MACE; speaker attended by, commits per-
sons, 67. Borne before the speaker by the
serjeant, 162. Removed from the table
when house in committee, 224. Effect of
its absence from the table upon the rules
for examining witnesses, 246, 247.
MACLEOD, Allan; committed by House of
Lords to Newgate for publishing proceed-
ings, 60.
MAGNA CHARTA,of King John; light thrown
upon the constitution of Parliament by, 16. |
Obscure, nevertheless, as to the origin of
the representative system, ib. Referred
to in connexion with the progressive in-
fluence of the commons in granting sup-
plies, 317.
MANAGERS; of a conference, 254, 255. Of
a free conference, 256. Of an impeach-
ment, 377.
MANSFIELD, Lord, said, in Jones v. Randall,
that the House of Commons was not a court
of record, 72. Jurisdiction of the courts
in matters of privilege defined by, 118.
Dictum respecting the Journals, 159.
MARINE INSURANCE BILL; proceedings
on; member interested, 222.
MARLBOROUGH, Duke of; proceedings on
clause concerning pension of, 188.
MARQUESSES; origin of the title, 7.
MARTIN, Mr. (1586); question of duration
of privilege raised in the case of, 96.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY; attendants of the
lords, 156. The ordinary messengers from
the lords to the commons, 250.287.
ceedings in their absence, ib.
ceived by the commons, 251.
MEETING OF THE HOUSE; time of meeting,
lords and commons, 151.
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT; proceedings
on the meeting of a new Parliament, 133,
MELLOT, James; committed by the commons
in 1704 for libel upon members, 66.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS;
Other
Property qualification of, 26.
qualifications and disqualifications, ib.
Aliens not eligible, ib. Must be of age,
27. Mental imbecility a disqualification,
ib. English and Scotch peers ineligible to
the House of Commons, ib. Irish peers,
unless representative peers, may sit for any
place in Great Britain, ib. Clergymen
ineligible, ib. Class of offices under the
Crown excluded by 6th of Anne, c. 7, ib.
The judges (excepting the master of the
rolls in England) disqualified, ib. Go-
vernment contractors disqualified from
serving, 28. Bankrupts incapable of sit-
ting and voting for 12 months, unless the
commission be superseded or creditors be
paid in full, ib.
Duly to attend their service in Parlia-
ment, 147. How enforced, 148. On a
call, 148, 149. Excused for non-attend-
ance, 149. Leave of absence, 150. Ex-
cuses offered, ib. To withdraw while their
conduct is under debate, 210.
Not present when question put, cannot
vote; precedents, 212. Their votes dis-
allowed, 212, 213. Notice received by
them of a division, 213. Too late for a
division, 214. All sent into the lobbies
on a division, 216. How counted, and
their names recorded, 217; and pub-
lished, 219. In committee five required
to enforce a division in the lobbies, ib.
Not to plead on bills depending in the
lords before they have come down, 223.
Their attendance before select commit-
tees, how secured, 240, 241. Their at-
tendance in the lords, how required, 242.
Imprisonment of, messages concerning,
262. How acknowledged, 265.
MESSAGES;
1. From the Crown.
2. Between the two Houses.
3. To the Royal Family.
1. From the Crown.-Under the sign
manual, 260. Subjects of such messages,
ib. Should be communicated to both
houses, 261. On matters of supply, ib.
Addresses in answer, 264. Exceptions in
the commons, 265. Verbal messages;
members being imprisoned, 262. Ad-
dresses in answer, 265. Exception in
regard to naval courts-martial, ib.
2. Between the two Houses.·
May
interrupt debates, 176. From the lords
to the commons, 249. By the judges,
250. By masters in chancery and others,
ib. Messages irregularly sent, ib. From
the commons to the lords by members,
251.
Messages, how received in both
houses, ib. Answers to messages, 252.
Form of message in communicating bills
from one house to another; proceedings
thereupon, 287, 288. Must be taken by
not less than eight members, 288. Case
in 1588, ib.
3. To the Royal Family; and commu-
nications from them, 268.
