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Abbott, Speaker, 124, 128, 133, 134, 194, 252-53 Abercrombie, 142 Aberdeen, Lord, 86, 239 Abjuration, Oath of, 146, 147 Adam, duel, 200, 201 Addington, 96 note1, 124, 133, 134, 234, 258 Addison, his first speech, 212 and note2; cited, 269; the "Spectator," 269; "The Whig Examiner," 278 Address, the, debate on, 157 Adelaide, Queen, 247 Adelphi, the, 148 Admiralty, Pitt and the, 93 Affirmation, 56; the Bradlaugh incident, 147-151 Albemarle, Duke of, see Torrington, Lord Alexander, Emperor, saying of, quoted, 32 note2 Alfred, Prince, 97 Alfred the Great, councils of, 81 Alice's coffee house, 76 Aliens Bill, 1792 ... , 148 note1 Aliens, disabilities, 55 All-night sittings, 228 "All the Talents," 85, 133 Allegiance, Oath of, 146 Almack's, 193 Althorp, Lord, the fire at St. Stephen's, 71, 72; punishment, 188 note1 Alvanley, Lord, 164 and note1; duel, 200 American War, the, 12; employment of Indians in, 204 Amersham market, 59 note1 Ancaster, family of, 62 note1 Anne, Queen, Parliaments, 9; Parties, 14; creation of peers, 33 note2; Cabinets, 83, 86; death of, 234; bills quashed, 248; women partisans, 269; reporting in Parliament, 278, 279 Appeal, Court of, 110 Appeal, Lords of, 24, 25 Appellate Jurisdiction, Act of 1876 ... , 25 Apsley, Sir Allen, 192 Arcot, Nabob of, 41 Argyle, Duke of, 95 note1 Arrest, exemption from, 174 Arthur's, 193 Arundel, Earl of, trial, 63 Ascension Day, 227 Ascot, 258 Ash Wednesday, 227 Ashby, case of, 182 Ashley, Lord, See Shaftesbury Ashtown, Lord, 24 note2 Askew, Anne, 107 note3 Atheists and the oath, 147 Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, his reply to Lord Coningsby, 23, 24 Auditor General, 232 Audley, Thomas, Lord Keeper, 106 Aula Regis, the, 107 Aylesbury, constables of, 182 Bacon, Francis, trial, 63, 107, 108; "Collection of Apothegms," 114 and note2; quoted, 158; mentioned, 106, 205 Bacon, Nathaniel, "Historical Discourses," 8 Bacon, Nicholas, 106 Bagehot, Walter, quoted, 83, 95, 114, 222 note1 Balaam, reference to, 23, 24, 24 note1 Baldwin, printer of "St. James's Chronicle," 178 Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., 168; opinion of a member of Parliament's position, 51; premiership, 90 Bankrupts, election of, 55, 56 Barnes, on lawyers, quoted, 210 note3 Baronage, the, composition and antiquity of, 21, 22 Barons in Council, 4; summoned by Henry II., 64 Barré, Colonel, 31, 94, 199 Barry, Sir Charles, design for Houses of Parliament, 72, 73, 73 note1 Bathurst, Bragge, 258 note1 Beckett, St. Thomas à, 104 Beefeaters, the, duties, 135, 136 Bellamy, John, 78 Bellamy's kitchen, 76-80 Bellingham, merchant, 266 "Benefit of Clergy," 173, 174 Benson, sale of "protections," 175 Bentham, Jeremy, quoted, 268 Berkeley, Grantley, 272, 273 Berkshire, Earl of, 191 Bidmead, 177 Big Ben, 73 and note2 Biggar, 164; saying of, quoted, 50; speeches, 207; "spying strangers," 264, 265 Billingsgate, 164 Bills, classification, 242; introduction of the bill, 243, 244; 1st and 2nd reading, 244; Committee stage, 244, 245; Report stage and 3rd reading, 245; reception in the Lords, 246; Royal assent, 246 and note3, 247 Birch, Colonel, 111 note1 Bishops, attendance on the Kings, 20; introduction to the House of Lords, 151 "Black Book" of Edward III., 3 Blackfriars, Priory Church, 67 Black Rod, duties, 75, 137, 140, 143, 151, 153, 154, 211, 212, 247; salary, 136, 137 Blackstone, quoted, 39, 109 Bodmin, 49 note2 Bolingbroke, on the creation of peers, 33 note2; on leaders, 92; style, 203; on eloquence, 214 note2 Bolton, Duke of, 84, 85 Boneham, 59 Boswell, 280; "Dr. Johnson," 158 note1 Bothmar, 87 Bourchier, Sir Robert, 104 Bowring, Sir John, and the Khedive, 166, 167 Boyer, "The Political State of Great Britain," 279 Bradlaugh, the affirmation incident, 147-151; "The Impeachment of the House of Brunswick," 148; committed to the Clock Tower, 188; mentioned, 59 Brand, Speaker, 134, 163, 171, 187 Bribery, devices of the Stuarts, 6-9; retaining fees to Scottish members, 9; prices of posts, 9, 10; prices of seats, 10-12; corruption of the treasury, 12; effort to destroy, 12, 13 Bright, John, Dr. Kenealy and, 152; sayings of, 167, 168, 170, 209; speeches, 212, 219 Bristol, Bishop of, punishment, 180, 181 Bristol, Burke's speech in, 47-49, 48 note1 British Museum, trusteeship, 132 British Parliament, the, 2 Brodricke, Sir Allen, 192 Brougham, Lord, sayings of, quoted, 103, 265; Chancellor, 110 note1; character, 113, 115; defence of Queen Caroline, 115 and note1; unpopularity, 115, 116; returning the seal, 116; and Wellington, 116 note1; and the old seal, 118; speeches, 148 note1, 206, 209, 219; a scene in the house, 196; mentioned, 164, 194, 197 Bucher, quoted, 14 note1 Buckingham, 1st Duke, 197, 252, 276; 2nd Duke, 192, 193; Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of, 194 Buckingham Palace, 152, 286 Buckinghamshire, 59 "Bulls," 208, 209 Burdett, Sir Francis, 155 note1 Burgesse, Dr., 236 Burghley, Lord, 106 Burke, Edmund, "Works and Correspondence," cited, 5; his definition of Party, 15; the quarrel with Fox, 16, 17; on the House of Lords, 18; an incident, 31; speech at Bristol, 47-49, 48 note1; cited, 51, 159, 186, 193; on the study of the law, 103; sayings of, 112 note1, 166 and note2, 282; incident of the dagger, 148 and note1, 209; Rolle and, 196; on Lord North, 198; speeches of, 204-206, 218, 223; on Sheridan, 205; style, 208; fondness for debate, 260, 261; and the Press, 282; mentioned, 193 Burnet, Bishop, 10 Burney, Fanny, 178 Bury St. Edmunds, 60 Bute, Lord, 13 note1; premiership, 91 Butt, 170 Buxton, "Memoirs," 52 Buxton, Sir T. F., saying, 209 Byng, George, quoted, 33 note1 Byron, pedigree of, 37; quoted, 204; on Burke, 205, 206 Cabinet Council, the, origin, 81-82; under the Stuarts, 83; the system of to-day, 83; first official use of the term, 84; members of, in 1740, 84; members not holding office, 85; times