September 1723
Anno 10o Georgii Regis.
DIE Martis, 24o Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. London. |
Comes Sutherland.
Viscount Torrington. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
sat Speaker, by virtue of a former Commission.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there
was a Commission granted under the Great Seal, for
the further proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack (the Speaker being retired
to the usual Place by the State, as the Speakers do
when His Majesty is present); the Earl of Sutherland
in the Middle; and the Lord Viscount Torrington on
his Right Hand; and the Lord Bishop of London on his
Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The 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:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"W. Cant.
Macclesfield, C.
Argyll & Greenwich.
Berkeley.
Cadogan.
R. Walpole.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britann. Franc.
& Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio
Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri &
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Ebor.
Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Somerset,
Hen'co Duci Kent, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Jacobo Duci
Chandos, Lionel, Duci Dorset, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti
Lincoln, Georgio Comiti North'ton, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montague Comiti
Abingdon, Will'o Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Hugon. Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti
Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater & Seafield, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Hen'co Comiti
Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Will'o Comiti Cowper, Thomæ Comiti Coningesby, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio Vicecomiti
Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri et Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis
& Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Berkeley de Stratton, & Nic'o Domino Lechmere Cancellario
Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Salurem. Cum nuper,
pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos,
Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm.
Decimo Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Octavo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum
Nostrum abinde, per separalia Brevia Nostra, usque ad et in Nonum Diem Octobris ult. præterit.
prorogatum fuit; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem
Martis, Vicesimum Quartum Diem Septembris prox.
sequen. adjournatum & prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc
tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod,
certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos
specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum
ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii
Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros;
dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem &
Auctoritatem, a dicto Vicesimo Quarto Die Septembris, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum
Quartum Diem Octobris prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum &
continuandum, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa
Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis
& singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus,
Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus,
Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis
pro Comitatibus & Burgis, et omnibus aliis quorum
interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis,
quod vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exequendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus Gulielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuar. &
cæteris Custodibus & Justiciariis Regni, apud
Westm. Decimo Nono Die Septembris, Anno
Regni Nostri Decimo.
"Per ipsos Justiciarios, propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Earl of Sutherland said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue this
Parliament to Thursday the Twenty-fourth Day of
October next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the
Twenty-fourth Day of October next."