ABERCORN, Earl of, his rights as peer of
Great Britain and of Scotland, 239.
Abercromby, Mr., his motion on Scotch
representation, 298.
Aberdeen, Earl of, the Reform Bill of his
ministry, 377.
A'Court, Colonel, deprived of command for
votes in parliament, 24.
Addington, Mr., mediates between Geo. III.
and Pitt on the Catholic question, 80,
81; forms an administration, 81; official
difficulties caused by the King's illness
at this juncture, 163-165; his relations
with the King, 82; resigns office, 83;
leads the "King's friends," 84; takes
office under Pitt, ib.; made a peer, ib.; his
declaration as to the King's competency
for business, 167; permits debate on
notice of motion, 334, n. See Sidmouth,
Viscount.
Addresses to the crown, from parliament,
respecting peace and war, or the dis-
solution of parliament, 458, 459; from
the people, for a dissolution, 460; Lord
Camden's opinion, 461; this right af
firmed by vote of the Commons, ib.
Admiralty Court, judge of, disqualified
from parliament, 311.
Althorp, Lord, the Melbourne ministry dis-
missed, on his removal from the Com-
mons, 121:
American colonies, the war with, stopped
by the Commons, 48, 458.
Anne, Queen, land revenues at her accession,
192; their alienation restrained, ib.; her
civil list and debts, 194; increase of peer-
age, during her reign, 229; created twelve
peers in one day, ib.; holders of offices
disqualified by Act of Settlement, 308;
popular addresses to, praying a dissolu-
tion, 461.
Appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords'
bill, 249.
Appropriation of grants by parliament, re-
solution against issue of unappropriated
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money, 64; commencement of the sys-
tem, 469; misappropriation of grants by
Chas. II., 194.
Arcot, Nabob of, represented in parliament
by several members, 330.
Army and Navy Service Bill opposed by
Geo. III., 87; withdrawn, 89.
Assizes, commission for holding, issued
during Geo. III.'s incapacity, 157.
BAKER, Mr., his motion against Geo. III.'s
secret counsellors, 58.
Ballot, vote by, motions for adoption of,
346, 371.
Baronetage, past and present numbers of,
Barré, Colonel, deprived of command for
votes in parliament, 24; resigns his com-
mission, 40; passed over in a brevet, ib.
"Bedchamber Question, the," 128.
Bedford, Duke of, remonstrates against Lord
Bute's influence, 28.
Berkeley, Mr. H., his motions for the ballot,
373.
Bishops, their number in the House, 249;
attempts to exclude them, 250; their
present position, 252; their votes upon
the Reform Bill, 258, 259; Irish repre-
sentative bishops, 234.
Blandford, Marquess of, his schemes of re-
form, 342.
Bolingbroke, Lord, his theory of " a patriot
king," 10.
Boroughs, different rights of election in,
275, 295; nomination boroughs, 274, 276,
295, 299, 300; numbers of voters in, 276,
295, 300; seats for, bought or rented,
280, 287; advertised for sale, 280; prices
of, 281, 282, 286, 287, 305; law passed
against the sale of boroughs, 287; go-
vernment boroughs, 288.
'Borough-brokers," 282.
Boyer, reports debates in parliament, 415.
Brand, Mr., his motion against the pledge
required of the Grenville ministry, 90.
Bribery at elections, prior to parliamentary
reform, 277; commenced in reign of
Charles II., ib.; supported by George III.,
284, 286; acts to restrain, 277, 280,
284, 287; bribery since the Reform Act,
359; later bribery acts, 362-365; proof
of agency, 362; inquiry by commission,
363; gross cases, 364; travelling ex-
penses, 365; policy of legislation, 366.
Bribery of members of parliament. See
Members of the House of Commons.
Brougham, Lord, his motion against influ-
ence of the crown, 112; opinion on life
peerages, 245; advises, as chancellor, the
creation of new peers, 259; his motion
for reform, 349; on the duration of par-
liament, 368.
Buckingham, Marquess of, refuses to trans-
mit the Irish address to the Prince of
Wales, 162.
Burdett, Sir F., his schemes of reform, 337,
338; committed for contempt, 435; re-
sists the warrant, 449; apprehended by
force, ib.; brings actions for redress, 450.
Burgage tenure, franchise, 275.
