Chapter XVI: Parliamentary Reporting (2)

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 _note^2_;
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 note^1_;
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 note^1_

Corn Laws abolition, bill for, 29

Cornwall, Speaker, 129

Cornwallis, Lord, 95 _note^1_

Corporation Act, 27 _note^1_, 55

Correction, House of, 180

Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 43 _note^2_

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 _note^2_

Covenanters, the, 13

Coventry, 60, 190

Cowper, William, afterwards Lord Chancellor, 214, 215

Cranworth, Lord, 26

Crimean War, 209

"Crisis," the, 188

Croker, 250 _note^1_;
on the relations between the two Houses, 32;
"Papers," _quoted_, 49 _note^2_

Cromwell, Oliver, the famous "bauble," 7, 74;
his opinion of Scotland, 9 _note^3_;
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 _note^2_

Curzon, Lord, of Kedleston, 26 _note^1_

Cust, Sir John, death 1770 ... , 127

Customs, corruption in the, 12

Danby, fall of, 82

Daniel, 27 _note^1_

Debate, rules of, 158

Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, 251

Delany, Mrs., "Autobiography," 46

Demosthenes, 216, 220

Denison, Speaker, 122 _note^1_, 128, 129, 134, 141

Deportment, Parliamentary, 189-202

Derby Day, 227

Derby, Lord, 29, 91 _note^1_, 97, 101 _note_, 194 _note^3_

Dering, Sir Edward, punishment, 180

Desborough, 59

Devonshire, Duchess of, 270

Devonshire, Duke of, 86 _note^3_, 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 _note^1_;
Queen's speeches, 155;
unparliamentary language, 164;
and O'Connell, 195, 196;
and lawyers, 210;
speeches, 212, 213, 220;
description of Peel, 1846 ... , 253 _note^2_;
on "whips," 254;
and Biggar, 265

Divisions, in the Commons, 248-51;
in the Lords, 251 _note^1_, 253

Divorce Bill, the, 169

Donegal, Lady, 51 _note^1_

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 _note^1_

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 note^1_

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 _note^2_

Edward II., 27, 60

Edward III., reign of, 3, 39, 57, 64, 120 _note^1_, 156;
Parliaments of, 44, 268 _note^2_;
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 _note^1_, 155, 198;
on Thurlow, 111;
character of, 113-15;
his "Anecdote Book," 114 _note^2_;
salary, 117;
letter to Dr. Fisher, 117 _note^2_;
decisions of, 183

Eleanor, Queen, 105 _and note^1_

Elections, cost of, 43 _and note^2_

Elibank, Lord, 178

Eliot, Sir John, 7, 75, 189

Elizabeth, Queen, Parliaments, 22, 53, 81, 82, 190, 236, 249;
reign of, 23 _note^1_, 25, 62 _note^1_;
creation of rotten boroughs, 40;
and Holland, 70;
Chancellors of, 105-6;
visit to Westminster, 144;
Speakers, 145;
the sergeant-at-arms, 181 _note^2_;
monopolies, 197;
Parliamentary Committees, 230;
bills quashed, 248

Ellenborough, Lord, 85;
sayings of, _quoted_, 103 _note^2_

Ellesmere, Lord, on the office of the Lord Chancellor, _quoted_,
103 _note^1_

Elsyng, 3 _note^2_, 139 _and note^3_;
"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 note^2_

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 note^1_

"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 _note^2_

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 _note^2_

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 _note^1_

Fox, Sir Stephen, 7 _note^1_

"Franking," the privilege of, 46, 47

French Fleet, visit to London, 64

French Revolution, the, 33 _note^1_

Fuller, 194;
insults the Chair, 233

Gardiner, Dr., "History," _cited_, 4

Gardiner, Sir Alan, 211

Garibaldi, 239 _note^1_

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 _note^1_;
Chancellors, 106;
and Thurlow, 112;
Parliaments, 121, 238, 286;
Speakers, 128 _note^2_;
the King's Speech, 155;
parliamentary privileges under, 175, 176;
(Prince of Wales), 256

George IV., at Westminster Palace, 62 _note^1_;
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 _note^1_, 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, _note^1_;
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 note^1_

