He now prorogued parliament, adopted stringent measures against the Liberals, and retired to Gaeta, the haven of refuge for deposed despots.
Lord Sidney came down to the House unexpectedly, and prorogued Parliament, with a severe rebuke, ordering the Clerk to enter his protest against the proceedings of the Commons on the journals of the House of Lords.
The Parliament is now prorogued only till the 23rd instant, and must meet at that time, because no person but the King has authority to prorogue it further.
Parliament was prorogued by the Queen in person June 22d, and the country was soon in the turmoil of a general election.
The Parliament, which had been prorogued by the young queen in person, was dissolved on the 17th of July.
He therefore prorogued it afresh in the hope of getting rid of certain persons who were especially hostile, or of bringing them over to his own side.
In order to save himself from again receiving such an address, the King declared Parliament to be prorogued on June 20.
Dinwiddie rebuked them for "disregarding the designs of the French, and disputing the rights of the Crown"; and he "prorogued them in some anger.
He remonstrated in vain; the stubborn republicans would not yield, nor would he; and again he prorogued them.
He prorogued parliament a few days before this incident.
Townshend prorogued parliament; and before its next meeting secured a majority by wholesale corruption, such as had been employed in England by Fox and Bute, and overthrew the power of the undertakers.
The consequence was, that the Court was prorogued without making any provision for the public expense.
He prorogued the Assembly in July, and then fled to Boston for safety.
The majority voted down every proposition to elicit full information respecting operations in America, and on the 23d of May his majesty, after expressing a hope "that his rebellious subjects would yet submit," prorogued Parliament.
To make an end of this nighte's sporte, all departed merry and very well pleased, the actors were much commended, and the terme for their sakes prorogued one day longer.
Parliament, which was to have met in October, was prorogued till January, to mature the intended measures.
The session ended, and Parliament was prorogued till the following autumn.
The Parliament was again proroguedto a distant day.
When Parliament met in October it was highly indignant, and, as it attacked the king's ministers, it was prorogued after a session of a few days.
As soon as the money was obtained he prorogued Parliament.
The Bill passed the Lords, but while it was still under discussion in the Commons Shaftesbury stirred up so bitter a quarrel between the Houses, that Charles prorogued Parliament before the Bill could be converted into law.
He prorogued Parliament in May, and did not re-assemble it till October, =1669=.
Parliament, in its distrust of the king, refused him supplies, upon which Charles prorogued it for fifteen months.
Both Houses now asked Charles to join the alliance against France, whereupon Charles indignantly prorogued Parliament.
For the present, however, such ideas had little hold on the new Parliament, and Charles prorogued it to give time for them to grow.
On the 24th Charles prorogued Parliament, and did not summon it again for more than a year.
Having secured a grant, Charles prorogued Parliament, which he had deceived by giving it to understand that he had abandoned the idea of toleration, and turned to Louis.
The Commons then attacked Buckingham, and on June 26 Charles prorogued Parliament.
Parliament was prorogued on the 9th of August by the Queen in person, until the 4th of September.
The Canadian Parliament was prorogued by the Governor-General on the 30th of August.
Parliament was prorogued repeatedly, and by censorship of the press, the dragooning of towns, and the dismissal of officers the Magyar population was made to feel unmistakably the weight of the royal displeasure.
Save in the event of the necessity of making provision for a regency, the chambers sit separately; but the two must be convoked, opened, adjourned, and prorogued simultaneously.
It is required that the two houses of Parliament shall be convened invariably together, and one may not be prorogued without the other.
No one imagines that he conceived the whole idea of enacting the law after he hadprorogued the diet; certainly nothing new in the line of public danger had arisen in those four days to justify the measure.
These Houses (at first called First and Second Chambers, now House of Lords and House of Delegates--Herrenhaus and Abgeordnetenhaus) must both be convoked or prorogued at the same time.
As soon as parliament was prorogued the court went to Osborne, and some days later to the Highlands, where a few weeks were spent with the usual country sports and freedom from care.
Parliament, which had sat for the unusual space of four months, was prorogued on the 14th of May; two days later, More resigned the chancellorship and Gardiner retired in disfavour to Winchester.
The French King replied that by the end of May his Queen would be in the eighth month of her pregnancy, and that if the meeting were further prorogued she must perforce be absent.
In the ferment of that age, it was expedient for the state to scatter a little dust over the angry insects; the convocation was accordingly prorogued in 1717, and has never again sat for any business.
As both branches of the legislature were strongly in favour of the railway policy of the government, the necessary bills were speedily passed and the legislature was prorogued after a session of eight days.
If he had rendered the Senate the tame drudges which we have described, and prorogued the Legislative Body by an arbitrary coup d'état, was he therefore to escape the penalty of his misgovernment?
The president then prorogued the meeting till eight the next morning, in defiance of the cries of several members, who called on him to maintain the literal permanence of the sitting.
It was the eve of his departure for Ireland; he had yesterday prorogued Parliament, and laughed a little as he related the discomfiture of the Whigs at his speech.
The house next met on the 9th, to hear the king's speech, and was then prorogued to January 21st following.
Parliament stood prorogued till October 3rd, and was afterwards further adjourned till the fateful 5th of November.
Our parliament is prorogued till the 18th of next November.
Lingard writes, "When a fortnight had thus been devoted to uninterrupted labour, Faukes informed his associates that the Parliament was prorogued from the 7th of February to the 3rd of October.
The Parliament having served its purpose, in a pecuniary point of view, was prorogued rather early, and William started for Ireland.
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