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;