fied, 375; bribes to members,
376-385; under Lord Bute, 378;
the shop at the pay-office, 379;
apology for refusing a bribe,
380; bribes by loans and lot-
teries, 382; by contracts, 387;
parliamentary corruption con-
sidered, 389; the reform move-
ment, 393-431; efforts to repeal
the Septennial Act, 441; vote by
ballot, 445; qualification Acts,
448; proceedings at elections
improved, 449; later measures
of reform, 450; relation of the
Commons to crown, law, and
people, ii. 1-112; contests on
questions of privilege, 1; the
proceedings against Wilkes, 2;
his expulsion, 5; his expulsion
for libel on Lord Weymouth, 10;
his re-elections declared void,
13, 14; Luttrell seated by the
house, 14; motions upon the
Middlesex election proceedings,
16; the house address the King
condemning the city address, 21;
the resolution against Wilkes
expunged, 25; exclusion of
strangers from debates, 27, 51;
the exclusion of ladies, 52, n.;
the lords excluded from the
Commons, 32; contest with the
printers, touching the publica-
tion of debates (1771), 33,
38; and with the city authori-
ties, 43; report of debates
permitted, 49; reporters' and
strangers' galleries, 55; pub-
lication of division lists, ib.;
strangers present at divisions,
57; publicity given to committee
proceedings, 58; to parliamen-
tary papers, ib.; freedom of
comment upon parliament, 59;
early petitions to parliament,
60; commencement of the mo-
dern system of petitioning, 63;
debates on, restrained, 69;
pledges of members to their
constituents, 70; discontinuance
of certain privileges, 73; to ser-
vants, ib.; of prisoners kneeling
at the bar, 74; privilege and the
courts of law, 75-83; case of
Sir F. Burdett, 76; Stockdale
and Howard's actions, 79; com-
mit Stockdale and his agents,
81; commit the sheriffs, ib.;
right of the Commons to pub-
lish papers affecting character,
78; increased power of the Com-
mons, 83; the proceedings re-
garding Jewish disabilities, 84;
control of the Commons over
the government, 85; over peace
and war, and over dissolutions
of parliament, i. 56, 73, ii. 86;
votes of want of confidence, i.
57, 76, 81, ii. 90; and of confi-
dence, i. 142, 425, ii. 91; im-
peachments, 92; relations be-
tween the Commons and minis-
ters since the Reform Act, i. 152,
ii. 95; their control over the
national expenditure, i. 229,
ii. 98; liberality to the crown,
ii. 99; stopping the supplies,
423, n., ii. 102; supplies de-
layed, 80, ii. 102; restraints
upon the liberality of the house,
ii. 103; exclusive rights over
taxation, ii. 104; the rejection
by the Lords of a money bill,
105; relative rights of the two
houses, 108; conduct of the
house in debate, 125; increased
authority of the chair, 128; oatlı
of supremacy imposed on the
Commons, iii. 63; O'Connell re-
fused his seat for Clare, 174;
number of Catholic members in,
176; Quakers and others ad-
mitted on affirmation, 177; a
new form of oath established
for Jews, 187, n.; a resolution
of the House not in force after a
prorogation, 187, n.; refusal to
receive the petitions of the
American colonists, 348. See
also Members of the House of
means of bribing members, i.
387; contractors disqualified
from sitting in parliament, 389
Conventicle Act, the, iii. 75
Convention, National, of France,
correspondence with, of English
societies, ii. 283, 329
Conventions. See Delegates, Po-
litical Associations
Conway, General, proscribed for
votes in parliament, i. 28, 29;
took office under Lord Rocking-
ham, 33; disclaimed the in-
fluence of the King's friends,"
35; his motion condemning the
American war, 56
Copenhagen House, meetings at,
ii. 315, 324
Corn Bill (1815), the, ii. 341, iii.
Corn laws, repeal of, ii. 212, 413,
iii. 418
Cornwallis, Marquess, his policy
as Lord-lieutenant of Ireland
regarding Catholic relief, iii.
116, 326; concerts the Union, 327
Cornwall, Duchy of, the revenues
of, the inheritance of Prince of
Wales, i. 248; their present
amount, ib.
Cornwall, Mr. Speaker, his death
during George III.'s incapacity,
i. 183
Corporations, the passing of the
Corporation and Test Acts, iii.
75, 77; extortion practised on
dissenters under the Corpora-
tion Act, 90; motions for repeal
of Corporation and Test Acts,
100-104, 107; their repeal, ii.
192, iii. 157; the consent of the
bishops, 159; the bill amended
in the Lords, 160; admission of
Catholics to,, 168, 302, 322;
and Jews, 182.--(England),
the ancient system of Corpora-
tions, 278; loss of popular rights,
279; corporations from the Re-
volution to George III., 280;
corporate abuses, ib.; monopoly
of electoral rights, 280, 282;
corporate reform, 283; the bill
amended by the Lords, 284;
self-government restored, 285;
the corporation of London ex-
cepted from the bill, 286.-
(Ireland), apparent recognition
of popular rights in, 94, 290;
exclusion of Catholics, 292; the
first municipal reform Bill, ib.;
opposition of the Lords, 294;
the municipal reform Act, 295.
