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-
- 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 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
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
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.)
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
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
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-
Naturalisation Act, the, 1870, 184 (Prince Albert) 1840, 239,
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
PRIVILEGES AND ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS OF, Sect. II., 74-
DENCIES BY, Sect. IV., 150- 178
LEGISLATION OF,
TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Sect. V., 179-208
Parliament (see also House of Lords, House of Commons) structure and authority of, a main topic of constitutional inquiry, 3
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
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
- 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
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
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
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
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