Cromwell, Oliver, the famous "bauble," 7, 74; his opinion of Scotland, 9 _note^3_; and corruption, 12; on the House of Lords, 19; and the Lords Spiritual, 23; death warrant of Charles I., 70; and Parliament, 122 Cromwell, Richard, 236 Crowle, attorney, 178 Crown, power of the 4-6; curtailed, 8, 9 "Cullies," 7 Cumberland, Duke of, 92 _Curia Regis_, the, constitution, 20, 81; separated from Parliament, 22 Curran, a retort of, 209 _note^2_ Curzon, Lord, of Kedleston, 26 _note^1_ Cust, Sir John, death 1770 ... , 127 Customs, corruption in the, 12 Danby, fall of, 82 Daniel, 27 _note^1_ Debate, rules of, 158 Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, 251 Delany, Mrs., "Autobiography," 46 Demosthenes, 216, 220 Denison, Speaker, 122 _note^1_, 128, 129, 134, 141 Deportment, Parliamentary, 189-202 Derby Day, 227 Derby, Lord, 29, 91 _note^1_, 97, 101 _note_, 194 _note^3_ Dering, Sir Edward, punishment, 180 Desborough, 59 Devonshire, Duchess of, 270 Devonshire, Duke of, 86 _note^3_, 92 D'Ewes, Sir Symonds 185, 285; his note-taking, 276, 277 _Diary_, Woodfall's, 283, 284 Dickens, _cited_, 77, 79 Digby, Lord, speech, 277 Dilke, Sir Charles, 196 Dinners, ministerial, 155 Disraeli, use of the term "Tory," 14; and the Lords, 38, 33; sayings of, _quoted_, 43, 59, 74, 94; premiership, 91, 94; cabinet, 99; a pun on, 101 _note^1_; Queen's speeches, 155; unparliamentary language, 164; and O'Connell, 195, 196; and lawyers, 210; speeches, 212, 213, 220; description of Peel, 1846 ... , 253 _note^2_; on "whips," 254; and Biggar, 265 Divisions, in the Commons, 248-51; in the Lords, 251 _note^1_, 253 Divorce Bill, the, 169 Donegal, Lady, 51 _note^1_ Doorkeepers, remuneration of, 261 Dorchester, Lord, 192 Downing, Sir George, 87 Downing Street, 87 Dress, Parliamentary, 189-202 Drury Lane, 186 Drybutter, 69 Dryden, "Shadwell," 128; _quoted_, 227 Dublin University, 17 _note^1_ Duelling, Parliamentary, 200, 201 Dundas, _see_ Melville, Lord Dunning, 9 Dunraven, Lord, bill for reforming the House of Lords, 36 Durham, Bishop of, 174 Durham, enfranchisement of, 39 _and note^1_ Earldormen, 2 Earl Marshal, duties, 151 Edgeworth, Maria, "Life and Letters," _quoted_, 271, 272 Edinburgh, 191 "Edinburgh Review," 115 Education Bill of 1902 ... , 172 Edward I., reign of, 4, 27, 64, 66; and the Earl de Warrene, 21; Chancellors, 107; Parliaments, 252, 268 _note^2_ Edward II., 27, 60 Edward III., reign of, 3, 39, 57, 64, 120 _note^1_, 156; Parliaments of, 44, 268 _note^2_; restoration of St. Stephen's, 66 Edward VI., 3; enfranchisement of rotten boroughs, 40 Edward VII., (Prince of Wales) 227; incident in the Stranger's gallery, 264, 265; lying-in-state, 63 Edward the Confessor, 60
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