Burke, Mr., his scheme of economic reform,
44, 200, 216; drew up the prince's reply
to Pitt's scheme of a regency, 153; his
proposal for sale of crown lands, 212; for
reduction of pension list, 215; opposes
parliamentary reform, 335; his ideal of
representation, 383; opposes Wilkes's
expulsion, 394; his remarks on pledges to
constituents, 444; character of his oratory,
482, 492.
Bute, county, absurd case of election for,
297.
Bute, Earl of, his unconstitutional instruc-
tions to George III., 9; aids his personal
interference in government, 16; his rapid
rise, 18; becomes premier, 19; arbitrary
conduct, ib. 20; and parliamentary
bribery, 314, 317; his fall, 21; secret in-
fluence over the King, 22, 27, 29; re-
tires from court, 24.
CABINET, the, admission of a judge to seat
in, 86; all the offices in, held by the
Duke of Wellington, 123; the interior
cabinet of George III., 11.
Calcraft, Mr., deprived of office for opposi-
tion to court policy, 25.
Camden, Lord, disapproves the Middlesex
election proceedings, 398, 404; defends
his conduct in the cabinet, 401; opinion
on popular addresses to the crown, 461.
Campbell, Lord, his opinion on life peer-
ages, 245.
Canning, Mr., his conduct regarding the
Catholic question, 80, 93, 113; in office
under Mr. Perceval, 92; overtures to,
from the court, 104; declines to support
George IV. against his Queen, 108,111, n.;
character of his oratory, 486.
Carlton House, the cost of, 210.
Carmarthen, Marquess of, proscribed for
opposition to court policy, 46.
Caroline, Queen (of George IV.), proceed-
ings against, 107-111; the Divorce Bill,
109; withdrawn, 110.
Catholic Emancipation, opposition to, by
George III., 78, 89; by George IV., 113;
measure carried, 115; a plea for parlia
mentary reform, 342.
Cavendish, Lord J., his motion on the
American war, 48.
Cavendish, Sir H., reports the Commons'
debates (1768-1774), 410, n.
Chancellor, Lord. See Great Seal, the.
Charles I., alienates the crown lands, 190.
Charles II., crown revenues recovered at
accession of, 190; subsequent waste, 191;
appropriates army grants, 194; bribery
at elections, and of members, commenced
under, 277, 280, 312.
Charlotte, Princess, question as to guar-
dianship over, 227.
Charlotte, Queen (of George III.), accepts
the resolutions for a regency, 155, 178.
Chatham, Earl of, in office at accession of
George III., 11; retires and accepts peer-
age, 17; refuses to resume office, 23, 27;
his demeanour as a courtier, 34; forms an
administration, ib. ; endeavours to break
up parties, ib.; ill health, 36; retires,
37; statement as to the King's influence,
38; receives overtures from Lord North,
41; approves the Grenville Act, 304;
advocates parliamentary reform, 327;
favours triennial parliaments, 368; his
opposition to the proceedings against
Wilkes, 387, 398; by bill, 403; by re-
solution, 404; and by addresses to dis-
solve parliament, 403, 404, 459; con
demns the King's answer to the city
address, 403; strangers excluded from
his speeches, 403, 410; supports popular
addresses to the crown, 461; his opinion
on the exclusive rights of the Commons
over taxation, 473; position as an orator
481, 491.
Chippenham election petition, Walpole dis-
placed from office by vote upon, 303.
Civil list of the crown, 194; settlement of
on accession of George III., 195; charges
and pensions thereon, 197, 214-218:
debts incurred upon, 194, 203; charges
removed from, 204, 205; Civil List Aets,
1782, 202; 1816, 204; regulation of the
civil list, 204, 206; Commons committe
on, 205; no debts upon, during the last
three reigns, 206. See also Pensions from
the Crown.
Clerke, Sir P. J., his Contractors' Bill, 322.
Coalition Ministry, the formation of, 53;
its policy, 55; overthrown, 60.
Cockburn, Lord, his description of Scotch
elections, 296.
Coke, Lady Mary, admired by the Duke of
York, 220.
Coke, Lord, an authority for life peerages,
Coke, Mr., moves a resolution hostile to the
Pitt ministry, 66.
Commission, for opening parliament during
incapacity of George III., questions aris-
ing thereupon, 155, 159, 178; form of
such commission, 178; his inability to
sign commissions for prorogation, 173; the
commission for holding assizes, 157.
Commissions to inquire into bribery at
elections, 363.
