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,