Lords, House of, Journals, 3; under Cromwell, 7, 8; the Royal Presence, 8, 9; the principle of heredity, 18-20; origin and antiquity, 20-22, 39; number of Peers attending, 22; the Lords Spiritual, 22, 23; election of the Irish and Scottish Peers, 24 _and note^2_; judicial functions, 24, 25; introduction of the four Lords of Appeal, 24, 25; the Supreme Court of Appeal, 25, 26; numerical increase, 25-27; composition to-day, 27; the writ of summons, 27; functions, 28; public opinion on, 29; rejection of bills, 29, 30; money bills and foreign matter, 30, 31; relations with the Commons, 31-33; the Liberal Peers, 33; Conservative character, 33, 34; proposed reform, 34 _and notes_-38; separation from the Commons, 39, 40; temporary abolition, 55 _note^2_; the new Upper Chamber, 73; the Chancellor's position, 110; The Lords Commissioners, 136, 141, 143, 144, 145, 155, 247; opening by commission, 136-141; arrival of the Commons, 141; approval of the Speaker-Elect, 144, 145; taking the Oath, 145-47; introduction of a newly created peer, 151; arrival of the King and Queen, 152; the Gilded Chamber, 152; rules of debate, 160 _et seq_; length of speeches, 167; "call" of the Lords, 186 and _note^3_; maiden speeches, 215; days of adjournment, 227, 228; divisions, 251, 253; voting by proxy, 252; the presence of women, 269; the Press gallery, 284, 285 Lords, the old Irish House of, 228 _note^2_ Loughborough, Lord, 95 _note^1_, 96, 113 _and note^2_, 282 Lowe, Chancellor, 98 Luggershall, 10 Lunatics, laws concerning, 54, 55 Luttrel, Colonel, 95 _note^1_, 201 Lyndhurst, Lord, sayings of, _quoted_, 27 _note^1_, 101 _note^1_; the Two Power Standard, 109 _and note^2_; and the old seal, 118; scenes in the House, 197, 235, 264 Lynn, voters of, 59 Macaulay, _cited_, 10, 14, 58, 63, 97, 223, 253, 256; "Miscellaneous writings," _quoted_, 90 _note^2_, 102 _note^1_; on the King's Speech, 155; on parliamentary scenes, 195; speeches 204, 220; on Burke, 205; eloquence of, 219; sayings of, _quoted_, 225 Macclesfield, Lord, 108 Mace, the, 74, 75, 139 Mackintosh, Sir James, sayings of, _quoted_, 210, 215, 222 Magna Charta, 21, 22, 224 Mahon, Lord, 204; speeches, 221 Maidstone, Lord, 195 Malmesbury, Lord, "Memoirs," 86 _note^1_ Manchester, Duke of, 264 Mann, Sir H., 28 Manners, Lord John, 220 Mansfield, Lord, 85, 93, 197 "Manwaring's Medley," 279 Mare, Sir Peter de la, 120 _note^1_ Marlborough, Duke of, 30 Marshal, Master, 236 Martin, Henry, 70 Martineau, Harriet, on the presence of women in Parliament, 272 Marvell, Andrew, 7, 45 _note^2_, 191 Mary, Queen, creation of rotten boroughs, 40 Mass, the, 236 Matchmaker's petition, 238 _note^1_ Matthews, Home Secretary, 164