461; commit the sheriffs, ib.; right of the
Commons to publish papers affecting cha-
racter, 459; increased power of the Com-
mons, 464; the proceedings regarding
Jewish disabilities, ib.; control of the
Commons over the government, 465; over
peace and war, and over dissolutions of
parliament, 48, 62, 466; votes of want of
confidence, 49, 65, 69, 470; and of con-
fidence, 120, 361, 471; impeachments,
472; relations between the Commons and
ministers since the Reform Act, 128, 474;
their control over the national expenditure,
195, 477; liberality to the crown, 478;
stopping the supplies, 359, n., 480; sup-
plies delayed, 68, 481; restraints upon
the liberality of the house, 481; exclusive
rights over taxation, 482; the rejection
by the Lords of a money bill, 483; rela-
tive rights of the two houses, 486; con-
duct of the house in debate, 501; increased
authority of the chair, 503. See also
Members of the House of Commons; Par-
liament; Petitions.

Commonwealth, the destruction of crown
revenues under, 193.

Contracts with Government, a means of

bribing members, 327; contractors dis-
qualified from parliament, 329.
Conway, General, proscribed for votes in
parliament, 24, 25; took office under
Lord Rockingham, 29; disclaimed the
influence of the "King's friends," 30; his
motion condemning the American war, 48.
Cornwall, Duchy of, the revenues of, the in-

heritance of Prince of Wales, 210; their
present amount, ib.

Cornwall, Mr. Speaker, his death during
George III.'s incapacity, 154.
County elections, territorial influence over,
299; expenses of contests at, 300.
Courts of law, the, and parliamentary pri-
vilege, 456-464; decisions in Burdett's
case, 457; in the Stockdale cases, 460.
Crawford, Mr. S., his motion as to duration
of parliament, 376.

Crewe, Mr., his Revenue Officers' Bill, 295.
Cricklade, bribery at, 288; disfranchised, ib.
Crosby, Brass, Lord Mayor, proceeded
against for committing the messenger of
the house, 429, 432.

Crown, the, constitutional position of, since
the revolution, 1; paramount authority
of, 2; sources of its influence, 2-5; by
government boroughs, 293; by places,
peerages, and pensions, 114, 201, 312; by
bribes, 318; by loans and lotteries, 323;
by contracts, 327; measures for the di-
minution of its influence, by disqualifica-

tion of placemen, &c., 52, 295, 313, 316,
329; by the powers of the Commons over
the civil list expenditure, 195, 218; and
over supplies, 477; constitutional rela-
tions between the crown and ministers, 5,
12, 89, 123, 130, 134, 474; the 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, 53; "the
coalition ministry," 57; Mr. Pitt's, 74,
77; Mr. Addington's, 84; Lord Grenville's,
89; the influence of the crown during the
regency, 101; during the reigns of Wil-
liam IV. and her Majesty, 117—140;
debates upon the influence of the crown,
30, 44, 59, 65, 114; violation of parlis-
mentary privileges by the crown, 24, 31,
39, 46, 57, 64; bribery at elections, and
of members supported by the crown, 289,
291, 322; influence of the crown exerted
against its ministers at elections, 15; in
parliament, 24, 31, 56, 77, 89, 116; the
attitude of parties a proof of the pars-
mount influence of the crown, 78, 105;
its influence exerted in favour of reform,
117, 121; wise exertion of crown influ-
ence in the present reign, 137; its general
influence increased, 138; parliament kept
in harmony by influence of the crown,
261; the prerogatives of the crown in
abeyance, 141-190; the Regency Bills
of George III., 142-180; of William IV,
185; of Queen Victoria, 189; powers of
the crown exercised by parliament, 153—
159, 179, 182; the Royal Sign Manual
Bill, 183; questions as to the rights of
an infant king, 185; of a king's posthu-
mous child, 188; the ancient revenues of
the crown, 191; the constitutional results
of the improvidence of kings, 195; the
parliamentary settlement of crown reve-
nues, 196; the civil list, 197-210; pri-
vate property of the crown, 211; provision
for the royal family, ib.; land revenues,
212; the pension list, 217; rights of
crown over the Royal Family, 222; over
grandchildren, 224, 230; over royal mar-
riages, 224; the Royal Marriage Act, ib.;
the question submitted to the judges, 226;
opinion of law officers on the marriage
of Duke of Sussex, 229; the attempt to
limit the rights of crown in the creation
of peers, 234; numerous applications to
the crown for peerages, 241; the advice
of parliament tendered to the crown as
to peace and war, a dissolution, and
the conduct of ministers, 48, 62, 464-
471; addressed by the people on the

subject of a dissolution, 469; improved
relations between the crown and Com-
mons, 474-478; the delay or refusal of
the supplies, 68, 480; the recommenda-
tion of the crown required to motions for
grant of public money, 481. See also
Ministers of the Crown.

