London County Council-continued. referred to examiners, 723; petitions against bills promoted by, 758. London Gazette. See Gazette. London Government; provisional orders or schemes relating to, 871. 881. Long Robe, Gentlemen of the; ex- planation of term, 88, n.
Longer or Shorter Time. See Supply. Lord High Chancellor; Speaker of the Lords, 43; writs of privilege formerly issued by, 105; estate bills, 856. See also Speaker, I.
Lord High Steward; duties of at, impeachments, &c., 665. 667. Lord-Lieutenant (Ireland); provi- sional orders made by, 886. 891, n. See also Ireland.
Lord Mayor; of London, examined within the bar, 433; of Dublin, presents petitions, 530. See also London City. Lord Privy Seal; usually manager of a conference, 440. Lords Commissioners; for opening Parliament, 149; for proroguing Par- liament, 208; for giving the royal assent to bills, 511. 513. Lords, House of; the component parts
of, 6; lords spiritual, ib.; lords tem- poral, 8; representative peers of Scot- land, 10; of Ireland, 11; lords spiri- tual and temporal form one body, 13; number and classification of, 14; the Lords and Commons originally sat to- gether, 19; when separated, 21; sum- mons of, by the Crown, 5; the rights and functions of the house, 49; the appellate jurisdiction, 50; the privileges of the house, 59. 201, et seq.; their claim to be a court of record, 91; imposition of fines by, 91; imprison- ment by, ib.; proceedings in, on the meeting of Parliament, 149. 152; on prorogations, 208; service of the house, 178; by proxy, ib.; consideration of royal speech, 42. 175; call of the house, 180; times of meeting, 209; order of business, ib.; quorum, 210; days of thanksgiving, &c., 185; ceremonial adjournments, 186; Ash Wednesday, &c., 209; duties of Speaker, 188; deputy Speaker, 190; assistants of the house, 51. 198; chief officers of, 198; the minutes and journals, 199; Lords' Minutes laid on House of Commons table, 328, n.; presence of strangers, 205; orders relating to motions, 279; to the conduct of debate, 311. 320. 321. 323. 333. 334; witnesses summoned and examined by, 424, 429; in custody of, produced before Commons, 425;
Lords, House of-continued. custody of bills prior to royal assent, 510; position of Lords regarding public charges, 573; result of that position, 574; Commons' privileges infringed by Lords' bills, ib.; dealt with by the Commons, ib.; their acceptance of privileged amendments, 576; rejec- tion of such amendments, 579; privi- leges relaxed, the Lords deal with rates, &c., 579. 708. 839; Lords' legislation touching charges, 580; money bills un- touched by privilege, 582; rejection of money bills by the Lords, 583; tacks to money bills, 585; financial inquiries. by, 574; bills affecting rights of the other house, 460. See also Bishops; Chairman of Committees (Lords); Com- mittees of the whole House, II.; Com- mittees, Select, II.; Ireland; Peers; Petitions; Private Bills; Provisional Order Bills; Scotland; Speaker, I. Lords' Journals. See Journals, I., II. Lords Lieutenants of Counties; not to interfere in elections, 653. Lunacy; elector disqualified by, 27; a disqualification, 29, 637; issue of writ thereon by Speaker, 638.
Mace; the Serjeant's authority for arrest, 71. 93; Speaker, when attended by, commits persons, 71. 87; history of, 155, n.; laid on the table when Speaker- elect takes the chair, 155; Speaker- elect leaves the house without, ib., 157; laid under table after announcement by clerk of death or retirement of Speaker, 156; on table during suspended sittings, 228; borne before the Speaker, 192; put under table when house in com- mittee, 380; placed on table on disturb- ance in committee, 387; position of the mace during reprimand, &c., of prisoners at the bar, 93; during examination of witnesses, 432; sheriff's of London pre- senting petitions introduced with, 529. McHugh, Mr.; cases of, 121. 122. Magistrates; notice to the house on
committal of members by, 117. Magna Charta; illustrates the consti- tution of Parliament, 17; assigns forty days between the teste and return of the writ, 41, n.; recognizes the right of petitioning, 522 n.
