ABERCORN, Earl of, his rights as
peer of Great Britain and of Scot-
land, 234.
Abercromby, Mr., his motion on
Scotch representation, 286.
Aberdeen, Earl of, the Reform Bill
of his ministry, 357.
A, Court, Colonel, deprived of com-
mand for votes in parliament, 36.
Addington, Mr., mediates between
Geo. III. and Pitt on the Catholic
question, 86-88; forms an admin-
istration, 88; official difficulties
caused by the King's illness at
this juncture, 163-165; his rela-
tions with the King, 89; resigns
office, 91; leads the "King's
friends," 90; takes office under
Pitt, 91: made a peer, ib.; his
declaration as to the King's com-
petency for business, 167; permits
debate on notice of motion, 319, n.
See Sidmouth, Viscount.
Addresses to the crown, from parlia-
ment, respecting peace and war,
or the dissolution of parliament,
430, 431; from the people, for a
dissolution, 432; Lord Camden's
opinion, 433; this right affirmed
by vote of the Commons, 434.
Admiralty Court, judge of, disquali-
fied from parliament, 299.
Althorp, Lord, the Melbourne min-
istry dismissed, on his removal
from the Commons, 125.
American colonies, the war with,
stopped by the Commons, 58, 430.
Anne, Queen, land revenues at her
accession, 189; their alienation re-
strained, 190; her civil list and
debts, 192; increase of peerage
during her reign, 224; created
twelve peers in one day, ib.; hold-
ers of offices disqualified by Act
of Settlement, 295; popular ad-
dresses to, praying a dissolution,
Appellate jurisdiction of the House
of Lords' bill, 242.
Appropriation of grants by parlia-
ment, resolution against issue of
unappropriated money, 72; com-
mencement of the system, 440;
misappropriation of grants by
Chas. II., 191.
Arcot, Nabob of, represented in par-
liament by several members, 315.
Army and Navy Service Bill opposed
by Geo. III., 93; withdrawn, 95.
Assizes, commission for holding, is-
sued during Geo. III.'s incapacity,
BAKER, Mr., his motion against Geo.
III.'s secret counsellors, 67.
Ballot, vote by, motions for adoption
of, 330, 352.
Baronetage, past and present num-
bers of, 260.
Barré, Colonel, deprived of com-
mand for votes in parliament, 36;
resigns his commission, 51; passed
over in a brevet, ib.
"Bedchamber Question, the," 31.
Bedford, Duke of, remonstrates
against Lord Bute's influence, 40.
Berkeley, Mr. H., his motions for the
ballot, 354.
Bishops, their number in the House,
242; attempts to exclude them,
243; their present position, 245;
their votes upon the Reform Bill,
250, 251: Irish representative
bishops, 229.
Blandford, Marquess of, his schemes
of reform, 326.
Bolingbroke, Lord, his theory of "
patriot king," 23.
Boroughs, different rights of election
in, 266, 283; nomination boroughs.
265, 267, 283, 288, 289; numbers
of voters in, 267, 283, 289; seats
for, bought or rented, 270, 276;
advertised for sale, 270; prices of,
271, 272, 275, 276, 292; law passed
against the sale of boroughs, 276;
government boroughs, 277.
Borough-brokers," 272.
Boyer, reports debates in parlia-
ment, 391.
Brand, Mr., his motion against the
pledge required of the Grenville
ministry, 96.
Bribery at elections, prior to parlia-
mentary reform, 267; commenced
in reign of Charles II., 268; sup-
ported by George III., 274, 276;
acts to restrain, 264, 270, 274, 277;
bribery since the Reform Act, 341;
later bribery acts, 344, 347; proof
of agency, 344; inquiry by com-
mission, 345; gross cases, 346;
travelling expenses, 347; policy
of legislation, 348.
Bribery of members of parliament.
See Members of the House of
Commons.
Brougham, Lord, his motion against
influence of the crown, 117; opin-
ion on life peerages, 238; advises,
as chancellor, the creation of new
peers, 251; his motion for reform,
332; on the duration of parlia-
ment, 349.
Buckingham, Marquess of, refuses to
transmit the Irish address to the
Prince of Wales, 162.
Burdett, Sir F., his schemes of re-
form, 322, 323; committed for con-
tempt, 409; resists the warrant,
422; apprehended by force, ib.;
brings actions for redress, 423.
Burgage tenure, franchise, 266.
Burke, Mr., his scheme of economic
reform, 54, 197, 211; drew up the
prince's reply to Pitt's scheme of
a regency, 154; his proposal for
sale of crown lands, 208; for re-
duction of pension list, 211; op-
poses parliamentary reform, 320;
his ideal of representation, 362;
opposes Wilkes's expulsion, 372;
his remarks on pledges to con-
stituents, 418; character of his
oratory, 452, 461.
