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with superior knowledge and ability. Falling below the educated mind of the country, they bring discredit upon the House of Commons, while they impair its legislative efficiency. But worse evils than these have been overcome; and we may hope to see this abuse of free discussion eventually corrected, by a less tolerant endurance on the part of the House, and by public reprobation and contempt.

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INDEX TO VOL. I.

ABERCORN, Earl of, his rights as peer of
Great Britain and of Scotland, 245.
Abercromby, Mr., his motion on Scotch re-
presentation, 304.

Aberdeen, Earl of, the Reform Bill of his
ministry, 384.

A'Court, Colonel, deprived of his command
for votes in parliament, 24.
Addington, Mr., mediated between George
III. and Pitt on the Catholic question, 81;
formed an administration, 82; official
difficulties caused by the King's illness
at this juncture, 165-168; his relations
with the King, 84; resigned office, 85;
led the "King's friends," ib.; took office
under Pitt, 86; made a peer, ib. ; per-
mitted debate on notice of motion, 341, n.
See Sidmouth, Viscount.

Addresses to the crown, from parliament,
respecting peace and war, or the disso-
lution of parliament, 466, 470; and from
the people, 469; Lord Camden's opinion,

470.

Admiralty Court, the judge of, disqualified
from parliament, 317.

Althorp, Lord, the Melbourne ministry dis-
missed, on his elevation to the House of
Lords, 123.

American colonies, the war with, stopped

by the Commons, 48, 467; pledge ex-
acted by George III. of his ministers to
maintain the war, 42.

Anne, Queen, the land revenues at her ac-
cession, 195; their alienation restrained,
ib.; her civil list and debts, 197; increase
of peerage, during her reign, 233; created
twelve peers in one day, ib.; holders of
offices disqualified by the Act of Settle-
ment of her reign, 313; popular ad-
dresses to, praying a dissolution, 469.
Appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords
bill, 254.

Appropriation of grants by parliament, the
resolution against issue of unappropriated

money, 64; the commencement of the
system, 196, 477; misappropriation of
grants by Charles II., 197.

Arcot, Nabob of, represented in parliament
by several members, 336.

Army and Navy Service Bill opposed by
George III., 89; withdrawn, 91.
Assizes, the, a commission for holding, issued
during George III.'s incapacity, 159.

BAKER, Mr., his motion against the use of
the king's name, 59.

Ballot, vote by, motions for adoption of,
353, 378.

Baronetage, past and present numbers of,
274.

Barré, Colonel, deprived of his command for
votes in parliament, 24; resigned his
commission, 40; passed over in a brevet,
ib.
"Bedchamber Question, the," 130.
Bedford, Duke of, remonstrated against
Lord Bute's influence, 28.

Berkeley, Mr. H., his motions for the ballot,
380.

Bishops, their number in the house, 254;
attempts to exclude them, 255; their
present position, 256; their votes upon
the Reform Bill, 263, 264; Irish repre-
sentative bishops, 239.

Blandford, Marquess of, his schemes of re-
form, 350.

Bolingbroke, Lord, his theory of "a patriot
king," 10.

Boroughs, different rights of election in,
280, 300; number, &c., of English nomi-
nation boroughs, 279, 282; of Scotch,
300; of Irish, 304; total number in the
representation of the United Kingdom,
305; seats for, bought or rented, 285, 290,
292; advertised for sale, 286; prices of,
286, 291, 310; "borough-brokers," 287;
law passed against the sale of boroughs,
292; government boroughs, 293.

Boyer, an early reporter of debates in par-
liament, 422.

Brand, Mr., his motion against the pledge
required of the Grenville ministry, 93.
Bribery at elections, prior to parliamentary
reform, 282; commenced in reign of
Charles II., ib.; supported by George
III., 289, 291; acts to restrain, 283, 285,
292; bribery since the Reform Act, 366;
later bribery acts, 369; proof of agency,
370; inquiry by commission, 371; gross
cases, ib.; travelling expenses, 373; po-
licy of legislation, 374.
Bribery of members of parliament.