of meeting, 85, 86; the Sovereign's presence, 86; secrecy, 87; 10, Downing Street, 87, 88; the Prime Minister's position, 89; qualities of successful prime ministers, 90-95; Cabinet dinners, 86 and notes; privileges of Cabinet ministers, 138 Cairns, Lord, 118 note1 Calais, defence of, 184 Calendar reform, 218 "Call of the House," 186 Camden Society, the, 3 note2 Campbell, Lord, Chancellor of Ireland, 101 note1; "Lives," quoted, 108 and note1, 103, 123 note1 Canada Bill, the, of 1791 ... , 16 Canning, style, 94; sayings, quoted, 96 note1; and the King's Speech, 156; attack on Brougham, 164; duel, 200; first speech, 212; eloquence of, 219 Canterbury, Abbot of, 104 Canterbury, Archbishop of, 23, 82, 84 Canute, 60 Carhampton, Lord, see Luttrel, Colonel Carleton, Sir Dudley, 190 Carlisle, Lady, 8 Carlyle, "Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell," quoted, 122 note1; on "Historical Collections," quoted, 277 Carnabie, Sir W., 187 Carnarvon, Lord, speech of, 193 Caroline, Queen, 115, 184 Carrington, family of, 62 note1 Castlereagh, Lord, premiership, 91; duel, 200 Catholic emancipation, 204; Abbot on, 124 Catholicism, 13 Cavaliers, the, 13 Cave, bookseller, 279, 280 Cavendish, Lord, 190 Cavendish, Lord John, speech quoted, 127, 127 note1 Cavendish, Sir Henry, reporting, 285 and note2 Cecil, Lord Robert, see Salisbury Cecil, Robert, 138, 249 Censorship, Commons refuse to renew, 1695 ... , 278 Ceremony, Selden's saying regarding, 134 and note1 Chair, the, deference to, 162 Chairman of Committees, 231, 232 Chairman of Ways and Means, 231, 233 Chamberlain, Austen, 52 note3 Chamberlain, Joseph, the attack on Gladstone, summer, 1893 ... , 130, 131; opprobrious names for, 164 Chamberlain, the Lord Great, his duties at the Palace of Westminster, 62 note1, 151 Chanceller, the Lord, origin of the office, 103, 104; the office held by Clerics, 104; duties, 104, 105, 109, 110; the Chancellorship and the Lord Keepership joined, 105, 106; famous Lord Chancellors, 107-109; judicial position, 110; salary, 117; social position, 117; perquisites, 118; the opening of Parliament, 136, 137, 141; approval of the Speaker-Elect, 144, 145; taking the Oath, 146; receiving a newly created peer, 151; meeting the King, 152; reading the King's Speech, 156, 157; deputies, 232, 233 Chancery, Court of, 106, 109, 110 Chaplain, the Parliamentary, 236, 237 Chaplin, H., 258 Charles I., reign of, 6, 7; presence in the Commons, 8; trial, 63; death sentence, 70; Cabinets, 85; Parliaments, 120, 226, 252; Speakers, 122; parliamentary fines, 185; attempt to arrest the five members, 277; relations with the Commons, 286 Charles II., restoration, 3; Parliaments, 6, 190, 277, 278; presence in the Lords, 9; decoration of St. Stephen's, 69; lying-in-State, 70; the Privy Council, 82; Cabinets, 83, 85, 86, 87, 89; Chancellors, 107; Speakers, 122, 123, 144; the restoration, 191; Parliamentary dress, 201 Chatham, see William Pitt; on the Magna Charta, quoted, 21; his reply to Walpole, 54 and note2; speeches, 207, 219; a protest by, 264; mentioned, 70, 193 Chaucer, 61 Chelmsford, Lord, 101 note1 Chelsea parish church, 108 Chester, representation, 39 Chesterfield, Lord, 115; "Letters," 54 and note3; on oratory, 215; on the intelligence of the Commons, 217, 218 Chiltern Hundreds, the, 59, 147, 150, 212 note1 Cholmondeley, 279 note4; family of, 62 note1 Churchill, Lord Randolph, saying of, quoted, 16 note3; at the Treasury, 98; attack on Bradlaugh, 148; on the King's speech, 155; speeches of, 220; his nightly letter to the Queen, 286 note1 Cicero, 204, 216 Cinque Ports, the Lord Warden of, 90; fine inflicted on the, 184 Clandon, 132 note1 Clarendon, Hyde, Earl of, impeachment, 53, 82; mentioned, 85; offices held, 107; speeches of, 231 note2, 277, 278 Clarendon, Lord, 95 note1 Clarke, Mrs., 67 Clavis Regni, 104 Clergymen, election of, 56 Clerk of the House, his duties, 139-142 Clerk of the Parliaments, 246 and note3 Clifford, Lord, 6 Clifford, Sir Augustus, 154 Clock Tower, the, 188, 231 "Closure" rule, the, 171, 172; first application, 187, 188 Clothworkers' Company, 132 Cobbett, William, 68, 133, 138, 139, 214, 282-284; "Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates," 284; "Weekly Political Register," the, 284 Cobden, sayings quoted, 134, 209 Cochrane, Lord, expelled, 188 Cockburn, "Life of Jeffrey," quoted, 197 Cockpit, the, Whitehall, 84, 154 and note2 Coercion Act, 176 Coke, Sir Edward, 49, 104, 121, 133, 143, 158, 159, 163, 164, 197 Commercial Distress, debate on, 204 Commission, Parliament opened by, 135, 136 Committees, 81; the Committee of State, 82; the Committee of Council, 84; Select Committees, 159 and note1, 230; origin of system, 230; Committees of the whole House, 231; Committees of Public Petitions, 238 Commons, House of, Journals, 3; first mention, 3; political ascendancy, 4; under Cromwell, 7, 8; the Royal presence in, 8, 9; Constitution in 1815 ... , 11; the Party system established, 14; the method of "tacking," 30; doctrines concerning money bills, 30, 31; relations with the Lords, 31-33; resolutions for the reform of the House of Lords, 34 and notes, 38; separated from the Lords, 39, 40; the Reformed Parliament, 41, 42; increase in size, 42; the first Labour Candidates, 42; life of a modern legislator, 43; payment of members, 44-47; advantages of the position, 47-49; the members' duties, 49-51; advantages of membership, 52; qualification for election, 52-54; disqualifications, 53-57; exclusion of infants, 53, 54; peers elected to, 55 note2; vacating a seat, 58; establishment in St Stephen's Chapel, 66-67; the present House, 74; the mace, 74, 75; members' comforts, 75-78; Bellamy's old kitchen, 76-80; the Kitchen Committee, 78; Commoners in the Cabinet, 85; the scene in the House, summer, 1893 ... , 130-31; the opening of Parliament by Commission, 135-137; retention of seats, 137-139; the Clerk of the House, 139, 