Bute, county, absurd case of election
for, 285.
Bute, Earl of, his unconstitutional
instructions to George III., 22;
aids his personal interference in
government, 28; his rapid rise, 30;
becomes premier, 31; arbitrary
conduct, ib. 32; and parliamentary
bribery, 301, 304; his fall, 34; se-
cret influence over the King, 34,
38-40; retires from court, 35.
CABINET, the, admission of a judge
to seat in, 93; all the offices in,
held by the Duke of Wellington,
126; the interior cabinet of George
III., 24.
Calcraft, Mr., deprived of office for
opposition to court policy, 36.
Camden, Lord, disapproves the Mid-
dlesex election proceedings, 376,
381; defends his conduct in the
cabinet, 378; opinion on popular
addresses to the crown, 433.
Campbell, Lord, his opinion on life
peerages, 239.
Canning, Mr., his conduct regarding
the Catholic question, 87, 98, 118;
in office under Mr. Perceval, 98;
overtures to, from the court, 109;
declines to support George IV.
against his Queen, 113, 116, n.;
character of his oratory, 455.
Carlton House, the cost of, 206.
Carmarthen, Marquess of, proscribed
for opposition to court policy, 56.
Caroline, Queen (of George IV.),
proceedings against, 113-116; the
Divorce Bill, 114; withdrawn, 115.
Catholic Emancipation, opposition
to, by George III., 85, 95; by
George IV., 118; measure carried,
119; a plea for parliamentary re-
form, 326.
Cavendish, Lord J., his motion on
the American war, 58.
Cavendish, Sir H., reports the Com-
mons' debates (1768-1774), 386, n.
Chancellor, Lord. See Great Seal,
the.
Charles I., alienates the crown lands,
Charles II., crown revenues recov-
ered at accession of, 188; subse-
quent waste, ib.; appropriates
army grants, 191; bribery at elec-
tions, and of members, commenced
under, 267, 270, 299.
Charlotte, Princess, question as to
guardianship over, 222.
Charlotte, Queen (of George III.),
accepts the resolutions for a re-
gency, 155, 177.
Chatham, Earl of, in office at acces-
sion of George III., 24; retires and
accepts peerage, 29; refuses to re-
sume office, 35, 38; his demeanor
as a courtier, 45; forms an admin-
istration, ib.; endeavors to break
up parties, 46; ill health, 47; re-
tires, 48; statement as to the
King's influence, 49; receives
overtures from Lord North, 51;
approves the Grenville Act, 292;
advocates parliamentary reform,
313; favors triennial parliaments,
349; his opposition to the proceed-
ings against Wilkes, 366, 376; by
bill, 380; by resolution, 381; and
by addresses to dissolve parlia-
ment, 380, 381, 431; condemns the
King's answer to the city address,
380; strangers excluded from his
speeches, 380, 387; supports pop-
ular addresses to the crown, 433;
his opinion on the exclusive rights
of the Commons over taxation,
444; position as an orator, 451,
Chippenham election petition, Wal-
pole displaced from office by vote
upon, 291.
Civil list of the crown, 191; settle-
ment of, on accession of George
III., 193; charges and pensions
thereon, 194, 210-214; debts in-
curred upon, 192, 199; charges re-
moved from, 200, 201; Civil List
Acts, 1782, 199; 1816, 201; regu-
lation of the civil list, 201, 203;
Commons committee on, 202; no
debts upon, during the last three
reigns, 203. See also Pensions
from the Crown.
Clerke, Sir P. J., his Contractors'
Bill, 322.
Coalition Ministry, the formation of,
63; its policy, 64; overthrown,
68.
Cockburn, Lord, his description of
Scotch elections, 285.
Coke, Lady Mary, admired by the
Duke of York, 216.
Coke, Lord, an authority for life
peerages, 238.
Coke, Mr., moves a resolution hos-
tile to the Pitt ministry, 74.
Commission, for opening parliament
during incapacity of George III.,
questions arising thereupon, 156,
159, 177; form of such commis-
sion, 177; his inability to sign
commissions for prorogation, 172;
the commission for holding assizes,
Commissions to inquire into bribery
at elections, 345.
