Disorderly electors, 398 field, 266, 268, 289, 291, 337, and Melbourne, 292 his early candidatures, 291 his first appearance in Parliament, early passage with Palmerston, 293 last appearance in the Commons, 309 a tribute from an opponent, 311 "Dissolution or "interruption ?" 35 of 1629, the, 27 of 1780, 51 of 1831, 54, 226 Parliamentary corruption preventing "Distaste" for Parliament, Charles I.'s Distinction, an honourable, 244 Division, a quarrel on a disputed, 39 a stranger counted in a, 418 Division lists, 43 Divisions, repeated, 454 Divisions in the House of Lords, 455 "Dragons' teeth," 183, 347 Drake's "well-known speech," 370 related in Parliament, 24 Drowsy members, 79 Drunken Parliament, the, 7 Duel between Burdett and Mr. Paull, Castlereagh's with Canning, 179 Elevation, a convenient, 29 rapid, 90 Eliot, Sir John, 21, 24, 27, 67 his last appearance, 68 Elizabeth, Queen, refusing assent to Elizabeth and the Commons, 15 examples of Chatham's, 121 Epigrams, 175, 178, 182, 366, 368, Episcopacy, a bill "for the extirpation Falkland on, 78 Vane on the bill against, 84 Equal rights, 264 Error, a confession of, 117 his failure, 189 his defence of liberty, 189 Estate, the fourth, 426 Estates sitting by themselves, the "Europe on a mine," 279 Evasion, an ingenious, 406 Evelyn's diary quoted, 42, 46, 374, 377, Evidence, manufactured, 86 Excise Bill, Walpole's, 101, 107 Pitt and the, 118 Excitement in the Houses, 54 special instances of, 415, &c. first application of the new rule, 416 Exclusion of the Lords and Commons, Exemplary oratory, 65 Exeter Hall, the "bray " of, 283 Facts, resort to imagination for, 164 in Midlothian, 378 Erskine's parliamentary, 189 sent to the Tower (1694), 44 of Sir Robert Peel, 249 Family connections in Government, 353 Fasts, national, and everyday duties, 275 Father and son, 642 "Fawning parasites," 225 Fees paid for arrest, &c., 418 Fighting and fasting, 463 "Finality" in Reform, 244, 263 Lord Keeper, 28, 457 Finch, Lord, defending Steele, 95 for late arrival, 447 Fitzgibbon and Curran, 186 Five members, the attempt to arrest Flattery missing its mark, 137 Flood, Henry, 181, 184 Grattan on, 185 on the publication of debates, 425 his name erased from the Privy Fox and his party, 148 and young William Pitt, 138, 139, and Lord North, 126 and Sir William Grant, 190 Fox and the goose, the, 168 an unready speaker, 167 Franchise, claim to the, by peers, 410 Franking letters, the privilege of, 409 "Free breakfast table," a, 341 Freedom of speech in Parliament, 43 Freeholds, origin of splitting, for wholesale multiplication of, 378 French minister, Chatham and the, 115 Friend, "my right honourable," 361 Fuller, Thomas, 22, 491 Full houses, unusually, 321, 447 G. Galway, intimidation in, 399 Garrick hiding himself in the gallery, 415 Garter, the order of the, 100, 101 in the Commons, 459 "Gentle Shepherd," the, 118 and Temple Luttrell, 476 the "luminous," 165 his application for diplomatic em- Gibson, Mr. M., 335, 353 "Gigantic innovation," a, 319 Gladstone, William Ewart, (viii.) 205, his first return, 315 first appearances in Parliament, 316 his style and language, 316 his connection with the "sliding his "Commercial Treaty" budget, 178 a reply to Lord Palmerston, 317 at Blackheath, 326, 327 purpose to "counter work" Lord sketch of, by Lord Beaconsfield, an as a Chancellor of the Exchequer, 331 Gladstone Ministry, defeat of the, on the Irish University Bill 505 Glare at the doors of Parliament," "Golden