140; arrival of Black Rod, 140, 141; election of the Speaker, 141-143; called to the Bar of the Lords, 140, 141, 153-155; second arrival of Black Rod, 143; taking the Oath, 145-147; introduction of a new member, 151, 152; balloting for places at the bar of the Lords, 154 and note1; rules of debate, 160-172; hours of sitting, 228; summoned to the Lords to hear the Royal Assent, 247; divisions, 248-251; the Press Gallery, 284, 285 Commonwealth, Parliament under the, 7, 8 Commune Concilium, the, 2 Compton, Spencer, see Wilmington, Lord Conferences, 246 "Coningsby," 18 Coningsby, Lord, 23, 24 Consort, Prince, 156 Contempt of Parliament, 176, 177, 183 Copyright Bill, (1839), 169; (1842), 204 Corn duties, 88 Corn Importation Bill, 29 and note1 Corn Laws abolition, bill for, 29 Cornwall, Speaker, 129 Cornwallis, Lord, 95 note1 Corporation Act, 27 note1, 55 Correction, House of, 180 Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 43 note2 Cory, family of, descent, 37 Council of the Chiefs, 2 Councils, early, 81; Great Council of Peers, 1840 ... , 82 "Counting out," 234, 235 Country Party, the, 13 Court Cullies, 7 Court Party, the, 13 Courtney, of, "Characteristics," quoted, 91 note2 Covenanters, the, 13 Coventry, 60, 190 Cowper, William, afterwards Lord Chancellor, 214, 215 Cranworth, Lord, 26 Crimean War, 209 "Crisis," the, 188 Croker, 250 note1; on the relations between the two Houses, 32; "Papers," quoted, 49 note2 Cromwell, Oliver, the famous "bauble," 7, 74; his opinion of Scotland, 9 note3; and corruption, 12; on the House of Lords, 19; and the Lords Spiritual, 23; death warrant of Charles I., 70; and Parliament, 122 Cromwell, Richard, 236 Crowle, attorney, 178 Crown, power of the 4-6; curtailed, 8, 9 "Cullies," 7 Cumberland, Duke of, 92 Curia Regis, the, constitution, 20, 81; separated from Parliament, 22 Curran, a retort of, 209 note2 Curzon, Lord, of Kedleston, 26 note1 Cust, Sir John, death 1770 ... , 127 Customs, corruption in the, 12 Danby, fall of, 82 Daniel, 27 note1 Debate, rules of, 158 Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, 251 Delany, Mrs., "Autobiography," 46 Demosthenes, 216, 220 Denison, Speaker, 122 note1, 128, 129, 134, 141 Deportment, Parliamentary, 189-202 Derby Day, 227 Derby, Lord, 29, 91 note1, 97, 101 note, 194 note3 Dering, Sir Edward, punishment, 180 Desborough, 59 Devonshire, Duchess of, 270 Devonshire, Duke of, 86 note3, 92 D'Ewes, Sir Symonds, 185, 285; his note-taking, 276, 277 Diary, Woodfall's, 283, 284 Dickens, cited, 77, 79 Digby, Lord, speech, 277 Dilke, Sir Charles, 196 Dinners, ministerial, 155 Disraeli, use of the term "Tory," 14; and the Lords, 38, 33; sayings of, quoted, 43, 59, 74, 94; premiership, 91, 94; cabinet, 99; a pun on, 101 note1; Queen's speeches, 155; unparliamentary language, 164; and O'Connell, 195, 196; and lawyers, 210; speeches, 212, 213, 220; description of Peel, 1846 ... , 253 note2; on "whips," 254; and Biggar, 265 Divisions, in the Commons, 248-51; in the Lords, 251 note1, 253 Divorce Bill, the, 169 Donegal, Lady, 51 note1 Doorkeepers, remuneration of, 261 Dorchester, Lord, 192 Downing, Sir George, 87 Downing Street, 87 Dress, Parliamentary, 189-202 Drury Lane, 186 Drybutter, 69 Dryden, "Shadwell," 128; quoted, 227 Dublin University, 17 note1 Duelling, Parliamentary, 200, 201 Dundas, see Melville, Lord Dunning, 9 Dunraven, Lord, bill for reforming the House of Lords, 36 Durham, Bishop of, 174 Durham, enfranchisement of, 39 and note1 Earldormen, 2 Earl Marshal, duties, 151 Edgeworth, Maria, "Life and Letters," quoted, 271, 272 Edinburgh, 191 "Edinburgh Review," 115 Education Bill of 1902 ... , 172 Edward I., reign of, 4, 27, 64, 66; and the Earl de Warrene, 21; Chancellors, 107; Parliaments, 252, 268 note2 Edward II., 27, 60 Edward III., reign of, 3, 39, 57, 64, 120 note1, 156; Parliaments of, 44, 268 note2; restoration of St. Stephen's, 66 Edward VI., 3; enfranchisement of rotten boroughs, 40 Edward VII., (Prince of Wales) 227; incident in the Stranger's gallery, 264, 265; lying-in-state, 63 Edward the Confessor, 60 Eldon, Lord, Chancellor, 104 note1, 155, 198; on Thurlow, 111; character of, 113-15; his "Anecdote Book," 114 note2; salary, 117; letter to Dr. Fisher, 117 note2; decisions of, 183 Eleanor, Queen, 105 and note1 Elections, cost of, 43 and note2 Elibank, Lord, 178 Eliot, Sir John, 7, 75, 189 Elizabeth, Queen, Parliaments, 22, 53, 81, 82, 190, 236, 249; reign of, 23 note1, 25, 62 note1; creation of rotten boroughs, 40; and Holland, 70; Chancellors of, 105-6; visit to Westminster, 144; Speakers, 145; the sergeant-at-arms, 181 note2; monopolies, 197; Parliamentary Committees, 230; bills quashed, 248 Ellenborough, Lord, 85; sayings of, quoted, 103 note2 Ellesmere, Lord, on the office of the Lord Chancellor, quoted, 103 note1 Elsyng, 3 note2, 139 and note3; "Parliaments of England," quoted, 142 Ely, Abbot, of, 104 Emerson, quoted, 17 English Railway Committee, 230, 231 Epsom, 227 Equity, Court of, 107 Erle, Sir Walter, 180 and note2 Erskine, James, see Grange, Lord "Espying Strangers," 264, 265, 283 Essex, Earl of, 6; trial, 63 Ethelred, Chancellors of, 104 Evans, Colonel, 250 Evans, Sir George de Lacy, 139 and note1 "Examiner," the, 278 Exchange, the, 175 Exchequer Court, 147 Exclusion Bill, 1679 ... , 13 Executive, the, 81 Falkland, Lord, saying of, quoted, 53 Farnham, Lord, 24 note2 Fawkes, Guy, 135, 136 Fazakerley, 97 Female Suffrage, 265 Fenian scares, 1885 ... , 263 Ferguson of Pitfour, 50 Ferrars, arrest of, 174 Finance Bill of 1909 ... , 172, 207 Finch, Lord, speech of, 213, 214 Finch, Speaker, 122, 197 Fines, Parliamentary, 183-185 Fire of London, 62 "First Commoner," 132 First Statute of Westminster, 2 Fisher, Dr., of the Charter House, 117 note2 Fitzwilliam, Lord, 85 Fleet, the, 174 Flood, corruption by, 10; on Pitt, 217 Floyd, punishment of, 179 Foreign Office, 87, 240 Forster, quoted, 91 Foster, John Leslie, Sheil's