Commons, House of, unconstitutional influ-
ence of the crown over the, by undue in-
fluence and intimidation, 3, 20, 24, 31,
39, 63, 88; by influence at elections,
288; by places, pensions, and bribes, 306
-323; debates thereon, 44-47, 58,
59, 112; their contest with Pitt's first
ministry, 61-70; resolutions against a
dissolution, 62, 63, 460; against the
issue of money unappropriated by parlia
ment, 64; against the recent changes in
the ministry, 65; resolutions to be laid
before Geo. III., 66; resolution against
interference by the Lords, 67; comments
on this contest, 70-73; debates on the
pledge required of the Grenville ministry,
90-93; action of the Commons as re-
gards a regency, 142-187; doubts re-
specting the issue of new writs during
George III.'s incapacity, 147; elect a
speaker during King's incapacity, 153;
vote authorising use of great seal, 155,
156, 178; address on King's recovery, 158;
regulation of crown revenues and civil
list, 194-205; relations between the
two houses, 255; as to reform, 256; as to
taxation, 472; composition of the house
since the revolution, 272; its dependence
and corruption, ib.; defects in the repre-
sentation, 273; ill-defined rights of elec-
tion, 275; nomination boroughs, 274-
277, 295, 299; influence of peers in the
house, 277, 300; bribery at elections,
277; since reform, 359; at the general
elections (1761), 279; (1768), 281; sale
of boroughs, 280-287; gross cases of
bribery, 282; bribery supported by Geo.
III., 284, 286; government influence
over boroughs, 288; revenue officers dis-
franchised, ib.; majority of members no-
minated, 299; trial of election petitions,
301; by committee of privileges, 302; at
the bar of the house, ib.; the Grenville
Act, 303; corruption of members, 306-
323; by places and pensions, 306; mea-
sures to disqualify placemen and pen-
sioners, 307; number of, in parliament,
310; judges disqualified, 311; bribes to
members, 312-317; under Lord Bute,
314; the shop at the pay-office, 315;
apology for refusing a bribe, 316; bribes
by loans and lotteries, 318-321; by
contracts, 321; parliamentary corruption
considered, 323-326; proceedings in
Commons regarding reform, 327—375;
efforts to repeal Septennial Act, 367;
vote by ballot, 371; qualification Acts,
373; proceedings at elections, 375; later
measures of reform, ib.; relation of the
Commons to Crown, law, and people, 385
-480; contests on questions of privilege,
385; proceedings against Wilkes, 386;
deny him his privilege, ib.; expel him,
389; repel his accusation of Lord Mans-
field, 392; expel him for libel on Lord
Weymouth, 393; his re-elections declared-
void, 396; Luttrell seated by the house,
397; motions upon Middlesex election pro-
ceedings, 399, 405; address to the King
condemning the city address, 402; the
resolution against Wilkes expunged, 406;
exclusion of strangers from debates, 407,
428; the exclusion of ladies, 429, n.; the
lords excluded from the Commons, 411;
contest with the printers, 413; prohibit
the publication of debates, 414; increased
severity in 1771, 418; proceed against
the city authorities for resisting the
speaker's warrant, 422-425; erase the
messenger's recognisance, 423; report of
debates permitted, 427; reporters' galle-
ries, 431; strangers' galleries, ib.; publi-
cation of division lists, 432; presence of
strangers at divisions, 433; publicity
given to committee proceedings, ib.; to
parliamentary papers, 434; early prac-
tice regarding petitions, 436; house in-
fluenced by the presentation of petitions,
438; debates on, restrained, 443; pledges
by members, 444; discontinuance of pri-
vileges, 446; to servants, ib.; of priso-
ners kneeling, 447; privilege and the
courts of law, 448-454; case of Sir F.
Burdett, 449; Stockdale and Howard's
actions, 450; commit Stockdale and his
agents, 452; commit the sheriffs, ib.;
right of Commons to publish papers af-
fecting character, 454; increased power
of the Commons, 455; conduct of, re-
garding Jewish disability, 456; control
of the Commons over the government,
457; over peace and war, and over dis-
solutions of parliament, 62, 458, 459;
votes of want of confidence, 49, 65, 69,
462; and of confidence, 118, 353, 462;
impeachments, 463; relations between
the Commons and ministers since the
Reform Act, 126, 465; their control over
national expenditure, 193, 468; liberality
to the crown, 469; stopping the supplies,
471; supplies delayed, 64, 68, 472; re-
straints upon the liberality of the house,
472; exclusive rights over taxation, 473;
power of the lords to reject a money bill,
474-480; sketch of parliamentary ora-
tory, 480; conduct of the house in debate,
490; increased authority of the chair,
493. See also Lords, House of; Parlia-
ment; Petitions.
