money sent by George III., ib.;
by shares in a loan, 306; his sec-
ond loan, 307; approved the Mid-
dlesex election proceedings, 382;
carriage broken by mob, 400; his
personalities in debate, 461.
Northampton borough, cost of elec-
toral contest (1768), 272; case of
bribery from corporate funds, 327.
North Briton (No. 45), the publica-
tion of, 365; riot at the burning
of, 367.
Northumberland, Duke of, supported
in bribery at elections by George
III., 274.

Norton, Sir F. (the speaker), sup-
ports Dunning's resolutions, 55;
his speech to George III. touching
the civil list, 197; altercations
with, 463.

O'CONNELL, Mr., advocates univer-

sal suffrage, &c., 327, 330; repri-
manded for libelling the house,
410; his position as an orator, 457.
Officers under the crown, disquali-
fied from parliament, 278, 294-
299; number of, in parliament,
118, 296, 298.

Oldfield, Dr., his statistics of par-
liamentary patronages, 288.
Oliver, Mr. Alderman, proceeded

against by the commons for com-
mitting their messenger, 398, 399.
Onslow, Mr. G., orders the house to
be cleared. 389; complains of pub-
lication of debates, 390, 394; his
sobriquet, 393.

Orators and oratory. See Parlia-
mentary Oratory.

Oxford, seat for, sold by corpora-
tion, 271.

PAINS and penalties, bill of, against

Queen Caroline, 114, 115.
Palmerston, Viscount, his removal
from office, 1851, 136; reform bill
of his ministry, 360; his resolu-
tions on the Lords' rejection of
the paper duties bill, 448.
Paper duties repeal bill (1860), re-
jected by the Lords, 257, 447.
Parke, Sir J. See Wensleydale,

Baron.

Parliament, government by, estab-

lished at the Revolution, 15; sub-
servient to the crown, 16; consti-
tutional position of, at the acces-

sion of George III., 27; violation
of parliamentary privileges by the
crown, 32, 36, 43, 49, 56, 72; the
reform of parliament, 120, 248,
312; the dissolution of 1807, 102;
of 1830, 830; of 1831, 121, 335;
of 1834, 128; of 1841, 134; influ
ence of families over parliament
139; meeting of parliament dur-
ing. George III.'s illnesses, 147,
172; commissions for opening,
156, 157, 177; second opening af
ter King's recovery (1789), 159;
adjournments caused by King's
inability to sign commission for
prorogation, 147-172; parliament
and the revenues of the crown
and the civil list, 189-207; dura-
tion of parliament, 348; motions
for triennial parliaments, 349;
time between summons and meet-
ing of, shortened, 355; relations
of parliament to crown, law, and
people, 364-450; the unreported
parliament, 387, m.; publication of
debates, 390, 407; petitions, 410;
publicity given to parliamentary
papers, 408; relinquishment of
parliamentary privileges, 420
privilege and the courts of law
422; publication of papers affect-
ing character, 426; control of par
liament over the executive gov-
ernment, 427; sketch of parlia-
mentary oratory, 450; group of
parliamentary orators of the age
of Chatham and Pitt, 451; of la-
ter times, 455; character of mod-
ern oratory, 459; personalities of
former times, 460. See Commons,
House of; Lords, House of.
Pease, Mr., his case cited regarding
Jewish disability, 429.

Peel, Sir R., obtains consent of
George IV. to Catholic emanci-
pation, 118; his first administra
tion, 126; his absence abroad,
127; ministerial efforts, 128-130;
advises a dissolution, 129; resig
nation, 130: called to office, 132;
declines on the "Bedchamber
Question," ib.; his second ad-
ministration, 134; his anti-reform
declaration, 330; character of his
oratory, 457.

Peerage, number of, 224; of the
United Kingdom, 230 and n.; an-
tiquity of, ib.; claims to, 231;

lition," 64; assists George III. in
opposing the Army Service Bill,
94.

Potwallers, electoral rights of, 266.
Prince Regent. See Wales, Prince
of.

Printers, contest of the Commons

with, 389, 394. See also Debates
in Parliament.

Privileges and elections committee,
trial of election petitions before,
291.

Privileges of parliament. See Par-
liament; Crown, the.
Public money, difficulties in the is-
sue of, caused by George III.'s
incapacity, 178; motions for, to
be recommended by the crown,
443.

Public Works Commission separated
from Woods and Forests, 210.

QUALIFICATION Acts, 354; repealed,
355.

Queen's Bench, Court of, decide in
favor of Stockdale, 424, 426; com-
pel the sheriffs to pay over the
damages, 426.

Queensberry, Duke of, his rights as
a peer of Great Britain and of
Scotland, 233.

