38,41,116,123,148note1,165,168,227,253;Brougham's speech,194Reform Acts of 1867, 1884 ... ,42,256Reform, Parliamentary, 1831 ... ,29Remonstrance of 1682 ... ,82Reporting, Parliamentary,275-387;"Diurnal occurrences of Parliament," 278;the nightly letter to the Sovereign,286Requests, Court of,70Restoration, Parliament under the,8Revolution, 1688 ... ,4,8,14,41,60,83Rich, Speaker,145Richard II.,22,61,67Richmond, Duchess of,271Richmond, (3rd) Duke of,31,264;(4th, 1831),197Rigby,193Rights, Bill of,224Riley,258note1Ripon,60Robinson,259Robinson, Sir H. Crabb, "Diary,"quoted,224Roche, Sir Boyle, "bulls" of,209Rochefoucauld, La, saying of,quoted,222Rochester, Earl of,192Rochester, representation of,40Rockingham, Lord,91Rogers, saying of,quoted,115Rolle, John,196Rolliad, the, Thurlow's character portrayed in,112Rolls of Parliament,3,146Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill,201Roman Catholics, disabilities,17note1,110,146,147Romilly, Sir Samuel, speech,228,229Rosalinda, story of,269Rose, Sir George,194Rosebery, Lord, on the reform of the Lords,18,35-37,37note1,38;saying of,quoted,58note1;on old speeches,203,235Rothschild, Baron Lionel de,147Rotten boroughs,12,40,225Roundheads, the,13Royal assent,246and note3,247Runnymede,21Rushworth,277Russell, Earl, trial,186note3Russell, Lord John, and corruption,12;saying of,quoted,14;and Peel,17;on heredity,quoted,19;minority54;in the Cabinet,85;premiership,91,92;Disraeli and,164;defeat in 1854 ... ,253;and the admission of strangers,262;and the Press,285Russell-Gladstone Cabinet, the,256St. Asaph, Bishop of,181"St. James's Chronicle," 178St. James's, Court of,111,112St. John of Jerusalem, Hospital of, the Prior,23note1St. Leonards, Lord,111note1;saying of,quoted,115St. Margaret's Church, Westminster,146,226note1,236St. Paul's Cathedral,66St. Simon,94St. 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,265Salisbury, 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,95note1Salisbury, town of,60Salomons, Alderman,147Sandeford,180Savage, Sir Arnold, speaker,125,note1Schomberg,67Scotch Militia Bill,248Scotland, bribery of Members of Parliament,9and note3;Act of Union,24Scottish Parliament, the,191Scottish Peers,26;introduction ceremony,151Scrope, Lord,191Seal, the Great, stolen from Lord Thurlow,104note1;Keepership,105;Women Keepers,105;Lord Brougham's method of returning,116;breaking up of the,118Seals, the, delivery of,100,101;puns on,101note1Seats, retention of,138;purchase of176Selden, on Law and Equity,107;sayings of,quoted,134and note1;on Parliamentary privileges,quoted,176Select Committees, appointment of,230Selwyn,10"Senate of Lilliput,"279,280Septennial Act, the,11,12,206,279Sergeant-at-Arms, the,75,136,138,147,148,150;duties,181and note3-82,259Servants and privileges,174,175Session, the Parliamentary,225Seymour, Sir Edward, Speakership,122,123,132,144,190Shaftesbury, Earl of, (Baron Ashley),12,163,213,270,277;Lord Shaftesbury, (1831),197Shaw,17Sheil, "Sketches of the Irish Bar," 78-80;on Brougham,quoted,116;punishment,188note1;facts,quoted,203and note3;attack on Lord Lyndhurst,264Sheridan, sayings of,quoted,97,148note1,208;and George IV.,156;motions to adjourn,168;speeches of,204,205,212,213,218,223;the "Begum" speech,205and note2;speech at the trial of Hastings,282;on the liberty of the Press,287Shippen, William,149note1Sibthorpe, Colonel, saying of,quoted,199,200Sidmouth, Lord,seeAddingtonSidney, Algernon, saying of,quoted,48note1Simon de Montford,4Slaves, emancipation of the,116Smalley, servant,175Smith, Sidney,cited,29,115Smith, Speaker,182Socrates, saying of,quoted,52Somers' trial,63Somerset, Duke of, (1547),179;(1790, 