Managers; of conferences, 438; of im- peachments, 665.
Manchester, Bishopric of; limitation of number of bishops with seats in Lords on creation of, 7. Manners Sutton, Mr. Speaker; speaks in committee of the whole house, 369.
Marines; when acceptance of com- mission does not vacate a seat, 649. Marquess; origin of the title, 8. Marriages; provisional orders relating to, 873.
Master of the Rolls in England; may not sit in the House of Commons, 30, n. Masters in Chancery; formerly atten-
dants on the Lords, 198, n., 436; for- merly receivers of petitions, 522. Mayors, Justices, &c.; ordered to assist
Serjeant in executing a warrant, 66. Meeting of a New Parliament, 149. Meeting, Hours of; Lords, 209; Com- mons, 211.
Melville, Lord; Speaker's casting vote on his impeachment, 365. Member of Parliament, 21. Members of the House of Commons; origin of, 14; knights of the shire and citizens and burgesses, 16; formerly sat with the Lords, 19; number of, 22; wages of, ib.; classification of, ib.; property qualification of, abolished, 28; qualifications and disqualifications, 27- 35; expulsion of members, 54. 56; suspension of members, 56. 340; mem- bers not admissible as bail, 112.
Privilege of access to sovereign, 59. 60. 455; publication of debates and of committee proceedings, by members, a breach of privilege, 72-75; molestation or libels upon members a breach of privilege, 78; or the offer to them or their acceptance of bribes, 83: profes- sional fees of members, 84; legal pro- ceedings against members, 86.
The privileges of members, 96. 103; conviction of members, 57; criminal commitments of members, 115; com- mitted or fined for contempt of court, 116. 122; service of legal process on members, 80; arrest of, communicated to the house, 116.
The oath required of them, 160; their position before taking the oath, 157, n. 169; cannot present a petition before taking the oath, 530; subscrip- tion of the test-roll, 170; new members introduced and sworn, ib.
Their places, and how secured, 177; places of members serving on select committees, 178; service in Parliament, ib. 179; call of the house, 180; member first in the return book accounted the senior, 181, n.; leave of absence, 182.
Mode of giving their voices, 286; of giving notices, 238; introduction of bills, 461. 466; bills of unofficial mem- bers, 257. 258. 259. 260; ballot for
Members of the House of Commons -continued.
precedence of, at commencement of session, 241.
Rules for members speaking, 310, et seq.; when two rise together, 312; pre- cedence to member who moved adjourn- ment of the debate, 313; new members, ib.; questions to other members, 246; personal explanations, 319; personal allusions, 333.
Rules for members not speaking, 343; disorderly, ordered to withdraw, ib.; suspension of, 340; members to with- draw when their conduct is under debate, 350, et seq., 527, a.; cannot tell in division on their own conduct, 361, n.
Duty of members on divisions, 354; to canvass votes irregular, 373; personal (pecuniary) interest, 373, et sey., 747. 756. 829; interest in a vote not pecu- niary, 379; members not to be counsel before committees, &c., 84; nor parlia- mentary agents, ib. 712; nor counsel before the Lords, 85; may plead in judicial cases before Lords, ib.
Duties as members of select and secret committees, 182. 403; as wit- nesses, 426; before the Lords, 427; before courts of law, 432; uncover when message from Crown is read, 446; imprisonment of, messages concerning, 118. 447. 451; petition from member to be presented by another member, 530; duties of members regarding peti- tions, 531; parliamentary papers, 542.
When members vacate seats, 29.631; by peerage, 29. 633; bankruptcy, 32. 637; by acceptance of office, 29. 637. 640; by electoral corruption, 659; Chiltern Hundreds, 642; when accept- ance of office does not vacate seat, 645; members returned for two places, 652; double returns, ib.
