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-
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-
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
formative action of perma- nent popular sentiments on, 6-10 written and unwritten
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
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
- 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,
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-
Criminal punishments, 436-439; 441, 442; 459
CROSS, MR., Consolidation and Amending Act of, relating to factories and workshops, 131,
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
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-
Dissenters' Chapels Act of 1844,
Documentary Evidence Act of 1868, 176, 177
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,
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