plies, 64, 68, 471; its recommendation
required to motions for grant of public
money, 472.
Crown lands. See Revenues of the Crown.
Cumberland, Duke of, conducts ministerial
negotiations for the King, 27, 28; pro-
tests against resolutions for a regency
bill, 154; his name omitted from the
commission to open parliament, 156;
marries Mrs. Horton, 219.
Curwen, Mr., his Act to restrain the sale of
boroughs, 287.
Cust, Sir John, chosen speaker, 16; alter-
cations with, 494.
Customs and excise officers disfranchised,
289; numbers of, ib.
DANBY, Earl, his case cited with reference
to ministerial responsibility, 96.
Debates in parliament, publication of, prohi-
bited, 413, 414; sanctioned by the Long
Parliament, 414; early publications of
debates, ib.; abuses of reporting, 416,
417; contest with the printers, 418; re-
porting permitted, 427; late instance of
complaints against persons taking notes,
428; reporting interrupted by the ex-
clusion of strangers, ib.; progress of the
system, 429; a breach of privilege, 431;
galleries for reporters, ib.; freedom of
comment on debates, 435; improved taste
in debate, 490, 493; personalities of
former times, 491.
Denman, Lord, his decision in Stockdale v.
Hansard, 451.
Dering, Sir E., expelled for publishing his
speeches, 414.
Derby, Earl of, the reform bill of his
ministry, 378; bill lost, 380; ministry
defeated on the house tax, 471.
D'Este, Sir A., his claim to dukedom of
Sussex, 226.
Devonshire, Duke of, disgraced for opposi-
tion to the treaty with France, 20; re-
signs his lord-lieutenancy, ib.
Disraeli, Mr., brings in a reform bill, 378.
Dissolutions of parliament. See Addresses
to the Crown; Parliament.
Divisions, lists of, published, in the Com-
mons, 432; in the Lords, 433; presence
of strangers at, ib.
Dowdeswell, Mr., opposes the expulsion of
Wilkes, 394, 400.
"Droit le Roi," burnt by order of the Lords,
391.
Droits of the Crown and Admiralty, the,
vested in the crown till accession of Wil-
liam IV., 196, 205.
Dundas, Mr., his amendment to Mr. Dun-
ning's resolutions, 45.
Dunning, Mr., his resolutions against in-
fluence of the crown, 44; denies the
right to incapacitate Wilkes, 400.
Dyson, Mr., his sobriquet, 419.
EAST RETFORD, disfranchisement bill of, 344.
Ebrington, Lord, his motions in support of
reform ministry, 353, 355.
Economic reform, Mr. Burke's, 44, 200, 216.
Edinburgh, defective representation of, 295;
bill to amend it, 298.
Edward II., revenues of his crown, 189.
Edward VI., his sign manual affixed by a
stamp, 182.
Effingham, Earl of, his motion condemning
the commons' opposition to Mr. Pitt, 66.
Eldon, Lord, Geo. III.'s suspected adviser
against the Grenville ministry, 92; dis-
liked by the Regent, 101; condoles with
George IV. on the Catholic emancipation,
114; scandalised when the crown sup-
ports reform, 116; chancellor to the Ad-
dington ministry, 165; his declaration
as to Geo. III.'s competency to transact
business, 168; obtains the royal assent
to bills, ib.; his interview with the King,
ib.; negotiates Pitt's return to office, 170;
his conduct impugned, 171; motions to
omit his name from Council of Regency,
ib., 172; his opinion as to accession of
infant king, 184; his position as states-
man, 486.
Election petitions, trial of, prior to the
Grenville Act, 301; under that Act, 303,
304; later election petition Acts, 306.
Elections, expensive contests at, 277, 282,
294; vexatious contests, 291; Acts to
amend election proceedings, 375; writs
for, addressed to returning officers, ib.
See also Reform of Parliament.
Ellenborough, Lord, his admission to the
cabinet, when Lord Chief Justice, 86.
Erskine, Lord, his motions against a dis-
solution, 59, 62; his speech on the pledge
required from the Grenville ministry, 94;
his support of reform, 334, 336, 338; cha-
racter of his oratory, 484.
Establishment Bill, brought in by Burke,
Exchequer chamber, court of, reverse de-
cision in Howard v. Gosset, 455.
FAMILIES, great, state influence of, 7, 294;
opposed by George III., 10, 35; influence
of, at the present day, 137.
Fitzherbert, Mr., proscribed for opposition
to court policy, 25.
Fitzherbert, Mrs., married the Prince of
Wales, 225.