Crown lands. See Revenues of the Crown.
Cumberland, Duke of, conducted ministerial

negotiations for the King, 27, 28; pro-
tested against resolutions for a regency
bill, 156; his name omitted from the
commission to open parliament, 158;
married Mrs. Horton, 222.

Curwen, Mr., his Act to restrain the sale
of boroughs, 292.

Cust, Sir John, chosen speaker, 16; alter-
cations with, when in the chair, 503.
Customs and excise officers disfranchised,
295; numbers of, ib.

DANBY, Earl, his case cited with reference

to ministerial responsibility, 98.
Debates in parliament, the publication of,
prohibited, 420; sanctioned by the Long
Parliament, 421; early publications of
debates, ib.; abuses of reporting, 423,
424; the contest with the printers, 425;
opposed in twenty-three divisions, 426;
reporting permitted, 434; late instance of
complaints against persons taking notes,
435; reporting interrupted by the exclu-
sion of strangers, 70, n., 435; political
results of reporting, 437; still a breach of
privilege, 438; galleries for reporters,
439; freedom of comment on debates,
443; improved taste in debate, 502; per-
sonalities of former times, 501.
Denman, Lord, his decision in Stockdale v.
Hansard, 459.

Dering, Sir E., expelled for publishing his
speeches, 421.

Derby, Earl of, the reform bill of his mi-
nistry, 385; the rejection of the bill, 388;
his first ministry defeated on the house
tax, 480.

D'Este, Sir A., his claim to the dukedom of
Sussex, 229.

Devonshire, Duke of, disgraced for oppo-
sition to the treaty with France, 20;
resigned his lord-lieutenancy, ib.
Disraeli, Mr., his reform bill, 386.
Dissolutions of parliament. See Addresses
to the Crown; Parliament.
Divisions, instance of a stranger counted in
a Commons' division, 415; twenty-three
divisions on one question, 426; the lists
of, published by both houses, 441; pre-
sence of strangers at, ib.

Dowdeswell, Mr., opposed the expulsion of

Wilkes, 401, 407.

"Droit le Roi," the book burnt by order of
the Lords, 398.

Droits of the Crown and Admiralty, the,
vested in the crown till accession of Wil-

liam IV., 199, 208.

Dundas, Mr., his amendment to Mr. Dun-
ning's resolutions, 45.

Dunning, Mr., his resolutions against the
influence of the crown, 45; denied the
right of the house to incapacitate Wilkes,
407.

Dyson, Mr., soubriquet given him by the
reporters, 426.

EAST RETFORD, the disfranchisement bill
of, 351.

Ebrington, Lord, his motions in support of
the reform ministry, 361, 362.
Economic reform, Mr. Burke's, 44, 203, 219.
Edinburgh, the defective representation of,
301; bill to amend it, 303.

Edward II., the revenues of his crown, 192.
Edward VI., his sign manual affixed by a
stamp, 184.

Effingham, Earl of, his motion condemning

the Commons' opposition to Mr. Pitt, 67.
Eldon, Lord, the suspected adviser of George
III. against the Grenville ministry, 95;
at first disliked by the Regent, 103;
condoled with George IV. on the Catholic
emancipation, 117; scandalised when the
crown supported reform, 118; chancellor
to the Addington ministry, 168; his de-
claration as to George III.'s competency
to transact business, 170; obtained the
royal assent to bills, ib.; his interview with
the King, 171; negotiated Pitt's return to
office, 172; his conduct impugned, 173;
motions to omit his name from Council
of Regency, 174; his opinion as to the
accession of an infant king, 186; his posi-
tion as a statesman, 496.

