Commons, House of, Journals, 3; first mention, 3; political ascendancy, 4; under Cromwell, 7, 8; the Royal presence in, 8, 9; Constitution in 1815 ... , 11; the Party system established, 14; the method of "tacking," 30; doctrines concerning money bills, 30, 31; relations with the Lords, 31-33; resolutions for the reform of the House of Lords, 34 _and notes_, 38; separated from the Lords, 39, 40; the Reformed Parliament, 41, 42; increase in size, 42; the first Labour Candidates, 42; life of a modern legislator, 43; payment of members, 44-47; advantages of the position, 47-49; the members' duties, 49-51; advantages of membership, 52; qualification for election, 52-54; disqualifications, 53-57; exclusion of infants, 53, 54; peers elected to, 55 _note^2_; vacating a seat, 58; establishment in St Stephen's Chapel, 66-67; the present House, 74; the mace, 74, 75; members' comforts, 75-78; Bellamy's old kitchen, 76-80; the Kitchen Committee, 78; Commoners in the Cabinet, 85; the scene in the House, summer, 1893 ... , 130-31; the opening of Parliament by Commission, 135-137; retention of seats, 137-139; the Clerk of the House, 139, 140; arrival of Black Rod, 140, 141; election of the Speaker, 141-143; called to the Bar of the Lords, 140, 141, 153-155; second arrival of Black Rod, 143; taking the Oath, 145-147; introduction of a new member, 151, 152; balloting for places at the bar of the Lords, 154 _and note^1_; rules of debate, 160-172; hours of sitting, 228; summoned to the Lords to hear the Royal Assent, 247; divisions, 248-251; the Press Gallery, 284, 285 Commonwealth, Parliament under the, 7, 8 _Commune Concilium_, the, 2 Compton, Spencer, _see_ Wilmington, Lord Conferences, 246 "Coningsby," 18 Coningsby, Lord, 23, 24 Consort, Prince, 156 Contempt of Parliament, 176, 177, 183 Copyright Bill, (1839), 169; (1842), 204 Corn duties, 88 Corn Importation Bill, 29 _and note^1_ Corn Laws abolition, bill for, 29 Cornwall, Speaker, 129 Cornwallis, Lord, 95 _note^1_ Corporation Act, 27 _note^1_, 55 Correction, House of, 180 Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 43 _note^2_ Cory, family of, descent, 37 Council of the Chiefs, 2 Councils, early, 81; Great Council of Peers, 1840 ... , 82 "Counting out," 234, 235 Country Party, the, 13 Court Cullies, 7 Court Party, the, 13 Courtney, of, "Characteristics," _quoted_, 91 _note^2_ Covenanters, the, 13 Coventry, 60, 190 Cowper, William, afterwards Lord Chancellor, 214, 215 Cranworth, Lord, 26 Crimean War, 209 "Crisis," the, 188 Croker, 250 _note^1_; on the relations between the two Houses, 32; "Papers," _quoted_, 49 _note^2_