MILLS, Mr. (1807); privilege of freedom
from arrest, 93.
MINORS; ineligible as members, 27.
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. See EVIDENCE, NOBLE, William; committed by the com-
MINUTES OF. WITNESSES.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS; Lords.
How compiled, 156. Afterwards become
the Journals, ib. Of committees on pri-
vate bills, 427.
MISUNDERSTANDING
BERS; means taken to prevent, 204, 205.
MODEL CLAUSES; inserted in private bills,
MONEY BILLS; may not be amended in the
lords, 321. Verbal amendments agreed
to, with special entries in the Journal,
321, 322. Presented by the speaker for
the royal assent, 165. 291. 334.
MONTAGUE, Lord (1648); privilege of his
tenants, 92.
MONTFORT, Peter de; signed an answer of
Parliament in the 44th Henry 3, "vice
totius communitatis," 19.
MONTFORT, Simon de, Earl of Leicester;
writs issued by (A. D. 1265) for the return
of knights, citizens and burgesses to
serve in Parliament, 17.
MORLEY, Thomas; fined and imprisoned by
the lords in 1623, for libel on the lord
keeper, 64, 65.
MORNING SITTINGS; proceedings in 1833,
151.
MOTIONS; notices of, 166-169. Without
notice, 169. Leave to make motions, 170.
In the lords need not be seconded, 171.
But drop, if not seconded, in the commons,
ib. By leave withdrawn, ib. In com-
mittee need not be seconded, 225. Super-
seded by the chairman being ordered to
leave the chair, 229.
See also QUESTIONS.
MURRAY, Mr.; case of in 1751; 50. 57. 69.
NAPIER, Sir Charles; proceedings on vote
of thanks to, 170.
NATURALIZATION BILLS; no bill to be read
a second time, without a certificate from
the secretary of state, 450.
NEALE, Mr.; the privilege of the commons
to freedom from arrest vindicated in the
case of, 89.
NEILE, Dr.; words used by, excepted to
by the commons, 202.
NEWSPAPERS; rule as to reading speeches
from, 199. Not to be read by members in
their places, 207. Publication of evidence
in a Dublin newspaper, 238. Proprietor
committed, ib.
mons in 1773, for libel on a member, 66.
NORFOLK, Duke of; his attainder declared
void, 299, 300.
NORMAN CONQUEST; its effect upon the
Saxon institutions, 1.
NORTH, Lord Chief Justice; jurisdiction of
the courts in matters of privilege, defined
by, 116.
NOTICES (PRIVATE BILLS);
1. Preliminary Notices before Bills
are introduced.
2. During the progress of Private
Bills in the Commons.
1. Preliminary Notices before Bills
are introduced.-Three classes of bills in
regard to which preliminary notices are
required, 388. Notices how and when pub-
lished, 388, 389. Receipt of printer, 389.
Intention to levy or alter tolls to be stated,
ib. Application to owners, &c., ib.
First Class of Bills: Notices on church
doors, 390. Crown, church, or corporation
property; notice to owners, ib. Burial
grounds; notices, ib.
Second Class of Bills: Various notices
required, 391. When public works are to
be relinquished, 395. When water is to
be diverted from one cut, canal, &c. into
another, ib. Proof of, in England, Scot-
land, and Ireland, 403, 404.
Third Class of Bills: 396.
2. During the progress of Private
Bills in the Commons.-Always given by
the agent soliciting the bill, in the Private
Bill Office, 399. At what hours, ib. Pub-
lished with the Votes, ib. Of first meeting
of sub-committee on petitions, 402. If
postponed, 403. Of second reading, 407.
Of first meeting of committee on bill, 410.
415. If postponed, 411. Of report and
further consideration, 431. Of clause pro-
posed to be added, 431, 432. Of third
reading, 433.
3. In the Lords. Of meeting of stand-
ing order committee, 435. Before meeting
of committee on the bill, ib.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS; rules in regard to,
166, 167. How and when given, 168,
169. Motions without notice, 169. Ex-
punged from notice paper, 170. Proposed
by the speaker, 171. When debate arises,
ib. Question put, ib.
give notice for another, 169.
