October 1787
Anno 27o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 16o Octobris 1787.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
Ds. Osborne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum. |
The Lord Chancellor 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 Lord Chancellor in
the Middle, with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his
Right Hand, and the Lord Osborne 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)
GEORGE R.
Commission for Proroguing the Parliament:
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 and
entirely beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor,
George Prince of Wales, Our most dear Son and
faithful Counsellor, Frederick Duke of York, Our
Our most dear Brothers and faithful Counsellors,
William Duke of Gloucester, Henry Duke of Cumberland, the Most Reverend Father in God, and Our
faithful Counsellor, John Archbishop of Canterbury
Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our wellbeloved and faithful Counsellor, Edward Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor of Great Britain; the Most
Reverend Father in God, and Our faithful Counsellor William Archbishop of York, Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our most dear Cousins and
Counsellors Charles Earl Camden, President of Our
Council; Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keeper of
Our Privy Seal; James Duke of Chandos, Steward
of Our Household; 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, John Frederick Duke of Dorset, Henry Duke of Newcastle, George Duke of Montagu,
George Marquis of Buckingham, William Marquis of
Lansdown, James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of
Our Household; Edward Earl of Derby, Francis
Earl of Huntingdon, Basil Earl of Denbigh, Philip
Earl of Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlisle, George Bussy Earl of Jersey,
George James Earl of Cholmondeley, Thomas Earl of
Kinnoul, William Earl of Dartmouth, Charles Earl of
Tankerville, Heneage Earl of Aylesford, George Earl
Waldegrave, John Earl of Ashburnham, Thomas Earl
of Effingham, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, Francis
Earl of Hertford, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Philip
Earl of Hardwicke, Henry Earl Bathurst, Wills Earl
of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of Ailesbury, William
Earl of Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to
hold Pleas before Us; George Earl of Leicester, George
Viscount Townshend, Thomas Viscount Weymouth,
David Viscount Stormont, George Viscount Mount Edgcumbe& Valletort, Richard Viscount Howe, the right
Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor
Robert Lord Bishop of London; Our well-beloved
and faithful Counsellors Francis Lord Osborne, One of
Our principal Secretaries of State; Thomas Lord
Sydney, One other of Our Principal Secretaries of
State; George Lord Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby,
Thomas Lord Pelham, John Lord Cardiff, Jeffery
Lord Amherst, Alexander Lord Loughborough, Chief
Justice of Our Court of Common Pleas, Thomas
Lord Walsingham, Fletcher Lord Grantley, Henry
Frederick Lord Carteret, and Charles Lord Hawkesbury, 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
Eighteenth Day of May, in the Twenty-fourth 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 Sixteenth Day
of this Instant October, 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,
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 Sixteenth Day of October, in Our Name
further to Prorogue and continue Our present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and
unto Thursday the Fifteenth Day of November 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 October, in the Twenty-seventh Year
of Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with his own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor 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 Fifteenth Day of November next, to
be then here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly Prorogued to Thursday the Fifteenth Day of November next."