Glasgow, 20

Glastonbury, Abbot of, 104

Godolphin, 83

Gordon, Duchess of, 272

Gordon, Lord George, 235

Gordon Riots, the, 238 _note^1_

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 _note^3_, 115 _note^1_

Granville, Lord, 86 _note^3_, 115 _note^1_

Grattan, "Life and Times," _cited_, 92;
speeches, 120, 216 _and note^1_, 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 note^1_, 73

Grenville, George, 89, 91, 124, 133, 193, 286

Grenville, Lord, proposal regarding Westminster, 65

Grenville, Richard, 217 _note^1_

Grenville, on the presence of women in Parliament, 270 _and note^4_

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 note^1_

"Guillotine," the, 172

Gully, Speakership, 125, 141, 142, 181

Gunter, 164 _note^1_

Guthrie, editor, 279, 280

Gwydyr, Lord, 62 _note^1_

Habeas Corpus Act, 224

Hakewell, _cited_, 120 _note^1_

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 _note^2_

Hamilton, William Gerard, his speech, 214

Hampden, 8, 190, 277

Hampton Court, 6

Handel, 217 _note^3_

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 _note^1_

Harrowby, Lord, 115 ^1

Harrys, Dr., 176

Hartley, David, speech of, 206, 207

Harwich, borough of, 45 _note^2_

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 note^1_, 153 _note^4_, 167

Hengham, Sir Ralph de, 66

Henry I., reign, 21, 62 _note^1_, 81;
Chancellors, 117

Henry II., 64

Henry III., 4;
Parliaments, 64, 268 _note^2_

Henry VI., reign, 27, 40, 42;
Parliaments, 125 _note^1_, 174, 182, 184

Henry VII., reign, 4

Henry VIII., reign, 3, 60, 62 _note^1_, 81, 144, 145;
Parliaments of 6, 22, 44, 136, 144, 184, 252;
removal to Whitehall, 62;
death, 107 _note^2_

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 _note^3_

"Hudibras" 139 and _note^3_

Hughes, Hughes, 17

Hull, borough of, 45 _note^2_

Hume, David, 68, 76

Hume, Joseph, in the House, 71, 139

Hungerford, Sir Thomas, Speaker, 119, 120 _note^1_

Hunt, first speeches, 214

Hutcheson, speech, 206

Hyde, Lord, 95 _note^1_;
_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 note^1_

Jenkins, Judge, 176, 177

Jewish Oaths Bill, 29

Jews, disabilities, 27 _and note^1_ 55, 147

John, King, 4, 21, 22

Johnson, Dr., and Dunning's resolution, 9 _and note^2_;
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 _note^1_

Judicature Act, 1873 ... , 107, _note^2_

"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 _note^1_

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 _note^2_

Langres, Hercule, 8

Langrishe, Sir Hercules, 285 _note^2_

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 _note^2_, 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
_note^3_, 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 _note^2_, 277, 278

Long, Thomas, 44, 45

Lonsdale, Lord, 86 _note^1_

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 note^2_;
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 _note^2_;
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 _note^3_;
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 _note^2_

Loughborough, Lord, 95 _note^1_, 96, 113 _and note^2_, 282

Lowe, Chancellor, 98

Luggershall, 10

Lunatics, laws concerning, 54, 55

Luttrel, Colonel, 95 _note^1_, 201

Lyndhurst, Lord, sayings of, _quoted_, 27 _note^1_, 101 _note^1_;
the Two Power Standard, 109 _and note^2_;
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 _note^2_, 102 _note^1_;
on the King's Speech, 155;
on parliamentary scenes, 195;
speeches 204, 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 _note^1_

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 _note^1_

Marlborough, Duke of, 30

Marshal, Master, 236

Martin, Henry, 70

Martineau, Harriet, on the presence of women in Parliament, 272

Marvell, Andrew, 7, 45 _note^2_, 191

Mary, Queen, creation of rotten boroughs, 40

Mass, the, 236

Matchmaker's petition, 238 _note^1_

Matthews, Home Secretary, 164

Maule, Fox, 244 _note^1_

May, Erskine, 139

Maynooth College, 17 _note^1_

"Mazur," 103 _note^1_

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 _note^4_

"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 _note^2_;
royal assent to, 247

