Life peerages, 58

Light out of darkness, 178
Lion discomfited, the, 157
Lion, insulting the, 120
"Lion put to flight," a, 157
Little Parliament, the, 7
Liverpool, the Earl of, 194
as a debater, 195
Lobby, alone in the, 453
Locke King, Mr., 358
Logician out of place, a, 130

London, address from the City of, to the King, on the Middlesex elections, 128

Londoners, the, and Peter de la Mare, 10

and the marriage of Mary, 14 Longevity, 43

Long Parliament, the, 6
Longest Parliament, the, 7
Long retention of seats, 60
Long sitting, a, 449

Longest recorded sitting, the, 449
"Looking hard," 367

"Looming in the future," 298
Lord Advocate, seeing the, 480
Lord Chancellor, addressing the, 434
resignation of, on parliamentary
censure, 58

Lord Chancellors, list of, 500
Lord Chancellorship deferred, 360
Brougham's stride to the, 226

Lord Mayor, &c., committed to the
Tower, 425

Lord's Prayer, altering the, 33
Lords, House of, "No, no," in the,

215

rejection of money bills by the, 233 the Speaker of the, 431

talent in the, 267

Lords, the, and the privilege of the Commons, 12

rescinding a committal by the Com-
mons, 46

Lords giving protections, the, 405
Lords "in a balloon," the, 323

Lords' protests in recent legislation, 59

Loughborough, Lord, 132

Lowe, Robert, Lord Sherbrooke, 345 Lowthers, long representation by the, 60

Loyalty, Thurlow's gush of, 134
Lucas, Dr., 183, 478

Lucid interval, a, 367

"Luminous Gibbon," the, 165 Luttrell seated for Middlesex, 128 and Wilkes, 130

"Lycurgus of the Lower House," the,

221

Lyndhurst, Lord, 231

his first appearance in the Commons, 231

and Eldon, 232

Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Lord, 285 his early appearance as a Reformer,

285

Lytton's "St. Stephen's

quoted, 76, 141, 169, 178, 187, 199, 206, 258, 315, 358, 396, 417

"New Timon" quoted, 263, 289

M.

Macaulay, Lord, 280

his characteristics as a speaker,

280

his early speeches, 281 Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor, censured, 48

Mace of the Commons, the, 432 appearance of the, at committees, 446

Mackintosh, Sir James, 172

and Tierney elected for Knaresborough, 397

Mad Parliament, the, 4
Magician's wand, the, 145
Magna Charta, &c., 3, 66, 86, 466
Chatham on, 122

66

Magna Charta will have no Sovereign," 65

Magnaminity, 103

Maintaining a point, 207
Majorities, fighting against, 205
Majority, a pocket, 51
Malacca, the Straits of, 307
Malediction, a posthumous, 109
"Man in the Moon," the, 387
Management, clever, 386
Manner, an imposing, 114
Mansfield, the Earl of, 123

his powers of debate, 123 Marks of a bad subject, 73 Marten, Harry, 78, 83 Martin and starling, 124 Martin of Galway, 429, 478 Martyr, a parliamentary, 67 spoiling a, 79

Marvell, Andrew, 85
"Master of jibes," a, 357

Metaphysician, a "hard hearted," 213 Miall, Mr., 353, 489

and Mr. Gladstone, 324
Middleman, a parliamentary, 295
Middlesex elections, the, 117, 125, 128
"Mildest censure," the, 407
Militia Bill, Lord J. Russell's, 274
Milton's imprisonment, Marvell and, 85
Mind triumphing over matter, 264
Mine," Europe on a," 279
Minister, an unpopular, 112
Minister of England, the, 272
Minister, "that thing called a," 125
Minister's difficulties, a British, 302
Minister's duty, a, 327

Minister's responsibility, the, 332
Ministers, "Her Majesty's," 361

Ministers in their cups, 481

mimicked by the Sovereign, 236

"Ministry" or "Cabinet Council ?" 39

Minorities, tyranny of, 327
Minority, a "glorious," 454

Minority representation, 328, 393
Minstrels, the Derby, 341
Miscellaneous anecdotes, 373
Miscount, a, 453

Mistake," there was no," &c., 214
"Mister Most," 385

"Mr. Speaker," Grattan rehearsing to, 181

"Mitred front" of religion, the, 154 Mob, every numerous assembly a, 97 members and the, 479

a mob in the Irish House, 479 Mob orator, the, 258

Official restraint v. political morality,

351

"Oftener-if-need-be's," the, 154

Old Sarum, Horne Tooke returned for, 195

"Old ways the safest," 25
"Old women," 271, 438
Oliver, Alderman, 466
"Once a carrier," 486

"Once bit, twice shy," 366
One mind, of, 64

Onslow, Mr. Speaker, 48, 437, 438, 448 on Pulteney, 107

Onslow line, the, 152

"On the side of the angels," 301 Opening of Parliament by James I. in 1621, 19

Opening scene, the, 441
Open pollings, the last, 391
Opinions, two, 130

Opponent, an unexpected, 257
Opposite sides, taking, 433