August 1755
Anno 29o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 14o Augusti.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Buckinghamshire. |
Ds. Berkeley Str. |
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's
Bench sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's
Commission.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That a
Commission was issued 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 Earl Waldegrave in the
Middle; with the Earl of Buckinghamshire on his Right
Hand; and the Lord Berkeley of Stratton on his Left;
commanded the Deputy Gentleman 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, with their Speaker;
The Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows;
videlicet,
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Tho. Cantuar.
Hardwicke, C.
Granville, P.
Marlborough, C. P. S.
Rochford.
Anson.
T. Robinson.
H. Fox.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, and so forth; To the most Reverend
Father in God and Our Faithful Counsellor Mathew
Archbishop of York Primate and Metropolitan of
England; Our most Dear Cousins and Counsellors
Harry Duke of Bolton, John Duke of Bedford, William
Duke of Devonshire, James Duke of Athol, Peregrine
Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Great Chamberlain of
England, John Marquis of Tweeddale, Daniel Earl
of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Philip Earl of Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, William Earl of Jersey,
Francis Earl Godolphin, George Earl of Cholmondeley,
John Earl of Hyndford, George Dunk Earl of Halifax,
James Earl of Waldegrave, Benjamin Earl Fitzwalter
Treasurer of Our Household, William Earl of Harrington, William Earl of Bath, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, Simon Earl Harcourt, Charles Earl Cornwallis; the Right Reverend Father in God and Our
Faithful Counsellor Thomas Lord Bishop of London;
and Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellors John
Lord Delawar, John Lord Berkeley of Stratton, Allen
Lord Bathurst, Richard Lord Edgcumbe Chancellor
of Our Dutchy of Lancaster, and Samuel Lord Sandys,
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 Thirty-first Day of May, in the Twenty-seventh
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 Thursday the Fourteenth 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, considing 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 Fourteenth Day of this Instant August, in Our
Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present
Parliament, at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until
and unto Tuesday the Second Day of September
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, Marquises,
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 where
of, We have caused these Our Letters to be made
Patent.
"Witnesses, Our most Dear Son William Duke of
Cumberland, and other Guardians and Justices
of the Kingdom, at Westminster, the Twelfth
Day of August, in the Twenty-ninth Year of
Our Reign.
"By the Guardians and Justices of the Kingdom,
signed with their own Hands.
"Yorke & Yorke."
Then the Earl Waldegrave said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"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 Royal Commands, prorogue this
Parliament to Tuesday the Second Day of September
next, to be then here held: And this Parliament
is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Second Day
of September next."