See also MOTIONS. QUESTIONS.
2. Administration of Oaths by Par-
liament.
1. Taken by Members.-First taken in
the lords by the lord chancellor, 135; in
the commons by the speaker, 139. Oaths
taken, 135. n.; App. 461. By Roman-
catholics, 462. Consequence of members
refusing to take the oaths, 139, 140. Case
of Mr. O'Connell, 140. Declarations or
affirmations by Quakers and others in lieu
of oaths, ib. Penalties for omitting to
take oaths, ib. Time for taking the oaths
in both houses, 140, 141. New members
sworn, 141. Taken again on demise of
the Crown, 142. Oath on being appointed
to serve on election committees, 359.
2. Administration of Oaths by Par-
liament.-Administration of, by the lords,
243. This power not claimed by the
commons, 244. Expedients to attain the
same end, ib. To examine in the most
solemn manner, 245. Evidence taken
upon oath before joint committees of lords
and commons, 244. 257. Oaths adminis-
tered by election committees, 363, 364.
See also WITNESSES.
OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE STREETS; ses-
sional order of both houses, 151.
O'CONNELL, Mr.; withdraws on debate
concerning himself, 211.
PARDON; not pleadable in bar of impeach-
ment, 379. But may be given afterwards,
380.
OFFER OF MONEY TO A MEMBER; a
high crime and misdemeanor, 223.
OFFICES UNDER THE CROWN; Accept- PARLIAMENT;
ance of, vacates seats in Parliament, 339, |
340. Chiltern hundreds, &c., 340.
OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT; authority
of, in executing orders, 50. Resistance
to, treated as contempt, 51. Instances
of the civil power being called upon to
assist them, 51, 52. Serjeant-at-arms may
force an entrance, 52-55; but may not
remain to await return of party, if from
home, 55. Messages for their attendance
in the other house to be examined as wit-
nesses, 242.
OFFICERS; of the House of Lords; clerk
of the Parliaments, 156. Gentleman and
yeoman usher of the black rod and ser-
jeant-at-arms, 156. Of the House of
Commons, 154. 157. 162.
OLIVER, Alderman; committed, together
with the lord mayor, in 1771, to the
Tower, for obstruction to the orders of
the House of Commons, 50, 51.
ONSLOW, Mr. Speaker; ordered a man into
custody, 67.
The present constitution of, to be traced
back to the free councils of our Saxon
ancestors, 1. General constitution of, 2.
5-29. Its collective power over the
Crown, 2-5. 18. Its legislative authority
collectively, 29. Prerogatives of the
Crown in reference to Parliament, 31-39.
Summons, 31.33, 34. Ancient laws con-
cerning the annual meeting of Parliament,
32, 33. Meets on the demise of the
Crown, 33. Prorogation, how accom-
plished; its effect, 35. Adjournment
solely in the power of each house respec-
tively, 35, 36. Adjournments at the
pleasure of the Crown, ib. Dissolution,
36, 37.
Different kinds of judicature exercised
by, 37, 38. Judicature of the entire Par-
liament in passing Acts of attainder, and
bills of pains and penalties, 38. And in
impeachments, 38, 39.
Proceedings upon its first meeting, 133.
Queen always supposed to be in the high
court of, 259.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENCY; no member
to be engaged in, 223. 399. Privilege of
freedom from arrest and molestation ex-
tended to agents whilst attending the
house in prosecution of business, 111, 112.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS; in the Com-
mons, personally responsible for observ-
ance of rules, &c., 397. Declaration
and registry, ib. Appearance to be en-
tered upon bills, and petitions against
bills, 398. A fresh appearance on change
of agent, ib. Speaker may prohibit an
agent from practising, ib. Registry of
their names and addresses in the Pri-
vate Bill Register in the Private Bill
Office, ib. Members not to be agents,
399. Nor officers of the house, ib.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. See Ac-
COUNTS AND PAPERS.
PATTESON, Mr. Justice; jurisdiction of the
courts in matters of privilege, defined by,
PEEL, Sir Robert; announces the death of
the Duke of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha, 145.