essay on, 78-80 Fox, Charles James, Burke's quarrel with, 16, 17; Lord North's dismissal, 97; saying of, quoted, 113; the Peace of Paris, 193; scene in the House, 197, 198; duel, 200-201; eloquence, 206; his speeches, 216, 217, 223, 224; mentioned, 43, 49, 54, 76, 187 note1 Fox, Sir Stephen, 7 note1 "Franking," the privilege of, 46, 47 French Fleet, visit to London, 64 French Revolution, the, 33 note1 Fuller, 194; insults the Chair, 233 Gardiner, Dr., "History," cited, 4 Gardiner, Sir Alan, 211 Garibaldi, 239 note1 Garter-King-at-Arms, duties, 151 Garter, Order of the, 136 Gascony, 117 Gatton, rotten borough of, 10, 268 Gemot of Wessex, 2, 3 "Gentleman's Magazine," the, 279, 280 George I., cabinets, 86 George II., cabinets, 87; the King's Speech, 155; sayings of, quoted, 243 George III., relations with the Commons, 9; correspondence with Lord North, 10; creation of Peers, 22; coronation, 63; cabinets, 96 note1; Chancellors, 106; and Thurlow, 112; Parliaments, 121, 238, 286; Speakers, 128 note2; the King's Speech, 155; parliamentary privileges under, 175, 176; (Prince of Wales), 256 George IV., at Westminster Palace, 62 note1; accession, 64; the King's Speech, 156; (Regent), 238 George, Lloyd, 207 German sources of the English constitution, 1, 2 Germans, early, manners of, 1 Gibbon, 95 note1, 223; Sheridan and, 282 Gladstone, sayings of, quoted, 13, 58, 95, 199; "tacking," 30-31; on the relations between the two Houses, 31; lying-in-State, 63; and Disraeli, 74; offices held by, 83, note1; on etiquette, 90; premiership, 92, 94, 167, 221; at debate, 99; Chamberlain's attack on, summer 1893 ... , 130-31; the Bradlaugh incident, 149; Queen's speeches, 155; the hat incident, 159, 160; on obstruction, 169; proposed alteration in procedure, 171, 172; speeches, 207, 212; on oratory, 215; mentioned, 239 and note1 Glasgow, 20 Glastonbury, Abbot of, 104 Godolphin, 83 Gordon, Duchess of, 272 Gordon, Lord George, 235 Gordon Riots, the, 238 note1 Goschen, Lord, speeches, 221 Gower, Lord, 10, 264 Gower, Lord F. L., 186 Grafton, Duke of, 32 Grand Committees, 232 Grand Remonstrance, the, 8, 185, 190 Grange, Lord, speeches, 214 Grant, General, 262 Grant, "Recollections," quoted, 164 and note, 283 Grantham, borough of, 45 Granville, Lady, "Letters," quoted, 86 note3, 115 note1 Granville, Lord, 86 note3, 115 note1 Grattan, "Life and Times," cited, 92; speeches, 120, 216 and note1, 223; saying, quoted, 169; motion for Catholic emancipation, 204; on Pitt, quoted, 217 Gravel Pits, Kensington, 200 Great Council, the, 84 "Great Tom of Westminster," 66 and note1, 73 Grenville, George, 89, 91, 124, 133, 193, 286 Grenville, Lord, proposal regarding Westminster, 65 Grenville, Richard, 217 note1 Grenville, on the presence of women in Parliament, 270 and note4 Grey, Lord, 266; his Reform bill, 169 Griffith, Darby, 240 Griffiths, Admiral, 177 Grimston, Edward, 75 "Guardian," the, 213 Guilford, Lord, Chancellor, 108, 109 Guilford, Lord, son of Lord North, 212 and note1 "Guillotine," the, 172 Gully, Speakership, 125, 141, 142, 181 Gunter, 164 note1 Guthrie, editor, 279, 280 Gwydyr, Lord, 62 note1 Habeas Corpus Act, 224 Hakewell, cited, 120 note1 Halifax, 277 Halifax, 1st Lord, saying of, quoted, 19 Halifax, Lord, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 214 Hall, Arthur, member of Parliament for Grantham, 175; punishment, 179 Hall, Sir Benjamin, 73 note2 Hamilton, William Gerard, his speech, 214 Hampden, 8, 190, 277 Hampton Court, 6 Handel, 217 note3 Hanmer, Sir John, 190 Hanoverian Parliaments, times of session, 225 Hansard, T. C., publication of debates, 284, 285 Harcourt, Sir Philip, 191 Hardwicke, Lord, Chancellor, 96, 97; on Strangers, 263, 264 Harley, Sir Robert, Speaker, 53, 83, 133; Premier, 90, 91, 278; Chancellor, 110 note1 Harrowby, Lord, 115 1 Harrys, Dr., 176 Hartley, David, speech of, 206, 207 Harwich, borough of, 45 note2 Haselrig, 8 Hastings, Warren, impeachment, 63, 178, 204, 205, 282 Hatherton, Lord, 32 Hats, etiquette concerning, 159, 160 Hatsell, Clerk of the House, 139, 140; "Precedents," cited, 75, 152 and note1, 153 note4, 167 Hengham, Sir Ralph de, 66 Henry I., reign, 21, 62 note1, 81; Chancellors, 117 Henry II., 64 Henry III., 4; Parliaments, 64, 268 note2 Henry VI., reign, 27, 40, 42; Parliaments, 125 note1, 174, 182, 184 Henry VII., reign, 4 Henry VIII., reign, 3, 60, 62 note1, 81, 144, 145; Parliaments of, 6, 22, 44, 136, 144, 184, 252; removal to Whitehall, 62; death, 107 note2 Heptarchy, the, 2, 20 Heredity, the principle of, 18-20 "Herod," 130 Herries, 253 Hewitt, speeches, 207 "Historical Register," the, 279 Hobart, Sir Miles, 75 Hogan, 168 Holland, Earl of, 6 Holles, 8 Holt, Lord Chief Justice, 182 Home Rule Bill, (1886), 207; (1893), 29, 172 "Honourable," the title, 165 Hopton, Sir Ralph, 180 Hotham, Lord, 204 "House-fright," 210-212 Howard, Lord, 70 Howard, Francis, "Memoirs," 217 note3 "Hudibras" 139 and note3 Hughes, Hughes, 17 Hull, borough of, 45 note2 Hume, David, 68, 76 Hume, Joseph, in the House, 71, 139 Hungerford, Sir Thomas, Speaker, 119, 120 note1 Hunt, first speeches, 214 Hutcheson, speech, 206 Hyde, Lord, 95 note1; see also Clarendon Idiots, laws concerning, 54, 55 Ireland, Act of Union, 24 Irish members in Bellamy's, 79; suspension of, 187, 188 Irish Municipal Bill, 264 Irish Office, the, 239 Irish Parliament, 190 Irish Party tactics, 169-171 Irish Peers, 26; rights of, 55, 56; introduction in the Lords, 151 Isabella, Queen, 105 James I., creation of Peers, 22; Parliaments, 53, 70, 179, 180, 233; Councils, 82 James II., 164 "Jane," 79 Jeffrey, Lord, saying of, quoted, 183; style, 210 Jeffreys, Chancellor, 108 and note1 Jenkins, Judge, 176, 177 Jewish Oaths Bill, 29 Jews, disabilities, 27 and note1, 55, 147 John, King, 4, 21, 22 Johnson, Dr., and Dunning's resolution, 9 and note2; saying of, quoted, 168; on oratory, 215; and Cave, 279, 280 Johnson, Sir Robert, 269 Johnstone, Captain, 