Duties of members conducting Pri- vate Bills, 714; appointment of mem- bers on committees (private bills), 747– 752. 829; and rules as to their attend- ance, 755-6. 829; report of their absence from committees, 756; mem- bers personally or locally interested in private bills, 375-9. 747. 829. See also Commons, House of; Debates; Divi- sions; Oaths, I.; Privileges. Memorandum; attached to public bills, 467.
Memorials; as to non-compliance with standing orders (private bills), 697, et seq., 840-1; (petitions for additional provision), 701. 725. 841; (provisional order bills), 891, n.; as to the "general
Memorials-continued. orders" to be complied with under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 897. 900.
I. From the Crown.-Make a house (Commons), 232; under the sign- manual, 445; verbal messages; 447; addresses in reply, 451; procedure on messages for pecuniary aid, 555; regard- ing the militia and army reserve, 556.
II. Between the two Houses.-Ancient forms of, 436; present form of, ib.; when an interruption to debate, 269.
III. To the Royal Family; and com- munications from them, 456. Metropolis; bills relating to the, when public and when private, 673, et seq. See also London County Council. Metropolitan Commons; provisional schemes made by Board of Agriculture, 879; and procedure on confirming bill, ib. Metropolitan orders, 873. Military Lands; provisional orders, 882. Military Tramways Act, 1887; pro- visional orders under, 875. Militia; Parliament to be assembled when, called out, 45; commissions in, not vacating seats, 649; militia esti- mates, 546; royal messages regarding, 556.
Mills, Mr.; case of, 109.
Ministers of the Crown; statement
and explanations by, 318; on leaving office, 319; answering questions, 251. 252; not to interfere in elections, 654; influence of ministers in both houses, 441. See also Officers under the Crown. Minors; not to be voters, 27; nor to sit in House of Lords, 29; nor be members of the House of Commons, 29. Minutes of Evidence. See Evidence ; Witnesses.
Minutes of Proceedings; of select committees (Lords), 402; of select and private bill committees (Commons), 403. 824. 832.
Minutes of the Proceedings; of the House of Lords, 199; laid upon the table of the House of Commons, 328, n. See also Votes and Proceedings. Misrepresentation; of parliamentary proceedings, a breach of privilege, 73; personal explanation regarding 319, et
Mitchel, John; his election set aside, 34, n., 657.
"Model Bill," The; prescribing form of clauses for private bills, 694. 706, n.
Monday; sittings on, 213; interruption of business on, 214; adjournment on, 226; from Friday to Monday, 212; motions at commencement of business on, 257; course of business on, ib.; committee of supply on, 605. Money Bills; not more than one stage of, taken on one day, in Commons, 501. 561; not to be amended by Lords, 574; returned to the Commons, and presented by the Speaker for the royal assent, 510. See also Lords, House of; Supply, and Ways and Means.
Money Clauses, 497. 560. Montfort, Simon de; writs issued by, for summons of Commons, 18. Moravians. See Quakers, &c. Morning Sittings, 213, n. See Friday Sittings.
Motions; rules as to notices of, in the Lords, 209; in the Commons, 238; extent of notice, ib.; ballot to deter- mine precedence of, 240. 241; priority to members of the government, 240; time of giving their notices on first day of a session, 240; given by a member in behalf of another, 240; change of terms, 242; change of day, ib. ; irregular notices, 243; priority to motions at a quarter- past eight o'clock on certain days, over orders of the day, 258. 266; motions touching the business of the house, 256. 265; amendments to, 268; motions (private business) postponed if opposed, 235. 714. 730. 835.
Formal motions, 215. 245; motions relating to privilege, 257; waiver of notice, 244; motions of which notice is requisite, 246; at commencement of public business, 256.
Procedure on motions, 263. 277; re- newal of, 265; precedence to questions of privilege, 270; to motions for new writs, 272; to votes of thanks, 256; motions moved for another member, 244. 263; motions made, 277. 706. 714. 730; a seconder not needed in the Lords, 277 ; to be seconded in the Commons, ib.; but not in committee, 383; motions not seconded, drop, 277; if dropped may be repeated, 289.