Commons, House of, unconstitution-
al influence of the crown over the,
by undue influence and intimida-
tion, 16, 32, 36, 42, 49, 72, 94; by
influence at elections, 277; by
places, pensions, and bribes, 293-
309; debates thereon, 54-57, 67,
68, 117; their contest with Pitt's
first ministry, 70-78; resolutions
against a dissolution, 70-72, 432;
against the issue of money un-
appropriated by parliament, 72;
against the recent changes in the
ministry, 73: resolutions to be
laid before Geo. III., 74; resolu-
tion against interference by the
Lords, 75; comments on this con-
test, 78-80; debates on the pledge
required of the Grenville minis-
try, 96-98; action of the Com-
mons as regards a regency, 144-
185; doubts respecting the issue
of new writs during George III.'s
incapacity, 148; elect a speaker
during King's incapacity, 154;
vote authorizing use of great seal,
156, 157, 177; address on King's
recovery, 158; regulation of crown
revenues and civil list, 191-203;
relations between the two houses,
248; as to reform, 249; as to taxa-
tion, 443; composition of the house
since the revolution, 263; its de-
pendence and corruption, ib.; de-
fects in the representation, 264;
ill-defined rights of election, 266;
nomination boroughs, 265-267,
284, 288; influence of peers in
the house, 267, 289; bribery at
elections, 267; since reform, 341;
at the general elections (1761),
269; (1768), 271; sale of boroughs,
270-277; gross cases of bribery,
272; bribery supported by Geo.
III., 274, 276; government influ-
ence over boroughs, 278; revenue
officers disfranchised, ib.; majority
of members nominated, 287; trial
of election petitions, 289; by com-
mittee of privileges, 290; at the
bar of the house, ib.; the Gren-
ville Act, 292; corruption of mem-
bers, 294-309; by places and pen-
sions, 294; measures to disqualify
placemen and pensioners, 295;
number of, in parliament, 297;
judges disqualified, 298; bribes
to members, 299-304; under Lord
Bute, 301; the shop at the pay-
office, ib.; apology for refusing a
bribe, 303; bribes by loans and
lotteries, 305-307; by contracts,
307; parliamentary corruption con-
sidered, 309-312; proceedings in
Commons regarding reform, 313-
355; efforts to repeal Septennial
Act, 348; vote by ballot, 352;
qualification Acts, 353; proceed-
ings at elections, 355; later meas-
ures of reform, ib.; relation of the
Commons to Crown, law, and peo-
ple, 364-450; contests on ques-
tions of privilege, 364; proceed-
ings against Wilkes, 365; deny
him his privilege, ib.; expel him,
368; repel his accusation of Lord
Mansfield, 370; expel him for
libel on Lord Weymouth, 371;
his reëlections declared void, 374;
Luttrell seated by the house, 375;
motions upon Middlesex election
proceedings, 376, 382; address to
the King condemning the city ad-
dress, 379; the resolution against
Wilkes expunged, 383; exclusion
of strangers from debates, 384,
402; the exclusion of ladies, 403,
n.; the lords excluded from the
Cominons, 387; contest with the
printers, 389; prohibit the publi-
cation of debates, 390; increased
severity in 1771, 394; proceed
against the city authorities for
resisting the speaker's warrant,
397-400; erase the messenger's
recognizance, 398; report of de-
bates permitted, 402; reporters'
galleries, 406; strangers' galleries,
b.; publication of division lists,
ib.; presence of strangers at di-
visions, 407; publicity given to
committee proceedings, 408; to
parliamentary papers, ib.; early
practice regarding petitions, 410;
house influenced by the presen-
tation of petitions, 412; debates
on, restrained, 417; pledges by
members, ib.; discontinuance of
privileges, 420; to servants, ib.;
of prisoners kneeling, 421; privi-
lege and the courts of law, 421-
426; case of Sir F. Burdett, 422;
Stockdale and Howard's actions,
424; commit Stockdale and his
agents, 425; commit the sheriffs,
ib.; right of Commons to publish
papers affecting character, 426;
increased power of the Commons,
428; conduct of, regarding Jew-
ish disability, ib.; control of the
Commons over the government,
429; over peace and war, and
over dissolutions of parliament, 70,
430, 431; votes of want of confi-
dence, 59, 73, 77, 434; and of
confidence, 122, 336, 434; im-
peachments, 435; relations be-
tween the Commons and minis-
ters since the Reform Act, 130,
436; their control over national
expenditure, 190, 439; liberality
to the crown, 440; stopping the
supplies, 442; supplies delayed,
72, 76, 443; restraints upon the
liberality of the house, 443; ex-
clusive rights over taxation, 444;
power of the lords to reject a
money bill, 445-450; sketch of
parliamentary oratory, 450; con-
duct of the house in debate, 459;
increased authority of the chair,
462. See also Lords, House of;
Parliament; Petitions.
Commonwealth, destruction of crown
revenues at, 188.
Contracts with Government a means
of bribing members, 307; contract-
ors disqualified from parliament,
308.
Conway, General, proscribed for
votes in parliament, 36, 37; takes
office under Lord Rockingham,
40; disclaims the influence of the
"King's friends," 41; his motion
on the American war, 58.
Cornwall, Duchy of revenues of
inheritance of Prince of Wales,
204; present amount, ib.
Cornwall, Mr. Speaker, death of,
during Geo. III.'s incapacity, 153.
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