270 Jonson, Ben, saying of, quoted, 205 Journals, Parliamentary, 3, 233, 276, 279 "Judas," 130 Judges at the opening of Parliament, 152, 153 note1 Judicature Act, 1873 ... , 107, note2 "Juncto," the, 82 "Junius letters," the, 281 Justice, High Court of, 110 Katherine, Queen, 190 Keepership of the Great Seal, 105 Kendall, Captain, his reply to Middleton, 6 Kenealy, Dr., introduction to the House, 152; speeches, 210; the Tichborne case, 253 Khedive, the, visit to the House of Commons, 166, 167 King, Dr., "Anecdotes," quoted, 24 note1 King's champion, the, 63, 64 King's Speech, the, 152-157 Kingsdown, Baron, see Leigh, Pemberton Kingston, Duchess of, trial, 63 Kneeling at the Bar of the House, 177, 178 La Hogue, battle of, 199 Labouchère, sayings of, quoted, 77 Labour Members, the first, 42; dress of, 202 Lacour, M. Challemel, 167 Ladies' Gallery, the, unruly scenes, 273, 274 Lancelot, 31 Land Act, 1881 ... , 70 Land League, the, 176 Lane, Mrs., 65 note2 Langres, Hercule, 8 Langrishe, Sir Hercules, 285 note2 Language, "Parliamentary," 163 Latour, Colonel, 167 Laud, "Diary," cited, 64, 65 Law Courts, London, 64 Law Courts, the, collisions with Parliament, 182 Law Lords, the, 25, 26 Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, 165 note2, 227, 267 Lawyers and the House of Commons, 57, 210 Lecky, quoted, 11, 12 Lefevre, Shaw, Speakership, 134, 141, 159 Leicester, 60 Leigh, Pemberton, 26 Leitrim, Lord, speech of, 235 Lenthall, Speaker, 67 note,1, 120, 121, 122, 131, 139 note3, 186, 187 Levis, family of, 37 Lewes, 4 Lewes, Sir Watkin, 77 Lewis, Sir George Cornwall, sayings of, quoted, 98, 169 Liberal Conservatives, the, 14 Liberal Unionists, the, 33 Licensing bills, 238, 278 Life Peerages, 25, 26 Limerick, Earl of, 183 Lincoln, 60 Lincoln's Inn, 232 Livy, 203 Llandaff, Bishop of, his amendment, 55 Local Taxation Bill, 238 Lock, Zachary, 211 Locke, report of Lord's debate, 278 "London Magazine," 280 Long, Parliament, the, 42, 177, 189, 231 note2, 277, 278 Long, Thomas, 44, 45 Lonsdale, Lord, 86 note1 Lord Mayor, the, collision with Parliament, 281 Lords, House of, Journals, 3; under Cromwell, 7, 8; the Royal Presence, 8, 9; the principle of heredity, 18-20; origin and antiquity, 20-22, 39; number of Peers attending, 22; the Lords Spiritual, 22, 23; election of the Irish and Scottish Peers, 24 and note2; judicial functions, 24, 25; introduction of the four Lords of Appeal, 24, 25; the Supreme Court of Appeal, 25, 26; numerical increase, 25-27; composition to-day, 27; the writ of summons, 27; functions, 28; public opinion on, 29; rejection of bills, 29, 30; money bills and foreign matter, 30, 31; relations with the Commons, 31-33; the Liberal Peers, 33; Conservative character, 33, 34; proposed reform, 34 and notes-38; separation from the Commons, 39, 40; temporary abolition, 55 note2; the new Upper Chamber, 73; the Chancellor's position, 110; The Lords Commissioners, 136, 141, 143, 144, 145, 155, 247; opening by commission, 136-141; arrival of the Commons, 141; approval of the Speaker-Elect, 144, 145; taking the Oath, 145-47; introduction of a newly created peer, 151; arrival of the King and Queen, 152; the Gilded Chamber, 152; rules of debate, 160 et seq; length of speeches, 167; "call" of the Lords, 186 and note3; maiden speeches, 215; days of adjournment, 227, 228; divisions, 251, 253; voting by proxy, 252; the presence of women, 269; the Press gallery, 284, 285 Lords, the old Irish House of, 228 note2 Loughborough, Lord, 95 note1, 96, 113 and note2, 282 Lowe, Chancellor, 98 Luggershall, 10 Lunatics, laws concerning, 54, 55 Luttrel, Colonel, 95 note1, 201 Lyndhurst, Lord, sayings of, quoted, 27 note1, 101 note1; the Two Power Standard, 109 and note2; and the old seal, 118; scenes in the House, 197, 235, 264 Lynn, voters of, 59 Macaulay, cited, 10, 14, 58, 63, 97, 223, 253, 256; "Miscellaneous writings," quoted, 90 note2, 102 note1; on the King's Speech, 155; on parliamentary scenes, 195; speeches, 2004, 220; on Burke, 205; eloquence of, 219; sayings of, quoted, 225 Macclesfield, Lord, 108 Mace, the, 74, 75, 139 Mackintosh, Sir James, sayings of, quoted, 210, 215, 222 Magna Charta, 21, 22, 224 Mahon, Lord, 204; speeches, 221 Maidstone, Lord, 195 Malmesbury, Lord, "Memoirs," 86 note1 Manchester, Duke of, 264 Mann, Sir H., 28 Manners, Lord John, 220 Mansfield, Lord, 85, 93, 197 "Manwaring's Medley," 279 Mare, Sir Peter de la, 120 note1 Marlborough, Duke of, 30 Marshal, Master, 236 Martin, Henry, 70 Martineau, Harriet, on the presence of women in Parliament, 272 Marvell, Andrew, 7, 45 note2, 191 Mary, Queen, creation of rotten boroughs, 40 Mass, the, 236 Matchmaker's petition, 238 note1 Matthews, Home Secretary, 164 Maule, Fox, 244 note1 May, Erskine, 139 Maynooth College, 17 note1 "Mazur," 103 note1 Mediterranean, the, 12 Melbourne, Lord, Prime Minister, 88, 156; and Lord Brougham, 116; rules of order, 163 Melville, Lord, 193; impeachment, 63, 198, 252, 253 Middleton, Commissioner, 191 Middleton, Secretary of State, 6 Midhurst, 10 Mildmay, Sir H., 190 Mill, John Stuart, quoted, 19 Milton, 205; "Paradise Lost," Lord Eldon's opinion on, 113 "Minister," the term, 84 Ministers, appointment of, 96-98; number of, 98; the members of the administration, 98 note4 "Mist's Journal," 183 Modred, 31 Mompesson, Sir Giles, 180 Money Bills, doctrines of the Commons concerning, 30, 31, 34; returned from the Lords, 244 note2; royal assent to, 247 Monmouth, representation of, 39 and note1 Monopolies, abolition of, 197; punishment of monopolists, 180 Montacute, Lord, 10 Montagu, Lady M. W., "Letters," cited, 270 note3 Montagu, Mr., 115 note1 Montague, Walpole's letters to, quoted, 15 note1 Monteagle, Lord, see Spring-Rice Montesquieu, cited, 1 Moore, Thomas, 68; letters of, quoted, 51 note1; "Memoirs," 77 Mordaunt, Sir Charles, 46 More, Sir Thomas, 53, 103, 106-108, 133, 208 Moreton, Chief Justice of Chester, 92, 93 