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Members of the House of Commons.
Brougham, Lord, his motion against the
influence of the crown, 114; opinion on
life peerages, 250; advised, as chancellor,
the creation of new peers, 264; his motion
for reform, 356; on the duration of par-
liament, 376.

Buckingham, Marquess of, his refusal to

transmit the address of the Irish par-
liament to the Prince of Wales, 164.
Burdett, Sir F., his schemes of reform, 344,
345; committed for contempt, 443; re-
sists the warrant, 457; apprehended by
force, 458; his actions for redress, ib.
Burgage tenure, the franchise, 280.
Burke, Mr., his scheme of economic reform,

44, 203, 219; drew up the prince's reply
to Pitt's scheme of a regency, 155; his
proposal for sale of the crown lands, 215;
for reduction of pension list, 218; op-
posed parliamentary reform, 341; his
ideal of representation, 390; opposed
Wilkes's expulsion, 401; his remark on
the opposition made to the punishment
of the reporters, 426; on pledges to con-
stituents, 452; the character of his ora-
tory, 492.

Bute, county, the franchise of, prior to re-
form, 302.

Bute, Earl of, his unconstitutional instruc-
tions to George III., 9; aids his personal
interference in government, 16; his rapid
rise, 18; becomes premier, 19; arbitrary
conduct, ib.; and parliamentary bribery,
320, 321; his fall, 22; secret influence
over the King, 22, 27, 29; retired from
court, 24.

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election proceedings, 405, 411; defended
his conduct in the cabinet, 408; opinion
on popular addresses to the crown, 470,
Campbell, Lord, his opinion on life peer-
ages, 250.

Canning, Mr., his conduct regarding the
Catholic question, 81, 95; in office, 95,
116; overtures to, from the court, 106;
declined to support George IV. against
his Queen, 110, 113, n.; character of his
oratory, 495.

Carlton House, the cost of, 213.
Carmarthen, Marquess of, proscribed for
opposition to court policy, 46.
Caroline, Queen (of George IV.), the pro-
ceedings against her, 109; the Divorce
Bill, 111; withdrawn, 112.
Catholic Emancipation, opposed by George
III., 79, 92; by George IV., 115; the
measure carried, 116; a plea for parlia
mentary reform, 349.

Cavendish, Lord J., his motion on the Ame
rican war, 48.

Cavendish, Sir H., reported the Commons'

debates (1768-1774), 417, n.
Chancellor, Lord. See Great Seal, the.
Charles I., alienated the crown lands, 193.
Charles II., wasted crown revenues reco-
vered at his accession, 194; misappro-
priated army grants, 197; bribery at ele
tions, and of members, commenced under,
282, 318.

Charlotte, Princess, question as to the guar
dianship of, 230.

Charlotte, Queen (of George III.), accepted
the resolutions for a regency, 157, 180.
Chatham, Earl of, in office at accession of
George III., 11; his retirement, 17; re
fusal to resume office, 23, 27; his de-
meanour as a courtier, 34; formed an
administration, ib.; endeavoured to break
up parties, ib.; ill health, 36; retired
from office, 37; his statement as to the
influence of the crown, 38; received over
tures from Lord North, 41; approved the
Grenville Act, 310; advocated parlia
mentary reform, 333; favoured triennial
parliaments, 375; his opposition to the
proceedings against Wilkes, 394, 405; his
bill to reverse the proceedings, 410; his
resolution, 411; moved addresses to dis-
solve parliament, 410, 412, 469; con-
demned the King's answer to the city
address, 410; strangers excluded during
his speeches, ib., 417; supported popular
addresses to the crown, 470; his opinion
on the exclusive rights of the Commons
over taxation, 482; his position as an
orator, 490, 501.

Chippenham election petition, Walpole dis-
placed from office by vote upon, 308.
Civil list, the, of the crown, 197; settlement
of, on accession of George III., 198;
charges, debts, and pensions thereon, 198
-221; charges removed therefrom, 207,
208; Civil List Acts, of 1782, 206; of 1816,
207; regulation of the civil list, 206-
209; no debts upon, during the last three
reigns, 209. See also Pensions from the
Crown.