Matters which must be dealt with by motion, 277; restrictions on motions, 278; proposed by the Speaker in words of mover, 277; formerly Speaker framed motion, 279; proposed by Speaker, ib.; irregular questions not put from the chair, 277; motions and amendments by leave withdrawn, 280; motions with- drawn may be repeated in the same session, 303; and motions superseded, ib.
Motions for superseding a question, 280-284; amendments to motions, 284, et seq.; a motion may be proposed by an interested member, 378; petitions touching intended motions, 528.
Rules regarding motions for grants of public money, 558. See also Debates; Dilatory Motions; Notices of Motions; Questions.
Moyle, Mr. Speaker; first petitioner for freedom of speech, 98, n. Municipal Authorities, &c.; locus standi of, in Commons, 775. Municipal Corporations; provisional schemes relating to, 881.
Munster; escheator of, abolished, 643, n. Murray, Mr. (1751); his refusal to kneel, 95. Mutiny Bills.
See Army Annual Bill.
New Question; proposal of, in debate, 322.
Newspapers; reports by, of parliamen-
tary proceedings, 73. 100; reporters ex- cluded as strangers, 206; proceedings on complaints against, 82, 89; publi- cation in, of committee proceedings prior to report, 74. 416; rule as to reading from, 325; by members in their places, 344,
Nine o'clock Sittings. See Two o'clock Sittings.
Notice of Motions; rule regarding,
238; extent of notice, ib.; affected by adjournments, ib.; how given, 239; notices on first day of session, 240; ballot for, 240; at commencement of
Notice of Motions-continued.
session, 241; terms of, 242; change in terms, ib.; change of day for, ib.; placed upon the notice paper, ib. ; order of, thereon, 260; irregularities in notices, 243; waiver of notice, 244; when notice is requisite, 148. 246; of motions to rescind a resolution, 301; of amend- ments, 289. See also Notices (Private Bills), II.
Notice Paper of the House; circu- lation of, 232; authority of, 243; di- vision lists circulated therewith, 369; and petitions, 533.
Norman French; indorsement of bills in, 509; royal assent given in, 513; abolished during the Commonwealth, ib.; used in appointment of receivers and triers of petitions (Lords), 523. Northstead; stewardship of manor of, 643..
Notices (Private Bills):
I. Preliminary Notices.-Require- ments of standing orders respecting notices by advertisement, 694.
II. During Progress of Bills. (In the Lords), 841. 858. (In the Com- mons). Notices of the examination by Examiners, of petitions or bills, 698. 725. 729; notices of motions on private business, how given, 713; and published, 714; of second reading, 728; of appointment of members to committees, 747; of first meeting of committees, 752; and of any postponement, ib.; of days on which committee on a group will consider later bills, 788; of adjourn- ment of committee, 828; of con- sideration of bill after report, 833; of proposed clauses or amendments (on consideration), ib.; of meeting of com- mittee on a recommitted bill, 832 of third reading, 833; of any motion to suspend standing orders, 837. Notices of Amendments, sce Amendments.
Oaths or Affirmations under the Oaths Act, 1888:
I. Taken by Members.-In the House of Lords, 152; in the House of Com- mons, 159. 170; form of oath or affirma-` tion, 160; effect of, on adjournment of house, 212; time and manner of taking, ib., 160; a matter of privilege, 160; refusal to take oaths, 161; case of Mr. O'Connell, ib.; of Baron Rothschild, 162; of Mr. Salomons, ib.; admission of the Jews, 163; of Quakers, &c., ib. ; of Mr. Bradlaugh, 164, et seq.; penalties in case of omission to take oaths, 168; privileges of members before they are
Oaths or Affirmations under the
Oaths Act, 1888-continued. sworn, 169; evidence of return prior to administration of oath, ib.; new mem- bers sworn, 170; and members seated on petition, 171; oaths retaken on de- mise of Crown, ib.; address for royal commission with power to administer oath, 454, n.; royal commissions and oaths, ib.
