October 1786
Anno 27o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 26o Octobris 1786.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
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)
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 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, Charles Earl
Camden, President of Our Council; Granville Marquiss of Stafford, 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
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, 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 Ashburnham, Thomas Earl of Effingham, John Earl of
Buckinghamshire, Francis Earl of Hertford, Charles
Earl Cornwallis, Phillip 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 Earl of Leicester, George
Viscount Townshend, Thomas Viscount Weymouth,
David Viscount Stormont, George Viscount Mount
Edgcumbe & Valletort, Richard Viscount Howe, the
Right Reverend Father in God and Our faithful
Counsellor Robert Lord Bishop of London, Our wellbeloved 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 Pelham, John Lord Cardiff, Jeffery
Lord Amherst, Alexander Lord Loughborough, Chief
Justice of Our Court of Common Pleas; Thomas Lord
Walsingham, Fletcher Lord Grantley, Henry Frederick
Lord Cartaret, Richard Lord Carleton, and Charles
Lord Hawkesbury, 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 Twenty-sixth 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 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 Twenty-sixth Day of October, in Our
Name further to prorogue and continue Our present
Parliament, at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until
and unto Thursday the Fourteenth 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-third
Day of October, 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 Thursday the Fourteenth Day of December
next, to be then here holden, and this Parliament is
accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Fourteenth
Day of December next."