Commonwealth, destruction of crown re-
venues at, 190.
Contracts with Government a means of
bribing members, 321; contractors dis-
qualified from parliament, 322.
Conway, General, proscribed for votes in
parliament, 24, 25; takes office under
Lord Rockingham, 29; disclaims the in-
fluence of the "King's friends," 30; his
motion on the American war, 48.
Cornwall, Duchy of, revenues of inheritance
of Prince of Wales, 207; present amount,
ib.
Cornwall, Mr. Speaker, death of, during
Geo. III.'s incapacity, 152.
County elections, territorial influence over,
293; expenses of contest at, 294.
Courts of law and parliamentary privilege,
448-455; decisions in Burdett's case,
450; in the Stockdale cases, 451-455.
Crawford, Mr. S., his motion as to duration
of parliament, 369.
Crewe, Mr., his Revenue Officers Bill, 289.
Cricklade, bribery at, 283; disfranchised, ib.
Crosby, Brass, Lord Mayor, proceeded
against for committing the messenger of
the house, 422-425.
Crown, the, constitutional position of, since
the revolution, 1; paramount authority
of, 2; sources of its influence, 2-5;
by government boroughs, 288; by places,
peerages, and pensions, 198, 306; by
bribes, 312; by loans and lotteries, 318;
by contracts, 321; restrictions upon its
personal influence over parliament, 5, 6,
127, 254, 465; measures for its dimi-
nution, by disqualification of placemen,
&c., 52, 289, 308, 311, 322; by the
powers of the commons over the civil
list expenditure, 192, 215; and over
supplies, 468; constitutional relations be-
tween crown and ministers, 12, 89, 121,
128, 132, 464; influence of the crown
over the government during Lord Bute's
ministry, 19; Mr. Grenville's, 24; Lord
Rockingham's, 31, 51; Lord North's, 38;
Lord Shelburne's, 52; "the coalition,"
55; Mr. Pitt's, 74, 77; Addington's, 82;
Lord Grenville's, 85; Mr. Perceval's, 98,
103; influence of the crown during reigns
of William IV. and her Majesty, 115-
138; debates upon the unconstitutional
influence of the crown over parliament,
33, 43-47, 58, 65, 112; violation of
parliamentary privileges by the crown,
20, 24, 31, 39, 46, 63; bribery at elec
tions, and of members supported by the
crown, 284, 286, 317; influence of the
crown exerted against its ministers, 31,
56, 76, 88, 114; the attitude of parties a
proof of the paramount influence of the
crown, 77, 103; its influence exerted in
favour of reform, 115, 119; wise exertion
of influence of crown in the present reign,
135; its general influence increased, 136;
parliament kept in harmony by influence
of the crown, 256; the prerogatives of
the crown in abeyance, 139-187; the
Regency Bills of George III., 140—178;
of William IV., 183; of Queen Victoria,
187; powers of the crown exercised by
parliament, 151, 155, 178, 180; the Royal
Sign Manual Bill, 180; questions as to
accession of an infant king, 183; as to
the rights of a posthumous child, 186;
ancient revenues of the crown, 188; con-
stitutional results of its improvidence,
192; parliamentary settlement of crown
revenues, 193; the civil list, 194-206;
private property of the crown, 208; pro-
vision for royal family, ib.; land reve-
nues, 211; the pension list, 214; rights
of crown over the Royal Family, 219;
over grandchildren, 220, 227; over royal
marriages, 221; Royal Marriage Act, ib.;
question submitted to the judges, 223;
opinion of law officers on marriage of
Duke of Sussex, 226; attempt to limit
the rights of crown in creation of peers,
230; numerous applications for peerages,
236; the crown receives the advice of
parliament as to peace and war, concern-
ing a dissolution, and the conduct of
ministers, 458-462; appeals to the peo-
ple, if dissatisfied with the judgment of
parliament, 459; addressed by the people
on the subject of a dissolution, 460; im-
proved relations between the crown and
commons, 465, 469; the refusal of sup-
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