Flood, Mr., his reform bill, 333.
Four and a half per cent duties, the casual
sources of revenue of the crown, 196,
205; charged with pensions, 214, 217;
surrendered by William IV., 218.
Fox, Mr. C. J., his remarks on George III.'s
system of government, 42, 43, 47, 51;
coalesces with Lord North, 53; the coa-
lition ministry, 55; brings in the India
Bill, 57; dismissed, 60; opposition to
Pitt, 62-70; proscribed from office by
the King, 83; admitted to office, 86;
dismissed, 90; his death alienates the
Regent from the Whigs, 100; his conduct
regarding the Regency Bill, 148, 151;
comments thereon, 161; disapproved
of the Royal Marriage Act, 222; the
Westminster election, 291; cost of the
scrutiny, 292; unfair treatment from Mr.
Pitt, ib.; denounces parliamentary cor-
ruption by loans, 320; supports the pro-
ceedings against Wilkes, 406; remarks
on unrestrained reporting, 428; carriage
broken by mob, 425; position as orator,
482.
Fox, Mr. Henry, Sir R. Walpole's agent in
bribery, 314.
France, treaty of peace with, proscription
of the Whigs for disapproval of, 20;
members bribed to support, 315.
Franchise, the, of England, 275, 293; of
Scotland, 295; of Ireland, 299; under
the Reform Act, 355-357; proposed al-
terations in, 375; fancy franchises, 377,
379. See Reform in Parliament.
"Friends of the People," society, statements
by, as to composition of House of Com-
mons, 276, 300.
Fuller, Mr. R., bribed by pension from the
crown, 308.
GASCOYNE, General, his anti-reform motion,
352.
Gatton, number of voters in, prior to re-
form; 276; price of, 305.
Gazetteer, the, complained against for pub-
lishing debates, 418.
Gentleman's Magazine, the, one of the first
to report parliamentary debates, 415.
George I., his civil list, 195; powers he
claimed over his grandchildren, 220;
consents to Peerage Bill, 230.
George II., his Regency Act, 140; his civil
list, 195; the great seal affixed to two
commissions during his illness, 155; his
savings, 197.
George III., accession of, 8; education, 9;
determination to govern, 8-15; secret
counsellors, 11; his jealousy of the Whig
families, 10, 16; his arbitrary conduct
and violation of parliamentary privileges
during Lord Bute's ministry, 19, 20;
during Mr. Grenville's ministry, 24; his
differences with that ministry, 23, 26, 28;
his active interference in the government,
26; pledge not to be influenced by Lord
Bute, 27; consents to dismiss Mr. S.
Mackenzie, 28; the conditions of the
Rockingham ministry, 29; exerts his in-
fluence against them, 31, 33; attempts,
with Chatham, to destroy parties, 34;
his influence during Chatham's ministry,
36, 37; tries to retain him in office, 37;
his ascendency in Lord North's time,
38, 42, 50; irritation at opposition, 38,
41; exerts his will in favour of the
Royal Marriage Bill, 39; takes notice of
proceedings in parliament, ib.; proscribes
officers in opposition, 40; his overtures
to the Whigs, 42, 43; his personal inter-
ference in parliament protested against,
43-47, 58; seeks to intimidate opposition
peers, 46; defeat of his American policy,
48, 49; approval of Lord North's con-
duct, ib.; results of the King's policy,
50; the Rockingham ministry, 51; mea-
sures to repress his influence, 52-55,
289, 308, 311; he reasserts it with Lord
Shelburne, 52; resists the "coalition,"
54-60; negotiates with Pitt, 54, 55;
use of his name against the India Bill,
57; supports Pitt against the commons,
68-70; his position during this con-
test, 70-72; its effect upon his policy,
73; his relations with Pitt, 74; his gene-
ral influence augmented, 75; prepared to
use it against Pitt, 76; dismisses him,
78; opposition to the Catholic question,
78-81; illness from agitation on this
subject, 82; his relations with Adding-
ton, 82, 163; refuses to admit Fox to
office, 83; Pitt reinstated, 84; admits
Lord Grenville to office, 86; opposes
changes in army administration, 87, and
the Army and Navy Service Bill, ib.;
unconstitutional use of his influence, 88;
pledge he required of his ministers,
89; his anti-Catholic appeal on the
dissolution (1807), 97; his influence
prior to his last illness, 98; his character
compared to that of the Prince Regent,
99; the King's illnesses, 139-180; the
first illness, 139; his scheme for a re-
gency, 140; modified by ministers, 141;
speech, and addresses on this subject, 142;
