Lamont againt La mont. Roxburgh Caufes, Orders re petting. Appeal dif. Local Militia peal of the Honourable Walter Ogilvy and Robert The fame was accordingly read by the Clerk. The Lord Chancellor acquainted the Houfe, "That Commiffion. The Houfe was adjourned during Pleasure. Then Five of the Lords Commiffioners, being in Who being come, with their Speaker; "My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of 66 " and to all Articles, Claufes, and Provifions "therein contained, and have fully agreed and affented "to the faid Act; Willing, that the faid Act, and every Article, Claufe, Sentence, and Provifion therein "contained, from henceforth fhall be of the fame "Strength, Force, and Effect, as if We had been per"fonally prefent in the faid Higher Houfe, and had "openly and publicly in the Prefence of you all affented "to the fame: And We do by these Prefents declare "and notify the fame Our Royal Affent, as well to you "the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons afore"faid, as to all others whom it may concern: Com"manding alfo, by thefe Prefents, Our right trusty and "well-beloved Counsellor John Lord Eldon, Our Chan"cellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great "Britain and Ireland called Great Britain, to feal thefe "Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Our "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and "alfo commanding Our moft dear and entirely be"loved Son and most faithful Counsellor George Prince "of Wales; Our most dear Sons and faithful Counfel"lors Frederick Duke of York, William Duke of Cla"rence, Edward Duke of Kent, Erneft Duke of Cumberland, Auguftus Duke of Suffex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge; Our most dear Nephew and faithful "Counfellor William Frederick Duke of Gloucester; the "Moft Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and "well-beloved Counsellor Charles Archbishop of Can"terbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; "Our faid Chancellor of that Part of Our United "Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Great "Britain; Our right trufty and right well-beloved "Coufins and Counsellors John Jeffreys Earl Camden, "Prefident of Our Council; John Earl of Westmorland, "Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our right trusty and right " entirely beloved Coufins and Counsellors James Duke "of Montrofe, Master of Our Horfe; William Henry "Duke of Portland; Our right trufty and entirely be"loved Coufins and Counsellors James Marquis of "Salisbury, Francis Marquis of Hertford; Our right "trulty and right well-beloved Coufins and Counsellors "Heneage Earl of Aylesbury, Steward of Our House"hold; George Earl of Dartmouth, Chamberlain of "Our Household; George Earl of Winchilfea and Not"tingham, Groom of Our Stole; Philip Earl of Chester"field, Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire, William Earl "Fitzwilliam, George John Earl Spencer, John Earl of "Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurst, Henry Earl of Car"GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of the narvon, Robert Banks Earl of Liverpool, One of Our "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Principal Secretaries of State; John Earl of Saint "Defender of the Faith: To Our right trusty and right "Vincent, Thomas Earl of Chichefter, Our right trufty "well-beloved, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and " and well-beloved Coufin and Counsellor Henry Vif"to Our trusty and well-beloved the Knights, Citizens, "count Sidmouth, Our right trufty and well-beloved "and Burgeffes, and the Commiffioners for Shires and "Counsellors Henry Richard Lord Holland, Dudley Burghs of the House of Commons, in this present Par- "Lord "Lord Harrowby, Thomas Lord Walfingham, Wil "liament affembled, Greeting: Whereas We have "liam Wyndham Lord Grenville, William Lord Auck"feen and perfectly understood an Act agreed and "land, Henry Lord Mulgrave, John Lord Redef "accorded on by you Our loving Subjects, the Lords dale, Edward Lord Ellenborough, Our Chief Jultice Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this Our "affigned to hold Pleas before Us; Charles Lord present Parliament affembled, and endorfed by "Barham, and Thomas Lord Erskine; or any Three or "as hath been accuftomed, the Title and Name of which "more of them, to declare and notify this Our Royal "A&t hereafter doth particularly enfue; (that is to fay), "Affent in Our Abfence in the faid Higher House, "An Act to prevent the enlifting of Local Militia " in the Presence of you the faid Lords and the Com"Men into the Regular Militia of any other County or "mons of Our Parliament, there to be affembled for "Stewartry than the County or Stewartry to which "that