October 1790
Anno 30o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 12o Octobris 1790.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Dux Leeds. |
Parliament prorogued.
The Duke of Leeds declared in the House, "That
His Majesty had caused a Writ to be issued under the
Great Seal for the further Prorogation of the Parliament."
And the same was read by the Clerk as follows:
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 well-beloved and faithful the Prelates, Nobles, and Peers of Our Kingdom
of Great Britain, and to Our beloved and faithful the
Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and Commissioners
for Shires and Burghs of Our said Kingdom, called
and chosen to Our Parliament, to be begun and held
at Our City of Westminster on the Twelfth Day of
this Instant October, and to every of You greeting:
Whereas We, for certain arduous and urgent Affairs
concerning Us, the State, and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, did ordain
the said Parliament to be begun and held at the City
of Westminster the Tenth Day of August last past, and
did command You by Our several Writs to be present at the City and Day aforesaid, to treat, consent,
and conclude about those Things which in Our said
Parliament then and there should be proposed and
treated of: And whereas We have (by Our Writ),
for certain Causes and Considerations Us thereunto
especially moving, thought fit to prorogue our said
Parliament from the same Tenth Day of August to
and until the Twelfth Day of October following, so
that neither you, nor any of you should be held or
obliged to appear on the said Tenth Day of August
at the aforesaid City, being willing that you and every
of you be wholly discharged as to Us therefrom, and
by the same Writ We very lately commanded you
and every of you to appear and be present on the
said Twelfth Day of October at Our said City, to
treat, do, act, and conclude upon those Things which
in Our said Parliament should happen to be ordained;
nevertheless, for certain pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially thereunto moving, Our said Parliament from the said Twelfth Day of October to and
until Thursday the Twenty-fifth Day of November
following, We have thought fit further to prorogue;
so that neither you nor any of you should be held
or obliged to appear on the said Twelfth Day of
October at the aforesaid City: We also Will that
you and every of you be wholly discharged as to Us
therefrom, commanding and by the Tenor of these
Presents strictly requiring you and every of you,
and all others whom this may concern, that you and
every of you do Personally appear and be present on
the said Twenty-fifth Day of November at Our said
City of Westminster, to treat, do, act, and conclude-upon
those Things which in Our said Parliament by the
Common Council of Our said Kingdom (by God's
Assistance) shall happen to be ordained.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the First
Day of October One thousand seven hundred
and ninety, and in the Thirtieth Year of Our
Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."