Index. 503 vote of censure on Government rejected, 459 ; conduct on Irish land question, 460 ; his death, result of same, 464, 465 Pakington, Sir John, 478 41 Papal Aggression " (creation of English bishoprics), 382 et seq. Paper duty, proposals for repeal of, 393, 400, 434, 446 Parke, Sir James. See Wensleydale Parnell, Sir Henry, 185, 226 Parliamentary influence of Crown. See Crown Parties, political, the result of natural growth, i, 9 ; effect of union with Ireland, 69 et seq.', effect of dissolution of Pitt's Ministry, 72 ; their state and relative strength and position at various times, 46, 62, 63, 65, 75, 76, 82, 87, 189, 197, 232 (Reform Act, 1832), 233, 259, 262, 267, 300, 311, 356, 381 etseg., 394, 397, 415 (Crimean war), 428, 437, 464 Patents law, 460 " Patriots, the," 12 Payment of members advocated by West- minster committee, 31 ; one of the "points" of the charter, 293; motion for its adoption, 327 Peel, Frederick, 384 , 463 Peel, General, 479 Peel, Sir Robert, the first, opposes corn laws in 1815, 116 Peel, Sir Robert, enters Parliament, 97 ; in office under Liverpool, 109 ; Home Secretary, 159 ; relations with Canning, 192, 194, 195 ; Catholic emancipation question, 156, 193, 212, 214, 215 ; the corn laws question, 194, 255, 319, 320, 323, 345 et seq., 347 et seq.; free trade, 310, 320, 333 ; legal reforms, 201 ; Test and Corporation Acts, 206 ; enfran- chisement of large boroughs, 210 ; suppression of Catholic Association, 215 ; Oxford University, 215 ; Univer- sity Tests, 248 ; becomes premier, his Ministry, 257 ; his objects in office, 263 ; his legislative proposals, 264 ; speech on the power of the Opposition, 292 ; Jamaica constitution, 298 ; ' ' bed- chamber question," 299 ; allowance to Prince Consort, 304 ; general election, 1841, 311 ; his reputation, 1842, 323 ; his knowledge of Irish troubles, Devon commission, 331 ; suspicion of the Tories, sugar and factory bills, 333 et seq.; threatens to resign, 335 ; May- nooth grant, 342 ; Irish unsectarian colleges, 343 ; recognition of Irish tenant right, 343 ; resignation and resumption of office, 346 ; his conduct, 349 ; defeat and resignation, 349 ; fare- well speech in office, 349 ; his neutrality in 1849, 367 ; never a reactionist, 372 ; last speech in Parliament non-inter- vention, 380 ; his death, 380 ; effect of his death on parties, 381 et seq. Peel, Sir Robert (son of the above), 454 Peelites, the, position of, after Peel's resignation, 353 ; first use of the name, their position in 1847, 356 ; tendency of many of them towards Radicalism, 366 ; their neutrality in 1849, 367 ; support of Whig Government, 369; "Papal Aggression," 383; Disraeli's 1851 resolution, 384 ; they hold balance of power in 1851, 386 ; Russell's opinion of their duty, 393 ; coalition with Whigs, Aberdeen Ministry, 398 Peers, the House of, George the Third's influence of votes in, 42 ; declaration bill (law of libel), 56 ; absence of Whig party in the House, 58 ; influence of George III. and the consequences, 6 1, 62, 199, 200 ; Canning's Corn Bill and description of their subsequent general conduct, 201 ; influence of peers in the House of Commons, 203 (note); Reform Bill, 229 ; proposals to exclude bishops, 248, 280 ; municipal reform, 270 ; Roebuck's and O'Connell's lan- guage, 270 ; Irish tithes question, 270 ; fatal alteration of Government bills, 273, 274, 278, 280 ; motion to reform it, 280 ; proxy voting, 280 ; national education, 302 ; Jewish Disabilities Bill, 365 ; non- effect of vote of peers on Ministry, 380 ; proposal to create life members, 421 Penryn, 147, 210 People, the, Mr. Gladstone's declaration of trust in, 455 People's League, the, 360 Perceval, Spencer, assists in obstruction in the House, 84 ; cabals with George III. against Grenville, 87 ; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 89 ; charges against him, 95; premier, 97; Bill to Extend Liberties of Dissenting Ministers, 105 ; his assassination, 108 Permissive Bill, the, first introduced, 458 Peterloo. See Manchester Petitions to Parliament : rejection of one on account of being printed, 112 ; rejec- tion of one on account of language, 161 ; consideration of Chartists' refused on account of advocating repeal of the union, 322 Peto, Sir Morton, 450 Philanthropists, Spencean. S^Spencean Phillips, R. M. , 463 Philosophical Radicals, formation of the school of, 130 ; Hobhouse the first who entered Parliament, 150 Pillory, the, Lord Cochrane sentenced to, 113 Pitt, William. See Chatham, Earl of Pitt, William, son of Chatham, associa- tion with Westminster committee, 27 ; with " Ultra- Whigs," 35; declines office unless in Cabinet, 35 ; a sincere reformer, 35 ; motion for reform, 37 ; character and position in 1782, 37 ; letter to Westminster committee, declines their request to stand for Westminster, 38 ; Chancellor of the Exchequer at the age of 23, his prin- ciples then, 39 ; separation from Fox, its effects on him, 39 ; retains office after Shelburne resigns, 41 ; reform resolu-
