113and note2,282Lowe, Chancellor,98Luggershall,10Lunatics, laws concerning,54,55Luttrel, Colonel,95note1,201Lyndhurst, Lord, sayings of,quoted,27note1,101note1;the Two Power Standard,109and note2;and the old seal,118;scenes in the House,197,235,264Lynn, voters of,59Macaulay,cited,10,14,58,63,97,223,253,256;"Miscellaneous writings,"quoted,90note2,102note1;on the King's Speech,155;on parliamentary scenes,195;speeches,2004,220;on Burke,205;eloquence of,219;sayings of,quoted,225Macclesfield, Lord,108Mace, the,74,75,139Mackintosh, Sir James, sayings of,quoted,210,215,222Magna Charta,21,22,224Mahon, Lord,204;speeches,221Maidstone, Lord,195Malmesbury, Lord, "Memoirs,"86note1Manchester, Duke of,264Mann, Sir H.,28Manners, Lord John,220Mansfield, Lord,85,93,197"Manwaring's Medley,"279Mare, Sir Peter de la,120note1Marlborough, Duke of,30Marshal, Master,236Martin, Henry,70Martineau, Harriet, on the presence of women in Parliament,272Marvell, Andrew,7,45note2,191Mary, Queen, creation of rotten boroughs,40Mass, the,236Matchmaker's petition,238note1Matthews, Home Secretary,164Maule, Fox,244note1May, Erskine,139Maynooth College,17note1"Mazur," 103note1Mediterranean, the,12Melbourne, Lord, Prime Minister,88,156;and Lord Brougham,116;rules of order,163Melville, Lord,193;impeachment,63,198,252,253Middleton, Commissioner,191Middleton, Secretary of State,6Midhurst,10Mildmay, Sir H.,190Mill, John Stuart,quoted,19Milton,205;"Paradise Lost," Lord Eldon's opinion on,113"Minister," the term,84Ministers, appointment of,96-98;number of,98;the members of the administration,98note4"Mist's Journal,"183Modred,31Mompesson, Sir Giles,180Money Bills, doctrines of the Commons concerning,30,31,34;returned from the Lords,244note2;royal assent to,247Monmouth, representation of,39and note1Monopolies, abolition of,197;punishment of monopolists,180Montacute, Lord,10Montagu, Lady M. W., "Letters,"cited,270note3Montagu, Mr.,115note1Montague, Walpole's letters to,quoted,15note1Monteagle, Lord,seeSpring-RiceMontesquieu,cited,1Moore, Thomas,68;letters of,quoted,51note1;"Memoirs,"77Mordaunt, Sir Charles,46More, Sir Thomas,53,103,106-108,133,208Moreton, Chief Justice of Chester,92,93Moritz, C. P.,67,68,260Morley, Lord,222"Morning Chronicle," reports,282Morpeth, Lady G.,115note1Morpeth, Lord,76Moses,170Mowbray, Barony of,27Mullins,69Murray, Alexander, punishment of,178Murray, Solicitor-General,seeMansfield, LordMusters, famous beauty,270"Naming," practise of,187National Council, the,41,81Naturalization Bill, 1751 ... ,186Naturalization, political rights and,55Naunton,cited,82Navy office, the,67New Palace Yard,65,72Newgate,178,183Newsletters,278Newspapers, party organs,278-79Newton, Sir Isaac,115Nonconformity,13Norfolk, 3rd Duke of,108;11th Duke,41Norreys, Lord,195North Briton,281North, Lord, correspondence with George III.,10;premiership,85,94,96,164,206;dismissal of Fox,97;mentioned,128,165;somnolence of,198,199;speeches,219North, Roger, "Life of Lord Guildford,"quoted,108,109Northampton,60Northcote, Sir Stafford,150Northstead,59Norton, Sir Fletcher, Speakership,128and note2,129;saying of,quoted,187note1"Notice-paper,"229,230Oates, Titus,63,66,190Oath of Allegiance, the, disabilities under,27and note1,56;administration,145-147;the Bradlaugh incident,148-151Oath of Supremacy, the,259Oaths Act, 1888 ... ,147,148O'Brien, Smith,230,231Obstruction, Irish tactics,168-172O'Connell, Daniel, saying of,quoted,17andnote1;"Experiences,"153;unparliamentary language,164;noisy scenes caused by,195,196;motion for repeal of the Union,220note1, speeches,223;scene in the Strangers' Gallery,266;an incident,271;and the Press,283;mentioned,13note3O'Connell, Morgan,200O'Connor, Feargus, saying