Pensionary Parliament, the, 7 "the sovereign," 148 "People who will govern this country," the, 333 Pepys's Diary quoted, 35, &c. his parliamentary career, 193 Peroration in a full House, a, 321 the Chartist, of 1848, 455 Wilkes presenting a, 130 assent to the, 26 manufacture of fictitious, 422 Phillips, Sir Robert, 23, 24 Philosopher's peculiarities, a, 172 171 66 Plays, the Act for licensing, 464 Pleasantries, election, 146 a parallel to the Plimsoll case, 476 Point, leading up to a, 295 Political training, 166 Poll, "look to the state of the," 296 Polypus and the rock, the, 345 Pope on Walpole, 106 "Potations pottle deep," 471 Pound, what is a ? 243 Power, "the balance of," 105 a long lease of, 98 Power in the State, the supreme, 346 reprehensible," 412 Precedent, Parliamentary, 457 an unfulfilled, 235 Preference, a maternal, 226 Prejudice, an attack on, 173 Premier, the, and the Commons, 239 also Commander-in-Chief, 237 Premiership, declining the, 354 Preparation for Parliamentary life, 181 "blood full of," 113 Press, the Commons and the, in 1875, "a gentleman of the," 298 an unfettered, 163 "Pretty rascal," a, 166 Prime Minister, the office of, and government by Parliament, 98 Prime Minister, wanting to be, 292 Prince Consort, the, 290, 313 Printed documents, privilege of, 410 Prior and Somers, 91 Private bills, referees voting on, 441 of the Commons, the Lords and the, defence of Parliamentary, 70 the King erasing a declaration of, a rank abuse of, 405 of printed documents, 410 Privilege v. Law, 46 Privy Councillors, motion for copy of Profligacy, ministerial, in the last cen- Promise fulfilled, a, 75 Property qualification, abolition of the, Southey and the, 486 Protest, a marked, 77 Protests of the Lords, 59 Reporters, accommodation for, in the Reporters' gallery, origin of the, 427 in the last century, 423 "Reprehensible" practice, a, 412 Reprimand for breach of privilege, a, Prosperity," Roche, Sir Boyle, 365 Rockingham, the Marquis of, and Roebuck, John Arthur, 270, 297, 350 'Rolliad," the, 369 quoted, 134, 367, 370, 371 Romilly, Lord, on private bills and Rory O'More, 309 men, 206 Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, 441 returned for the City of London, 57 a, 45 Royal interference, disputing, 18 a forecast of the, 299 Rudyard, Sir Benjamin, 22, 466 Rule, the responsibilities of British, 329 Runimede, the Parliament of, 3 "Rupert of Debate," the, 289 Rupture between Burke and Fox, the, 157 Ruse, an election, 385 Rush to dinner, the, 451 Russell, Lord John (Earl), 262, 291, 359, 470, 482 quoted, 102, 106, 115, 126, 168, 231, 380, 425 his judgment on himself, 268 Russell, Administration, overthrow of the, in 1852, 274 Russell, Lord William, 86 of, 380 "Shooting the policeman," 273 Short sittings and good debates, 439 taking opposite, 433 and Wilberforce, 170 Signal, waiting for the, 184 successful, 94 Silent, the, and the eloquent, 95 Simplicity, "tremendous," 346 Sinecure, Burke seeking a, 153 Selborne, Lord, 360 Selden quoted, 33, 373, 405 Selwyn, mot of, 486 "Senate of Lilliput," the, 424 66 Singularly correct," 453 Sine qua non, a, 205 Single-speech Hamilton," 365 Small and noisy, the, 159 Smith, Sydney, speech of, at Taunton, Smoking in Parliament, 451 Southey vacating his seat, 486 mentary proceedings to the, 426 Speaker's address on election, an early, 10 Speaker's lament, a, 448 Speaker's lists, 439 Speaker's warrant, support of the, 204 Speaker, a suggestive, 366 Speaking against a member, 408 burnt by order of the Commons, 23 a long, cut short, 485 a parenthetical, 185 a pithy, 69 a syllogistic, 190 |