Clerke, Sir P. J., his Contractors' Bill, 328.
Coalition Ministry, the, the formation of, 54.
Cockburn, Lord, his description of Scotch
elections, 302.

Coke, Lady Mary, admired by the Duke of
York, 224.

Coke, Lord, an authority for life peerages,

249.

Coke, Mr., moved a resolution hostile to the
Pitt ministry, 67.
Commission, the, for opening parliament
during incapacity of George III., ques-
tions arising thereupon, 157, 161, 180;
the form of such commission, 181; his
inability to sign a commission for proro-
gation, 175; and for holding assizes, 159.
Commissions to inquire into bribery at
elections, 371.

Commons, House of, position of, at accession

of George III., 3, 279; instances of his
personal interference with, 24, 31, 39, 57,
91; debate thereon, 44, 59, 65; resistance
of the house to Pitt's first ministry, 62;
resolutions against a dissolution, 63, 470;
against the issue of money unappropriated
by parliament, 64; against the recent
changes in the ministry, 66; resolutions to
be laid before George III., 67; resolution
against interference by the Lords, 68;
comments on this contest, 71; debates
on the pledge required of the Grenville
ministry, 93; action of the Commons as
regards a regency, 144-190; doubts re-
specting the issue of new writs during
George III.'s incapacity, 149; the election
of a speaker during the King's incapacity,
154; the vote to authorise the use of the
great seal, 157, 180; the address on the
King's recovery, 160; the relations be-
tween the two houses of Parliament, 259;
the composition of the house since the re-
volution, 277; its dependence and corrup-
tion, ib.; defects in the representation,
278; nomination boroughs, 279-305;
ill-defined rights of election, 280; number
of small boroughs, 281; influence of peers
in the house, 282, 305; bribery at elec-
tions, 282; since reform, 366; at the

general elections of 1761, 284; of 1768,
286; sale of boroughs, 285-292; gross
cases of bribery, 288; bribery supported
by George III., 289, 292; crown and go-
vernment influence over boroughs, 15,
293; revenue officers disfranchised, 295;
majority of members nominated, 305;
trial of election petitions, 307; by com-
mittee of privileges, 307; at the bar of
the house, 308; the Grenville Act, 309;
corruption of members, 312-329; by
places and pensions, 312; measures to
disqualify placemen and pensioners, 315;
number of, in parliament, 316; judges
disqualified, 317; bribes to members,
318-327; under Lord Bute, 320; the
shop at the pay-office, 321; apology for
refusing a bribe, 322; bribes by loans
and lotteries, 323; by contracts, 327;
parliamentary corruption considered, 329;
the reform movement, 333-366; ef-
forts to repeal the Septennial Act, 375;
vote by ballot, 378; qualification Acts,
381; proceedings at elections improved,
382; later measures of reform, 383; re-
lation of the Commons to crown, law,
and people, 392-489; contests on ques-
tions of privilege, 392; the proceedings
against Wilkes, 393; his expulsion, 396;
his expulsion for libel on Lord Weymouth,
400; his re-elections declared void, 403,
404; Luttrell seated by the house, 404;
motions upon the Middlesex election pro-
ceedings, 405; the house address the
King condemning the city address, 409;
the resolution against Wilkes expunged,
413; exclusion of strangers from debates,
415, 435; the exclusion of ladies, 436, n.;
the lords excluded from the Commons,
418; contest with the printers, the, touch-
ing the publication of debates (1771),
420, 425; and with the city authorities,
429; report of debates permitted, 434;
reporters' and strangers' galleries,
439; publication of division lists, ib.;
strangers present at divisions, 441; pub-
licity given to committee proceedings, ib. ;
to parliamentary papers, 442; freedom of
comment upon parliament, 443; early
petitions to parliament, 444; commence-
ment of the modern system of petitioning,
446; debates on, restrained, 451; pledges
of members to their constituents, 452;
discontinuance of certain privileges, 455;
to servants, ib.; of prisoners kneeling at
the bar, 456; privilege and the courts of
law, 456-464; case of Sir F. Burdett,
457; Stockdale and Howard's actions,
460; commit Stockdale and his agents,

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