October 1784
Anno 25o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 26o Octobris 1784.
Domini præsentes fuerunt.
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Dunmore. |
Ds. Osborne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum. |
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 Sydney 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)
GEORGE R.
Commission for proroguing the 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 Son, and
faithful Counsellor, George Prince of Wales; 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 John 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,
Granville Earl Gower, President of Our Council;
James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our Household;
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, John Frederick Duke of Dorset, Henry
Duke of Newcastle, Hugh Duke of Northumberland,
George Duke of Montagu, James Earl of Salisbury,
Chamberlain of Our Household; Edward Earl of
Derby, Francis Earl of Huntingdon, Basil Earl of
Denbigh, Philip Earl of Chesterfield, John Earl of
Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlisle, George Bussy
Earl of Jersey, George James Earl of Cholmondeley,
Thomas Earl of Kinnoul, William Earl of Dartmouth,
Charles Earl of Tankerville, Heneage Earl of Aylesford, George Earl of Pomfret, John Earl of Ashburnham, Thomas Earl of Effingham, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, George Earl Temple, Francis Earl of Hertford, 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 Earl of Leicester, 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; Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellors, Francis Lord Osborne, One of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Thomas Lord Sydney, One other
of Our Principal Secretaries of State; George Lord
Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby, William Lord Wycombe, Thomas Lord Grantham, Thomas Lord Pelham, Charles Lord Camden, John Lord Cardiff, Jeffery Lord Amherst, Alexander Lord Loughborough,
Chief Justice of Our Court of Common Pleas; Thomas Lord Walsingham, Fletcher Lord Grantley, and
Henry Frederick Lord Carteret, 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 Eighteenth Day of May
last past, on which Day Our said Parliament was begun and held, from thence was Adjourned and Prorogued to, and until Tuesday the Twenty-sixth Day
of this Instant October, then to be held and sit at Our
City of Westminster: 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 any Three or more of You, by Virtue of these
Presents full Power and Authority, from the said
Twenty-sixth 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 Thursday the Second 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 Fifteenth
Day of October, in the Twenty-fourth 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 2d Day of December next, to be then
here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 2d Day of December next."