September 1783
Anno 23o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 9o Septembris 1783.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Dux Portland.
Comes Mansfield. |
Ds. Grantham. |
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a former
Commission.
The Earl of Mansfield acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission
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 of Mansfield in the Middle,
with the Duke of Portland on his Right Hand, and the
Lord Grantham on his Left, commanded the Yeoman
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,
The Commission was read by the Clerk as follows;
(videlicet)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament:
GEORGE R.
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth: To Our most dear Brothers and
faithful Counsellors William Duke of Gloucester, Henry
Duke of Cumberland; the most Reverend Fathers in
God and Our faithful Counsellors John Archbishop of
Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England;
William Archbishop of York, Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our most dear Cousins and Counsellors David Viscount Stormont, President of Our
Council; Frederick Earl of Carlisle, Keeper of Our
Privy Seal; Edward Duke of Somerset, Charles Duke
of Richmond, Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, Harry
Duke of Bolton, Thomas Duke of Leeds, George Duke
of Marlborough, Charles Duke of Rutland, William
Henry Duke of Portland, George Duke of Manchester,
James Duke of Chandos, John Frederick Duke of Dorset, Henry Duke of Newcastle, Hugh Duke of Northumberland, George Duke of Montagu; William Earl of
Dartmouth, Steward of Our Household; Francis Earl
of Hertford, Chamberlain of Our Household; Edward Earl of Derby, Francis Earl of Huntingdon,
James Earl of Salisbury, Basil Earl of Denbigh, John
Earl of Sandwich, George Bussy Earl of Jersey, George
James Earl of Cholmondeley, Thomas Earl of Kinnoul,
Hugh Earl of Marchmont, John Earl of Bute, Charles
Earl of Tankerville, George Earl of Pomfret, John Earl
of Ashburnham, Thomas, Earl of Effingham, Granville
Earl Gower, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, George
Earl Temple, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Philip Earl of
Hardwicke, Robert Earl of Northington, Henry Earl
Bathurst, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of
Ailesbury, Thomas Earl of Clarendon, William Earl of
Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us; George Viscount Townshend, Thomas
Viscount Weymouth, George Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort, George Viscount Sackville,
Richard Viscount Howe, Augustus Viscount Keppel,
the Right Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor Robert Lord Bishop of London; and
Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellors George
Lord De Ferrars, Francis Lord Osborne, George Lord
Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby, William Lord Wycombe, Thomas Lord Grantham, Thomas Lord Pelham,
Charles Lord Camden, John Lord Cardiff, Jeffery
Lord Amherst, Edward Lord Thurlow, Alexander
Lord Loughborough, Chief Justice of Our Court of
Common Pleas; Fletcher Lord Grantley, and Thomas
Lord Sydney, 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 October, in the Twenty-first
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 Tuesday the Ninth Day
of this Instant September, then to be held and fit 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, confiding very much in your Fidelity, Prudence,
and Circumspection, have, by the Advice and Consent of Our Counsel, 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 Ninth Day of this instant September, in
Our Name, further to prorogue and continue Our
present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the Sixteenth Day
of October 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,
Marquisses, 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 whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to
be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Fifth Day of
September, in the Twenty-third Year of Our
Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Earl of Mansfield 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 Commands, prorogue this Parliament
to Thursday the 16th Day of October next, to be then
here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday the 16th Day of October
next."