Moritz, C. P., 67, 68, 260 Morley, Lord, 222 "Morning Chronicle," reports, 282 Morpeth, Lady G., 115 note1 Morpeth, Lord, 76 Moses, 170 Mowbray, Barony of, 27 Mullins, 69 Murray, Alexander, punishment of, 178 Murray, Solicitor-General, see Mansfield, Lord Musters, famous beauty, 270 "Naming," practise of, 187 National Council, the, 41, 81 Naturalization Bill, 1751 ... , 186 Naturalization, political rights and, 55 Naunton, cited, 82 Navy office, the, 67 New Palace Yard, 65, 72 Newgate, 178, 183 Newsletters, 278 Newspapers, party organs, 278-79 Newton, Sir Isaac, 115 Nonconformity, 13 Norfolk, 3rd Duke of, 108; 11th Duke, 41 Norreys, Lord, 195 North Briton, 281 North, Lord, correspondence with George III., 10; premiership, 85, 94, 96, 164, 206; dismissal of Fox, 97; mentioned, 128, 165; somnolence of, 198, 199; speeches, 219 North, Roger, "Life of Lord Guildford," quoted, 108, 109 Northampton, 60 Northcote, Sir Stafford, 150 Northstead, 59 Norton, Sir Fletcher, Speakership, 128 and note2, 129; saying of, quoted, 187 note1 "Notice-paper," 229, 230 Oates, Titus, 63, 66, 190 Oath of Allegiance, the, disabilities under, 27 and note1, 56; administration, 145-147; the Bradlaugh incident, 148-151 Oath of Supremacy, the, 259 Oaths Act, 1888 ... , 147, 148 O'Brien, Smith, 230, 231 Obstruction, Irish tactics, 168-172 O'Connell, Daniel, saying of, quoted, 17 and note1; "Experiences," 153; unparliamentary language, 164; noisy scenes caused by, 195, 196; motion for repeal of the Union, 220 note1, speeches, 223; scene in the Strangers' Gallery, 266; an incident, 271; and the Press, 283; mentioned, 13 note3 O'Connell, Morgan, 200 O'Connor, Feargus, saying of, quoted, 163 O'Connor, T. P., "Gladstone's House of Commons," cited, 77 O'Donnell, 167 O'Gorman, Major, 163 Old Sarum, 56 One Mile Act, 238 Onslow, Arthur, Speakership, 16, 132, 124, 141, 177, 187, 281 Onslow, Fulk, Clerk of the House, 140 Onslow, Richard, Speaker, 145 Opposition, the recognition, 15, 16 Orange-Women, 69 Oratory, the gift of, 215, 216 "Order Book" of the House, 230 Orphans Bill, 1695 ... , 123 Outlaws, Irish, 13 Oxford, 60 Oxford, Earl of, see Harley Oxford, 1st Earl, 62 Painted Chamber, the, 230 "Pairing," 255 Palace Yard, 70, 137, 181 Palgrave, Sir F., Clerk of the House, 140 Palmerston, Lord, on the Lords, 20, 26; cabinets, 88; visit to Scotland, 89, 90; style, 94; saying of, quoted, 199; mentioned, 34, 240 Paper Duties Bill, 88 Parke, lawyer, 26 Parliament, derivation of the word, 2; history of, 3, 4; the first, 4, 5; the two Houses, 5; duration, 5 and note1-6; the Commonwealth, 7, 8; the Royal Presence in, 8, 9; prices of seats, 10; the Party principle, 13-17; separation of the two Houses, 39, 40; summoning of, 60; opening by commission, 136-152; the King's speech, 152-157; collisions with the law, 182, 183; times of meeting, 225 Parliamentary Proceedings Bill, 248 Parnell, policy of obstruction, 169-171; "named," 187 Parr, Dr., 206 Parry, Dr., arrest, 179 Partington, Mrs., 29 Party principle, the origin, 13-17 Patriots, 14 Payment of Members, 44-47 Peace of Paris, 193 Pearson, head doorkeeper, 69, 77, 261, 262, 262 note1, 271 Pease, quaker, 147, 160 Peel, Sir Robert, and Lord John Russell, 17; and reform, 41, 42, 169; mentioned, 74, 85, 253 and note2; premiership, 91, 163; style, 94; on the speakership, quoted, 126; dissolution, 199, 200; speech, 204; a scene in the House, 266 Peel, Speaker, 130, 134, 141, 163, 274 Peeresses, at the opening of Parliament, 152, 153, note1; privileges of, 174 note1, 269 Peers, Liberal, 33; creation of new, 33 note2; exclusion from the Commons, 55; rights of Irish, 55, 56; privileges of, 173, 174 Pelham, 10, 88, 281 Pepys' "Diary," quoted, 45, 65 and note3, 87, 192, 213, 256; accusations against, 67 Perceval, Spencer, 287; assassination of, 266 Perrers, Alice, 120 note1 Peter the Great, saying of, quoted, 64 Peterborough, Earl of, 84 Petition, legislation by, 40 Petition of Right, 197 Petitions, 237-239 Petyt, cited, 2 Phillips, 158 Piers of Langtoft, 105 note1 Pillory, use of the, 179-80 Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, see Chatham; reason of his success, 92; reply to Moreton, 92, 93; attack on Murray, 93; and the Admiralty, 93; personality, 93, 94; style, 217; Dr. Johnson and, 280 Pitt, William, reformative measures of, 12, 13; saying of, quoted, 41; premiership, 54, 85, 96; death, 77; and Addington, 124; hard drinking, 193, 194; on Bolingbroke, 203; and Lord Mahon, 221; mentioned, 70, 133, 253 Place, Francis, 14 Plague, the, 60 Plimsoll, 164 Plunket, 80, 158, 204, 219 Plunket, Lord, Chancellor of Ireland, 101 note1 Poaching, punishment for, 177 Police, Metropolitan, duties, 181, 182 Ponsonby, George, 200 Pope, on government, quoted, 19; the "Dunciad," 179 note2 Porritt, cited, 257 Porson, 217 Portland, Duke of, 46; notes on forming a ministry, 95 note1 Praed, poet, his advice to the Chair, 129 Praise God Barebones, 7, 8 Precedence, the question of, 27 "Premier," the word, 89 Prevention of Crimes (Ireland) Act, 227 Press, the, freedom of, 3; Parliament and, 275-287 Pride, Colonel, 181 Prime Minister, his position to-day, 88-89; the title, 89; qualities of successful Prime Ministers, 90-95; choosing a ministry, 95-96; appointing Ministers, 96-98; offices filled by the Prime Minster, 98 note2; the number of ministers, 98-100; delivery of the seals, 100 Printing, laws regulating, 278 Prior, Matthew, 2 Priory Church, Blackfriars, 67 "Privilege," 4th January, 1642 ... , 8 Privileges, Parliamentary, 173-188 Privy Council, the, 22, 81, 82, 84; the Judicial Committee, 110; members, 138 Procedure, Standing Orders, 159; Gladstone's proposed alteration, 171, 172 Property qualification, 4 Protectionists, 204 "Protections," sale of, 175 Protestants, 13 Proxies, 252 Pryme, "Recollections," 13 note2 Prynne, "Brief Register," quoted, 3 and note1, 185 Public Bills, 231 Pugin, Augustus Welby, 73 note1 Pulteney, 