Election petitions, the trial of. prior to the
Grenville Act, 306; under that Act, 309;
later election petition Acts, 311.
Elections, expensive contests at, 283, 287,
300; vexatious contests, 296; Acts to
amend election proceedings, 382; writs
for, addressed to returning officers, 383.
See also Reform of Parliament.
Ellenborough, Lord, his admission to the
cabinet, when Lord Chief Justice, 88.
Erskine, Lord, his motions against a dis-
solution, 60, 63; his speech on the pledge
required from the Grenville ministry, 96;
his support of reform, 341, 343, 345; the
character of his oratory, 494.

Establishment Bill, the, brought in by
Burke, 204.

Exchequer chamber, court of, reverse the
decision in Howard v. Gosset, 463.

FAMILIES, great, the state influence of, 7,

299; opposed by George III., 10, 34;
their influence at the present day, 139.
Fitzherbert, Mr., proscribed for opposition
to court policy, 25.

Fitzherbert, Mrs., married the Prince of
Wales, 228.

Flood, Mr., his reform bill, 340.

Four and a half per cent duties, the,
sources of the revenue to the crown, 199,
208; charged with pensions, 218; sur-
rendered by William IV., 221.

Fox, Mr. J. C., his remarks on the policy
of George III., 42, 44, 47, 51; coalesced
with Lord North, 54; in the coalition
ministry, 55; brought in the India Bill,
57; dismissed from office, 60; heads the
opposition to Pitt, 63; his name struck
off the list of privy councillors by the
King, 76; and proscribed from office, 85;
admitted to office, 88; again dismissed,
92; his death loosened the tie between
the Regent and the Whigs, 102; his
conduct regarding the Regency Bill, 150,
153; comments thereon, 163; his disap-
proval of the Royal Marriage Act, 225;
the Westminster election, 297; cost of
the scrutiny, ib.; received unfair treat-
ment from Mr. Pitt, 298; denounced
parliamentary corruption by loans, 326;
supported the proceedings against Wilkes,
414; his wise remark on unrestrained
reporting, 433; his position as orator,

491.

Fox, Mr. Henry, Sir R. Walpole's agent in
bribery, 320.

France, the treaty of peace with, proscrip-
tion of the Whigs for disapproval of, 20;
members bribed to support, 321.

Franchise, the, of England, at the accession
of George III., 280. of Scotland, 300;

of Ireland, 304; under the Reform
Aet, 363-365; later measures of reform,
383; the fancy franchises of the Whigs,
384; of the Tories, 387. See also Reform
in Parliament.

"Friends of the People," the society of,
statements by, as to the composition of
the House of Commons, 281, 305.
Fuller, Mr. R., bribed by a pension from
the crown, 341.

GASCOYNE, General, his anti-reform motion,

359.

Gatton, the number of voters in, prior
reform, 281; the price of the borough
310.
Gazetteer, the, complained against for pub
lishing debates, 425,
Gentleman's Magazine, the, one of the first

to report parliamentary debates, 423.
George I., his civil list, 198; the powers he
claimed over his grandchildren, 22!;
consented to the Peerage Bill, 234.
George II., his Regency Act, 142; his civil
list, 198; the great seal affixed to tw
commissions during his illness, 157; his
savings, 200.

George III., the accession of, 8; his edues-
tion, 9; determination to govern, 8-15;
his jealousy of the Whig families, 10; his
secret counsellors, 11; his arbitrary con
duct and violation of parliamentary pri-
vileges during Lord Bute's ministry, 19:
during Mr. Grenville's, 24; his differences
with that ministry, 23, 26, 28; his activ
interference in affairs during that ministry,
26; pledged himself not to be influenced
by Lord Bute, 27; consented to dismiss
Mr. S. Mackenzie, 28; the conditions of
the Rockingham ministry, 29; exerted
his influence against them, 31, 33;
tempted, with Chatham, to destroy parties,
34; his influence during Chatham's mi
nistry, 35, 37; tried to retain him in
office, 37; the king's ascendency during
Lord North's ministry, 38, 42, 50; his
irritation at opposition, 38, 41; exerte!
his will in favour of the Royal Marriage
Bill, 39; ;took notice of proceedings in par
liament, ib.; proscribed officers in opposi
tion, 40; exacted a pledge of his ministers
to maintain the American war, 42; his
overtures to the Whigs, 42, 43; debates
on his personal interference in parliament,
44-47, 59; sought to intimidate the
opposition peers, 46; the defeat of his
American policy, 48; his approval of
Lord North's conduct, 49; the results of
the King's policy, 50; the second Rock
ingham ministry, 51; their measures to
repress his influence, 52, 219, 295, 315;
Lord Shelburne's ministry, 52; the King's
resistance to the "coalition," 56-60;
his negotiations with Pitt, 54, 55; use of
his name against the India Bill, 57; his
support of Pitt against the Commons, 66
-70; his position during this contest,
71; its result upon his policy, 74; his
relations with Pitt, ib.; his general influ-
ence augmented, 76, 78; prepared to use
it against Pitt, 77; the King's opposition
to the Catholic question, 80; his illness

