November 1792
Anno 33o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 15o Novembris 1792.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Comes Chesterfield. |
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Kenyon. |
The Lord Kenyon acquainted the House, "That His
Majesty had been pleased to grant 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 Kenyon in the Middle, with
the Earl of Chesterfield on his Right Hand, and the Lord
Walsingham 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;
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 Fathers in God, and Our faithful Counsellors John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and
Metropolitan of all England, 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; 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, Willam 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,
Charles Marquis Cornwallis, 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, John Earl of Bute,
William Earl of Dartmouth, Charles Earl of Tankerville, Heneage Earl of Aylesford, John Earl of Ashburnham, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, Francis Earl
of Hertford, 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 wellbeloved and faithful Counsellors William Wyndham
Lord Grenville, One of Our Principal Secretaries of
State; George Lord Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby,
Thomas Lord Pelham, Jeffery Lord Amherst, Edward
Lord Thurlow, 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 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,
in the Thirty-first Year of Our Reign, and there lately
holden; and from thence, by several Adjournments
and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued to
and until Thursday the Fifteenth Day of this Instant
November, 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 Fifteenth Day of this Instant November, 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 January 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 Seventh Day
of November, in the Thirty-third Year of Our
Reign.
By the King himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Kenyon 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 January next, to be then
here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday the Third Day of January
next."
Die Martis 31o Januarii 1809.
Hitherto examined by us;
Napier.
Walsingham.
Arden.