of,quoted,163O'Connor, T. P., "Gladstone's House of Commons,"cited,77O'Donnell,167O'Gorman, Major,163Old Sarum,56One Mile Act,238Onslow, Arthur, Speakership,16,132,124,141,177,187,281Onslow, Fulk, Clerk of the House,140Onslow, Richard, Speaker,145Opposition, the recognition,15,16Orange-Women,69Oratory, the gift of,215,216"Order Book" of the House,230Orphans Bill, 1695 ... ,123Outlaws, Irish,13Oxford,60Oxford, Earl of,seeHarleyOxford,1st Earl,62Painted Chamber, the,230"Pairing,"255Palace Yard,70,137,181Palgrave, Sir F., Clerk of the House,140Palmerston, Lord, on the Lords,20,26;cabinets,88;visit to Scotland,89,90;style,94;saying of,quoted,199;mentioned,34,240Paper Duties Bill,88Parke, lawyer,26Parliament, derivation of the word,2;history of,3,4;the first,4,5;the two Houses,5;duration,5and 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,225Parliamentary Proceedings Bill,248Parnell, policy of obstruction,169-171;"named,"187Parr, Dr.,206Parry, Dr., arrest,179Partington, Mrs.,29Party principle, the origin,13-17Patriots,14Payment of Members,44-47Peace of Paris,193Pearson, head doorkeeper,69,77,261,262,262note1,271Pease, quaker,147,160Peel, Sir Robert, and Lord John Russell,17;and reform,41,42,169;mentioned,74,85,253and note2;premiership,91,163;style,94;on the speakership,quoted,126;dissolution,199,200;speech,204;a scene in the House,266Peel, Speaker,130,134,141,163,274Peeresses, at the opening of Parliament,152,153,note1;privileges of,174note1,269Peers, Liberal,33;creation of new,33note2;exclusion from the Commons,55;rights of Irish,55,56;privileges of,173,174Pelham,10,88,281Pepys' "Diary,"quoted,45,65and note3,87,192,213,256;accusations against,67Perceval, Spencer,287;assassination of,266Perrers, Alice,120note1Peter the Great, saying of, quoted,64Peterborough, Earl of,84Petition, legislation by,40Petition of Right,197Petitions,237-239Petyt,cited,2Phillips,158Piers of Langtoft,105note1Pillory, use of the,179-80Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham,seeChatham;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,280Pitt, 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,70,133,253Place, Francis,14Plague, the,60Plimsoll,164Plunket,80,158,204,219Plunket, Lord, Chancellor of Ireland,101note1Poaching, punishment for,177Police, Metropolitan, duties,181,182Ponsonby, George,200Pope, on government,quoted,19;the "Dunciad,"179note2Porritt,cited,257Porson,217Portland, Duke of,46;notes on forming a ministry,95note1Praed, poet, his advice to the Chair,129Praise God Barebones,7,8Precedence, the question of,27"Premier," the word,89Prevention of Crimes (Ireland) Act,227Press, the, freedom of,3;Parliament and,275-287Pride, Colonel,181Prime 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,98note2;the number of ministers,98-100;delivery of the seals,100Printing, laws regulating,278Prior, Matthew,2Priory Church, Blackfriars,67"Privilege," 4th January, 1642 ... ,8Privileges, Parliamentary,173-188Privy Council, the,22,81,82,84;the Judicial Committee,110;members,138Procedure, Standing Orders,159;Gladstone's proposed alteration,171,172Property qualification,4Protectionists,204"Protections," sale of,175Protestants,13Proxies,252Pryme, "Recollections,"13note2Prynne, "Brief Register,"quoted,3and note1,185Public Bills,231Pugin, Augustus Welby,73note1Pulteney,18,256Punishments, Parliamentary,173-188Puns,100,101,101note1Putney,77Pym,8,237Quakers and the oath,147Queensberry, Kitty, Duchess of,270Questions,239-241Quorum,234,235"Radical," the term,14Raikes,42Raleigh, Sir Walter,249"Rapparees,"13note3Rasch, Sir Carne,168Reading,60Records, lack of early,3Redistribution Bill of 1883 and 1885 ... ,43note2Reform Act of 1832 ... ,4,10,33note2,