II. Administration of Oaths in Parliament.-By the Lords, 424. 429; by the Commons, 430; by committees (Commons) 430-1. 825; (Lords), 429. 848; by joint committees, 423; by the taxing officers of both houses, 914. See also Coronation Oath; Witnesses; Bradlaugh, Mr.
O'Brien, Mr. W. Smith; his arrest for high treason referred to, 118, n.; petition from, when attainted, 528; his refusal to serve on a committee, 748. Obstruction in Parliament, 339; measures for repressing, 349, et seq. See also Suspension of Members. Obstructions in the streets; orders against, 79. 183; tumultuous assem- blages near Parliament, ib.; for pre- sentation of petitions, ib., 524. O'Connell, Mr. ; complaint of expressions used by, 77; his refusal to take the oaths, 161; returned for two places, 652.
O'Connor, Mr. Feargus; refused as bail, 112, n.; his misbehaviour in the house, 346.
O'Donnell, Mr.; motion that he be not heard, 217, n.
O'Donovan Rossa, Mr.; declared in- capable of sitting by resolution of house, 34, n. 657.
Officers of Parliament; privileged from arrest within precincts of the house, 59, n.; protected in executing the orders of the house, 64. 66. 85; attendance of, as witnesses in the other house, 427. Of the House of Lords.-Clerk of the Parliaments and other clerks at the table, 198; gentleman and yeoman usher of the Black Rod, and Serjeant-at-arms, 199. Of the House of Commons.-Clerk, and clerks-assistant, 200; Serjeant-at- arms, 204; not to give evidence else- where without leave, 431; petitions for attendance of officers as witnesses, ib. ; not to act as parliamentary agents, 712. Offices under the Crown; effect of, on seats in Parliament, 30. 640; members accepting, against whose return election petitions were pending, 632; issue of rit on acceptance of office during recess,
637; when office does not vacate a seat, 645; Chiltern Hundreds, &c., 642. O'Loghlen, Sir Bryan; case of, 641. "Omnibus" Bill; term as applied to a
private bill for a variety of purposes, 764. 813. n., 819. 828. n. Onslow, Mr.; a member, fined for con- tempt of court, 122.
Open Spaces; provisions regarding, in private bills, 732, n., 734. 801. Opposed Business after half-past Twelve; standing order thereon re- pealed, 214, n.
Order, Question of; cannot be raised on a motion for adjournment under standing order 10. 255; not a privilege matter, 273; mode of raising, 323; to be raised forthwith, 349; arising during a division, 310. 357.
"Order; " call to, 323. See also Debates. Order; royal, for issue of a grant, 545. 592. Order Book (Commons). See Notice
Paper of the House. "Order of Leave; meaning of, in the case of Private Bills, 715. n. Orders and Regulations; laid before Parliament under statute, 543; dis- approval of, by address, 544.
Orders and Resolutions. See Resolutions; Standing Orders.
Orders of the Day; defined, 257; pro-
cedure on reading, 260; on private bills, postponed if opposed, 235. 730; power of the house over, 261; not to be post- poned, 260; not to be brought to earlier date, 262; procedure on, when unread, ib.; revival of dropped orders, 263; of superseded orders, 264; of order for committee of supply, 611; motions for discharge of orders of the day, 261. 262, n.; limits of debate thereon, 317.
Orders appointed for commencement of business, 256; relative precedence of, and notices of motions, 258; pre- cedence to government orders, 258. 265; Tuesdays and Wednesdays taken for orders of the day, 266; orders of unofficial members placed among government orders, 259; unofficial orders after Whitsuntide, 260; orders on Fridays, 259; government orders on, 258. 269; on Saturdays, 259; priority to motions over orders of the day, 267.
Orders moved without seconder, 277; motion for reading, to supersede ques- tions, 280, n.; petitions presented on reading an order of the day, 237.
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