August 1792
Anno 32o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 30o Augusti 1792.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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March. Salisbury,
Camerarius.
Viscount Sydney. |
Ds. Walsingham. |
M. Salisbury appointed Speaker, pro Tempore.
The House was informed, "That the Lord Kenyon,
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench,
the Speaker of this House appointed by His Majesty's
Commission, being in the Country, and not able to
attend here this Day, and no Person having been
appointed by His Majesty to supply his Place, it is
necessary that their Lordships should proceed to the
Choice of a Speaker for this Day for the Purpose
of Proroguing the Parliament."
Which done, the Lords unanimously chose the Marquis of Salisbury to be Speaker, pro tempore.
Then the Speaker acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to grant 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 Marquis of Salisbury
in the Middle, with the Lord Viscount Sydney on his
Right Hand, and the Lord Walsingham 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:
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 and entirely beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor, George Prince
of Wales, Our most dear Sons and faithful Counsellors,
Frederick Duke of York, William Duke of Clarence,
Our most dear Brother and faithful Counsellor, William Duke of Gloucester, 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, Charles Earl Camden, President
of Our Council, Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keepper of Our Privy Leal, John Frederick Duke of Dorset, Steward of Our Household, Charles Duke of
Richmond, Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, Harry
Duke of Bolton, Francis Duke of Leeds, George
Duke of Marlborough, James Duke of Montrose,
William Henry Duke of Portland, Henry Duke of
Newcastle, James Marquis of Salisbury, Chamberlain
of Our Household, George Marquis of Buckingham,
William Marquis of Lansdown, George Marquis
Townshend, Thomas Marquis of Bath, Edward Earl
of Derby, Basil Earl of Denbigh, John Earl of Westmorland, Philip Earl of Chesterfield, John Earl of
Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlisle, George Bussey
Earl of Jersey, George James Earl of Cholmondeley,
John Earl of Bute, William Earl of Dartmouth, Charles
Earl of Tankerville, Heneage Earl of Aylesford, John
Earl of Ashburnam, John Earl of Buckinghamshire,
Francis Earl of Hertford, Charles Earl Cornwallis,
John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurst, Wills
Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of Ailesbury, William Earl of Mansfield, George Earl of Leicester,
Richard Earl Howe, George Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, David Viscount Stormont, George Evelyn Viscount Falmouth, Thomas Viscount Sydney, the Right
Reverend Father in God, and Our Faithful Counsellor, Beilby Lord Bishop of London, Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellors, William Wyndham
Lord Grenville, One of Our Principal Secretaries of
State; George Lord Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby,
Thomas Lord Pelham, Jeffery Lord Amherst, Edward Lord Thurlow, Alexander Lord Loughborough,
Chief Justice of our Court of Common Pleas; Thomas Lord Walsingham, Henry Frederick Lord Carteret,
Richard Lord Carleton, Charles Lord Hawkesbury,
Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Our Chief Justice assigned to
hold Pleas before us; Joseph Lord Dover, James
Lord Malmesbury, and Constantine John Lord Mulgrave, 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
Tenth Day of August, in the Thirtieth Year of Our
Reign, which Our Parliament from thenceforth was
prorogued by Our several Writs, until and to the
Twenty-fifth Day of November, in the Thirty-first
Year of Our Reign, and there lately holden, and
from thence by several Adjournments and Prorogations was adjourned and prorogued to and until
Thursday the Thirtieth 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, confiding 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
Thirtieth 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 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 Fifteenth
Day of August, in the Thirty-second Year of
Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
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."