consents to the withdrawal of his mother's
name from Regency Bill, 144; second ill-
ness, 146; recovery, 158; anxious to pro-
vide for a regency, 163; third illness,
in the interval between the Pitt and Ad-
dington ministries, 163, 164; recovery,
165; fourth illness, 166; questions aris-
ing as to his competency to transact busi-
ness, 167-172; gives assent to bills,
168; anecdote of his reading the bills,
169; Pitt's return to office, 170; their
interview, ib.; his last illness, 172; the
passing the Regency Bill, 173-178; his
inability to sign commissions for proroga-
tion, 173; difficulties as to issue of public
money, 179; his civil list, 195; other
sources of revenue, 197; purchases
Buckingham House, ib.; domestic eco-
nomy, 198; debts on civil list, 198-
203; Sir F. Norton's address, 200; pro-
fusion in the household, 201; his message
on public expenditure, 202; his pension
list, 215; his annoyance at his brothers'
marriages, 219; his attachment to Lady
S. Lennox, 220; the Royal Marriage Act,
220, 221; claims guardianship of Prin-
cess Charlotte, 227; profuse in creation
of peers, 231-233; supports bribery at
elections, and of members, 284, 286, 317;
his opposition to reform, 76, 331; his
answer to the city address on the pro-
ceedings against Wilkes, 402; objects to
political agitation by petitions, 440.
George IV., ascendency of the Tory party
under, 107; the proceedings against his
Queen, ib.; his aversion to Lord Grey
and the Whigs, 111; his popularity, 112;
his opposition to Catholic claims, 113;
yields, and exerts his influence against
his ministers, 114; authorised to affix his
sign manual by a stamp, 180; his civil
list and other revenues, 204.
Germaine, Lord G., his statement respect-
ing Geo. III.'s personal influence, 42.
Glasgow, defective representation of, 295.
Gloucester, bribery at, 364.
Gloucester, Duke of, marries Lady Walde-
grave, 219.
Gordon, Lord G., presents petitions to par-
liament, 439.
Gosset, Sir W., sued by Howard for tres-
pass, 454.
Government, executive, control of parlia-
ment over, 457; strong and weak govern-
ments since the Reform Act, 465. See
also Ministers of the Crown.
Gower, Earl of, his amendment to resolu-
tions for a regency, 177.
Grafton, Duke of, dismissed from lord-lieu-
tenancy for opposing the court policy,
20; accepts office under Lord Chatham,
34; complains of the bad results of Cha-
tham's ill-health, 36; consequent weak-
ness of the ministry, 37; resigns, ib.;
his ministry broken up by debates upon
Wilkes, 400.
Grampound disfranchisement bills, 339, 340.
Grattan, Mr., character of his oratory, 485.
Great seal, the, use of, under authority of
parliament, during Geo. III.'s illness, 155
-157, 178; questions arising thereupon,
159; affixed by Lord Hardwicke to two
commissions during illness of George II.,
Grenville Act, trial of election petitions
under, 303; made perpetual, 304.
Grenville, Lord, in office with Pitt, 83;
forms an administration on his death,
85; differs with the King on army ad-
ministration, 87; the Army Service Bill,
ib.; cabinet minute reserving liberty of
action on the Catholic question, 89; pledge
required by the King on that subject, ib.;
dismissed, 90; his advice neglected by
the Regent, 101; attempted reconcilia-
tion, 102; failure of negotiations on the
"Household Question," 105; his difficulty
in issuing public money during George
III.'s incapacity, 179.
Grenville, Mr. George, succeeds Lord Bute
as premier, 22; does not defer to George
III., 23; remonstrates against Lord Bute's
influence, 24, 27; supports the King's
arbitrary measures, 24; differences be-
tween them, 26; his election petition act,
303; statement of amount of secret service
money, 315; the bribery under his minis-
try, 316; opposes Wilkes's expulsion,
394; motion for reduction of land tax,
471.
Grey, Earl, his advice neglected by the Re-
gent, 101; out of court favour, 107; de-
clines office on the "Household Ques-
tion," 105; advocates reform, and leads
the reform ministry, 117-120, 257, 334,
336, 349; loses the confidence of William
IV., 120; accuses Lord Eldon of using
George III.'s name without due autho-
rity, 168, 171; regulation of the civil list
by his ministry, 205; advises the crea-
tion of new peers, 258, 261, 354; favoured
a shorter duration of parliament, 368;
character of his oratory, 486.
Grey, Mr. (1667), reports the debates, 414.