Purpose; and the Clerk of Our Parliaments to "they belong." And albeit the faid Act, by you "endorse the faid Acts, with fuch Terms and Words in "Our faid Subjects the Lords and Commons in this "Our Name as is requifite, and hath been accustomed "Our prefent Parliament affembled, is fully agreed "for the faine, and alfo to enroll thefe Our Letters "and confented unto, yet nevertheless the fame is not "Patent and the faid Act in the Parliament Roll; and "of Force and Effect in the Law without Our Royal "these Our Letters Patent fhall be to every of them a "Affent given and put to the faid Act: And foraf- "fufficient Warrant in that Behalf: And finally, We "much as for divers Caufes and Confiderations We" do declare and will, that after this Our Royal Affent "His Majefty, not thinking fit to be perfonally pre"fent here at this Time, has been pleafed to cause a "Commiffion to be iffued under the Great Seal, and "thereby given His Royal Affent to an Act, which "has been agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament, "the Title whereof is particularly mentioned; and "by the faid Commiffion hath commanded us to de"clare and notify His Royal Affent to the faid Act, "in the Presence of you the Lords and Commons af"fembled for that Purpose; which Commiffion you will "now hear read :" Then the faid Commiffion was read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet) 66 "GEORGE R. you, given and paffed by these Presents, and declared and "notified as is aforefaid, then and immediately the faid Act fhall be taken, accepted, and admitted a good, fufficient, and perfect Act of Parliament and Law, "to all Intents, Conftructions, and Purposes, and to "be put in due Execution accordingly; the Con"tinuance or Diffolution of this Our Parliament, or cannot conveniently at this Time be prefent in Our "Royal Perfon in the Higher Houfe of Our faid Par"liament, being the Place accustomed to give Our Royal" "Affent to fuch Acts as have been agreed upon by you "Our faid Subjects, the Lords and Commons; We have "therefore caufed thefe Our Letters Patent to be made, " and have figned the fame, and by the fame do give and put Our Royal Affent to the faid Act," any other Ufe, Custom, Thing or Things to the 66 contrary 66 Lords Commiffioners Speech. 66 "has recently crowned the Arms of the Emperor of contrary thereof notwithstanding. In Witness where- "Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twenty- "BATHURST and BATHURST." Then the Lord Chancellor faid: "In Obedience to His Majefty's Commands, and by "virtue of the Commiffion which has been now read, "we do declare and notify to you, the Lords Spiritual “and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament affembled, "That His Majefty hath given His Royal Affent to "the A&t in the Commiffion mentioned; and the "Clerks are required to pass the fame, in the ufual Form "and Words." Then the Deputy Clerk of the Crown, at the Table, read the Title of the Bill to be paffed, as follows; (videlicet), "To the Efforts of Europe for its own Deliverance, "His Majefty has directed us to affure you, that He is "determined to continue His moft ftrenuous Affiftance "and Support, convinced that you will agree with Him "in confidering, that every Exertion for the Re-esta "blishment of the Independence and Security of other "Nations, is no lefs conducive to the true Interests than "it is becoming the Character and Honour of Great "Britain." Then the Commiffion for proroguing the Parliament was read by the Clerk, as follows, (videlicet) "GEORGE R. Commiffion for proro"GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of the guing the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Parliament. "Defender of the Faith: To our most dear and entirely "beloved Son and most faithful Counfellor George "Prince of Wales; Our moft dear Sons and faithful "Counsellors Frederick Duke of York, William Henry "Duke of Clarence, Edward Duke of Kent, Erneft "Auguftus Duke of Cumberland, Auguftus Duke of "Suffex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge; Our moft dear Nephew and faithful Counsellor William Frederick "Duke of Gloucester; the moft Reverend Father in To this Bill the Royal Affent was pronounced, by "God and Our right trufty and well-beloved Counthe Clerk Affiftant, in these Words; (videlicet) "An Act to prevent the enlifting of Local Militia "Men into the regular Militia of any other County or "Stewartry than the County or Stewartry to which they belong.' "Le Roy le veult.” Then the Lord Chancellor, in pursuance of His Majesty's Commands to the Lords Commiffioners, fpake as follows: "My Lords and Gentlemen, "We are commanded by His Majefty to acquaint ་་ "My Lords, and Gentlemen, "The atrocious and unparalleled Act of Violence "and Treachery, by which the Ruler of France "attempted to furprize and to enflave the Spanish Nation, "while it has excited in Spain a determined and uncon"querable Refiftance against the Ufurpation and "Tyranny of the French Government, has, at the fame "Time, awakened in other Nations of Europe, a deter"mination to refift, by a new Effort, the continued "and increafing Encroachments on their Safety and "Independence. Although the Uncertainty of all human Events, " and the Viciffitudes attendant upon War, forbid too "confident an Expectation of a fatisfactory Iffue to the "present Struggle against the common Enemy of Europe, His Majefty commands us to congratulate you upon the splendid and important Succefs which 66 "fellor Charles Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and trufty and well-beloved Coufins and Counfellors John "Jeffreys Earl Camden, Prefident of Our Council; "John Earl of Westmorland, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; "Our right trufty and right entirely beloved Coufins "and Counsellors Charles Duke of Richmond, Auguftus Henry Duke of Grafton, John Duke of Bedford, George Duke of Marlborough, John Duke of Atholl, James Duke of Montrofe, William Henry Duke of "Portland; Our right trufty and entirely beloved "Coufins and Counfellors George Marquis of Bucking"ham, George Granville Levefon Marquis of Stafford, 66 66 George Marquis Townshend, James Marquis of Salif "bury, Francis Marquis of Hertford, John Marquis of Bute; Our right trufty and right well-beloved Coufins "and Counsellors Heneage Earl of Aylesford, Steward " of Our Household; George Earl of Dartmouth, Cham"berlain of Our Household; Edward Earl of Derby, ،، George Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, George Earl "of Winchilfea and Nottingham, Philip Earl of Chefterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlife, George James Earl of Cholmondeley, James Earl "of Lauderdale, Thomas Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Charles Earl of Tankerville, George Earl of Macclef field, John Earl of Afhburnham, Charles Earl of Harrington, Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire, William Earl "Fitzwilliam, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, George John "Earl Spencer, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurft, Thomas Earl of Ailesbury, Robert Earl Grofve nor, Richard Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Henry Earl "of Carnarvon, Robert Banks Earl of Liverpool, One "of Our Principal Secretaries of State; John Earl of "Saint Vincent, James Earl of Malmesbury, Richard "Earl of Donoughmore, George Earl of Onflow, Thomas "Earl of Chichester, Edward Earl of Powis, Charles "Earl Grey; Our right trusty and well-beloved Coufins "and Counsellors Henry Viscount Melville, Henry "Viscount Sidmouth, William Viscount Cathcart; Our " right trufty and well-beloved Counsellors Saint "Andrew Lord St. John of Bletfoe, Alexander Lord "Dutton, Henry Richard Lord Holland, Dudley Lord "Harrowby, Thomas Lord Walfingham, Francis Lord Haftings, Henry Frederick Lord Carteret, William Wyndham Lord Grenville, William Lord Auckland, "Henry Lord Mulgrave, James Lord Saltersford, "Richard 66 " maika proro ng the liament "Richard Lord Wellesley, Charles Lord Bayning, James "Lord Glaftonbury, Gilbert Lord Minto, John Lord "Carysfort, Alleyne Lord Saint Helens, John Lord "Redefdale, Edward Lord Ellenborough, Chief Juftice "affigned to hold Pleas before Us, Charles George "Lord Arden, Charles Lord Barham, Thomas Lord "Erskine, and Thomas Lord Manners, Greeting: "Whereas We did lately, for divers difficult and "preffing Affairs concerning Us, the State, and De"fence of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and "Ireland, and the Church, ordain this our present Par"liament to begin and be holden at our City of Weft. "minfter the Twenty-fecond Day of June, in the Forty"feventh Year of Our Reign; on which Day Our faid "Parliament was begun and holden, and from thence "by feveral Adjournments and Prorogations was adjourned and prorogued to and until Thursday the "Nineteenth Day of January now laft paft, and is "there now holden: Know ye, that for certain preffing "Causes and Confiderations Us efpecially moving, We "have thought fit further to prorogue Our faid Parlia "ment; Therefore We, confiding very much in your "Fidelity, Prudence, and Circumfpection, have, by "the Advice and Confent of Our Council, affigned 66 you our Commiffioners, giving to you, or any Three "or more of you, by virtue of these Presents, full "Power and Authority, in Our Name, further to pro"rogue and continue our prefent Parliament at Our "City of Westminster aforefaid, from Wednesday the "Twenty-first Day of this inftant June, until and