Monmouth, representation of, 39 _and note^1_

Monopolies, abolition of, 197;
punishment of monopolists, 180

Montacute, Lord, 10

Montagu, Lady M. W., "Letters," _cited_, 270 _note^3_

Montagu, Mr., 115 _note^1_

Montague, Walpole's letters to, _quoted_, 15 _note^1_

Monteagle, Lord, _see_ Spring-Rice

Montesquieu, _cited_, 1

Moore, Thomas, 68;
letters of, _quoted_, 51 _note^1_;
"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 _note^1_

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 note^2_, 129;
saying of, _quoted_, 187 _note^1_

"Notice-paper," 229, 230

Oates, Titus, 63, 66, 190

Oath of Allegiance, the, disabilities under, 27 _and note^1_, 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 _note^1_;
"Experiences," 153;
unparliamentary language, 164;
noisy scenes caused by, 195, 196;
motion for repeal of the Union, 220 _note^1_, speeches, 223;
scene in the Strangers' Gallery, 266;
an incident, 271;
and the Press, 283;
_mentioned_, 13 _note^3_

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 note^1_-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 _note^1_, 271

Pease, quaker, 147, 160

Peel, Sir Robert, and Lord John Russell, 17;
and reform, 41, 42, 169;
_mentioned_, 74, 85, 253 _and note^2_;
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, _note^1_;
privileges of, 174 _note^1_, 269

Peers, Liberal, 33;
creation of new, 33 _note^2_;
exclusion from the Commons, 55;
rights of Irish, 55, 56;
privileges of, 173, 174

Pelham, 10, 88, 281

Pepys' "Diary," _quoted_, 45, 65 _and note^3_, 87, 192, 213, 256;
accusations against, 67

Perceval, Spencer, 287;
assassination of, 266

Perrers, Alice, 120 _note^1_

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 _note^1_

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 _note^1_

Poaching, punishment for, 177

Police, Metropolitan, duties, 181, 182

Ponsonby, George, 200

Pope, on government, _quoted_, 19;
the "Dunciad," 179 _note^2_

Porritt, _cited_, 257

Porson, 217

Portland, Duke of, 46;
notes on forming a ministry, 95 _note^1_

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 _note^2_;
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 _note^2_

Prynne, "Brief Register," _quoted_, 3 _and note^1_, 185

Public Bills, 231

Pugin, Augustus Welby, 73 _note^1_

Pulteney, 18, 256

Punishments, Parliamentary, 173-188

Puns, 100, 101, 101 _note^1_

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 _note^3_

Rasch, Sir Carne, 168

Reading, 60

Records, lack of early, 3

Redistribution Bill of 1883 and 1885 ... , 43 _note^2_

Reform Act of 1832 ... , 4, 10, 33 _note^2_, 38, 41, 116, 123,
148 _note^1_, 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 _note^1_

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 _note^1_, 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
_note^1_, 38;
saying of, _quoted_, 58 _note^1_;
on old speeches, 203, 235

Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, 147

Rotten boroughs, 12, 40, 225

Roundheads, the, 13

Royal assent, 246 _and note^3_, 247

Runnymede, 21

Rushworth, 277

Russell, Earl, trial, 186 _note^3_

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 _note^1_

St. Leonards, Lord, 111 _note^1_;
saying of, _quoted_, 115

St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, 146, 226 _note^1_, 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 _note^1_

Salisbury, town of, 60

Salomons, Alderman, 147

Sandeford, 180

Savage, Sir Arnold, speaker, 125, _note^1_

Schomberg, 67

Scotch Militia Bill, 248

Scotland, bribery of Members of Parliament, 9 _and note^3_;
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 _note^1_;
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 _note^1_

Seats, retention of, 138;
purchase of 176

Selden, on Law and Equity, 107;
sayings of, _quoted_, 134 _and note^1_;
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 note^3_-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 _note^1_;
facts, _quoted_, 203 _and note^3_;
attack on Lord Lyndhurst, 264

Sheridan, sayings of, _quoted_, 97, 148 _note^1_, 208;
and George IV., 156;
motions to adjourn, 168;
speeches of, 204, 205, 212, 213, 218, 223;
the "Begum" speech, 205 _and note^2_;
speech at the trial of Hastings, 282;
on the liberty of the Press, 287

