Parliament, Public Worship Regulation shipping legislation, ii. 534 Reform Acts of 1884-5, ii. 546 466 Parliament, the "Drunken," ii. 155 - reporting the, ii. 246 Parliamentary privilege, stormy debates Sir Thomas Shirley's case, i. 362 Parliamentary reform, first motion on, - - Duke of Richmond's bill, ii. 318 motions for (1790 to 1797), ii. 335 Reform Bill of 1831, ii. 449 the bill carried, ii. 454 its provisions, ii. 454 the county franchise, ii. 541 Reform Acts of 1884-5, ii. 546 United Kingdom, Tabulated List Parnell, C. S., and Irish obstruction, ii. his arrest and release, ii. 515 Parnell, C. S., his Land Bill, ii. 516 Parnell, Sir John, Irish chancellor of Parochial system under the Tudors, i., 354 Parry, Dr. William, i. 344 Partition treaty between England, Paterson, William, and the Bank of Patrick, Saint, ii. 373 Patriotic Association under William Paul's, St., Parliament at, i. 93 Peel, Sir Robert, under-secretary for the secretary for Ireland, ii. 358 his proposals for cash payments, ii. becomes home secretary, ii. 429 supports Catholic claims, ii. 435 becomes premier, ii. 459 Pelham, Henry, prime minister, ii. 270 Penn, William, and James II., ii. 4 Penruddocke, Colonel, beheaded, i. 465 his assassination, ii. 357 Perrers, Alice, banished, i. 217 Five Articles of, ii. 143 text of the, ii. 557 Pitt, William, his early career, ii. 319 Pitt, William, his motions on parlia his sinking fund scheme, ii. 327 introduces the Seditious Meetings his ministry reconstituted (1794), ii. financial policy in 1798-9, ii. 344 346 again becomes premier, ii. 350 policy and character, ii. 352 Place Bill, the, ii. 43 again discussed, ii. 46 passed, ii. 269 Plague of 1349, the, i. 209 privileges gained under the, i. 290 Poor Law Act of 1834, ii. 461 Poor relief under Elizabeth, i. 354 Porteous riots, the, ii. 256 Præmunire, first statute of, i. 211 - the great statute of 1393, i. 234 Presbyterianism in Scotland triumphant, ii. 139 Prince of Orange, his declaration, ii. 15 is offered the Government, ii. 18 Principal Acts, Ordinances, etc., since Print Works Act, ii. 481 Prison horrors in England, ii. 251 Privy Council, the, ii. 587 Procedure, early parliamentary, i. 292 abolished, ii. 219 Prosecutions for treason (1793-4), ii. 338 366 Protestant securities and the succession Provisors, first statute of (1351), i. 211 Prynne, cruel treatment of, i. 395 is excluded from the House, i. 431 secretary-at-war, ii. 228 his action against Walpole, ii. 266 on the attainder of Charles I., ii. 401 Quadruple Alliance, the, ii. 235 Rageman, Statute of, i. 145 Press, liberty of the, first restrained, i. | Railway Act of 1844, ii. 483 326 infringed, ii. 224. its freedom secured, ii. 305 l'retender proclaimed, the, ii. 85 is attainted, ii. 88 formally abjured, ii. 88 his designs in 1708, ii. 212 Pride's Purge, i. 430 Prime Ministers, List of the, ii. 568 Raleigh, Sir Walter, surrenders his acquires estates in Ireland, ii. 386 Ramillies, victory of, ii. 209 Rebecca Riots in Wales, ii. 526 established in Scotland, ii. 120 Reformation Parliament of Henry VIII., i. 310. its results, i. 312 Regency Act of 1765, ii. 292 1789, ii. 332 1811, ii. 357 of William IV., ii. 455 of 1837 and 1840, ii. 468 its completion, ii. 29 and justification, ii. 94 Reynolds, Archbishop, i. 193 Richard I. secures the succession, i. 81 Scotch Patronage Act, the, ii. 163 Scotland, parliament of, its origin, ii. 97 growing influence of the burghs, ii. composition of the councils, ii. 101 bold legislation, ii. 107 settlement of the succession in 1371, reforms in 1398, ii. 110 origin of the Statute Law, ii. 111 - - the estates and Queen Mary, ii. 119 Elizabeth's marriage pressed, ii. 122 127 early laws affecting the subject, ii. 128 parliament of 1567, ii. 130 changes in the representation of, ii. Presbyterian triumph, ii. 139 the Five Articles of Perth, ii, 143 the Lords of the Articles, ii. 144 the estates reconstituted, ii. 147 Cromwell and the representation, ii. the forms of parliament, ii. 152 Act of Conformity, ii. 155 oppressive religious statutes, ii. 155 James II. deposed, ii. 157 the crown offered to William III., Presbyterianism re-established, ii. 162 the Patronage Act, ii. 163 the King and the Church, ii. 165 Queen Anne favours toleration, ii. the Act of Security, ii. 170 first steps towards Union, ii. 174 VOL. II. Scotland, debates in the Scottish estates, Treaty of Union carried, ii. 182 practices, severe measures against, Selden, John, i. 388 his imprisonment, i. 392 Septennial Act passed, the, ii. 231 Septs in Ireland, ii. 373 Serfdom in Scotland, ii. 128 Settlement of the Scottish Crown, ii. 109 Seymour, Edward, a Tory reformer, ii. 5, 8 Shaftesbury, Earl of, speech on Dr. author of the Characteristics, ii. 57 Shelburne, Lord, prime minister, ii. 322 his "Begum" speech, ii. 328 - on the liberty of the Press, ii. 342 173 Ship-money exacted, i. 393 resisted by Hampden, i. 393 Shirley, Dr., and Sir John Fagg, i. 531 Shop Hours Regulation Act, ii. 485 Earl of, becomes Lord Treasurer, ii. Sidmouth, Viscount, joins Pitt, ii. 350 his severe measures, ii. 360 the "Sidmouth Circular," ii. 361 Sidney, Algernon, execution of, i. 558 40 Stair, Lord, tragic death of, ii. 182 repealed, ii. 292 Stamp Duty, the first, ii. 224 Stanhope, General, secretary of state, first lord of the treasury, ii. 234 Stanley (afterwards Lord Derby), chief secretary for Ireland, ii. 449 his Irish policy, ii. 456 Staples, statute of the, i. 212 Star Chamber under Henry VII., i. 303 under Charles I., i. 394 abolished, i. 400 Statute Law originates, i. 140 Statutes, reforming the, i. 253 Stockdale, prosecution of, ii. 330 r. Hansard, ii. 525 Storie, Dr. John, imprisoned, i. 319 his constitutional stand, i. 204 Stuarts, the last of the, ii. 272 Suffolk, impeachment of the Earl of, in Suffolk, minister of Henry VI., his im- Sumptuary Law, curious, i. 284 --- - originator of the Cabinet, ii. 93 his death, ii. 239 Sutton, Sir Robert, expelled from Parlia- his resignation, ii. 234 Charles, chancellor of the ex- taxes American imports, ii. 295 Townships and moots, i. 7 Trade, Board of, established, ii. 55 Trades Unions, ii. 485 Training Institutions, ii. 488 |