Seal, the Great, stolen from Lord Thurlow, 104 _note^1_; Keepership, 105; Women Keepers, 105; Lord Brougham's method of returning, 116; breaking up of the, 118 Seals, the, delivery of, 100, 101; puns on, 101 _note^1_ Seats, retention of, 138; purchase of 176 Selden, on Law and Equity, 107; sayings of, _quoted_, 134 _and note^1_; on Parliamentary privileges, _quoted_, 176 Select Committees, appointment of, 230 Selwyn, 10 "Senate of Lilliput," 279, 280 Septennial Act, the, 11, 12, 206, 279 Sergeant-at-Arms, the, 75, 136, 138, 147, 148, 150; duties, 181 _and note^3_-82, 259 Servants and privileges, 174, 175 Session, the Parliamentary, 225 Seymour, Sir Edward, Speakership, 122, 123, 132, 144, 190 Shaftesbury, Earl of, (Baron Ashley), 12, 163, 213, 270, 277; Lord Shaftesbury, (1831), 197 Shaw, 17 Sheil, "Sketches of the Irish Bar," 78-80; on Brougham, _quoted_, 116; punishment, 188 _note^1_; facts, _quoted_, 203 _and note^3_; attack on Lord Lyndhurst, 264 Sheridan, sayings of, _quoted_, 97, 148 _note^1_, 208; and George IV., 156; motions to adjourn, 168; speeches of, 204, 205, 212, 213, 218, 223; the "Begum" speech, 205 _and note^2_; speech at the trial of Hastings, 282; on the liberty of the Press, 287 Shippen, William, 149 _note^1_ Sibthorpe, Colonel, saying of, _quoted_, 199, 200 Sidmouth, Lord, _see_ Addington Sidney, Algernon, saying of, _quoted_, 48 _note^1_ Simon de Montford, 4 Slaves, emancipation of the, 116 Smalley, servant, 175 Smith, Sidney, _cited_, 29, 115 Smith, Speaker, 182 Socrates, saying of, _quoted_, 52 Somers' trial, 63 Somerset, Duke of, (1547), 179; (1790, 1800), 253 Somerset, G., 115 _note^1_ Somerset House, 267 "Sopher," 103 _note^1_ South Sea Bubble, 188 Sovereign, the, and the Barons, 4; presence in Parliament, 8; approval of the Speaker elect, 144 Spanish Armada, 70 Speakers of the House of Commons, youthful Speakers, 53; origin of the office, 119; character, 120-122; the Crown's influence, 122, 123; influence of the Ministry, 123; impartiality established, 124, 125; duties and qualifications, 125, 126; physical qualifications, 127-131; "catching the Speaker's eye," 129, 130; dress, 131; remuneration, 132, 133; Speaker's dinners, 132, 133; collateral appointments, 133, 134; retirement, 134; his election, 141-143; election confirmed in the House, 144; servile speeches, 144, 145; taking the oath, 146; "reporting" the King's speech, 156; deference to the Chair, 162; substitutes, 233, 234; the casting vote, 252 "Speaker's chop," 229 "Speaker's dinners," 132 Speaker's Gallery, 265 Spiritual Lords, 22, 23 Spithead, naval review, 74 Spring-Rice, 283 Stael, Mme. de, 32 _note^2_ Stagg, Mrs. Anne, 237 Stamp duties, 278