Grosvenor, General, his hostile motion
against Mr. Pitt's ministry, 66.
Grote, Mr., advocates vote by ballot, 373.
HALIFAX, Lord, obtains consent of Geo. III.
to exclude his mother from the Regency,
144.
Hamilton, Duke of, a Scottish Peer, not
allowed the rights of an English peer,
238.
Hamilton, Lord A., advocates reform in
Scotch representation, 297.
Hanover, House of, character of the first
two kings of, favourable to constitutional
government, 6.
Hanover, kingdom of, revenues attached to
the crown till her Majesty's accession,
197, 207.
Hansard, Messrs., sued by Stockdale for
libel, 450.
Harcourt, Lord, supports the influence of
the crown over parliament, 32.
Hardwicke, Lord, affixed great seal to
commissions during illness of George II.,
155.
Harrowby, Earl of, supports George IV. on
the Catholic question, 95.
Hastings, Mr. Warren, impeachments not
abated by dissolution established in his
case, 464.
Hastings, sale of borough seat, 287.
Hawkesbury, Lord, supposed adviser of
Geo. III. against the Grenville ministry,
92; his declaration as to King's com-
petency to transact business, 168.
Heberden, Dr., his evidence regarding the
King's illnesses, 171.
Henley, Mr., secedes from the Derby minis-
try on question of reform, 380.
Henry III., V., VI., and VII., revenues of
their crowns, 189, 190.
Henry VIII., his sign-manual affixed by a
stamp, 181; his crown revenues, 190.
Herbert, Mr., his bill as to the expulsion of
members, 401.
Heron, Sir R., bill for shortening duration
of parliament, 368.
Hindon, bribery at, 283.
Hobhouse, Mr., committed for contempt,
435.
Holdernesse, Lord, retires from office in
favour of Lord Bute, 16.
Holland, Lord, amendment for an address
to Prince of Wales, 176.
Horner, Mr. F., his speech against a re-
gency bill, 175.
Household, the.
See Royal Household.
House tax, Lord Derby's ministry defeated
on, 471.
Howard, Messrs., reprimanded for conduct-
ing Stockdale's action, 452; committed,
453; sue the sergeant-at-arms, 454.
Howick, Lord, denounces secret advice to
crown, 92, 93. See Grey, Earl.
Huskisson, Mr., his prophecy of reform in
parliament, 345.
IMPEACHMENT of ministers by parliament,
463; rare in later times, ib.; not abated
by a dissolution, 464.
India Bill, the, 1783, thrown out by influ-
ence of the crown, 60.
Ireland, position of Church, causes alarm
to William IV., 120; number of arch-
bishops and bishops of, 234, representa-
tive bishops of, ib.-civil list of, 197,
205; pensions on crown revenues of, 214,
216; consolidated with English pension
list, 218.-parliament of, their proceed-
ings on the regency, 162; address the
Prince, ib.; office-holders disqualified in,
310.—the representative peers of, 233;
restriction upon number of the Irish peer-
age, ib.; absorption of, into peerage of
United Kingdom, 241; Irish peers sit in
the commons, 234.- - representation of,
prior to Reform Bill, 298, 300; nomina-
tion boroughs abolished at the Union,
299; Irish judges disqualified, 311.-
Reform Act of, 358; amended (1850), ib.
Irnham, Lord, his daughter married to Duke
of Cumberland, 219.
JAMES I., amount of his crown revenues,
Jews, admission of, to parliament, 456.
Johnson, Dr., the compiler of parliamentary
reports, 415, 416, 428, 481, n.
Jones, Mr. Gale, committed for libel on the
House, 435.
Judges, introduction of a judge into the
cabinet, 86; disqualified from parliament,
311; except the Master of the Rolls, 312.
KENT, Duchess of, appointed Regent (1830),
187.
Kentish petitioners imprisoned by the com-
mons, 437.
Kenyon, Lord, opinion on the coronation
oath, 78.
King, Lord, moves to omit Lord Eldon's
name from the council of regency, 172.
King, questions as to accession of an infant
king, 183; as to the rights of a king's
posthumous child, 186; rights of a king
over the royal family, 219. See also
Crown, the; George III.; Regency; &c.
"King's Friends, the," the party so called,
11; their influence, 30; led by Adding-
ton, 84, 86, 96; their activity on the
Catholic question, 80; against the Army
Service Bill, 88; the "nabobs rank
themselves among, 280.
Knighthood, the orders of, 269.
LADIES attending debates in the commons,
409; their exclusion, 429, n.
