Mr. Locock Webb on,

101, note
Chancery, Court of, jurisdiction of
the, over Endowments and Cha-
ritable Trusts, 107; 118
Charitable Trusts Act of 1853,
118

Charity Commissioners, appoint-
ment of, 118, 119

CHELMSFORD, LORD, communica-
tion of the Queen with, in
reference to the Zulu war, 330,
331

China, war with, in 1857, 366

and Japan, extra-territorial
jurisdiction on the coasts of,
188
Church, the Established, relation
of, to Parliament and the State,
104-107; 109, 110; 112, 113
recent legislation relating to,
109-112

Church Courts, reform of the, 105;
110, 112

Church rates, abolition of compul-

sory, in 1868, 105

Civil List, the, of William IV.,
216, 217

of Victoria, 221-223

Sir S. Northcote and Mr.
Gladstone on the, 228-231
CLARENDON, (EDWARD HYDE,

EARL OF), on the origin of the

South African, 1867, 154-

156
CONNAUGHT, DUKE OF, grant to
the, on his marriage, 227-233
Consolidated Fund, creation of
the, 217

· Colonial revenues carried to the,
221

Conspiracy, Bill of Lord Palmer-
ston, 185, 186; 366

legal definition of, 442, 443
CONSTANTINE, THE GRAND DUKE,
visit of, to Paris, commented
on by the Prince Consort, 262-

265

CONSTITUTION, THE, AND
ITS MOVEMENTS, Chap. I.,
1-13

Constitution, a political, the pro-
duct of social conditions and
historical antecedents, 4

modification of, by current
interpretations, 5

sources of enlightenment
with regard to, 5, 6

Constitution, a political, legal and
moral elements in, 6

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formative action of perma-
nent popular sentiments on, 6-10
written and unwritten

elements of, 8

central and germinating
idea of, 12

ultimate foundation of,
in the popular will, 16, 17
English, stable and unstable
elements of the, 1, 2

historical method of inquiry
into the; 1; 462, 463; 468, 469
- period chosen for a survey of
the, 2; 10; 462, 463; 469

-

-

topics comprised in a scrutiny
of the, 3, 10

distinguishing

characteristics

of the, 3; 422, 423

the, as a type for imitation by
other States, 3, 4

formative action of permanent
or progressive popular senti-
ment on the, 6-10

maintenance of the, dependent
on popular political sentiment,
7; 10; 466; 470

the, an organic whole, 11-13;
42, 43; 73

- self-developing power of the, 21
Blackstone's and other theories
of the, 26-28

--

-

idea of representation penetrat-
ing the, 34

movements of the, distinguish-
able in recent Home Legislation,
103

- religious equality not yet a
principle of the, 105

financial and economic princi-
ples admitted by the, 134-137
- local institutions characteristic
of the, 137

- position of the Sovereign under
the, 209, 210; 315-317; 325-328
- position of the Consort of the
Sovereign under the, 238; 242;
244, 245; 249, 250; 252, 253;
259; 261, 262; 308, 309

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2

- facts, initial source of all, the
character of the people, 8, 9
-importance of Parliamentary
forms and procedure, 74
Copyright Act of 1842, 176, 177
Corn laws, repeal of the, 1846,
135

- presence of the Prince Consort
at a debate on, 250-252

conduct of Sir R. Peel and of
the Duke of Wellington in
relation to the, 347-350
Coronation oath, Coleridge on
the, 14

County administration, reform of,
147, 148; 428-434
County courts, institution of, 136
- jury trial in, 449

-

at Washington, withdrawal of,

255

Crimean war, purchase of Russian
bonds by British subjects during
the, 204-206

--action of the Queen and the
Prince Consort with regard to
the, 252-259; 309; 317-318;
372

policy and traditions of the,
368, 369

Crimes, multiplication of offences
classed as, 431, 432

definition of, 439-443

Criminal Law, liberty of the
subject as connected with, 427-

455

Criminal punishments, 436-439;
441, 442; 459

CROSS, MR., Consolidation and
Amending Act of, relating to
factories and workshops, 131,

132

Act of, for abolishing unfilled
prisons, 148, 149

explanation of, as to the Queen's
letter to Lady Frere, 331
CROWN, THE (see also Preroga-
tive, Sovereign, &c ), Chap. III.,
209-421

PERSONAL RELATIONS AND
ATTRIBUTES OF THE, Chap. III.,
Sect. I., 209-265

AND ITS MINISTERS, Chap. III.,
Sect. II., 266-335
MINISTERS

OF THE, AND

PARLIAMENT, Chap. III., Sect.
III., 336-421

transfer of police administra-
tion to the, 142-145

transfer of the government of
dependencies from the, to

Parliament, 150, 151; 167-173;
392-403

-authority of the, over small
dependencies held for military
purposes, 151

authority of the, over conquered
or ceded Colonies, not absolute,
156, 157

477

Delegacy, modern theory of, 49, 50
Burke on the question of, 50–

52
DENMAN, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE,
opinion of, on the publication
of libels in Parliamentary re-
ports, 78
Dependencies, possible mode of
satisfying the claims of, to re-
presentation in the English Par-
liament, 95, 96

Parliamentary Government of,
150-178; 392-405

subordinate Legislatures in the,
See Colonial Legislatures

forms of recent Parliamentary
action with regard to the, 151
- gradual assumption of Parlia-
mentary control with increasing
importance of the, 392-394
DERBY, LORD, retirement of, from
the Foreign Office, in 1876,
292-295; 298; 376

comment of Lord Salisbury on
revelations of Cabinet proceed-
ings made by, 294

DILKE, SIR CHARLES, amendment
moved by, as to the provision
for the Duke of Connaught, 227,
228

DISRAELI, MR. See LORD BEA-

CONSFIELD

Dissenters' Chapels Act of 1844,

111

Documentary Evidence Act of
1868, 176, 177

E

East India Company, Charter of
the, of William III., 168
Regulating Act for the, 168
- conversion of the, into a
political corporation, 169-171

transfer of the government of
India from the, to the Crown,
171-172

East India Company Acts of 1767,
1769, and 1833, 168, 169

Eastern Question (see also Foreign
Affairs)

- retirement of Lord Carnarvon
and Lord Derby on grounds
relating to the, 290-294

- reopening of the, 367-370
three views of the, 369, 370
- review of English policy in
regard to the, 373-392
Ecclesiastical Commission, in-
stitution and action of the,
109, 110

Ecclesiastical Commissioners In-
corporation Act, 1836, 109
Economy, Social, Parliamentary
interference with, 121-137
- principles of recent legislation
relating to, 121, 122; 124;
126

Education, reform of endowments
for, 113-117
- principle

of Parliamentary

interference in, 149

Acts, administration of the,
456-458

Dr. Thompson on the necessity
of popular, 466

Election Judges, Mr. Disraeli on
the finality of decisions of, 44,