age" of a Government, the, "Good and safe man wanted," a, 386 a pattern of, 124 in defeat, 146 "Good Judge," the, 13 Good Parliament, the, 5, 10 Goose and gosling, 371 Government, humiliations of a weak, 307 the "golden age of a," 350 "Government must be supported," the, Gordon, Lord George, 476 Gordon Riots, the, 52 Goulburn, Mr., 207, 450 Gout, conquering the, 191 Grafton, Thurlow's reply to the Duke Graham, Sir James, 251 his later appearances, 252 Grant of 50,000l. to Grattan, 181 his first Foreign Secretaryship, 353 Gratitude, exciting Spanish, 279 his attack on Castlereagh, 179 Great Charter, the, 3, 66, 86, 466 his first appearance, 214 his own estimate of his debating and Fox's bust, 216 Grey and Brougham, interview of, with William IV., 55, 227 Grievance, a forgotten, 197 Grievances, a representation of, 30 Guinea, Walpole's, in the British Guizot, M., quoted, 213, 251 Gunpowder Plot, the, 18 Guns, great, at small birds, 240 Habeas Corpus Act, the, 40 Hale, Sir Matthew, quoted by Black- stone, "Half the house," 152 Hampden, John, 31, 32, 73 his dexterity and influence, 73 "Hansard," disposing of, 254 Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, 92 417 Hartley, David, 451, 485 Hastings, Burke and Warren, 155, Hat, betrayed by a, 135 the "real working," 440 Healing Parliament, the, 7 "Hemming" a member down, 17 Henry VIII.'s method with the Com- mons, 13 Heptarchy, " restore the," 209 Herbert, Mr. Auberon, 473 Hereditary representatives, 60 High bailiff reprimanded, a, 395 High places, vulgar language in, 217 Hint to statesmen, a, 96 History, Walpole's ignorance of, 101 Hit, a very palpable, 166 "Hocus-pocus of a parliamentary "Hole" of St. Stephen's, the, 202 Hollis, Denzil, 32, 69 and Ireton, 467 Holt, Chief Justice, and the Speaker, 46 "Home Rule," 310 and imperial rule, 363 Home Secretaries, list of, 500 Hostages, parliamentary, 8 Hours, early, in Parliament, 448 House, making a, 446 INDEX. House of Commons, changes in the a school of discipline, the, 328 always a "weak brother" in the, 343 the critical sense of the, 339 what it loves, 490 House of Commons and the City of House of Commons denounced by a House of Commons "the Beast," 283 Я "beast not to be understood," 35 House of Lords, the, 357 Cromwell's, 87 House of Lords, divisions in the, 455 a standing order of the, 472 Houses of Parliament, mutual jealousy of the, 49 House of Mayors, the, 230 and education, 346 "Hudibras" quoted, 38, 3:6, 489 "Humbug," 204 Hume, Joseph, 193, 203, 251 Humorous incident on a grave occa- Hunt, "Orator," 57, 367, 445 Hypocrisy, the "organised," 294 66 Illustration, a Scriptural, 79 mock, 91 Impeachment of Danby, debate on the, of Hastings, Sheridan's speech on of Melville, 431 of Strafford, 27 Imperial interests first, 324 Imperial rule and Home rule, 363 Imperium et libertas," 310 Impressions, Byron's parliamentary, 197 Impromptu, Canning's, on Whitbread, Incorruptible, the, 85 Independence, 185 Independent member, an, 351 Indians, employment of, by Chatham, Indiscretion, an, 281 "Infamous coalition!" 124 Influence with the House, Althorp's, Inglis, Sir Robert Harry, 490 Insignificant men, 109 Inspiration of claret, the, 484 Insulting language in Parliament, 179 Intimidation in Galway, 399 "Intimidating" visage, an, 400 Intolerance in the House of Commons, 36 Intrepidity, Pelham's, 109 Introduction of new members, 442 Ireland, Burke on, 154 a lover of, 180 the legislative union with, 53 Irish Church debate of 1833, 218 |