Abbott, Speaker,124,128,133,134,194,252-53Abercrombie,142Aberdeen, Lord,86,239Abjuration, Oath of,146,147Adam, duel,200,201Addington,96note1,124,133,134,234,258Addison, his first speech,212and note2;cited,269;the "Spectator,"269;"The Whig Examiner,"278Address, the, debate on,157Adelaide, Queen,247Adelphi, the,148Admiralty, Pitt and the,93Affirmation,56;the Bradlaugh incident,147-151Albemarle, Duke of,seeTorrington, LordAlexander, Emperor, saying of,quoted,32note2Alfred, Prince,97Alfred the Great, councils of,81Alice's coffee house,76Aliens Bill, 1792 ... ,148note1Aliens, disabilities,55All-night sittings,228"All the Talents,"85,133Allegiance, Oath of,146Almack's,193Althorp, Lord, the fire at St. Stephen's,71,72;punishment,188note1Alvanley, Lord,164and note1;duel,200American War, the,12;employment of Indians in,204Amersham market,59note1Ancaster, family of,62note1Anne, Queen, Parliaments,9;Parties,14;creation of peers,33note2;Cabinets,83,86;death of,234;bills quashed,248;women partisans,269;reporting in Parliament,278,279Appeal, Court of,110Appeal, Lords of,24,25Appellate Jurisdiction, Act of 1876 ... ,25Apsley, Sir Allen,192Arcot, Nabob of,41Argyle, Duke of,95note1Arrest, exemption from,174Arthur's,193Arundel, Earl of, trial,63Ascension Day,227Ascot,258Ash Wednesday,227Ashby, case of,182Ashley, Lord,SeeShaftesburyAshtown, Lord,24note2Askew, Anne,107note3Atheists and the oath,147Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, his reply to Lord Coningsby,23,24Auditor General,232Audley, Thomas, Lord Keeper,106Aula Regis, the,107Aylesbury, constables of,182Bacon, Francis, trial,63,107,108;"Collection of Apothegms,"114and note2;quoted,158;mentioned,106,205Bacon, Nathaniel, "Historical Discourses,"8Bacon, Nicholas,106Bagehot, Walter,quoted,83,95,114,222note1Balaam, reference to,23,24,24note1Baldwin, printer of "St. James's Chronicle,"178Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J.,168;opinion of a member of Parliament's position,51;premiership,90Bankrupts, election of,55,56Barnes, on lawyers,quoted,210note3Baronage, the, composition and antiquity of,21,22Barons in Council,4;summoned by Henry II.,64Barré, Colonel,31,94,199Barry, Sir Charles, design for Houses of Parliament,72,73,73note1Bathurst, Bragge,258note1Beckett, St. Thomas à,104Beefeaters, the, duties,135,136Bellamy, John,78Bellamy's kitchen,76-80Bellingham, merchant,266"Benefit of Clergy,"173,174Benson, sale of "protections,"175Bentham, Jeremy,quoted,268Berkeley, Grantley,272,273Berkshire, Earl of,191Bidmead,177Big Ben,73and note2Biggar,164;saying of,quoted,50;speeches,207;"spying strangers,"264,265Billingsgate,164Bills, 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,246and note3,247Birch, Colonel,111note1Bishops, attendance on the Kings,20;introduction to the House of Lords,151"Black Book" of Edward III.,3Blackfriars, Priory Church,67Black Rod, duties,75,137,140,143,151,153,154,211,212,247;salary,136,137Blackstone,quoted,39,109Bodmin,49note2Bolingbroke, on the creation of peers,33note2;on leaders,92;style,203;on eloquence,214note2Bolton, Duke of,84,85Boneham,59Boswell,280;"Dr. Johnson,"158note1Bothmar,87Bourchier, Sir Robert,104Bowring, Sir John, and the Khedive,166,167Boyer, "The Political State of Great Britain,"279Bradlaugh, the affirmation incident,147-151;"The Impeachment of the House of Brunswick,"148;committed to the Clock Tower,188;mentioned,59Brand, Speaker,134,163,171,187Bribery, 