RAWDON, Lord, moves address to
the Prince to assume the regency,
152.
Reform in parliament, arguments
for, 312; advocated by Chatham,
313; Wilkes, ib.; the Duke of
Richmond, ib.; the Gordon riots
unfavorable to, 314; Pitt's mo-
tions, 315; discouraging effect of
the French Revolution, 319; Earl
Grey's reform scheme, 320; Bur-
dett's, 322, 323; Lord John Rus-
sell's, 323-329; Mr. Lambton's,
324; Lord Blandford's, 326; later
cases of corruption, 327; O'Con-
nell's motion for universal suf-
frage, 330; the dissolution of 1830,
ib.; impulse given by French
Revolution, 331; storm raised by
Duke of Wellington's declara-
tion, ib.; Brougham's motion, 332;
Lord Grey's reform ministry, 333;
the first reform bill, 334: minis-
ters defeated by the commons,
121, 335; supported by the crown,
ib.: the dissolution of 1831, ib.;

second reform bill, 122, 336; six-
teen peers created by William
IV., 250; bill thrown out by the
Lords, 122, 250, 336; proposed
creation of peers, 123, 251, 337;
resignation of reform ministry,
123, 252, 338; supported by the
commons and recalled to office,
123, 252, 338; the third bill
passed, 124, 252, 338; the act
considered, 338; Scotch and Irish
acts, 340, 341; Irish franchise ex-
tended, 341; political results of
reform, 130, 341, 437; bribery and
bribery acts since reform, 341-
347; triennial parliaments, 348;
vote by ballot, 352; reform, later
measures for, 355-362.
Regency Act (1751), 142; the Act
of 1765, 144-146; Princess of
Wales excluded by Lords, and
included by Commons in the Act,
145; resolutions for Regency Bill
(1788-9), 151-155; protest against,
155; proposed restrictions over the
Regent's power to create peers,
227; resolutions accepted by
Prince of Wales, 155; bill brought
in, 158; progress interrupted by
Geo. III.'s recovery, 158; com-
ments on these proceedings, 159;
comparison of them to the pro-
ceedings at the Revolution, 160;
the Regency Act of 1810, argu-
ments against, 173-175, 178; res-
olutions for a bill agreed to, 175-
177; laid before the Prince, 177;
bill passed, ib.; Regency Act
(1830), provides for accession of
an infant king, 182; for case
of a posthumous child, 184; the
Regency Acts of Her Majesty

185.

Regent, question as to origin and in-

tent of the word, 153 and n. Sea
also Wales, Prince of.
Reporters. See Debates in Parlia-

ment.

Representation in Parliament, de.
fects in, 264. See also Reform in
Parliament.

Revenues of the crown, its ancient
possessions, 186; forfeitures, W.,
grants and alienations, 187; in-
crease of revenues by Henry VII.
and VIII., 188; destruction of
revenues at Commonwealth, ib.;
recovery and subsequent waste,

188, 189: restraints on alienation
of crown property, 189; constitu-
tional result of improvidence of
kings, 190; settlement of crown
revenues by parliament, ib.; rev-
enues prior to Revolution, ib.; the
civil list from William III. to
George III., 191-193; settlement
of Civil List at accession of
George III., 193; charges there-
on, 194-199; means of crown in-
fluence, 195; surplus revenues,
199; regulation of civil list, 200,
204; other crown revenues, 194,
200; loss of Hanover revenues,
204; Duchies of Lancaster and
Cornwall, ib.; private property of
crown, 205; provision for royal
family, ib.; mismanagement of
land revenues, 207; proposal for
sale of crown lands, 208; appro-
priation of proceeds, 209; pen-
sions charged on lands and reve-
nues, 211-214.

Revenue commissioners, the, first
office-holders disqualified from
parliament, 295;- Officers' Dis-
franchisement Bill carried by the
Rockingham ministry, 62, 278.
Revolution, The, parliamentary gov-
ernment established at, 15; posi-
tion of the crown since the Revo-
lution, 16; revenues of the crown
prior to, 190; commencement of
permanent taxation at, 446.
Revolutions in France, effects on the
cause of reform, 319, 331.
Rialton, Lady, case of, cited on the
"Bedchamber Question," 133.
Richard II., revenues of his crown,

187.

Richmond, Duke of, his motion re-
specting the regency, 145; for re-
duction of civil list, 197; state-
ment as to the nominee members,
288; advocates parliamentary re-
form, 313; his motion on the Mid-
dlesex election proceedings, 381.
Roache, Mr., opposes Mr. Wilkes for
Middlesex, 375.

Rockingham, Marquess, dismissed
from lord-lieutenancy for oppos-
ing the crown, 32; made premier,
40; his ministerial conditions, 41;
influence of the crown in parlia-
ment exerted in opposition, 44,
45; dismissed from office, 46;
statements respecting the influ-

ence of the crown, 55, 57; his
second administration, 61; carries
the contractors', the civil list, and
the revenue officers' bills, 62, 199,
211, 278, 297, 309; and the rever-
sal of the Middlesex election pro-
ceedings, 383; denounces parlia-
mentary corruption by loans, 306;
his motion condemning the resolu-
tion against Wilkes, 378; moves
to delay the third reading of a
land-tax bill, 443.