unto "Thurfday the Tenth Day of Auguft now next follow "ing, there then to be holden and fit; and therefore "We command you, that you diligently attend the Pre* mifes, and effectually fulfil them in Manner aforefaid: "We also strictly command all and fingular Our Arch"bishops, Dukes, Marquiffes, Earls, Viscounts, Bifhops, "Barons, Knights, Citizens, Burgeffes, and Commif"fioners for Our Counties and Boroughs, and all others "whom it concerns, to meet at our faid Parliament by "virtue of these Presents; that they obferve, obey, and "affift "affift you in executing the Premises as they ought to "do. In witnefs whereof, We have caufed thefe Our "Letters to be made Patent. દ "Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twenty"first Day of June, in the Forty-ninth Year of "Our Reign. ડ "By the King Himself, figned with His Own "Hand. "BATHURST and BATHURST." Which being ended, The Lord Chancellor faid: "My Lords and Gentlemen, By virtue of His Majefty's Commiffion under the Parliament "Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now prorogued. "read, we do, in His Majesty's Name, and in Obedience "to His Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Thurf"day the Tenth Day of Auguft next, to be then here "holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Tenth Day of Auguft next.' 66 VOL. XLVII. Commiffion for proroguing the Parliament: DIE Jovis, 19° Augufti 1809. Anno 49° Georgii Tertii. The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That "His Majefty had been pleased to grant a Commiffion, "under the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of "the Parliament. Then Three of the Lords Commiffioners, being in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolfack, the Lord Chancellor in the Middle, with the Lord Privy Seal on his Right Hand, and the Earl of Liverpool on his Left, commanded the Yeoman Ufher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Lords Commiffioners defire their imme"diate Attendance in this House, to hear the Commiffion read." Who being come; The Commiffion was read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet) "GEORGE R. "GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, "Defender of the Faith: 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 Henry Duke of Cla"rence, Edward Duke of Kent, Erneft Auguftus Duke "of Cumberland, Auguftus Duke of Suffex, Adolphus "Duke of Cambridge; Our most dear Nephew and "faithful Counfellor William Frederick Duke of Glou"cefter; the most Reverend Father in God and Our "right trufty and well-beloved Counsellor Charles Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropo"litan of all England; Our right trufty and well"beloved Counfellor John Lord Eldon, Chancellor "of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great "Britain and Ireland called Great Britain; the most "Reverend Father in God Our right trufty and well"beloved Counsellor Edward Venables Archbishop of "York, Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our "right trufty and well-beloved Coufins and Counsellors "John Jeffreys Earl Camden, Prefident of Our Council; "John Earl of Westmorland, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; "Our right trufty and right entirely beloved Coufins "and Counsellors Charles Duke of Richmond, Auguftus "Henry Duke of Grafton, John Duke of Bedford, George "Duke of Marlborough, John Duke of Athol, James "Duke of Montrofe, William Henry Duke of Portland; Our right trufty and entirely beloved Coufins and "Counfellors George Marquis of Buckingham, George "Granville Levefon Marquis of Stafford, George Marquis • Townshend, James Marquis of Salisbury, Francis Marquis of Hertford, John Marquis of Bute; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Coufins and Coun"fellors Heneage Earl of Aylesford, Steward of Our "Household; George Earl of Dartmouth, Chamberlain "of Our Houfehold; Edward Earl of Derby, George "Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, George Earl of Winchilfea and Nottingham, Philip Earl of Chesterfield, "John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlisle, "George James Earl of Cholmondeley, James Earl of "Lauderdale, Thomas Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, "Charles Earl of Tankerville, George Earl of Macclesfield, John Earl of Afhburnham, Charles Earl of Har"rington, Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire, William Earl "Fitzwilliam, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, George John Earl Spencer, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl Ba "thurst, Thomas Earl of Ailesbury, Robert Earl Grofvenor, "Richard Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Henry Earl of Carnarvon, Robert Banks Earl of Liverpool, One of Our