from agitation on this subject, 83; his
relations with Addington, 82, 84; Pitt
reinstated, 84; the King's refusal to ad-
mit Fox to office, 85; the admission of
Lord Grenville and Mr. Fox to office, 87,
88; his opposition to changes in army
administration, 89; unconstitutional use
of his influence against the Army and
Navy Service Bill, 90; the pledge he re-
quired of his ministers, 92; his anti-
Catholic appeal on the dissolution (1807),
99; his influence prior to his last illness,
100; his character compared to that of
the Prince Regent, 101; the King's ill-
nesses, 141-182; the first illness, 141;
his scheme for a regency, 142; modified
by ministers, 143; speech and addresses,
on this subject, 144; consented to the
withdrawal of his mother's name from
Regency Bill, 146; his second illness,
148; recovery, 160; anxiety to provide
for a regency, 164; his third illness, in
the interval between the Pitt and Adding-
ton ministries, 165; recovery, 167; fourth
illness, 169; questions arising as to his
competency to transact business, 170-
174; gave his assent to bills, 170; anec-
dote as to his reading the bills, 171;
Pitt's interview with the King, 172; his
last illness, 175; the passing the Regency
Bill, 176-181; his civil list, 198; other
sources of his revenue, 199; the purchase
of Buckingham House, 200; his domestic
economy, ib.; debts on his civil list, 201;
profusion in his household, 204; his
message on the public expenditure, 205;
his pension list, 218; his annoyance
at his brothers' marriages, 222; his at-
tachment to Lady S. Lennox, 224; the
Royal Marriage Act, ib.; claimed the
guardianship of Princess Charlotte, 230;
profuse in creation of peers, 235; sup-
ported bribery at elections, and of mem-
bers, 289, 291, 322; his opposition to
reform, 77, 338; his answer to the city
address on the proceedings against Wilkes,
409; his objection to political agitation
by petitions, 448.

George IV., the ascendency of the Tory party
under, 109; the proceedings against his
Queen, ib.; his aversion to Lord Grey and
the Whigs, 113; his popularity, 114;
his opposition to Catholic claims 115;
yielded, but showed his dislike to his
ministers, 117; the Act to authorise him
to affix his sign manual by a stamp, 183;
his civil list and other revenues, 207.
Germaine, Lord G., his statement respect-
ing George III.'s personal influence, 42.
VOL. I.

Glasgow, the defective representation of,
301.

Gloucester, bribery at, 372.

Gloucester, Duke of, married Lady Walde-
grave, 222.

Gordon, Lord G., the petitions that he pre-
sented to parliament, 447.

Gosset, Sir W., sued by Howard for tres-
pass, 463.

Government, executive, control of parlia-
ment over, 465; strong and weak govern-
ments since the Reform Act, 474. See
also Ministers of the Crown.

Gower, Earl of, his amendment to resolu-
tions for a regency, 179; cleared the
house, 418.

Grafton, Duke of, dismissed from lord-lieu-
tenancy for opposing the court policy,
20; accepted office under Lord Chatham,
34; complained of the bad results of
Chatham's ill-health, 36; consequent
weakness of the ministry, 37; his resig-
nation, ib.; his ministry broken up by
debates upon Wilkes, 407.

Grampound, the disfranchisement bills of,

346.

Grattan, Mr., the character of his oratory,
495.

Great seal, the, use of, under authority of
parliament, during George III.'s illness,
153, 157, 176; questions arising thereupon,
161; affixed by Lord Hardwicke to two
commissions during illness of George II.,
157.

Grenville Act, trial of election petitions
under, 309; made perpetual, 310.
Grenville, Lord, the proposal that he should
take office with Pitt, 85; formed an admi-
nistration on his death, 87; differed with
the King on the army administration, 89;
the Army Service Bill, ib.; cabinet minute
reserving liberty of action on the Catholic
question, 92; pledge required by the King
on that subject, ib.; dismissed, ib.; his
advice neglected by the Regent, 103; at-
tempted reconciliation, 104; failure of
negotiations on the "household ques-
tion," 107; his difficulty in issuing pub-
lic money during George III.'s incapacity,

182.