18, 256 Punishments, Parliamentary, 173-188 Puns, 100, 101, 101 note1 Putney, 77 Pym, 8, 237 Quakers and the oath, 147 Queensberry, Kitty, Duchess of, 270 Questions, 239-241 Quorum, 234, 235 "Radical," the term, 14 Raikes, 42 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 249 "Rapparees," 13 note3 Rasch, Sir Carne, 168 Reading, 60 Records, lack of early, 3 Redistribution Bill of 1883 and 1885 ... , 43 note2 Reform Act of 1832 ... , 4, 10, 33 note2, 38, 41, 116, 123, 148 note1, 165, 168, 227, 253; Brougham's speech, 194 Reform Acts of 1867, 1884 ... , 42, 256 Reform, Parliamentary, 1831 ... , 29 Remonstrance of 1682 ... , 82 Reporting, Parliamentary, 275-387; "Diurnal occurrences of Parliament," 278; the nightly letter to the Sovereign, 286 Requests, Court of, 70 Restoration, Parliament under the, 8 Revolution, 1688 ... , 4, 8, 14, 41, 60, 83 Rich, Speaker, 145 Richard II., 22, 61, 67 Richmond, Duchess of, 271 Richmond, (3rd) Duke of, 31, 264; (4th, 1831), 197 Rigby, 193 Rights, Bill of, 224 Riley, 258 note1 Ripon, 60 Robinson, 259 Robinson, Sir H. Crabb, "Diary," quoted, 224 Roche, Sir Boyle, "bulls" of, 209 Rochefoucauld, La, saying of, quoted, 222 Rochester, Earl of, 192 Rochester, representation of, 40 Rockingham, Lord, 91 Rogers, saying of, quoted, 115 Rolle, John, 196 Rolliad, the, Thurlow's character portrayed in, 112 Rolls of Parliament, 3, 146 Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill, 201 Roman Catholics, disabilities, 17 note1, 110, 146, 147 Romilly, Sir Samuel, speech, 228, 229 Rosalinda, story of, 269 Rose, Sir George, 194 Rosebery, Lord, on the reform of the Lords, 18, 35-37, 37 note1, 38; saying of, quoted, 58 note1; on old speeches, 203, 235 Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, 147 Rotten boroughs, 12, 40, 225 Roundheads, the, 13 Royal assent, 246 and note3, 247 Runnymede, 21 Rushworth, 277 Russell, Earl, trial, 186 note3 Russell, Lord John, and corruption, 12; saying of, quoted, 14; and Peel, 17; on heredity, quoted, 19; minority 54; in the Cabinet, 85; premiership, 91, 92; Disraeli and, 164; defeat in 1854 ... , 253; and the admission of strangers, 262; and the Press, 285 Russell-Gladstone Cabinet, the, 256 St. Asaph, Bishop of, 181 "St. James's Chronicle," 178 St. James's, Court of, 111, 112 St. John of Jerusalem, Hospital of, the Prior, 23 note1 St. Leonards, Lord, 111 note1; saying of, quoted, 115 St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, 146, 226 note1, 236 St. Paul's Cathedral, 66 St. Simon, 94 St. Stephens, the Chapel, 66-68, 236, 249, 261, 271; the Lobby, 68, 69; the Painted Chamber, 69, 70, 72; the Prince's Chamber, 70; the Crypt, 72; Hall, 263; Porch, 265 Salisbury, Lord, on the functions of the Lords, 28, 34; bill for reforming the House of Lords, 36; Premiership, 87, 92, 94; Queen's Speeches, 155; an apology, 199; style, 222; mentioned, 95 note1 Salisbury, town of, 60 Salomons, Alderman, 147 Sandeford, 180 Savage, Sir Arnold, speaker, 125, note1 Schomberg, 67 Scotch Militia Bill, 248 Scotland, bribery of Members of Parliament, 9 and note3; Act of Union, 24 Scottish Parliament, the, 191 Scottish Peers, 26; introduction ceremony, 151 Scrope, Lord, 191 Seal, the Great, stolen from Lord Thurlow, 104 note1; Keepership, 105; Women Keepers, 105; Lord Brougham's method of returning, 116; breaking up of the, 118 Seals, the, delivery of, 100, 101; puns on, 101 note1 Seats, retention of, 138; purchase of 176 Selden, on Law and Equity, 107; sayings of, quoted, 134 and note1; on Parliamentary privileges, quoted, 176 Select Committees, appointment of, 230 Selwyn, 10 "Senate of Lilliput," 279, 280 Septennial Act, the, 11, 12, 206, 279 Sergeant-at-Arms, the, 75, 136, 138, 147, 148, 150; duties, 181 and note3-82, 259 Servants and privileges, 174, 175 Session, the Parliamentary, 225 Seymour, Sir Edward, Speakership, 122, 123, 132, 144, 190 Shaftesbury, Earl of, (Baron Ashley), 12, 163, 213, 270, 277; Lord Shaftesbury, (1831), 197 Shaw, 17 Sheil, "Sketches of the Irish Bar," 78-80; on Brougham, quoted, 116; punishment, 188 note1; facts, quoted, 203 and note3; attack on Lord Lyndhurst, 264 Sheridan, sayings of, quoted, 97, 148 note1, 208; and George IV., 156; motions to adjourn, 168; speeches of, 204, 205, 212, 213, 218, 223; the "Begum" speech, 205 and note2; speech at the trial of Hastings, 282; on the liberty of the Press, 287 Shippen, William, 149 note1 Sibthorpe, Colonel, saying of, quoted, 199, 200 Sidmouth, Lord, see Addington Sidney, Algernon, saying of, quoted, 48 note1 Simon de Montford, 4 Slaves, emancipation of the, 116 Smalley, servant, 175 Smith, Sidney, cited, 29, 115 Smith, Speaker, 182 Socrates, saying of, quoted, 52 Somers' trial, 63 Somerset, Duke of, (1547), 179; (1790, 1800), 253 Somerset, G., 115 note1 Somerset House, 267 "Sopher," 103 note1 South Sea Bubble, 188 Sovereign, the, and the Barons, 4; presence in Parliament, 8; approval of the Speaker elect, 144 Spanish Armada, 70 Speakers of the House of Commons, youthful Speakers, 53; origin of the office, 119; character, 120-122; the Crown's influence, 122, 123; influence of the Ministry, 123; impartiality established, 124, 125; duties and qualifications, 125, 126; physical qualifications, 127-131; "catching the Speaker's eye," 129, 130; dress, 131; remuneration, 132, 133; Speaker's dinners, 132, 133; collateral appointments, 133, 134; retirement, 134; his election, 141-143; election confirmed in the House, 144; servile speeches, 144, 145; taking the oath, 146; "reporting" the King's speech, 156; deference to the Chair, 162; substitutes, 233, 234; the casting vote, 252 "Speaker's chop," 229 "Speaker's dinners," 132 Speaker's Gallery, 265 Spiritual Lords, 22, 23 Spithead, naval review, 74 Spring-Rice, 283 Stael, Mme. de, 32 note2 Stagg, Mrs. Anne, 237 Stamp duties, 278 Standing Committees, 232 Standing Orders, 159 Stanley, Lady, 186 Stanley, Lord, 91 note1 Star Chamber, 106, 