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,12,13Bright, John, Dr. Kenealy and,152;sayings of,167,168,170,209;speeches,212,219Bristol, Bishop of, punishment,180,181Bristol, Burke's speech in,47-49,48note1British Museum, trusteeship,132British Parliament, the,2Brodricke, Sir Allen,192Brougham, Lord, sayings of,quoted,103,265;Chancellor,110note1;character,113,115;defence of Queen Caroline,115and note1;unpopularity,115,116;returning the seal,116;and Wellington,116note1;and the old seal,118;speeches,148note1,206,209,219;a scene in the house,196;mentioned,164,194,197Bucher,quoted,14note1Buckingham, 1st Duke,197,252,276;2nd Duke,192,193;Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of,194Buckingham Palace,152,286Buckinghamshire,59"Bulls,"208,209Burdett, Sir Francis,155note1Burgesse, Dr.,236Burghley, Lord,106Burke, 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,47-49,48note1;cited,51,159,186,193;on the study of the law,103;sayings of,112note1,166and note2,282;incident of the dagger,148and 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,193Burnet, Bishop,10Burney, Fanny,178Bury St. Edmunds,60Bute, Lord,13note1;premiership,91Butt,170Buxton, "Memoirs,"52Buxton, Sir T. F., saying,209Byng, George,quoted,33note1Byron, pedigree of,37;quoted,204;on Burke,205,206Cabinet 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,86and notes;privileges of Cabinet ministers,138Cairns, Lord,118note1Calais, defence of,184Calendar reform,218"Call of the House,"186Camden Society, the,3note2Campbell, Lord, Chancellor of Ireland,101note1;"Lives,"quoted,108and note1,103,123note1Canada Bill, the, of 1791 ... ,16Canning, style,94;sayings,quoted,96note1;and the King's Speech,156;attack on Brougham,164;duel,200;first speech,212;eloquence of,219Canterbury, Abbot of,104Canterbury, Archbishop of,23,82,84Canute,60Carhampton, Lord,seeLuttrel, ColonelCarleton, Sir Dudley,190Carlisle, Lady,8Carlyle, "Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell,"quoted,122note1;on "Historical Collections,"quoted,277Carnabie, Sir W.,187Carnarvon, Lord, speech of,193Caroline, Queen,115,184Carrington, family of,62note1Castlereagh, Lord, premiership,91;duel,200Catholic emancipation,204;Abbot on,124Catholicism,13Cavaliers, the,13Cave, bookseller,279,280Cavendish, Lord,190Cavendish, Lord John, speechquoted,127,127note1Cavendish, Sir Henry, reporting,285and note2Cecil, Lord Robert,seeSalisburyCecil, Robert,138,249Censorship, Commons refuse to renew, 1695 ... ,278Ceremony, Selden's saying regarding,134and note1Chair, the, deference to,162Chairman of Committees,231,232Chairman of Ways and Means,231,233Chamberlain, Austen,52note3Chamberlain, Joseph, the attack on Gladstone, summer, 1893 ... ,130,131;opprobrious names for,164Chamberlain, the Lord Great, his duties at the Palace of Westminster,62note1,151Chanceller, 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,232,233Chancery, Court of,106,109,110Chaplain, the Parliamentary,236,237Chaplin, H.,258Charles 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,286Charles 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,201Chatham,seeWilliam Pitt;on the Magna Charta,quoted,21;his reply to Walpole,54and note2;speeches,207,219;a protest by,264;mentioned,70,193Chaucer,61Chelmsford, Lord,101note1Chelsea parish church,108Chester, representation,39Chesterfield, Lord,115;"Letters,"54andnote3;on oratory,215;on the intelligence of the Commons,217,218Chiltern Hundreds, the,