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