JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, Beginning Anno Quadragefimo Septimo GEORGII Tertii, 1806. VOL. XLVI. Parliament opened by Dux KENT. Ds. Erskine, Cancel Ds. Le Defpencer. Dux Norfolk, Maref- Ds. Somerville. larius. The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That "His Majefty not thinking fit to be perfonally prefent Commiffion.here this Day, had been pleafed to caufe a Commif"fion to be iffued under the Great Seal, in order to "the opening and holding of this Parliament." "The Lords Commiffioners defire their immediate "Attendance in this House, to hear the Commiffion "read." Who being come; The Lord Chancellor faid, "My Lords, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Com mons, "His Majefty not thinking fit to be present here "this Day in His Royal Perfon, has been pleafed in "order to the opening and holding of this Parliament, "to caufe Letters Patent to be paffed under His Great 66 Seal, conftituting Us and feveral other Lords therein "named, His Commiffioners, to do all Things in His Majesty's Name, on His Part neceffary to be per"formed in this Parliament; this will more fully appear by the Letters Patent themselves, which must be now "read." Then the faid Letters Patent were read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet) .. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the "Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to be "holden at Our City of Westminster, on Monday the "Fifteenth Day of December inftant; And forafmuch "as for certain Caufes We cannot conveniently be present in Our Royal Perfon, in Our faid Parliament, "on the faid Fifteenth Day of December inftant: Know ye, that We, trufting in the Difcretion, Fidelity, and "Care of Our most dear and entirely beloved Son and "most faithful Counsellor George Prince of Wales; "Our moft dear Sons and faithful Counsellors Frederick "Duke of York, William Duke of Clarence, Edward "Duke of Kent, Erneft Duke of Cumberland, Auguftus "Duke of Suffex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge; Our "moft dear Nephew and faithful Counfellor William "Frederick Duke of Gloucester; the moft Reverend Then Four of the Lords Commiffioners being in their VOL. XLVI. A 2 "Great 66 66 "Witnefs Ourfelf, at Westminster, the Tenth Day "By the King Himfelf, figned with His own "BATHURST & BATHURST." Then the Lord Chancellor faid, "My Lords, and Gentlemen, mons to "We have it in Command from His Majefty to let Directions you know, That as foon as the Members of both to the Com Houfes fhall be fworn, the Caufes of His Majefty's choofe a calling this Parliament will be declared to you, and it Speaker. being neceflary a Speaker of the Houfe of Commons "fhould be first chofen, it is His Majesty's Pleasure, "that you, Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, repair "to the Place where you are to fit, and there to pro"ceed to the Choice of fome proper Perfon to be your C: Speaker, and that you prefent fuch Perfon whom you "fhall fo choose, here To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock, "for His Majefty's Royal Approbation." "Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain; Our right trusty and well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor Henry Viscount Sidmouth, Prefident of Our Coun"cil; Our right trufty and well-beloved Counsellor "Henry Richard Lord Holland, Keeper of Our Privy "Seal; Our right trufty and right entirely beloved "Coufins and Counsellors James Duke of Montrofe, "William Henry Duke of Portland; Our right trufty "and entirely beloved Coufins and Counsellors James "Marquis of Salisbury, Francis Marquis of Hertford; "Our right trufty and well-beloved Coufins and Coun"fellors Heneage Earl of Aylesford, Steward of Qur "Household; George Earl of Darmouth, Chamberlain "of Our Household; John Earl of Westmorland, George "Earl of Winchilfea and Nottingham, Groom of Our "Stole; Philip Earl of Chesterfield, Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire, William Earl Fitzwilliam, George "John Earl Spencer, One of Our Principal Secretaries "of State; John Earl of Chatham, John Jeffreys Earl "Camden, Charles Earl of Liverpool, John Earl of Saint "Vincent, Henry Earl of Carnarvon, Mafter of Our "Horfe; Thomas Earl of Chichester; Our right trusty "and well-beloved Coufin and Counfellor Dudley Lord "Harrowby, Thomas Lord Walfingham, Robert Banks "Lord Hawkesbury, William Wyndham Lord Grenville, "William Lord Auckland, Henry Lord Mulgrave, John "Lord Eldon, John Lord Redefdale, Edward Lord "Ellenborough, Our Chief Juftice affigned to hold Pleas "before Us; and Charles Lord Barham, by the Advice "of Our faid Council, do give and grant by the Tenor of "thefe Prefents unto the faid Prince of Wales, Duke of "York, Duke of Clarence, Duke of Kent, Duke of Cumber: "land, Duke of Suffex, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of "Gloucester, Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Erskine, "Viscount Sidmouth, Lord Holland, Duke of Montrofe, "Duke of Portland, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Hertford, Earl of Aylesford, Earl of Dartmouth, Earl "of Westmorland, Earl of Winchilfea and Nottingham, "Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Buckinghamshire, Earl "Fitzwilliam, Earl Spencer, Earl of Chatham, Earl "Camden, Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Saint Vincent, "Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Chichester, Lord Har "rowby, Lord Walfingham, Lord Hawkesbury, Lord "Grenville, Lord Auckland, Lord Mulgrave, Lord "Eldon, Lord Redefdale, Lord Ellenborough, and Lord" "Barham, and any Three of them, full Power in Our "Name to begin and hold Our faid Parliament, and to ઠંડ open and declare, and caufe to be opened and de-. "clared the Caufes of holding the fame, and to proceed "upon the faid Affairs in Our faid Parliament, and in all Matters arifing therein, and to do every Thing" "which, for Us and by Us, for the good Government "of Our faid United Kingdom of Great Britain and "Ireland, and other Our Dominions thereto belong 66 ing, fhall be then to be done, and alfo, if neceffary, to "continue, adjourn, and prorogue Our faid Parlia"ment; commanding alfo by the Tenor of thefe Pre"fents, with the Affent of Our faid Council, as well, all and every the Archbishops, Bifhops, Earls, Vif"counts, Barons, and Knights, as all others whom it, "concerns, to meet in Our faid Parliament, that to the "fame Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Duke of Cla rence, Duke of Kent, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of "Suffex, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Gloucester, "Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Erskine, Viscount Sidmouth, Lord Holland, Duke of Montrofe, Duke "of Portland, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Hertford, Earl of Aylesford, Earl of Dartmouth, Earl of "Weftmorland, Earl of Winchilfea and Nottingham, Earl. "of Chesterfield, Earl of Buckinghamshire, Earl Fitz"william, Earl Spencer, Earl of Chatham, Earl Cam"den, Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Saint Vincent, Earl of "Carnarvon, Earl of Chichester, Lord Harrowby, Lord Walfingham, Lord Hawkesbury, Lord Grenville, Lord "Auckland, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Eldon, Lord Redef "dale, Lord Ellenborough, and Lord Barham, and any "Three of them, they diligently attend in the Premifes "in the Form aforefaid: In Witness whereof We "have caufed thefe Our Letters to be made Pa 66 tent. 12 Then the Commons withdrew. The House was adjourned during Pleasure. PRAYERS. Ld. Ailfa Charles Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Charles Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England. Heneage Earl of Aylesford, Lord Steward of His Edward Earl of Derby. Frederick Auguftus Earl of Berkeley. Peter Leopold Louis Francis Earl Cowper, John Willoughby Earl of Enniskillen Asheton Viscount Curzon. Beilby Lord Bishop of London. Henry Lord Bishop of Norwich. John Lord Bishop of Exeter. Archibald Earl of Caffillis, being by Letters Patent introduced. bearing Date the Twelfth Day of November in the Fortyfeventh Year of His prefent Majefty, created Baron Ailfa of Ailfa, in the County of Ayr, and the Heirs Male of his Body, was in his Robes introduced between the Lord Walfingham and the Lord Saint Helens (alfo in their Robes), the Yeoman Ufher of the Black Rod, Garter King of Arms, and the Earl Marshal preceding: His Lordship, on his Knee, prefented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the Woolfack, who delivered it to the Clerk; and the fame was read at the Table: His Writ of Summons was alfo read as follows; (videlicet) "GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, "Defender of the Faith: To Our right trusty and well"beloved Archibald Kennedy of Ailfa in Our County of Ayr, Chevalier, greeting: Whereas by the Advice and "Affent of Our Council for certain arduous and urgent "Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Church, we have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at "Our City of Westminster on the Fifteenth Day of De"cember next enfuing, and there to treat and have con"ference with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of "Our Realm: We ftrictly enjoining, command you, the Faith and Allegiance by which you are "bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs " and imminent Perils confidered (waiving all Excuses) you be at the faid Day and Place perfonally prefent "with Us, and with the faid Prelates, Great Men, and "Peers, to treat and give your Council upon the Affairs "aforefaid, and this as you regard Us and Our Honour, "and the Safety and Defence of the faid Kingdom and VOL. XLVI. upon PRAYERS, fuerunt: Dux CAMBRIDGE. Ds. Erskine, Cancel- Ds. Holland, C. P. S. March. Winchefter. Ds. Forbes Comes Aylesford, Se- Ds. Selfey. nefcallus. Comes Cardigan, Comes Berkeley. Comes Cholmondeley, Comes Spencer. Comes Ailefbury. Viscount Hereford, Ds. Wodehoufe. Ds. Eldon. Ds. Ailfa. The House was adjourned during Pleafure to robe. Then Four of the Lords Commiflioners being in Who being come; "My Lords, His Majefty's faithful Commons in Parliament "affembled have, in purfuance of His Royal Direction, and according to their antient Right, proceeded to "elect a Speaker, and their Choice has once more fallen "on me; but how properly for me, for themfelves, "and for the Public, remains for His Majefty's Con"fideration, 66 "And to His Royal Judgment, I do with all Humi- |