(Scotland), close system in,
288; municipal abuses, 289; re-
form, ib.
Corresponding societies, proceed-
ings of, ii. 269, 282, 291, 328;
trials of members of, 292, 307;
bill to repress, 329
County elections, territorial in-
fluence over, 353; expenses of
contests at, 354, 355
Courier newspaper, trial of, for
libel, ii. 331
Courts of law, the, and parliamen-
tary privilege, ii. 74-84; deci-
sions in Burdett's case, 76; in
the Stockdale cases, 79
Crawfurd, Mr. S., his motion as to
duration of parliament, i. 442
Crewe, Mr., his Revenue Officers'
Bill, i. 348
Cricklade, bribery at, i. 340; dis-
franchised, ib.
Criminal code, improvement of,
iii. 393, 396; counsel allowed in
cases of felony, 399; summary
jurisdiction of magistrates, 404;
the transportation question, 400
Crosby, Brass, Lord Mayor, pro- |
ceeded against for committing
the messenger of the house, ii.
44, 47
Crown, the, constitutional position
of, since the Revolution, i. 1;
paramount authority of, 2;
sources of its influence, 2-6;
by government boroughs, 347;
by places, peerages, and pen-
sions, 134, 237, 369; by bribes,
376; by loans and lotteries, 382;
by contracts, 387; measures for
the diminution of its influence,
by disqualification of placemen,
&c., 61, 348, 369, 374, 388; by
the powers of the Commons over
the civil list expenditure, 229,
257; and over supplies, ii. 98;
constitutional relations between
the crown and ministers, i. 6, 14,
104, 145, 154, 159, ii. 95; the
influence of the crown over
the government during Lord
Bute's ministry, i. 22; Mr.
Grenville's, 27; Lord Rocking-
han's, 36, 60; Lord North's, 44;
Lord Shelburne's, 62; 'the coa-
lition ministry,' 65; Mr. Pitt's,
87, 90; Mr. Addington's, 98;
Lord Grenville's, 103; the in-
fluence of the crown during the
regency, 119; during the reigns
of William IV. and her Majesty,
138-166; debates upon the in-
fluence of the crown, 35, 51, 69,
76, 134, 135; violation of parlia-
mentary privileges by the crown,
28, 36, 45, 54, 66, 76; bribery
at elections, and of members
supported by the crown, 341,
344, 381; influence of the crown
exerted against its ministers at
elections, 16, 17; in parliament,
28, 36, 66, 90, 104, 136; the atti-
tude of parties a proof of the
paramount influence of the
crown, 92, 124; its influence
exerted in favour of reform,
138, 143; wise exertion of crown
influence in the present reign,
163; its general influence in-
creased, 164; parliament kept in
harmony by influence of the
crown, 307; the prerogatives of
the crown in abeyance, 167-224;
the Regency Bills of George
III, 168-213; of William IV.,
219; of Queen Victoria, 223;
powers of the crown exercised
by parliament, 181-188, 212,
215; the Royal Sign Manual
Bill, 216; questions as to the
rights of an infant king, 219;
of a king's posthumous child,
222; the ancient revenues of the
crown, 225: the constitutional
results of the improvidence of
kings, 230; the parliamentary
settlement of crown revenues,
231; the civil list, 232-248;
private property of the crown,
249; provision for the royal
family, ib.; land revenues, 248;
the pension list, 256; rights of
crown over the Royal Family,
262; over grandchildren, 264,
271; over royal marriages, 264;
the Royal Marriage Act, ib.;
the question submitted to the
judges, 266; opinion of law
officers on the marriage of Duke
of Sussex, 270; the attempt to
limit the rights of crown in the
creation of peers, 275; numerous
applications to the crown for
peerages, 283; the advice of par-
liament tendered to the crown
as to peace and war, a dissolu-
tion, and the conduct of ministers,
56, 73, ii. 83-91; addressed by
the people on the subject of a
dissolution, 89; improved rela-
tions between the crown and
Commons, 95-99; the delay or
refusal of the supplies, i. 80,
ii. 102; the recommendation of
the crown required to motions
for grant of public money, 103.
See also Ministers of the Crown
Crown colonies, the. See Colonies
Crown debtors, position of, iii.
Crown lands. See Revenues of the
Crown
Cumberland, Duke of, conducted
ministerial negotiations for the
King, i. 31, 33; protested
against resolutions for a regency
bill, 185; his name omitted from
the commission to open parlia-
ment, 188; married Mrs. Hor-
ton, 262; (Ernest) grand master
of the Orange Society, ii. 400;
dissolves it, 403
Curwen, Mr., his Act to restrain
the sale of boroughs, i. 346
Cust, Sir John, chosen speaker, i.
18; altercations with, when in
the chair, ii. 128
Customs and excise officers dis-
franchised, i. 348; numbers of,
349
ANBY, Earl, his case cited
responsibility, i. 115
Daviot Case, the, iii. 245
Deaths, Act for registration of, iii.
