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363, 432

Army Regulation Bill, the, 363

Arrest, avoiding, 664

Arrest, freedom from, 539

dishonest use of the privilege, 539
duration of the immunity from, 540
protecting an unworthy member,
539

Lord Cochrane's in the House of
Commons, 539

Lord Althorp's, 227

Mr. Bradlaugh's, 590

Arrest the five members, the attempt
to, 32

Arresting the servant of a member, 511
Artist on a canvass, an, 663
Artist's sketch of Fox, an, 153
Asgill expelled, 664

Ashby and White, the case of, 46

Ash Wednesday in the Upper House,
635

Asian mystery and Batavian grace, 329
Asleep, Lord North, 132, 133
Aspect, an imposing, 143

Ass between two burdens, the, 391

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the pilot, 426

Ballot Act, the, 526

first election under the, 526
Ballot papers forged, 522

Ballot question brought home, the, 657
"Bamboozle " and "

bamboo," 427
Bankers, laughing at the, 134
Banns, forbidding the, 149
Banter, 339

Bar, appearances at the, 670
Barbarians, 181

Barebone's Parliament, 7
Barnard, Sir John, 497

Barons, "iron and silken," 129
Barré, Col., 133, 134, 164, 640
Barrington, Lord, expelled, 48
Bashful member, a, 658
"Batavian grace,' 329

Bath, the Earl of (see "Pulteney ")
"Bath letter," Mr. Disraeli's, 335
Baths, the two, 140

Battery, a masked, 143

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Bills, introduction of, in the Upper
House, 637

Bills quashed by the Sovereign, 18, 45
Birds, rare," 413

66

Bishops, Elizabeth and the, 17

Falkland's saying about, 85
idle, 86

Bishops in Parliament, the, 163, 639
Bishop's story stopped, a, 659
Bismarck, Prince, 338, 345
"Black and curly," 387

Black Prince, the, and the Good Parlia-
ment, 5

Black Rod, a slight from the, 21
the Mace slighted by the, 574
the intervention of, 575

Black servant, Lord Camelford's, 205
"Blank cheques," political, 465
"Blaze of apology," a, 334
Bleeding for one's country, 105
"Blocking" bills and motions, 501,
619

Blowing up the House, 28

Blue ribbon of the Turf, the, 349
Blundering,"plundering and," 335
Blunders, 494

"Blustering majority," a, 421

Board of Admiralty, the, examining a
member, 542

Boast, a magniloquent, 221
a noble, 234

Boldness, youthful, 140
Bolingbroke, Lord, 101, 275
Bolting from the course, 349
"Bombast," trashy, 172
Bond, the Parliament de la, 5

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never was a," 146

the Angry," 170

"the white-headed," 403

the King thwarted by a, 71

Boys in the House of Commons, 20

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Boycotting" a member, 588

Bradlaugh, Mr., 589, &c.

Brand, Mr. Speaker (vii.), 549, 577, 580,
583, 605, 629

his action in a crisis, 604

his rules under urgency, 629
"Bray " of Exeter Hall, the, 301
Braye, the barony of, 67

Breach, stepping in at the, 97
"Breakages of civilisation," 468
Breakfast table, "a free," 393
Breast, "making a clean," 415
Bribery, the first conviction for, 515
a heavy punishment for, 516
imprisonment for, 516
magisterial delinquents, 515
persevering, 216

parliamentary agents and, 519

Bribing members with foreign money,14
Bright, John, 348, 425, 534, 588, 671
an appeal against war, 390
ideas concerning war, 398
a defence of the Queen, 391
on the House of Lords, 397, 400
withdrawal from Mr. Gladstone's
Ministry, 397

British rule, responsibilities of, 367
"Broad-bottomed Administration," a,
654
"Broffam" v.

Broom," 233

Brother, always a weak, in the House,

395

Brougham, Lord, 232, 498, 541, 642,

644, 671

and the Duke of Buckingham, 645
and the Duke of Cumberland, 239,
643

and Canning, 233

and O'Connell, 642

and Sir Edward Sugden, 239

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Career, "the most remarkable parlia

mentary," 376

Caricature, a living, 119
Carleton, Sir Dudley, 21
Carlow elections, 534
"Carrier," once a, 664
Case altered, the, 40
Casting vote, a critical, 572
Castlereagh, Lord, 53, 186
and Grattan, 190, 193

and Bernadotte's troops, 189
and the duelling clubs, 651
a lover of Ireland, 190

suggested as Prime Minister, 190
death of, 190

Catholic Emancipation, 56, 257
Lyndhurst and, 243

Catholic Relief Bill, the, 202
Cats and Parliaments, 625
Caucus, the, 451, 457

system, introduction of the, 529
dictation, 530

Caution, a, 15; a paternal, 255
Cave of Adullam, the, 331, 390
Cavendish, notes taken by Sir H., 551
Cavour, Count, 293