Use of Queen's name by, 201. Objection
taken and overruled, ib.
PEERS; how introduced on taking their
seats, 135. Their attendance to be ex-
amined as witnesses, by the lords, 239.
By the commons, how secured, 241. Peers
not being lords of Parliament, 242. Stand-
ing orders of the lords regarding their
attendance in the commons, 241, 242 n.
How examined by the lords, 243. By the
commons, within the bar, 247. And be-
fore select committees, ib.
PEERS, TRIALS OF; crimes for which peers
are tried by their peers, 380. What
trials to be in full Parliament, 381. All
peers to be summoned, ib. Apparent ex-
clusion of bishops from the right of being
summoned; their practical admission to
trials, ib. Withdraw before question put
of guilty or not guilty, 381, 382.
testation saving their rights in judicature,
382.-See also IMPEACHMENTS.
PEERS' NAMES; not to be in private bills
as commissioners, &c., 407.
PEERESSES; are entitled to same privileges
as peers, 94. By marriage, forfeit their
privileges on intermarrying with common-
ers, ib.
PEMBERTON (Serjeant-at-arms), 67.
PEMBERTON, Sir F.; committed, 51. 123.
PENALTIES; rule respecting the agreement
to lords' amendments imposing, 322, 323.
PENSIONS DUTIES BILL (1836); clause
added on report, but negatived on third
reading, 188.
PERJURY; false evidence before the lords,
liable to the penalties of, 243. Before
the commons, a breach of privilege, 245.
Before election committees, perjury, 246.
PERRY, Mr.; fined and imprisoned by the
lords in 1798, for libel on the house, 63.
PERSONAL INTEREST; rule in the lords,
222. Votes disallowed in the commons
on account of personal interest, ib. Na-
ture of the interest to be direct and pecu-
liar, ib. Precedents, 222, 223.
PETITIONS, PUBLIC;
Right of petitioning, 300.
mode of petitioning, ib. Earliest peti-
tions extant, 301. To whom addressed
from Edw. 1 to Hen. 4, ib. Receivers
and triers of petitions, how constituted;
their functions, ib. The form of their
appointment still continued, 302. Peti-
tions to the commons in the reign of
Hen. 4, ib. Origin of private bills, ib.
Changes in the system of dealing with
petitions, ib.
Modern system explained, 303. Form
of petitions, ib. Remonstrances, when
received, ib. Rules in regard to the
signature of petitions, 303, 304. Forgery
of signatures, 304. Character and sub-
stance of petitions, ib. Decorous lan-
guage, ib.
Allusion to debates, 304, 305.
Petitions for advance of public money or
compounding debts to the Crown, 305.
For compensation, ib. In the nature of
election petitions, ib.
Mode of presenting petitions: by mem-
bers, 305; by the sheriffs at the bar, ib.;
or lord mayor of Dublin, ib. Transmis-
sion by post, ib. Members to read peti-
tions, and take care that they are not in
violation of the rules of the house, ib.
Mode of presenting and discussing peti-
tions in the lords, 305. Limited publicity
given to them, 306. Necessity of limiting
discussion of petitions in the commons, ib.
Number presented at different times,
306, n. Rules now in force: petitions
to be opened by members, 307. May be
read by the clerk, ib. In some cases
printed with the Votes, ib. Urgent cases
discussed, ib. All petitions referred to a
committee, ib. May be received against
taxes proposed for the service of the year,
ib. Debates upon petitions not introduc-
tory to legislation, ib.
Petitions classified, analysed, printed,
and published at a cheap rate, 308.
Members to affix their names to petitions
presented by them, ib. Time of present-
ing them in the commons, ib. Ballot for
precedence, ib. Petitions concerning any
PETITIONS, PUBLIC-continued.
notice or bill set down in the order book,
308. Election petitions, 345, 346. With
drawn, 348.
