INDEX
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, [1]st 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, [1]st 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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