Lambton, Mr., his motion for reform, 300,
340.
Lancaster, Duchy of, revenues of, attached
to crown, 190, 197, 207; present amount,
207.
Land revenues of the crown. See Revenues
Land tax, the, allowed twice over to crown
tenantry, 212; reduced by vote of the
commons, 471; third reading of a land
tax bill delayed, 62, 472.
Lansdowne, Marquess of, his amendment
to resolutions for a regency, 177.
Lauderdale, Earl of, condemns the king's
conduct to the Grenville ministry, 95,
96; his rights as peer both of Great
Britain and Scotland, 240.
Leicester, case of bribery from corporate
funds, 343.
Lennox, Lady S., admired by George III.,
Life peerages, 243; to women, ib.; the
Wensleydale peerage case, 246.
Liverpool, Earl of, his ministry, 107; con-
duct the proceedings against Queen Ca-
roline, 109, 111.
Loans to government, members bribed by
shares in, 318; cessation of the system,
321.
London, city of, address George III. con-
demning the proceedings against Wilkes,
London Magazine, the, one of the first to
report parliamentary debates, 415.
Lords, House of, relations of, with the
crown, 2-3; influence of the crown
exerted over the lords, 46, 57, 119, 260;
debates on the influence of the crown,
44-47; reject the India Bill, 58; con-
demn the commons' opposition to Mr.
Pitt, 66; proceedings on the reform
bills, 118-120, 257, 352; proposed crea-
tion of peers, 119, 259, 353; proceed-
ings on the regency bills of George III.,
142-180; position of the house of
lords in the state, 228, 252; increase of
its numbers, 229-234; enlargement
source of strength, 253; number of
peers, from Henry VII. to George III.,
229, 231; twelve peers created in one
day by Queen Anne, 229; representative
peers of Scotland and Ireland, 229, 233;
sixteen peers created by William IV.,
258; proposed restrictions upon the
power of the crown, and the regent, in
creation of peers, 230, 232; profuse
creations by George III., 231; com-
position of the house in 1860, 235, n.;
its representative character, 237; rights
of peers of Scotland, 238-240; ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the lords, 242;
bill to improve it, 249; life peerage
question, 243; Lords spiritual, 249;
past and present number, ib.; attempt
to exclude them, 250; political posi-
tion of the house, 252, 263; influence
of parties, 254; collisions between the
two houses, 255; the danger increased,
256; creation of new peers equivalent to
a dissolution, 262; position of the house
since reform, 263; their independence, ib.;
proceedings indicating their power, 264;
scanty attendance in the house, 266, 267;
smallness of the quorum, 266; deference
to leaders, 267; influence of peers over the
commons through nomination boroughs,
276; and through territorial influence,
294, 300; refusal of the lords to indem-
nify the witnesses against Walpole, 314;
proceedings against Wilkes, 389, 393;
"Droit le Roi" burnt, 391; address to
condemn the city address on the Middle-
sex election proceedings, 402; debates
on those proceedings, 398, 403; strangers
and members excluded from debates,
410, 428; scene on one occasion, 410;
reports of debates permitted, 427, 431;
presence of strangers at divisions, 433;
publicity given to committee proceed-
ings, ib.; to parliamentary papers, 434;
privilege to servants discontinued, 447;
prisoners kneeling at the bar, 448;
control of the lords over the executive
government, 457; advise the crown on
questions of peace and war, and of a
dissolution, 458; rejection of a money
bill, 474; sketch of parliamentary ora-
tory, 480.
Lords spiritual. See Bishops.
Lottery tickets (government), members
bribed by, 319.
Ludgershall, price of seat, 282.
Lushington, Dr., a life peerage offered to,
245; disqualified from parliament, 311.
Luttrell, Colonel, his sister married to the
Duke of Cumberland, 219; opposes
Wilkes for Middlesex, 396; enforces the
exclusion of strangers, 428.
Lyndhurst, Lord, his motion on the life
peerage case, 246.
Lyttelton, Lord, his address respecting the
regency, 143; his complaint against
"Droit le Roi," 391.
Lyttleton, Mr., his motion on the dismissal
of the Grenville ministry, 96.
MACCLESFIELD, Lord, decided in favour of
rights of crown over grandchildren, 221.
Mackenzie, Mr. S., dismissed from office,
28, 29.
Marvell, A., reported proceedings in the
commons, 414.
Manchester, Duke of, strangers excluded on
his motion relative to war with Spain, 411.
Mansfield, Lord, exhorts George III. to
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