August 1793
Anno 33o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 13o Augusti 1793.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Londin. |
Ds. Loughborough,
Cancellarius. |
Ds. Cardiff. |
L. Somerville returned a Scots Peer.
The Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery delivered this Day a Certificate of the Name of the Peer
chosen, summoned and certified to sit and vote in this
House for that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, who
attending at the Table with the original Return, the same
was compared with the said Certificate, and found to
agree therewith, and is as follows; (videlicet)
May it please your Lordships,
I do hereby certify, that by virtue of His Majesty's
Royal Proclamation, dated the Twenty-first Day of
June last a Certificate under the Hands and Seals of
George Home and Robert Sinclair Esquires, two of the
principal Clerks of Session attending the Election
after-mentioned, in virtue of the Lord Clerk Registrar's
Commission to them granted, hath been delivered into
the Crown Office in Chancery, whereby it appears
that James Lord Somerville was elected and chosen one
of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, to sit and vote in
the House of Peers in this present Parliament of Great
Britain.
Given under my Hand this Tenth Day of August
One thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.
"John Yorke, Clerk of the Crown
in Chancery."
The Lord Chancellor 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 Chancellor in the Middle,
with the Lord Bishop of London on his Right Hand, and
the Lord Cardiff 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 Parment:
"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 Alexander Lord Loughborough,
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; 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,
Charles Marquis Cornwallis, Francis Marquis of
Hertford, 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, John Earl of Chatham, Henry
Earl Bathurst, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl
of Ailesbury, George Earl of Leicester, Richard Earl
Howe, George Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, David Earl
of Mansfield, 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, Thomas Lord Pelham, Jeffery Lord Amherst, Edward
Lord Thurlow, 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; James
Lord Malmesbury, and William Lord Auckland, 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, 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 Tuesday the Thirteenth 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
Thirteenth Day of August, in our Name, further
to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament,
at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto
Tuesday the Twenty-ninth Day of October 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 August, in the Thirty-third 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 Twenty-ninth Day of October next, to be
then here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Tuesday the Twenty-ninth Day of
October next."