PETITIONS (PRIVATE BILLS);
Petitions for private bills; rules con-
cerning, 401. Appearance to be entered
on, 398. Time limited for presenting,
401. Petitions for leave to present peti-
tions for bills, after time limited, ib. Re-
ferred to committee on petitions for bills,
&c., 402. Functions of that committee,
402, 403. Report on petitions, 404. Pe-
titions complaining of non-compliance
with standing orders, 403. 413. Petitions
against bills, 409. 413. When to be pre-
sented, 413. Grounds of objection to be
specified, 414. Appearance to be entered
on, 398. For leave to proceed, 405. Pe-
titioners heard against preamble or other
parts of bills; in the commons, 423, 424;
in the Lords, 440.
See also PRIVATE BILLS.
PETRIE, Mr. (1793); privilege during his
attendance before committee, as petitioner,
in a controverted election, 112.
PHYSICIANS of GEORGE 3; no members
allowed to be present at that committee,
235.
PIERPOINT, Lord; exception taken to words
used by, 203. Ordered to withdraw, 211.
PITT, Mr. ; amendment of question concern-
ing, 175, 176.
PLACES OF MEMBERS;
1. Lords.-The lords to sit in the order
prescribed by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10; 145. How
far observed in practice, ib. Places of
peers, bishops, &c., ib.
Occasional en-
forcement of the order, 146. Rules in
going to and leaving, 206.
2. Commons. Treasury and opposi-
tion benches, 146. Members for the city
of London, ib. Members who have re-
ceived the thanks of the house, ib. Se-
cured by being present at prayers, ib. Lost
by a division, or commission, 147. How
kept, ib. Rules in going to and leaving
them, 206.
PLANS, SECTIONS, AND BOOKS OF REFER-
ENCE; to be deposited with the clerk of the
peace, 391, 392. With parish clerk, 393.
Scotch schoolmaster, ib. Or Irish post-
master, ib. Lords' standing orders to be
deposited with them at the same time, ib.
Deposit in the houses of Parliament, ib.
Lords.-Alterations made after the in-
troduction of the bill into Parliament to
be deposited, and notices given, and con-
sents obtained, 437, 438.
PLEDALL, Gabriel (1555); question of du-
ration of privilege raised in the case of,
95, 96.
PLINY, the younger; quoted, 178.n. 184. n.
POLL BILL (1691); protest concerning, 188.
POMFRET, Earl of; challenge sent by to
Duke of Grafton, 205.
POST-OFFICE; transmission of petitions
by, 305. Of Parliamentary papers, 313.
POWELL, Mr. Justice; jurisdiction of the
courts in matters of privilege defined by,
116, 117.
PRACTICE OF PARLIAMENT; how de-
fined and understood, 131.
PRAYERS; read daily in the lords by a
bishop or peer in holy orders, 135. In the
commons by the speaker's chaplain, 139.
Members present at, may secure places,
147. House counted after, 151. Notice
given to all select committees when the
house is going to prayers, 237. Proceed-
ings void after this notice, ib. Caution to
committees to adjourn regularly, 429.
PREAMBLES OF BILLS; in public bills, pre-
amble postponed in committee, 280; and
considered last, 281; and amended if
necessary, ib. In private bills, pream-
ble first proved, 424. Petitioners against
heard, ib. Question upon proof of pre-
amble, 425. Preamble not proved, 426.
Special reports on, ib. Alterations in
preamble, ib.
PREROGATIVE; proceedings of Parliament
sometimes governed by, 133. Taxes
raised by; ceased at the Revolution, 319.
PREVIOUS QUESTION; explained, 173,
174. Not admissible in committee, 225.
Cases in the committee on the Reform
Bill partaking of the nature of previous
questions, 281.
PRINTING; of accounts and papers, 311,
312. Rules in regard to the printing of
petitions, 306, 307, 308.
PRINTING PRIVATE BILLS; every bill ex-
cept name and naturalization bills, to be
printed, &c. before first reading in the
commons, 406. Bill as amended by the
committee to be printed and delivered, and
breviates prepared, 431. In the lords
before second reading, and delivered be-
fore meeting of committee, 438. Amended
railway bills to be reprinted before third
reading, 444.
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