175, 232 Statute, legislation by, 242 Steele, expelled, 188; on the House of Commons, 206; "The Crisis," 213 Stock Exchange, the, 188 Stockdale, publisher, 285 Stoke, 59 Storie, arrest of, 179 Stourton, Lord, 27 Strafford, Earl of, 63, 82, 277 Strangers in Parliament, 259-274; balloting for seats, 263; Disraeli's resolution, 265 Stratford, Archbishop and Chancellor, 106 Strode, 8, 162, 185 Stuarts, the, and the Parliament, 6, 13, 190 Sudbury, 276 Suffragettes, the, 182 Sugden, Edward, see St. Leonards, Lord Sullivan, A. M., 76, 77 Sunderland, Earl of, 14, 83 Supremacy, Act of, (1563), 146 Suspension of a member, 187 Sutton, Speaker Manners, 68, 126 and note1, 133, 134, 141, 142, 221 Swift, 203; "The Examiner," 278 Tacitus, 1, 203, 282 "Tacking," 30, 31, 34 Talbot, Lord, King's Champion, 63, 64; Lord Chancellor, 96 "Tallies," 70, 71 Tangye, Lady, 7 note3 Tanner, Dr., 164; arrest of, 176 Tapestries at Westminster, 69, 70 Temple, Lord, 95 note1; and Horne Tooke, 56 note1 Tennant, R., 220 note1 Test Act, 27 note1, 55 Test Roll, the, 146 Thames Embankment, the, 61 Thanet, Lord, 95 note1 Thorpe, Thomas, Speaker, 174 Thurloe, Cromwell's Secretary, 111 Thurlow, Lord, saying of, quoted, 32; Chancellor, 86, 111-113, 198; loss of the Great Seal, 104 note1 Tichborne case, 152, 253 "Times, The," article, quoted, 154 note1; printer fined, 183; Parliamentary reports, 284 Tooke, Rev. J. Horne, 56 and note1 Tories, 269; origin, 13, 14 Torrington, Lord, 53 Tothill fields, 70 Tower of London, 74, 108, 163, 175, 179, 180, 192, 281 Townsend, "History of the House of Commons," quoted, 133 Townshend, Charles, sayings, quoted, 91, 207; his "Champagne Speech," 193 Townshend, Thomas, 193 Treason Bill, (1695), 213 Treasury Bench, 138 Treasury, corruption of the, 12 Trevor, Sir John, bribery practised by, 9; speakership, 123 and note1; 130 and note2 Triennial Act (1694), 11 Troy, Siege of, 70 Tudors, the, and Parliament, 81 Turner, Sir Edward, corruption of, 7 note1 Twiss, 253 Two Power Standard, principle of the, 109 and note2 Tydder, Cadwallader, 140 Union, Acts of, 24, 42 Usher of the Black Rod, 136 Vaughan, General, 95 note1 Vere, Aubrey de, 62, note1 "Vetus Codex," the, 3 Victoria, Queen, Parliament under, 25, 55, 286 note1; and the creation of Peers, 26 note2; dividing the Seal, 118 note1; the Queen's Speech, 156 Viscounts, creation by Henry VI, 27 Voltaire, quoted, 50, 51 "Votes for Women," 182, 273, 274, 238, note1 Voting by proxy, 252 Waldegrave, Lord, 243 Waldegrave, Sir Richard, 144 Wales, Prince of, at the opening of Parliament, 153 Walgrave, Bill of, 243 note2 Wallace, William, trial, 63 Waller, the poet, 53 Walpole, Horace, on the functions of the House of Lords, 28; Pitt's reply to, 54 note2; cited, 63, 64; "Letters," quoted, 90 note3, 128 and note2, 186 Walpole, Sir Robert, on corruption, 10, 12; expulsion and re-election, 58, 59, 188; ministry, 84, 86, 90 and note3, 91, 96, 100, 154, 227, 253; refusal of Downing Street, 87; and William Shippen, 149 note1; on Townshend, 193; a story of, 206, 207; first speech, 212; on Fox, 217; Pulteney and, 256 Wanklyn, Colonel, case of, 174, 175, 197 Ward, punishment, 179 and note2 Wars of the Roses, 40 Waterloo Station, 137 Waveney, Lord, 167 note1 Wedderburn, see Loughborough, Lord "Weekly Political Register," 284 Welbeck Abbey, unpublished manuscripts, 95 note1 Wellesley, Lord, 85; threatened impeachment, 124 Wellington, Duke of, and the rotten boroughs, 12; and the Corn Law, 29; on the Reformed House of Commons, 42; sayings of, quoted, 116 note1 222 note1; and Manners Sutton, 134; duel, 201; mentioned, 32, 67, 85 Wensleydale, Lord, see Parke Wentworth, Lord, 95 note1 Wessex, Gemot of, 2, 3 Westbury, borough of, 44, 45 Westbury, Lord Chancellor, puns, 101 note1 Westcote, Lord, 95 note1 Westminster Abbey, 100, 227, 236; coronations in, 64 Westminster Hall, inundation, 61; the Law Courts removed from, 64; trading within the precincts, 64, 65; structural alterations, 65,66; the fire of 1834 ... , 70-72; Hastings' trial, 205 Westminster, Palace of, history, the seat of Parliament, 60-62; the Lord Great Chamberlain's duties, 62 note1; historic scenes, 63, 64; Court of Requests, 70; Court of Bankruptcy, 70; fire of 1834 ... , 70-72; Victoria Tower, 72; the new houses of Parliament, 72, 73, 73 note1; Speaker's residence, 132; searching the vaults, 135, 136 Wetherell, Sir Charles, sayings of, quoted, 168, 169; speeches, 221 Wherry-men, 269 "Whig Examiner," the, 278 Whigs, the, origin, 13; principles, 14, 269 Whips, parliamentary, 254-258 Whitehall, 8, 17, 62, 84, 137; the banqueting room, 226 note1 White's Club, 11 Whitty, E. M., book of, 44 note1 "Who Goes Home?" 52 and note2 Widdrington, Sir Thomas, Speakership, 233 Wilberforce, Bishop, attack on Lord Derby, 194 note2 Wilkes, John, 59, 286; North Briton, 66, 188, 281; sayings of, quoted, 112 note1; duel 200; speeches, 210 William I., 4, 81 William II., and Westminster Hall, 60, 61, 65 note3 William III., reign, 8, 14, 55; the Party principle, 14; Cabinets, 83; statutes of, 123; bills quashed, 248; newspapers, 278 William IV., 33, note2, 197; Chancellors, 118; the King's Speech, 156 Williams, Bishop, 104 Williams, John, pilloried, 66 Wilmington, Lord, 133, 143, 167 Winchelsea, Lord, duel, 201 Winchester, 60 Windham, 178 Windsor, 66 Windsor Royal Park, 132 Wingfield, 197 Winnington, on the freedom of the Press, 281 Witan, the, 2 Witenagemot, 2, 39, 81; property qualification, 4; presence of women, 268 note2 Wolsey, Cardinal, 53, 104; appearance in the Commons, 189
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Page 87: "many eminent Englishmen enchance its value" The transcriber has replaced "enchance" with "enhance".
Page 91: The transcriber has inserted an anchor which was missing for footnote 134.
Page 143: "a small bob-wig in place of that luxuriant full-buttomed affair" "Full-buttomed" has been replaced with "full-bottomed".