August 1791
Anno 31o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 16o Augusti 1791.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus. |
Ds. Grenville, 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 Duke of Dorset on his Right Hand,
and the Lord Grenville on his Lest, 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 entirelybeloved 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 Brother and faithful
Counsellor, William Duke of Gloucester; 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, George
Duke of Marlborough, James Duke of Montrose, William Henry Duke of Portland, Henry Duke of Newcastle, James Marquis of Salisbury, Chamberlain of
Our Household; George Marquis of Buckingham,
William Marquis of Lansdown, George Marquis of
Townshend, Thomas Marquis of Bath, Edward Earl
of Derby, Basil Earl of Denbigh, John Earl of Westmorland, 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, John Earl of Ashburnham, Thomas Earl of Effingham, John Earl of
Buckinghamshire, Francis Earl of Hertford, Frederick
Earl of Guilford, Charles Earl Cornwallis, 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 Edgecumbe, David Viscount Stormont, George Evelyn, Viscount Falmouth,
Thomas Viscount Sydney, the Right Reverend Father
in God, and Our faithful Counsellor Beilby Lord Biship of London; Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellors, William Wyndham Lord Grenville, One of
Our Principal Secretaries of Sate; 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, James Lord Malmesbury, and Constantine John Lord Mulgrave, 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 Tenth Day of August,
in the Thirtieth Year of Our Reign, which Our Parliament from thenceforth was prorogued by Our several Writs until and to the Twenty-fifth Day of November last past, and there lately holden, and from
thence by several Adjournments and Prorogations,
was adjourned and prorogued to, and until Tuesday
the Sixteenth Day of this instant August, 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, 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 Sixteenth Day of August,
in Our Name further to prorogue and continue Our
present Parliament, at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the Third Day of November 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 Tenth Day
of August, in the Thirty-first 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 Third Day of November next, to be
then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday the Third Day of November
next."