September 1788
Anno 28o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 25o Septembris 1788.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales 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 and
entirely beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor George
Prince of Wales; Our most dear Son and faithful
Counsellor Frederick Duke of York; 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 Marquis 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,
William Henry Duke of Portland, John Frederick Duke
of Dorset, Henry Duke of Newcastle, George Duke of
Montagu, George Marquis of Buckingham, William
Marquis of Lansdown, George Marquis Townshend,
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, 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,
Philip Earl of Hardwicke, Henry Earl Bathurst, Wills
Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of Ailesbury, William
Earl of Mansfield, George Earl of Leicester, Richard
Earl Howe, Thomas Viscount Weymouth, David Viscount Stormont, George Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and
Valletort, the right Reverend Father in God and Our
faithful Counsellor Beilby 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 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 Carteret, Richard
Lord Carleton, Charles Lord Hawkesbury, and Lloyd
Lord Kenyon, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us, 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-fifth Day of this
Instant September, 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-fifth Day of this Instant September, in Our
Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present
Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until
and unto Thursday the Twentieth Day of November
now next following, there then to be held and fit;
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.
"Witness Ourself at Westminster the Seventeenth
Day of September, in the Twenty-eighth Year
of Our Reign.
Parliament prorogued.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
"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 Twentieth Day of November next, to
be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Twentieth Day of
November next."
Die Lunæ, 4o Julii 1808.
Hitherto examined by us;
Walsingham.
Hood of Catherington.
Arden.