Palace and Hovel; Or, Phases of London Life
CHAPTER XIX.
LORDS AND COMMONS CONTINUED.
Reporters' Gallery--Dr. Johnson taking Notes--The Speaker and his Wig--Important Personages--First Lord of the Admiralty--Peers in the Gallery--Gladstone's Early Life--The Eloquence of the Premier--The Sarcasm of Disraeli--Ducal Houses--Upper House of Parliament--Privileges of the Peers, 285