192
Debates in parliament, the pub-
lication of, prohibited, ii. 34;
sanctioned by the Long Parlia-
ment, 34; early publications of
debates, 36; abuses of reporting,
37, 38; the contest with the
printers, 40; opposed in twenty-
three divisions, 41; reporting
permitted, 49; late instance of
complaints against persons tak-
ing notes, 51; reporting inter-
rupted by the exclusion of
strangers, i. 82, n., ii. 51; poli-
tical results of reporting, 53;
still a breach of privilege, 54;
galleries for reporters, 55; free-
dom of comment on debates, 59;
improved taste in debate, 127;
personalities of former times,
Debt, imprisoment for, iii. 31;
debtors' prisons, 32; exertions
of the Thatched House Society,
33; insolvent debtors, 34; later
measures of relief, 35
Delegates of political associations,
the practice of, adopted, ii. 269,
328, 388, 400, 408; assembled
at Edinburgh, 293; law against,
344; in Ireland, 368
Democracy, associations promoted
in 1792, ii. 279, 281; alarm ex-
cited by, 284; proclamation
against, 287; in Scotland, 292;
in the Colonies, iii. 370; dis-
couraged by good government,
419. See also Party.
Denman, Lord, his decision in
Stockdale v. Hansard, ii. 78
Dering, Sir E., expelled for pub-
lishing his speeches, ii. 34
Derby, Earl of, the reform bill of
his ministry, 1859, i. 453; the
rejection of the bill, 456; his
first ministry defeated on the
house tax, ii. 102; his minis-
tries, ii. 216, 221, 229, iii. 433;
persuades the Lords to agree to
Jewish relief, iii. 186; his re-
form bill, 1867, 436; his resigna-
tion, 1869, iii. 1
Derbyshire insurrection, the, ii.
D'Este, Sir A., his claim to the
dukedom of Sussex, i. 270
Devonshire, Duke of, disgraced for
opposition to the treaty with
France, i. 23; resigned his lord-
lieutenancy, ib.
Diplomatic relations with the
Papal Court Bill, iii. 230, n.
Disraeli, Mr., his reform bill, 1859,
i. 453; his reform resolutions,
1867, iii. 435; his reform bill in
the same year, 436; how amended,
and its ultimate form, 437; suc-
ceeds Lord Derby as premier,
440; his Scotch reform bill, ib.;
and other supplementary mea-
sures of reform, 441; his resig-
nation, 446
Dissenters, origin of dissent, iii. 65–
77; the penal code of Elizabeth,
63, 65; dissent from James I.
to Chas. II., 71-77; attempts
at comprehension, 76, 79; Cor-
puration and Test Acts, 75, 77;
conduct of dissenters at the Re-
volution, 77; the Toleration Act,
78; dissenters in reigns of Anne
and Geo. I. and II., 81; the Oc-
casional Conformity Act, 82;
annual Acts of Indemnity, ib.,
n.; their numbers at accession
of Geo. III., 83, n.; impulse
given by Wesley and Whitefield,
85; relaxation of penal code
commenced, 88; general cha-
racter of the penal code, 89; ex-
tortion practised on dissenters
by the City of London under
the Corporation Act, 90; debate
on subscription to the Articles
by dissenters, 91; and admission
to universities, 92; subscription
by dissenting schoolmasters abo-
lished, 93, 94; offices in Ireland
thrown open, ib.; first motions
for repeal of the Corporation and
Test Acts, 100-105; motions for
relief of Unitarians, 109; and
of Quakers, 112; Lord Sid-
mouth's Dissenting Ministers'
Bill, 134; relief from require-
ments of the Toleration Act,
136; the army thrown open,
143; bills for relief of dissenters
in respect of births, marriages,
and burials, 151, 152, 188-192;
repeal of the Corporation and
Test Acts, ii. 192, iii. 157; dis-
senters admitted to the Commons
on making an affirmation, 177;
admitted to universities and en-
dowed schools, 195, 200; the
London University, 198; the
Dissenters' Chapels Bill, 199;
final repeal of penal code, 200;
the church-rate question, 201;
progress of dissent, 212, 222;
numbers of different sects, &c.,
222, 223; in Scotland, 255, n.,
in Ireland, 268; relations of the
Church and dissent, 226; and
of dissent to political liberty,
ib.
Dissolutions of Parliament. See
Addresses to the Crown; Par-
liament
Divisions, instance of a stranger
counted in a Commons' division,
ii. 28; twenty-three divisions
on one question, 41; the lists of,
published by both houses, 57;
presence of strangers at, ib.
Donoughmore, Lord, his motions
for Catholic Relief, iii. 131, 136,
138
Douglas, Neil, trial of, for sedition,
ii. 351
Dowdeswell, Mr., opposed the ex-
pulsion of Wilkes, ii. 11, 18
Downie, D., trial of, for high trea-
son, ii. 304
Drakard, J., trial of, for libel, ii.
336
Droit le Roi,' the book burnt by
order of the Lords, ii. 7
Droits of the Crown and Admiralty,
the, vested in the crown till
accession of William IV., i. 235,
245
Dundas, Mr., his amendment to
Mr. Dunning's resolutions, i. 52
Dundas, Mr., leader of the Tories
in Scotland, ii. 172
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