Celebrities, minor, 497

Celebrity, an Irish, 497

Censure, "the mildest," 543

on a member, 582

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Chancellor's difficulty, a, 203
Chancellors, Lord, list of, 682

Chancellors of the Exchequer, list of,

682

Chancellorship offered to Townshend,

the, 139

Chancery, a coup-de-main in, 176
Changes in the composition of the
House of Commons, 68

Changing sides in the House, 576
Chaplin, Mr., 396, 553

Character, an unaccustomed, 410
Character in Parliament, influence of,
672

"collective character" in, 673
Characters, odd, 497
Charge, fixing a, 122

Charles I. and the Parliament, the
first meeting of, 21

Charles II., Parliament "fooled" by,
36

Chartist petition of 1848, the, C20
Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, 121,
161, 551

his personal characteristics, 121
employment of Indians by, 124
loss of influence by his peerage,
127

the death of, 127

examples of his eloquence, 129
Chatham Cabinet, Burke on the, 161
Chatter, "hare-brained," 341
Cheers, misplaced, 661
Cherbourg, 409

Chester, disfranchised voters at, 523
Chesterfield, the Earl of, 104

and the Ministry, 21

on Bolingbroke, 101

on Mr. Murray, 131

"Chicken Taylor," 499

Child father of the man, the, 206
Childers, Mr., 69

Chiltern Hundreds, the, 609

Chinese War, defeat of the Palmerston

Government on the, 293

Chivalry, feats of, commended, 10
Christians" of Shoreham, the, 512
Christy Minstrels, the, 393

Churchill, Lord Randolph, 63, 479, 495
Ciceros and Catilines, 469
Circumstances, altered, 268
City member, price of a, 497
City privilege, a, 587

"Civis Romanus sum," 287, 353
Clarendon, Lord (Mr. Hyde), 86, 89
Clarendon, the Earl of, 298, 645

thought of as Prime Minister, 298
Claret, the inspiration of, 658
Classes and the masses, the, 381
"Classical authority," a, 564

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Closure of debate, new rule for the,
606

first application of the, 607

Club, "the best," 60, 670

Clubs, the relations of members and
political, 548

Coach, upsetting the, 278
Coalition, "infamous!" 132
Coalitions, ministerial, 306
party names and, 654
"England does not love," 353
Cobbett, William, 59, 211
his first appearance, 211
demeanour in the House, 211
in the Minister's seat, 212
Cobden, Richard, 215, 384, 634
proffered office by Lord Palmerston,
387

Cobden and Peel, 384

"Cobden and Bright," power of, 389
"Cocked-hat" constituencies, 529
"Coercion" Bills, Irish, 273, 307, 433,

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Commons, the "Garter" in the, 624
Commons, arbitrary proceedings of the,
49, 563

Commons and the City printers, the,

563

Commons and the influence of the
Crown, the, 51

Commons stopping a royal grant, the,
45

(see also "House of Commons ")
Company directors in Parliament, 662
Comparison, an odious, 640
Comparison and contrast, 243
Compensation for Disturbance Bill,
the, 370, 422, 448

division in the Lords' on the, 617
Complaints of outdoor speeches, 545
Compliment, extracting a, 132

an ambiguous, 175
an exceptional, 429
Complimenting an adversary, 134
Compliments from the Chair, 73
Compromise, 164; of 1884, the, 64
Compton, Sir Spencer, and Walpole,

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Contingency, an "elegant," 514
Contrast, a, 175

Contribution, a gallant, 33
Convention Parliament, the, 7, 34
Blackstone on the, 34

Conversion, sudden, 445
Conveyance of electors, origin of, 510
Convocation, 643

Cook, Mr. Secretary, 23, 24
Cooper, Ashley, 1st Earl of Shaftes-
bury, 90, 98; later earls, 237, 326,
368, 658

Cornet, the terrible, 121
Corn Laws, the, 231, 385

the repeal of the, 263, 384
prophesied by Palmerston, 285
Cornwall, Mr. Speaker, 370

Cornwallis, Lord, and the Union with
Ireland, 54

Corrupt practices in 1880, 521
punishment for, 522

Corruption, a charge of, against
Ministers, 656

increased prevalence of, 523
Corruption in the House, charges of,
657, 658

Corruption, Parliamentary, preventing

a dissolution, 392

Corruption, the Speaker an agent of, 43
Cost of elections in recent years, 523

of Election Commissions, 524
Cost of national safety, 245
Costume, correct, 613

Cottage, the poor man's, 130

Council, the first, after the Conquest, 2
Councils, constitution of the early, 2
Counsellor, an unwise, 8

Counting himself out, 614

Counting ten for one, 40

County franchise, the, 407

Coup d'état, Lord Palmerston and the,
289

Court, a picture of the, 109

distrust at, overcome, 292

Court candidate in the 17th century,

a, 507

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