Huntingdon, James Earl of Salisbury, Basil Earl of
Denbigh, John Earl of Sandwich, George Bussy Earl of
Jersey, George James Earl of Cholmondeley, Thomas
Earl of Kinnoul, Hugh Earl of Marchmont, John
Earl of Bute, 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, Charles Earl Cornwallis,
Philip Earl of Hardwicke, Robert Earl of Northington,
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, 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 George Lord De Ferrars,
Francis Lord Osborne, George Lord Onslow, William
Lord Ponsonby, William Lord Wycombe, Thomas Lord
Grantham, Thomas Lord Pelham, Charles Lord Camden, John Lord Cardiff, Jeffery Lord Amherst, Edward Lord Thurlow, Alexander Lord Loughborough,
Chief Justice of Our Court of Common Pleas;
Fletcher Lord Grantley, and Thomas Lord Sydney,
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 Sixteenth Day of October 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 Sixteenth Day of
October next, in Our Name, further to prorogue and
continue Our present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Tuesday the Eleventh
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 Twenty-sixth
Day of September, in the Twenty-third 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 Tuesday the 11th Day of November next, to
be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 11th Day of November next."
Die Mercurii, 3o Februarii 1808.
Hitherto examined by Us,
G. Exeter.
Walsingham.
Arden.
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