Grenville, Mr. George, succeeded Lord Bute
as premier, 22; did not defer to George
III., 23; remonstrated against Lord Bute's
influence, ib., 27; supported the King's
arbitrary measures, 24; differences be-
tween them, 26; his Election Petition
Act, 309; his statement of amount of
secret service money; 321; the bribery
under his ministry, 322; opposed Wilkes's

expulsion, 401; his motion for reduction
of land tax, 479.
Grey, Earl, his advice neglected by the Re-
gent, 103; declined office on the "house-
hold question," 107; advocated reform, and
led the reform ministry, 118, 263, 341, 345,
357;
lost the confidence of William IV.,
122; accused Lord Eldon of using George
III.'s name without due authority, 170,
173; the regulation of the civil list by
his ministry, 208; advised the creation
of new peers, 263, 266; favoured a shorter
duration of parliament, 375; the character
of his oratory, 495.

Grey, Mr. (1667), an early reporter of the
debates, 422.

Grosvenor, General, his hostile motion
against Mr. Pitt's ministry, 67.
Grote, Mr., advocated vote by ballot, 380.

Hamilton, Lord A., advocated reform in the
representation of Scotland, 303.
Hanover, House of, the character of the first
two kings of, favourable to constitutional
government, 6.

Hanover, kingdom of, the revenues attached
to the crown till her Majesty's accession,
210.

Hansard, Messrs., sued by Stockdale for
libel, 459.

Harcourt, Lord, supported the influence of
the crown over parliament, 32.
Hardwicke, Lord, affixed the great seal to
commissions during illness of George II.,
157.

Harrowby, Earl of, supported George IV.
on the Catholic question, 97.

Hastings, Mr. Warren, impeachments not
abated by dissolution established in his
case, 472.

Hastings, the sale of the seat for this bo-
rough, 293.

Hawkesbury, Lord, the supposed adviser of
George III. against the Grenville minis-
try, 95; his declaration as to the King's
competency to transact business, 170.
Heberden, Dr., his evidence regarding the
King's illnesses, 173, 174.
Henley, Mr., seceded from the Derby mi-
nistry on the question of reform, 387.
Henry III., V., VI., and VII., the revenues
of their crowns, 192, 193.

Henry VIII., his sign manual affixed by a
stamp, 184; his crown revenues, 193.
Herbert, Mr., his bill as to the expulsion of
members, 408.

Heron, Sir R., his bill for shortening the
duration of parliament, 376.
Hindon, bribery at, 288.

Hobhouse, Mr., committed for libelling the
house, 443.

Holdernesse, Lord, retired from office in
favour of Lord Bute, 17.

Holland, Lord, his amendment for an ad-
dress to the Prince of Wales, 178.
Horner, Mr. F., his speech against a regency
bill, 177.

Household, the. See Royal Household.
House tax, the, Lord Derby's ministry de-
feated on, 480.

Howard, Messrs., reprimanded for conduct-
ing Stockdale's action, 461; committed
462; sued the sergeant-at-arms, 463.
Howick, Lord, denounced secret advice to
crown, 95, 96. See also Grey, Earl.
Huskisson, Mr., his prophecy as to reform
in parliament, 353.

IMPEACHMENT of ministers by parliament,

471; rare in later times, 472; not abated
by a dissolution, ib.

India Bill, the (1783), thrown out by influ
ence of the crown, 60.
Ireland, the position of the Church in, caused
alarm to William IV., 123; number of
archbishops and bishops of, 239; repre
sentative bishops of, ib. -civil list of
208; pensions on the crown revenues of,
218, 219; consolidated with English pen-
sion list, 221. the parliament of, their
proceedings on the regency, 164; address
the Prince, ib.; Irish office-holders dis-
qualified in parliament, 316. ———— the re-
presentative peers of, 238; restriction upon
the number of the Irish peerage, ib.; its
absorption into the peerage of the United
Kingdom, 246; Irish peers sit in the
Commons, 238. representation of
prior to the Reform Bill, 304, 306; no-
mination boroughs abolished at the Union,
304; Irish judges disqualified, 317.

the Reform Act of, 365; amended (1850),