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protection of the, as against the
Legislature, 423-427

as connected with Criminal
Law administration, 427-455

as connected with Civil Law
administration, 455, 456
danger to the, from the sum-
mary jurisdiction of Magistrates,
433, 434

danger to the, from the indefi-
niteness of law, 439, 443
danger to the, from the expen-
siveness of law, 455, 456

- danger to the, from police or-
ganisation, 445-449

danger to the, from sanitary
legislation, 456-458; 460, 461
Life Peers, 20

Life Peerages, mode of creation
of, an innovation, 20, 21
Loan, practice of raising money
by, 134, 135; 389, 390

Loans to hostile States, prohibition
of, 205, 206

Local Government, recent legisla-
tion relating to, 137-149

Local Government Board, creation
of the, 141

LYNDHURST, LORD, endeavours
of, with the Duke of Wellington,
to form a Ministry in 1830,
302

- denunciation of Russia by,
during the Crimean war, 317
LYTTON, LORD, correspondence of
the Queen with, during the
Afghan war, 330–335

- policy pursued by, in India,
374; 379, 380; 398

LYTTON, SIR EDWARD BULwer,
organisation of government in
Hudson's Bay by, 403, 404

on canvassing and pledges, 52-
55

on the first English Ministry,'
270, 271
MACKWORTH, SIR HUMPHREY,
paper on the right of petition-
ing attributed to, 75, note
Magistrates, creation of stipen-
diary, 427-431

offences cognisable by, 431-
432

summary jurisdiction of, 431-

434

- inefficiency of unpaid, 429-431
Majorities, true and false, 62
true claim of, 62, 63
Majority, possible surrender of
Parliamentary rights by a
Parliamentary, 359; 362, 363
Malta, transport of native Indian
troops to, 377; 381, 382; 385-
387; 391, 392
MANSFIELD, LORD, decision of,
in Campbell v. Hall, that the
King has no power exclusive of
Parliament, 156, 157

on Courts of Prize, 208

Marriages and Registration Acts
Amendment Act, 1837, 105
Marriages, institution of civil, 105
- provision for Royal, 227-233
MARTIN, MR. THEODORE, cita-

tions from the Life of the
Prince Consort by, 238-265,
passim; 310–324, passim
MARTINEAU, MISS HARRIET, on
factory legislation, 133
MAURICE, PROF. F. D., on the
Nation and the Empire, 409,
410

MAY, SIR T. ERSKINE, character
of the work of, 1, 2

on petitions, 75

on public and private bills, 92
on recent additions to the
power of the Crown, 361
MELBOURNE, LORD, proposal of a
civil list for Queen Victoria by,
222

- on the reform of the Duchies
of Lancaster and Cornwall, 223,
224

- dispute of, with Lord Brough-
am, on the designation of the
Duchess of Kent, 225, 226
arrangement of the Queen's
Household by Lord Lansdowne
and, 234, 235

on the Bedchamber question,
235, 236

formation and dismissal of the
Ministry of, by William IV.,
302-304

Merchant shipping, legislation re-
lating to, 136

Metropolitan Police Acts of 1829,

1839, 1856, and 1872, 142-145.
(See Police)

Metropolitan Police Courts Act,
1839, 144

Militia Act, 1854, 254

MILL, MR. J. S., opinion of, on
the Ballot, 39

conduct of, as candidate for
Westminster, 52

advocacy of schemes of personal
representation by, 60, 64

485

MILL, MR. J. S., on the import-
ance of forms of business in
India, 398

MILNER GIBSON, MR., motion of,
on Lord Palmerston's Con-
spiracy Bill, 186

Mines and Collieries' Act of 1842,
132

MINISTERS (see also Ministry,
Cabinet, Prime Minister)

- THE CROWN AND ITS, 266-
335

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mutual relations of, 275-298
selection and dismissal of, by
the Sovereign, 299–309

- relations of the Sovereign with
particular, 288; 309-318

OF THE CROWN AND PARLIA-
MENT, 336-421

seats of, in Parliament, 336,
note

relation of, to representative
assemblies in other countries,
336

dependence of, on the co-opera-
tion of Parliament, 339
questioning of, 343, 344
impeachment of, 345-347
communications of, to Parlia-
ment, 339, 340; 370-371; 374;
383-389

Ministry (see also Cabinet,
Ministers, &c.)

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Stockmar's view of the rela-
tions of the Sovereign and the,
318-324

- substitution of the responsi-
bility of the, for that of the
Crown, 325-328

- relation of the, to Parliament
and the Crown, 337-339
Parliamentary methods of se-
curing a change of, 344-347
possible grounds for, and
limits to, retention of office by
a, notwithstanding Parliamen-
tary defeat, 347-353

- control of Parliament over the
policy of the, by withholding
supplies, 353

Ministry, dependence of Parlia-
ment on the, 353-358

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Parliamentary vigilance over
the, in respect of Foreign
Affairs, 363-389; of Finance,
389-391; of the Army and Navy,
391, 392; of Colonial adminis-
tration, 392-421

- doctrine of the omnipotence of
a, supported by Parliament, 468
Minority representation, schemes
of, 48; 57-64

connected with personal re-
presentation, 60

value of, dependent on area of
election, 63, 64
MOLESWORTH on Paper Duties
Repeal, 22

Money bills, indirect attempts of
the House of Lords to originate,
22-26

- pressure of one House on the
other, by means of, 23; (in
Victoria) 163

Municipal Corporations Act of
1835, 120, 121; 149
Murder, definition of, 441, 442
Mutiny Act, 385-387; 392