Shippen, William, 149 _note^1_

Sibthorpe, Colonel, saying of, _quoted_, 199, 200

Sidmouth, Lord, _see_ Addington

Sidney, Algernon, saying of, _quoted_, 48 _note^1_

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 _note^1_

Somerset House, 267

"Sopher," 103 _note^1_

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 _note^2_

Stagg, Mrs. Anne, 237

Stamp duties, 278

Standing Committees, 232

Standing Orders, 159

Stanley, Lady, 186

Stanley, Lord, 91 _note^1_

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 note^1_, 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 _note^3_

Tanner, Dr., 164;
arrest of, 176

Tapestries at Westminster, 69, 70

Temple, Lord, 95 _note^1_;
and Horne Tooke, 56 _note^1_

Tennant, R., 220 _note^1_

Test Act, 27 _note^1_, 55

Test Roll, the, 146

Thames Embankment, the, 61

Thanet, Lord, 95 _note^1_

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 _note^1_

Tichborne case, 152, 253

"Times, The," article, _quoted_, 154 _note^1_;
printer fined, 183;
Parliamentary reports, 284

Tooke, Rev. J. Horne, 56 _and note^1_

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 note^1_; 130 _and note^2_

Triennial Act (1694), 11

Troy, Siege of, 70

Tudors, the, and Parliament, 81

Turner, Sir Edward, corruption of, 7 _note^1_

Twiss, 253

Two Power Standard, principle of the, 109 _and note^2_

Tydder, Cadwallader, 140

Union, Acts of, 24, 42

Usher of the Black Rod, 136

Vaughan, General, 95 _note^1_

Vere, Aubrey de, 62, _note^1_

"Vetus Codex," the, 3

Victoria, Queen, Parliament under, 25, 55, 286 _note^1_;
and the creation of Peers, 26 _note^2_;
dividing the Seal, 118 _note^1_;
the Queen's Speech, 156

Viscounts, creation by Henry VI, 27

Voltaire, _quoted_, 50, 51

"Votes for Women," 182, 273, 274, 238, _note^1_

Voting by proxy, 252

Waldegrave, Lord, 243

Waldegrave, Sir Richard, 144

Wales, Prince of, at the opening of Parliament, 153

Walgrave, Bill of, 243 _note^2_

Wallace, William, trial, 63

Waller, the poet, 53

Walpole, Horace, on the functions of the House of Lords, 28;
Pitt's reply to, 54 _note^2_;
_cited_, 63, 64;
"Letters," _quoted_, 90 _note^3_, 128 _and note^2_, 186

Walpole, Sir Robert, on corruption, 10, 12;
expulsion and re-election, 58, 59, 188;
ministry, 84, 86, 90 _and note^3_, 91, 96, 100, 154, 227, 253;
refusal of Downing Street, 87;
and William Shippen, 149 _note^1_;
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 note^2_

Wars of the Roses, 40

Waterloo Station, 137

Waveney, Lord, 167 _note^1_

Wedderburn, _see_ Loughborough, Lord

"Weekly Political Register," 284

Welbeck Abbey, unpublished manuscripts, 95 _note^1_

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 _note^1_ 222 _note^1_;
and Manners Sutton, 134;
duel, 201;
_mentioned_, 32, 67, 85

Wensleydale, Lord, _see_ Parke

Wentworth, Lord, 95 _note^1_

Wessex, Gemot of, 2, 3

Westbury, borough of, 44, 45

Westbury, Lord Chancellor, puns, 101 _note^1_

Westcote, Lord, 95 _note^1_

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 _note^1_;
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 _note^1_;
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 _note^1_

White's Club, 11

Whitty, E. M., book of, 44 _note^1_

"Who Goes Home?" 52 and _note^2_

Widdrington, Sir Thomas, Speakership, 233

Wilberforce, Bishop, attack on Lord Derby, 194 _note^2_

Wilkes, John, 59, 286;
_North Briton_, 66, 188, 281;
sayings of, _quoted_, 112 _note^1_;
duel 200;
speeches, 210

William I., 4, 81

William II., and Westminster Hall, 60, 61, 65 _note^3_

William III., reign, 8, 14, 55;
the Party principle, 14;
Cabinets, 83;
statutes of, 123;
bills quashed, 248;
newspapers, 278

William IV., 33, _note^2_, 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 _note^2_

Wolsey, Cardinal, 53, 104;
appearance in the Commons, 189

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