Principal Secretaries of State; John Earl of Saint Vincent, James Earl of Malmesbury, Richard Earl of "Donoughmore, George Earl of Onflow, Thomas Earl of "Chichester, Edward Earl of Powis, Charles Earl Grey, 66 Dudley Earl of Harrowby; Our right trufty and well"beloved Coufins and Counsellors Henry Viscount Mel"ville, Henry Viscount Sidmouth, William Viscount "Cathcart; Our right trufty and well-beloved Coun"fellors Francis Lord Haftings, Saint Andrew Lord "Saint John of Bletfoe, Alexander Lord Dutton, Henry "Richard Lord Holland, Thomas Lord Walfingham, Henry "Frederick Lord Carteret, William Wyndham Lord Gren"ville, William Lord Auckland, Henry Lord Mulgrave, "James Lord Saltersford, Richard Lord Wellesley, "Charles Lord Bayning, James Lord Glastonbury, Gil"bert Lord Minto, John Lord Carysfort, Alkyne Lord "Saint Helens, John Lord Redefdale, Edward Lord "Ellenborough, Chief Juftice affigned to hold Pleas "before Us; Charles George Lord Arden, Charles Lord "Barham, Thomas Lord Erskine, and Thomas Lord "Manners, Greeting: Whereas We have lately, for "divers difficult and preffing Affairs concerning Us, "the State and Defence of Our United Kingdom of "Great Britain and Ireland, and the Church, ordained "this Our prefent Parliament to begin and be holden "at Our City of Westminster, the Twenty-fecond Day "of June, in the Forty-feventh Year of Our Reign, on "which Day Our faid Parliament was begun and holden, " and from thence, by feveral Adjournments and Pro"rogations, was adjourned and prorogued to and until Thursday the Tenth Day of this inftant Auguft, then "to be holden and fit at Our City of Westminster afore"faid: Know ye, nevertheless, that for certain preffing "Caufes and Confiderations Us efpecially moving, We "have thought fit further to prorogue Our faid Parlia"ment; Therefore We, confiding very much in your Fidelity, Prudence, and Circumfpection, have, by the "Advice and Confent of Our Council, affigned you "Our Commiffioners, giving to you, or any Three or more of you, by virtue of these Prefents, full Power "and Authority, from the faid Tenth Day of this "inftant Auguft, in Our Name, further to prorogue " and continue Our prefent Parliament at Our City of "Westminster aforefaid, until and unto Thursday the 66 Twenty-eighth Day of September next, there then to "be holden and fit: And therefore We command you, "that you diligently attend to the Premifes, and effectually fulfil them in the Manner aforefaid: We also ftrictly command all and fingular Our Archbishops, Dukes, Marquifles, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons, Knights, Citizens, Burgeffes, and Commiffioners for "Our Counties and Boroughs, and all others whom it "concerns, to meet at Our faid Parliament by virtue of "these Presents, that they obferve, obey, and affist you "in executing the Premifes as they ought to do. In "Witness whereof we have caufed these Our Letters "to be made Patent. Commillion for proroguing the Parliament: Anno 49° Georgii Tertii. DIE Jovis, 28° Septembris 1809. Domini præfentes fuerunt: Dux CUMBERland. Ds. Eldon, Cancella rius. Comes Camden, Præfes. Comes Bathurst. The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That "His Majefty had been pleased to grant a Commiffion "under the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of "the Parliament." Then Three of the Lords Commiffioners, being in their Robes, and feated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolfack, the Lord Chancellor in the Middle, with the Lord Prefident on his Right Hand, and the Earl Bathurst on his Left; commanded the Yeoman Ufher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Lords Commiflioners defire their imme"diate Attendance in this House, to hear the Com"miffion read." Who being come; The Commiffion was read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet) "GEORGE R. "GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, "Defender of the Faith: To Our moft dear and en 66 tirely beloved Son and moft faithful Counsellor George "Prince of Wales; Our most dear Sons and faithful "Counsellors, Frederick Duke of York, William Henry "Duke of Clarence, Edward Duke of Kent, Erneft "Auguftus Duke of Cumberland, Auguftus Duke of "Suffex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge; Our moft dear Nephew and faithful Counsellor William Frederick "Duke of Gloucefter; the moft Reverend Father in "God, and Our right trufty and well-beloved Coun"fellor Charles Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate "and Metropolitan of all England; Our right trufty "and well-beloved Counsellor John Lord Eldon, Chan"cellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great "Britain and Ireland, called Great Britain; the most "Reverend Father in God Our right trufty