1800),253Somerset, G.,115note1Somerset House,267"Sopher,"103note1South Sea Bubble,188Sovereign, the, and the Barons,4;presence in Parliament,8;approval of the Speaker elect,144Spanish Armada,70Speakers 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,"132Speaker's Gallery,265Spiritual Lords,22,23Spithead, naval review,74Spring-Rice,283Stael, Mme. de,32note2Stagg, Mrs. Anne,237Stamp duties,278Standing Committees,232Standing Orders,159Stanley, Lady,186Stanley, Lord,91note1Star Chamber,106,175,232Statute, legislation by,242Steele, expelled,188;on the House of Commons,206;"The Crisis,"213Stock Exchange, the,188Stockdale, publisher,285Stoke,59Storie, arrest of,179Stourton, Lord,27Strafford, Earl of,63,82,277Strangers in Parliament,259-274;balloting for seats,263;Disraeli's resolution,265Stratford, Archbishop and Chancellor,106Strode,8,162,185Stuarts, the, and the Parliament,6,13,190Sudbury,276Suffragettes, the,182Sugden, Edward,seeSt. Leonards, LordSullivan, A. M.,76,77Sunderland, Earl of,14,83Supremacy, Act of, (1563),146Suspension of a member,187Sutton, Speaker Manners,68,126and note1,133,134,141,142,221Swift,203;"The Examiner,"278Tacitus,1,203,282"Tacking,"30,31,34Talbot, Lord, King's Champion,63,64;Lord Chancellor,96"Tallies,"70,71Tangye, Lady,7note3Tanner, Dr.,164;arrest of,176Tapestries at Westminster,69,70Temple, Lord,95note1;and Horne Tooke,56note1Tennant, R.,220note1Test Act,27note1,55Test Roll, the,146Thames Embankment, the,61Thanet, Lord,95note1Thorpe, Thomas, Speaker,174Thurloe, Cromwell's Secretary,111Thurlow, Lord, saying of,quoted,32;Chancellor,86,111-113,198;loss of the Great Seal,104note1Tichborne case,152,253"Times, The," article,quoted,154note1;printer fined,183;Parliamentary reports,284Tooke, Rev. J. Horne,56and note1Tories,269;origin,13,14Torrington, Lord,53Tothill fields,70Tower of London,74,108,163,175,179,180,192,281Townsend, "History of the House of Commons,"quoted,133Townshend, Charles, sayings,quoted,91,207;his "Champagne Speech,"193Townshend, Thomas,193Treason Bill, (1695),213Treasury Bench,138Treasury, corruption of the,12Trevor, Sir John, bribery practised by,9;speakership,123and note1; 130and note2Triennial Act (1694),11Troy, Siege of,70Tudors, the, and Parliament,81Turner, Sir Edward, corruption of,7note1Twiss,253Two Power Standard, principle of the,109and note2Tydder, Cadwallader,140Union, Acts of,24,42Usher of the Black Rod,136Vaughan, General,95note1Vere, Aubrey de,62,note1"Vetus Codex," the,3Victoria, Queen, Parliament under,25,55,286note1;and the creation of Peers,26note2;dividing the Seal,118note1;the Queen's Speech,156Viscounts, creation by Henry VI,27Voltaire,quoted,50,51"Votes for Women,"182,273,274,238,note1Voting by proxy,252Waldegrave, Lord,243Waldegrave, Sir Richard,144Wales, Prince of, at the opening of Parliament,153Walgrave, Bill of,243note2Wallace, William, trial,63Waller, the poet,53Walpole, Horace, on the functions of the House of Lords,28;Pitt's reply to,54note2;cited,63,64;"Letters,"quoted,90note3,128and note2,186Walpole, Sir Robert, on corruption,10,12;expulsion and re-election,58,59,188;ministry,84,86,90and note3,91,96,100,154,227,253;refusal of Downing Street,87;and William Shippen,149note1;on Townshend,193;a story of,206,207;first speech,212;on Fox,217;Pulteney and,256Wanklyn, Colonel, case of,174,175,197Ward, punishment,179and note2Wars of the Roses,40Waterloo Station,137Waveney, Lord,167note1Wedderburn,seeLoughborough, Lord"Weekly Political Register,"284Welbeck Abbey, unpublished manuscripts,95note1Wellesley, Lord,85;threatened impeachment,124Wellington, Duke of, and the rotten boroughs,12;and the Corn Law,29;on the Reformed House of Commons,42;