December 1729
Anno 4o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 17o Decembris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Dorset. |
Certificate of the Earl of Morton's Election to be One of the Sixteen Peers.
This Day the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery delivered a Certificate of the Name of the Peer of
Scotland, who, by virtue of His Majesty's Proclamation,
is chosen to fit and vote in this House, in the Room of
the Earl of Findlater and Seafield, deceased; which is as
follows:
"May it please your Lordships,
"We do hereby certify, that, by virtue of His Majesty's Proclamation of the Seventeenth of September
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty, a Certificate under the Hands and Seals of Mr. William Hall
and Mr. John Murray, Clerks of Session attending the
Election aftermentioned, in virtue of the Lord Register's Commission to them granted, has been delivered
into the Crown-office in Chancery; whereby it appears, that George Earl of Mortoune was unanimously
elected and chosen to sit and vote in the House of Peers
in this present Parliament, in the room of James Earl
of Findlater and Seafield, deceased.
"Given under our Hands, this Fourth Day of
December 1730.
"Stephen Bisse &
Tho. Bray,
Cler. Coron."
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to cause a Commission
to be issued under the Great Seal, for the further
proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, for the
Lords Commissioners to put on their Robes.
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 Lord Chancellor in
the Middle; with the Lord Privy Seal on his Right
Hand; and the Duke of Dorset on his Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to
let the Commons know, "That the Lords Commissioners
desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to
hear the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"GEORGIUS R.
"Georgius Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ
Franc. & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Frederico Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo
Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo
Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Petro Domino King
Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ Reverendissimo in
Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati et Metropolitano,
Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Spencer Comiti Wilmington Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri,
Carolo Duci Grafton Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo
Duci Somerset, Carolo Duci Bolton, Joh'i Duci Rutland
Cancellario Ducatus Nostri Lancastr. Carolo Duci
Queensberry, Joh'i Duci Argyll & Greenwich, Jacobo
Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Hen'co Duci Kent,
Peregrin. Duci de Ancaster & Kesteven Magno Camerario Angl. Thomæ Holles Duci Newcastle Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum. Jacobo Duci Chandos,
Lionel. Duci Dorset, Ph'o Comiti Chesterfield Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Daniel. Comiti Winchelsea & Nottingham, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Ric'o
Comiti Burlington, Jacobo Comiti Berkeley, Montagu
Comiti Abingdon, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Will'o Comiti
Coventry, Hen'co Comiti Grantham, Fran'co Comiti
Godolphin, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti
Loudoun, Alex'ro Comiti Marchmont, Joh'i Comiti Stair,
Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Talbot Comiti Sussex, Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend, Hen'co Vicecomiti Lonsdule, Ric'o
Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio
Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri &
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Edmundo Episcopo Londin.
Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Harrington Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Will'o Domino Berkeley de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret, & Roberto Domino Bingley Thesaurario
Hospitii Nostri, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ
& Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo
Octavo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Primo,
inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum
Nostrum abinde, per separalia Brevia Nostra, prorogatum suit usque ad & in Vicesimum Tertium Diem
Januarii, Anno Primo præd. & ibidem modo tentum;
& abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Proroga
tiones, usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Decimum Septimum
Diem hujus instantis Mensis Decembris, adjournatum &
prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, et 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 considentes,
de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis,
& aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore
Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a
dicto Decimo Septimo Die hujus instantis Mensis Decembris, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Primum
Diem Januarii nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam
Civitatem Nostram Westm. ulterius 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, & 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.
Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Decimo Quarto Die
Decembris, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.
Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
The Commission being ended; the Lord Chancellor
said,
Parliament prorogued.
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and other Lords directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue this
Parliament to Thursday the One and Twentieth Day
of January next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the One
and Twentieth Day of January next."