Die Martis, 22° Novembris 1831.
DOMINI præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Brougham
& Vaux,
Cancellarius. |
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Dux Richmond.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Holland. |
The Lord Chancellor 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 Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with The Duke of Richmond on his Right
Hand, and The Lord Holland 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;
(vizt.)
"WILLIAM R.
Commission for Proroguing the Parliament:
"William the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith; To Our most dear Brothers and
faithful Councillors Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland, Augustus Duke of Sussex, Adolphus Duke of
Cambridge; Our most dear Cousin and faithful Councillor William Frederick Duke of Gloucester; The
Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Councillor William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and
Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved and
faithful Councillor Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux,
Chancellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain; The
Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Councillor Edward Venables Archbishop of York, Primate
and Metropolitan of England; Our most dear Cousin
and Councillor Henry Marquess of Lansdowne, President of Our Council; Our well-beloved and faithful
Councillor John George Lord Durham, Keeper of Our
Privy Seal; Our most dear Cousins and Councillors William Spencer Duke of Devonshire, Chamberlain of Our
Household; Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk, Charles
Duke of Richmond, George William Frederick Duke of
Leeds, John Duke of Bedford, Alexander Duke of
Hamilton and Brandon, George Duke of Gordon, James
Duke of Montrose, William Henry Duke of Portland,
Charles Duke of Dorset, Hugh Duke of Northumberland,
Augustus Frederick Duke of Leinster, Arthur Duke of
Wellington, Richard Duke of Buckingham and Chandos,
Richard Marquess Wellesley, Steward of Our Household; Charles Ingoldsby Marquess of Winchester,
George Granville Leveson Marquess of Stafford, Francis
Charles Marquess of Hertford, John Jeffreys Marquess
Camden, Henry William Marquess of Anglesey, George
James Horatio Marquess of Cholmondeley, Charles
William Marquess of Londonderry, Henry Marquess
Conyngham, Robert Marquess of Westminster, Edward
Earl of Derby, John Earl of Westmorland, George
Earl of Carlisle, Cropley Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury,
William Charles Earl of Albemarle, George Earl of
Jersey, William George Earl of Errol, Thomas Earl of
Elgin and Kincardine, Thomas Earl of Haddington,
James Earl of Lauderdale, George Earl of Aberdeen,
Archibald John Earl of Rosebery, Charles Augustus
Earl of Tankerville, George Earl of Macclesfield, William Earl Fitzwilliam, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, George
John Earl Spencer, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl
Bathurst, John Charles Earl of Clarendon, Charles Earl
Talbot, Richard Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, James
George Earl of Courtown, Robert Earl of Roden, John
Earl of Clare, James Earl of Rosslyn, Richard Earl of
Clancarty, Edward Earl of Powis, Charles Earl Grey,
Dudley Earl of Harrowby, William Earl Cathcart, John
Earl of Eldon, Richard William Earl Howe, William
Pitt Earl Amherst, John William Earl of Dudley,
Henry Viscount Hereford, Percy Clinton Sydney Viscount Strang ford, William Viscount Melbourne, One
of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Robert Viscount
Melville, Henry Viscount Sidmouth, Thomas William
Viscount Anson, Granville Leveson Viscount Granville,
William Carr Viscount Beresford, Frederick John Viscount Goderich, One other of Our Principal Secretaries
of State; The Right Reverend Father in God and Our
faithful Councillor Charles James Lord Bishop of
London; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillors
Peter Robert Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Henry
Richard Lord Holland, Thomas Lord Foley, George
Lord Carteret, William Wyndham Lord Grenville, George
Lord Auckland, Charles George Lord Arden, Alleyne
Lord Saint Helens, Edward Lord Ellenborough, Thomas Lord Manners, Rowland Lord Hill, William Lord
Maryborough, William Lord Stowell, Nicholas Lord
Bexley, Charles Lord Farnborough, John Singleton
Lord Lyndhurst, Charles Lord Tenterden, William Lord
Plunket, Henry Lord Cowley, Charles Lord Stuart de
Rothesay, William Lord Heytesbury, Thomas Lord
Wallace, William Draper Lord Wynford and George
James Lord Dover, Greeting: Whereas We did lately,
for divers difficult and pressing Affairs concerning Us,
the State and Defence of Our United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and the Church, ordain this
Our present Parliament to begin and be holden at Our
City of Westminster upon the Fourteenth Day of June,
in the First Year of Our Reign, on which Day Our
said Parliament was begun and holden, and from
thence, by several Adjournments and by Prorogation,
hath been adjourned and prorogued to and until Tuesday
the Twenty-second Day of November instant, then to
be holden and sit at Our City of Westminster aforesaid:
Know ye, 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 any Three or more of you, by virtue
of these Presents, full Power and Authority in Our.
Name further to prorogue and continue Our present
Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid from
Tuesday the Twenty-second Day of November instant
until and unto Tuesday the Sixth Day of December now
next following, there then to be holden and sit; and
therefore We command you that you diligently attend
the Premises, and effectually fulfil them in Manner
aforesaid: We also strictly command all and singular
Our Archbishops, Dukes, Marquesses, 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 Twenty-first
Day of November, in the Second Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own Hand.
"Bathurst."
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 Tuesday
the Sixth Day of December next, to be then here
holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued
to Tuesday the Sixth Day of December next."