An Intermediate Session.
A Prorogation.
In obedience to the King's Proclamation, but contrary
to usual Custom, the Parliament met on the 25th of July,
making a sort of an intermediate Session, and of a very short
Continuance. The Commons immediately enter'd upon
the Debate of the new-rais'd Army, which they resolv'd to
break as soon as might be, and spoke so clearly and freely in
that matter, that the Court resolv'd to give them some
little Interruption, either to mollify the warmest Opposers,
or to make way for new Measures. For this end a Message
was sent from the Chancellor to the Speaker of the Commons, 'to let them know, That his Majesty, conceiving
the House might not be full at their first Meeting, he had
deferr'd his coming to acquaint them with what he had to
say, till Monday the 29th of this Month; and that the
House should be adjourn'd till that Day.' But before the
Message came to them, they had pass'd a Resolution, 'That
his Majesty should be humbly desired, that, as soon as the
Peace was concluded, the new-rais'd Forces might be disbanded. Upon the appointed Day, his Majesty came to
the House of Peers with the usual Ceremonies, where he
made a short Speech to the two Houses, 'excusing the
Trouble of extraordinary Attendance, and telling them
the Occasions of their Meeting were now less urgent; and
therefore he could again dismiss them to the day formerly
prefix'd, and should take an Oportunity, in the mean while,
to do some things, which he hoped would not be unwelcome
to them:' And accordingly he prorogu'd them to the 10th
of October.'