November 1791
Anno 32o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 3o Novembris 1791.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Viscount Sydney. |
Ds. Dover. |
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 Dover 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 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
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 Edgcumbe, David Viscount Stormont, George Evelyn Viscount Falmouth, Thomas Viscount Sydney, the Right Reverend Father in God
and Our faithful Counsellor Beilby Lord Bishop of
London; Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellors
William Wyndham Lord Grenville, One 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,
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
Thursday the Third Day of November 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 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 Third Day of November, in
Our Name further to prorogue and continue Our
present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Tuesday the Twentieth 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 Nineteenth
Day of October 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 Tuesday the 20th Day of December next, to be then here
holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued
to Tuesday the Twentieth Day of December next."