Chatham, _see_ William Pitt; on the Magna Charta, _quoted_, 21; his reply to Walpole, 54 _and note^2_; speeches, 207, 219; a protest by, 264; _mentioned_, 70, 193 Chaucer, 61 Chelmsford, Lord, 101 _note^1_ Chelsea parish church, 108 Chester, representation, 39 Chesterfield, Lord, 115; "Letters," 54 and _note^3_; on oratory, 215; on the intelligence of the Commons, 217, 218 Chiltern Hundreds, the, 59, 147, 150, 212 _note^1_ Cholmondeley, 279 _note^4_; family of, 62 _note^1_ Churchill, Lord Randolph, saying of, _quoted_, 16 _note^3_; at the Treasury, 98; attack on Bradlaugh, 148; on the King's speech, 155; speeches of, 220; his nightly letter to the Queen, 286 _note^1_ Cicero, 204, 216 Cinque Ports, the Lord Warden of, 90; fine inflicted on the, 184 Clandon, 132 _note^1_ Clarendon, Hyde, Earl of, impeachment, 53, 82; _mentioned_, 85; offices held, 107; speeches of, 231 _note^2_, 277, 278 Clarendon, Lord, 95 _note^1_ Clarke, Mrs., 67 _Clavis Regni_, 104 Clergymen, election of, 56 Clerk of the House, his duties, 139-142 Clerk of the Parliaments, 246 _and note^3_ Clifford, Lord, 6 Clifford, Sir Augustus, 154 Clock Tower, the, 188, 231 "Closure" rule, the, 171, 172; first application, 187, 188 Clothworkers' Company, 132 Cobbett, William, 68, 133, 138, 139, 214, 282-284; "Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates," 284; "Weekly Political Register," the, 284 Cobden, sayings _quoted_, 134, 209 Cochrane, Lord, expelled, 188 Cockburn, "Life of Jeffrey," _quoted_, 197 Cockpit, the, Whitehall, 84, 154 _and note^2_ Coercion Act, 176 Coke, Sir Edward, 49, 104, 121, 133, 143, 158, 159, 163, 164, 197 Commercial Distress, debate on, 204 Commission, Parliament opened by, 135, 136 Committees, 81; the Committee of State, 82; the Committee of Council, 84; Select Committees, 159 _and note^1_, 230; origin of system, 230; Committees of the whole House, 231; Committees of Public Petitions, 238