December 1785 1-10
Anno 26o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 1o Decembris 1785.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
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 well-beloved and
faithful Counsellor, Charles Lord Camden, President
of Our Council; Our most dear Cousins and Counsellors, Granville Earl Gower, Keeper of Our Privy
Seal; James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our
Household; Edward Duke of Somerset, Charles
Duke of Richmond, Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, Harry Duke of Boston, 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, George Marquis of Buckingham, William Marquis of Lansdown, 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 Waldegrave, John
Earl of Ashburuham, Thomas Earl of Effingham,
John Earl of Buckinghamshire, 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, 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, Thomas
Lord Grantham, Thomas Lord Pelham, 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 Cartaret, 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, in the Twenty-fourth 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 First Day of
December 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 sit further to
prorogue Our said Parliament; therefore We, considing 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 First Day of December, in Our Name
further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and
unto Tuesday the Twenty-fourth Day of January
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-fifth Day of November, in the Twenty-sixth
Year of Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor 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 Twenty-fourth Day of January next, to
be then here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly Prorogued to Tuesday the Twenty-fourth Day of
January next."
Die Mercurii 30o Martii 1808.
Hitherto examined by us, the following Interlineations
appearing;
Page 534 between the Lines 10 and 11.
577 — — 23 and 24.
649 — — 16 and 17.
1013 — — 15 and 16.
1018 — — 6 and 7.
Walsingham.
Hood.
Arden.