October 1789
Anno 30o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 29o Octobris 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Leeds. |
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 Duke of Leeds 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 Sons and faithful
Counsellors Frederick Duke of York, William Duke of
Clarence; 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; John Frederick Duke of Dorset, Steward of Our
Household; Edward Duke of Somerset, Charles Duke
of Richmond, Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, Harry
Duke of Bolton, Francis Duke of Leeds, One of Our
Principal Secretaries of State; George Duke of Marlborough, William Henry Duke of Portland, Henry Duke
of Newcastle, George Duke of Montagu, James Marquis of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household;
George Marquis of Buckingham, William Marquis of
Lansdown, George Marquis Townshend, Thomas Marquis of Bath, Edward Earl of Derby, 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, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurst,
Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of Ailesbury,
William Earl of Mansfield, George Earl of Leicester
Richard Earl Howe, George Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
and Valletort, David Viscount Stormont, Thomas Viscount
Sydney, the right Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor Beilby Lord Bishop of London; Our wellbeloved and faithful Counsellors 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, Henry Frederick
Lord Carteret, Richard Lord Carleton, Charles Lord
Hawkesbury, Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Our Chief Justice
assigned to hold Pleas before Us; Joseph Lord Dover,
and James Lord Malmesbury, 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-ninth Day of this Instant October, then to
be held and fit 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 Twenty-ninth 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 Tenth 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 Fourteenth
Day of October, in the Twenty-ninth 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 Tenth Day of December next, to be
then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday the Tenth Day of December
next."