N

NAPOLEON III., Conspiracy Bill
brought in after the attempt on
the life of, 185, 186; 366
- precedence accorded to the
Prince Consort by, 243

correspondence of the Prince
Consort with, in reference to
the Grand Duke Constantine's
visit, 262-265

action of the English Cabinet
in reference to the Coup d'état
of, in 1851, 284-289

Natal, memorial of the Colonists
of, against confederation, 419-

421

Naturalisation Act, the, 1870, 184
(Prince Albert) 1840, 239,

240

Naral Prize Act of 1864, 208
Navigation Act, 1849, 392
Neutrality, enforcement of the
duties of, 203, 204; 206-208
New South Wales and Van
Diemen's Land Government
Act, 1828, 173, 174

NEWCASTLE, DUKE OF, opinion
of, as to the allegiance of
inhabitants of the Orange River
territory, 414, 415
Non-intervention, doctrine and
practice of, 363-367
NORMANBY, LORD, correspondence
between Lord Palmerston and,
relative to the Coup d'état,
284-288

NORTHCOTE, SIR STAFFORD, on
the exchange of the Crown
revenues for a fixed income,
228, 229

PALGRAVE, MR. R. F. D., on
obstruction in the House of
Commons, 85, 86

on the Committee of Public
Accounts, 99

'Palmer's Act,' 435

PALMERSTON, LORD, Conspiracy
Bill of, 185, 186; 366

- on loans to hostile States, 205
on the dispute with the United
States in 1856, as to foreign en-
listment, 255

- action of, with regard to the
Coup d'état in 1851, 283-290
on the dismissal of the Mel-
bourne Ministry by William
IV., 304

conduct of, as Foreign Secretary,
towards the Queen, 310-315
letter of, to Lord Lansdowne,
explaining his conduct, 313-
315

favour of
- influence of, in
neutrality, 364; 366, 367
on the cession of territory by
Royal Prerogative, 413, 414
Paper Duties, repeal of the, in
1861, 22

Paris, treaty of, policy of the,
367-369

Parliamentary discussions

prior to the, 383

Parish, reconstitution of the, as
an area of government, 140-
142

PARLIAMENT, THE HOUSES
OF, Chap. II., 14-208
AND MUTUAL
- COMPOSITION
RELATIONS OF, Sect. I., 14-73

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PRIVILEGES AND ORDER OF
PROCEEDINGS OF, Sect. II., 74-

DENCIES BY, Sect. IV., 150-
178

LEGISLATION OF,

RELATING

487

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influence of public sentiment
on the privileges and functions
of, 7

the channel, not the source, of
constitutional change, 14, 17
doctrine of the omnipotence of,
15; 468

the Composition and Mutual
Relations of the Houses of,
14-73

effects of the Reform Act of
1832, on both Houses of, 18
the two Houses of, one Legis-
lature, 18, 19

right of, to remodel the com-
position of either House, 21
Order
and
- Privileges
Proceedings of, 74-102

of

recent extensions of the func-
tions of, in Home Legislation,
103-149

attitude of, with regard to
religious bodies, 104-113
amendment of religious, educa-
tional, and charitable endow-
ments by, 107-119
- remodelling
bodies by, 119–121
interference of, with industry
and social economy, 121-137
- efforts of, to protect dependent
classes of the community, 129-
133; 137; 149

- attitude and action of, with
local institutions,
regard to
137-149

of

the

- gradual assumption
Government of Dependencies
by, 150, 151; 167-173; 392-
403

creation of Colonial Constitu-
tions by Act of, 151-156; 160-

Parliament, power of, over Colonies
having no Constitution, 156,
157; 173, 174

-practice of, how far applicable
to Colonial Legislatures, 176
relation of, to representatives
of the Crown, 177, 178

- discussion of foreign affairs
in, 179

- instance

of origination of

foreign policy by, 180, 181
- topics connected with foreign
relations dealt with by, 179-208
inclusion of the Crown in the
term, in its legislative sense, 209
claim of, to determine the
dignities and powers of the
Crown, 215

claim of, to determine the
provision for the Royal Family,
231, 232

non-assumption by, of the right
to regulate the precedence of
the Prince Consort, 242, 243
occasional determination of the
prerogative by Act of, 267
-right assumed by William IV.,
to select a Ministry without
reference to, 301-309

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Stockmar on the subordination
of the Executive to, 320, 321
Ministers of the Crown and,
336-421

- peculiar relation of the Ministry
to, in England, 336-340

- function of the Opposition in
guarding the claims of, as
against the Government, 342;
362, 363

mutual dependence of the
Ministry and, 353, 354; 358

- possible surrender of its rights
by, 359-362

claims of, to communications
from Ministers, 339, 340; 363;
370-374: 383-389

conduct of recent foreign
policy without reference to,
380-387

- province of, in respect to

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Inovel relations between the
Government and, 464; 468
Parliamentary Elections Act of
1868, 37; 43-45; 95
Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866,
104

Parliaments, duration of, 55, 56
Prof. Pearson on modern, 465
Party, organisation in the country,
64, 65

discrimination as to the obliga-
tions of, 71, 72

ties, breaches of, 72, 73; 347-
353

organisation in the House,
340-353

Party Government, as affecting the
questions of delegacy and mi-
nority representation, 49

nature and origin of, 65-73
interdependence of Parliament
and the Ministry under a system
of, 340-359

PEARSON, PROF., on Modern
Parliaments, 465, 466

PEEL, SIR ROBERT, on the in-
fluence of property on elections,
38, 39

on the limits of party loyalty,
72, 73

and his school, influence of, on
economic legislation, 122

on the Bank Charter Act, 123-
125