The Mother of Parliaments

by Harry Graham

[406] "Life of Lord George Bentinck," p. 314.

[407] Ewald's "Biography of Walpole," p. 419.

[408] "Chambers' Journal," December 26, 1886, p. 819.

[409] Porritt's "Unreformed House of Commons," vol. i. p. 509.

[410] Until a few years ago all "whips" were underlined twice and in urgent cases five times.

[411] "Ode to the Doctor." (Bragge Bathurst, Lord Sidmouth's brother-in-law, and Riley, his brother, were place-hunters who felt bound to applaud their patron.)

[412] House of Commons "Journals," vol. x. 291.

[413] D'Ewes' "Journal," p. 334.

[414] Pinkerton's "Voyages," vol. ii. p. 506.

[415] "Report of the Select Committee on the Establishment of the House of Commons" (1833), pp. 84-5. (To-day the messengers and doorkeepers, of whom there are about a score, earn regular salaries ranging from £120 to £300. Except for a share in the fund for messengers and police to which members may or may not contribute, no gratuities of any description are allowed to them.)