and well"beloved Counsellor Edward Venables, Archbishop of "York, Primate and Metropolitan of England, Our right trusty and well-beloved Coufins and Counfellors John Jeffreys Earl Camden, President of Our "Council; John Earl of Westmorland, Keeper of Our "Privy Seal; Our right trufty and right entirely be"loved Coufins and Counfellors Charles Duke of Rich"mond, Auguftus Henry Duke of Grafton, John Duke "of Bedford, George Duke of Marlborough, John Duke "of Athol, James Duke of Montrofe, William Henry "Duke of Portland, Our right trusty and entirely be"loved Coufins and Counfellors George Marquis of "Buckingham, George Granville Levefon Marquis of "Stafford, George Marquis Townshend, James Marquis "of Salisbury, Francis Marquis of Hertford, John Mar"quis of Bute; Our right trufty and right well-beloved "Coufins and Counfellors Heneage Earl of Aylesford, "Steward of Our Household; George Earl of Dart"mouth, Chamberlain of Our Houfehold; Edward "Earl of Derby, George Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, George Earl of Winchilfea and Nottingham, Philip Earl of Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, "Frederick Earl of Carlisle, George James Earl of Chol "mondeley, James Earl of Lauderdale, Thomas Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Charles Earl of Tankerville, George Earl of Macclesfield, John Earl of Afhburnham, "Charles Earl of Harrington, Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire, William Earl Fitzwilliam, Philip Earl of "Hardwicke, George John Earl Spencer, John Earl of 66 "Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurst, Thomas Earl of Ailef "bury, Robert Earl Grosvenor, Richard Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Henry Earl of Carnarvon, Robert Banks "Earl of Liverpool, One of Our principal Secretaries "of State; John Earl of Saint Vincent, James Earl of "Malmbury, Richard Earl of Donoughmore; George "Earl of Onflow, Thomas Earl of Chichefter, Edward "Earl of Powis, Charles Earl Grey, Dudley Earl of "Harrowby; Our Right trusty and well-beloved Cou"fins and Counsellors Henry Viscount Melville, Henry "Viscount Sidmouth, William Viscount Cathcart, Our " right trusty and well-beloved Counfellors Saint An"drew Lord Saint John of Bletfoe, Alexander Lord "Dutton, Henry Richard Lord Holland, Thomas Lord 66 Walfingham, Francis Lord Haflings, Henry Frederick "Lord Carteret, William Wyndham Lord Grenville, "William Lord Auckland, Henry Lord Mulgrave, "James Lord Saltersford, Richard Lord Wellesley, "Charles Lord Bayning, James Lord Glastonbury, Gil"bert Lord Minto, John Lord Carysfort, Alleyne Lord "Saint Helen's, John Lord Redefdale, Edward Lord "Ellenborough, Chief Juftice affigned to hold Pleas "before Us; Charles George Lord Arden, Charles "Lord Barham, Thomas Lord Erskine, and Thomas "Lord Manners, Greeting: Whereas we have lately, "for divers difficult and preffing Affairs, concerning "Us, the State and Defence of Our United Kingdom "of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Church, or"dained this Our prefent Parliament to begin and "be holden at our City of Westminster the Twenty"fecond Day of June, in the Forty-feventh Year of "Our Reign, on which Day our faid Parliament was "begun and holden; and from thence, by feveral "Adjournments and Prorogations, was adjourned and "prorogued to and until Thursday the Twenty-eighth « Day of this Inftant September, then to be holden and "fit at our City of Westminster aforefaid: Know ye, "nevertheless, that for certain preffing Caufes and «Confiderations Us efpecially moving, We have thought "fit further to prorogue Our faid Parliament; there"fore We, confiding very much in your Fidelity, Pru"dence, and Circumfpection, have, by the Advice and "Confent of Our Council, affigned you Our Commif"fioners; giving to you, or any Three or more of you, "by virtue of these Presents, full Power and Authority, from the faid Twenty-eighth Day of this Inftant Sep"tember, in Our Name further to prorogue and continue "our prefent Parliament at Our City of Westminster "aforefaid, until and unto Thursday the Second Day of "November next, then there to be holden and fit; and therefore We command you, that you diligently "attend to the Premifes and effectually fulfil them in "the Manner aforefaid: We alfo ftrictly command all ❝ and fingular Our Archbishops, Dukes, Marquiffes, "Earls, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons, Knights, Citizens, Burgeffes, and Commiffioners for our Counties and Boroughs, and all others whom it concerns, to meet "at Our faid Parliament by virtue of these Presents, that they observe, obey, and aflift you in executing the "Premises as they ought to do. In witness whereof We "have caufed thefe Our Letters to be made Patent. |