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The article focuses on the activities and work done in Great Britain House of Lords. Between 1832 and 1867 the House of Lords performed many foolish and some dangerous experiments upon the temper and forbearance of the people, of which perhaps the most notable was the rejection of the Paper-duties bill in 1860. But during these years the House of Commons was, upon the whole, a sober-minded, independent body of English gentlemen, sent to Parliament to do the bidding of a sober-minded and intelligent body of electors. The measures favorably received by such a body of English gentlemen were prima facie reasonable measures, calculated to enhance the welfare of the people at large, and in no sense violent or revolutionary.