Anno 11° Annæ Reginæ
Die Jovis, 25 Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Oxford, & Mortimer, Thesaurarius.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Dartmouth.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Bolingbrook. |
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Lansdowne. |
PRAYERS.
E of Findlater, returned as One of the Sixteen Peers.
This Day the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery delivered into this House a Certificate of the Name of the
Peer of Scotland, who, by Virtue of Her Majesty's
Proclamation, is chosen to fit and vote in this House, in
the room of William late Earl Marischal, deceased.
Which is as follows; (videlicet,)
" These are to certify, that, by Virtue of Her Majesty's Proclamation, a Certificate under the Hands of
Alex'r Gibson and Sir James Justice, Principal Clerks
of the Session, specially appointed by David Earl of
Glasgow Lord Clerk Register, was delivered into the
Crown-office in Chancery, whereby James Earl of
Findlater, &c. is, by open Election, unanimously
nominated and chosen as the Peer of Scotland, who
is to sit and vote in the House of Peers of this present Parliament of Great Britain, in the room of
William Earl Marischal, deceased.
"Given under my Hand, this 25th Day of September, Annoque Domini 1712.
"Geo. Wrighte, Cl. Coron."
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further
proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then the Lords Commissioners (in their Robes), being
seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the
Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; with the
Lord Treasurer on his Right Hand; and the Earl of
Dartmouth and the Lord Viscount Bolingbrook on his
Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to let the Commons know, "That the Commissioners desire their Attendance presently, in the House of
Peers, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come; the same was read, by the Clerk,
as follows; (videlicet,)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"ANNA R.
"Anna, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et
Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Simoni Domino Harcourt Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Mag. Britan. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Comiti de Oxon. et Comiti Mortimer Magno Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ,
Joh'i Duci de Com. Buckingham et de Normanby
Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Carolo Duci Shrewsbury
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Poulet Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Gulielmo Comiti Dartmouth
Primario Secretario Nostro, et Henrico Vicecomiti
Bolingbrook Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis
et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem
Regni Nostri Mag. Britanniæ et Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud
Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. Vicesimo Quinto Die
Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Nono, inchoari et
teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum
Nostrum inchoatum et tentum fuit; et abinde, per
separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad
et in instantem Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quintum Diem
Septembris, adjournatum et prorogatum fuit, apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis
urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter
moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia,
et Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes,
de Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus
vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium,
plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die
Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Sextum Diem Novembris nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum et prosequendum;
et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis et singulis Archiepifcopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus,
Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus et
Burgis, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum
Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis
faciendis, agendis, et exequendis, pareant, obediant,
et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium,
has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonaster. Vicesimo Quinto Die Septembris, Anno Regni Nostri Undecimo.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of
Commons,
"By Virtue of the Commission which you have now
heard read, and in humble Obedience to Her Majesty's Commands therein contained, we do, in Her
Majesty's Name, further prorogue this Parliament to
Thursday the Sixth Day of November next: And this
Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the
Sixth Day of November next."