Rolls, Master of, sole judge not dis-
qualified from parliament, 299.
Roman Catholic emancipation. See
Catholic Emancipation.
Romilly, Sir S., his opinion on the
pledge required from the Gren-
ville ministry, 97; his justification
of the purchase of seats, 275, 276.
Ross, General, complains of court in-
timidation, 72.

Rothschild, Baron, admission of, to
parliament, 428.

Rous, Sir J., uis hostile motion
against Lord North's ministry,

59.

Royal family, provision for, 205, 207;
power of the crown over, 214-222;
exempted from Lord Hardwicke's
Marriage Act, 216.

Royal household, the, a question be-
tween the Whig leaders and the
Regent, 110; profusion in George
III.'s, 197; proposed reduction of
William IV.'s household, 203.
Royal Marriage Act (1772), 49, 217;
its arbitrary principles, 218.
Royal Sign-Manual Bill, authorizing
George IV. to sign documents by
a stamp, 179-181.
Russell, Lord John, his first motions
for reform, 323-329; his disfran-
chisement bills, 324-328; advo-
cates the enfranchisement of
Leeds, Birmingham, and Man-
chester, 329; moves the first re-
form bill, 330; his later reform
measures, 356, 360.

ST. ALBANS disfranchised, 343.
Salomons, Mr., admission of, to Par-
liament, 429.

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Sandwich, Earl of, denounces Wilkes
for the "Essay on Woman," 368
Jemmy Twitcher," 369, n.
Savile, Sir G., his motion condemn-
ing the resolution against Wilkes,

377; his bills to secure the rights
of electors, 382.
Sawbridge, Mr., his motion for re-
form, 317; for shortening duration
of parliament, 349.

Say and Sele, Lord, his apology to
Mr. Grenville for refusing a bribe,
303.

Scot and lot, a franchise, 266.
Scotland, defective representation of,
prior to reform bill, 283, 288.
hereditary crown revenues of, 194,
201; pensions charged upon, 210,
213; consolidation of Scotch and
English civil lists, 214. peer-
age of, the representative peers of,
224; Scottish peers created peers
of England, 232; alleged disa-
bility. 233; rights of representa-
tive peers, ib., 234; probable ab-
sorption of Scottish peerage into
that of the United Kingdom, 235.

-Scottish judges disqualified,
298. Reform Act of, 339.
Scott, Sir John, the ministerial ad-
viser during the regency proceed-
ings, 160.

Secret service money, issue of, re-
strained, 199; statement of amount
of, 302.

Selkirk, Earl of, supports the King
on the Catholic question, 100.
Septennial Act, efforts to repeal, 348;
arguments against, 349; in favor,

350.

Shaftesbury, bribery at, 273.
Shaftesbury, Lord, publishes a de-
bate as a pamphlet, 390.
Sheil, Mr., character of his oratory,
458.

Shelburne, Earl of, dismissed from
command for opposition to the
crown, 36; his motion on the pub-
lic expenditure, 55; on the in-
timidation of peers, 56; his ad-
ministration, 62; supports the roy-
al influence, ib.

Sheridan, Mr., character of his ora-
tory, 453.

Shrewsbury, Duke of, his precedent

cited as to the temporary concen-
tration of offices in the Duke of
Wellington, 127.

Sidmouth, Viscount, withdrew from

Pitt's administration, 91; takes
office under Lord Grenville, 92;
joins George III. in opposing the
Army Service Bill, 94; resigns of-

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fice, ib.; supports the King, ib.,
100. See also Addington, Mr.
Slave Trade, abolition of, advocated.
by petitions to parliament, 413.
Smith, Mr. W., his anecdote as to
bribery of members by Lord North,
304, n.

Speaker of the House of Commons,
elected during George III.'s inca-
pacity, 154; altercations with, 462;
increased authority of the chair,
ib.

Spencer, Earl, election expenses of,
272.

Stafford, Marquess of, his motion
on the pledge exacted from the
Grenville ministry, 99.

Stamp Act (American), influence of
the crown exerted against repeal
of, 43.

Steele, Sir R., opposes Peerage Bill,

226.

Stockdale, Mr., his actions against

Hansard for libel, 424-428; com-
mitted for contempt, 427.
Strangers, exclusion of, from de-
bates in parliament, 384; com-
mencement of their attendance,
386; attendance of ladies, ib.;
their exclusion, ib., n.; presence
of strangers permitted, 406.
Sudbury, scat for, offered for sale
270; disfranchised, 343.
Sunderland, Lady, case of, cited on
the "Bedchamber Question," 133.
Supplies to the crown delayed, 73,
76, 443; refused, 440; granted,