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of a kind to attract attention by their singularity, their majesty, or their scenic portentousness. They are, indeed, often commonplace in their nature; and, as civilisation improves, they tend to identity in all nations. But the conduct of the people in view of constitutional requirements, or anticipated constitutional change, may present the utmost diversity from country to country, and from age to age. It is here that supreme and unselfish conscientiousness, in the absence of all mere excitement, is truly tested. It is here that the value placed by a people on liberty, and on the opportunity of a free moral life for all, is put to the proof. It is here, and here alone, that a people can show whether they know what is the worth of that which they have inherited, what are its shortcomings, what is the cost of handing on to their successors the good things they have, and whether they are willing to endure the silent but stern sacrifices which may be required to defray it.

INDEX.

A

ABERDEEN, LORD, opinion of, on
the Prince Consort's title, 241
suggestions of the Prince Con-
sort to, as Prime Minister, du-
ring the Crimean War, 253, 254
- letter of the Prince Consort
to, as leader of the Opposition,
256-259

letter of the Queen to, pre-
vious to a Russian debate in
the House of Lords, 317, 318
royal pressure on, in the Cabi-
net, 372

Admiralty, the High Court of, a
permanent Court of Prize, 208
Afghanistan, correspondence of
the Queen during the war in,
330-334

English mission to, 378, 379
war with, 379, 380; 398; 400
Alabama Case, 207
ALBERT, PRINCE.
CONSORT.

See PRINCE

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Appropriation Act, the, 97, 98
Arbitration, International, motion
on, carried against the Govern-
ment in 1873, 180, 181
Army and Navy Administration,
necessity of Parliamentary

vigilance as to, 391, 392
Articles of War, Act enabling the
Crown to publish, 267
Ashburton Treaty, the, 183
ASHLEY, LORD (EARL OF
SHAFTESBURY), motions of, for
educational and factory re-
form, 132, 133

Asia Minor, obligations under-
taken by England with regard
to, 377; 382, 383; 388
Associations, political, 64, 65
AUSTIN, MR. JOHN, paper of, on
Centralisation, 138, note
Australia. See Colonies, Depen-
dencies, Victoria, &c.
Australian Colonies Government
Act, 1850, 160

Authority, the supreme, where
situated and how limited, the
main inquiry with regard to a
Constitution, 2, 3

--

- Mr. Lowe on the supreme, in
England, 26-28

B

BADEN POWELL, MR. G., on the
bi-cameral system in Victoria,
166

BAGEHOT, MR. WALTER, work of,

on the Constitution, 1

- on the consequences of the
Reform Act of 1832, 18

on the extent of the Royal
Prerogative, 360

Ballot Act of 1872, 37-43
Ballot, views of Mill and Grote
on the, 39; 41, 42

Bank Act of 1833 (Lord Al-
thorpe's Act), 123

Bank Charter Act of 1844, 123-
126

Bank of England, constitution of
the, in its present relation to
the State, 123-125
Banks, legislation with regard to,
126

Bankruptcy and insolvency laws,

reform of, 136; 455
BATH, MARQUIS OF, opposition
of, to the subjection of Crown
private estates to rates and
taxes, 219

BEACONSFIELD, LORD, criticism
of, on the Duke of Wellington's
remark on the House of Lords,
32

on the finality of decisions of
Election Judges, 44, 45

on the Committee of Foreign
Loans libel publication case,
80

on the pre-eminent importance
of Foreign Affairs, 179, 10
speech of, on Lord Palmer-
ston's Conspiracy Bill, 186

speech of, on the Royal Titles
Bill, 214, 215; 375

view of the Bedchamber ques-
tion presented by, in 'Co-
ningsby,' 234

criticism of, on the Prince
Consort's presence at a Corn
Law debate, 251, 252

- motion of, in May 1855, in
favour of carrying on the war,
256

correspondence of, with Lord
Carnarvon, relative to the re-

signation of the latter, 291,
292

BEACONSFIELD, LORD, comments
of, on the conduct of Sir R.
Peel and the Duke of Welling.
ton, with regard to Corn Law
repeal, 348-350

-

on the dependence of Parlia-
ment on the Prerogative, 354, 355
conduct of, in 1868, in leaving
the Queen to determine whether
the Ministry should resign or
not, 355-357

- novel relations between the
Executive and Parliament, es-
tablished during the Govern-
ment of, 468

Bedchamber Question, the, 233,
234; 235-238

Belligerents, shipbuilding for, 207,
208

BENTHAM, influence of, on Crim-
inal Code reform, 436
BENTINCK, LORD GEORGE, com-
ments of, on the Prince Consort's
presence at a Corn Law debate,

251

Berlin, Congress of, 377, 378
Berlin, Treaty of, 290; 383; 388
BERRY, MR. GRAHAM, on the
differences between the two
Houses in Victoria, 163, 164
BETHELL, SIR R. (LORD WEST-
BURY), opinion of, on the law
and practice of Parliament
as not applicable to Colonial
Legislatures, 176

opposition of, to the Russian
Securities Bill, 205

opinion of, on the testamentary
rights of the Crown, 220
Bill of Rights, relation of the
Sovereign to the country as
determined by the, 325

- provisions of, with regard to a
standing army, 385-387

popular reference to, as a
bulwark of liberty, 422

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BIRKBECK, PROF., on the Russian

Securities Act, 206, note
BLACKBURN, MR. JUSTICE, opi-
nion of, on the imposition of
Colonial taxes by the Imperial
Legislature, 158

BOUVERIE, MR., comment of, on
Mr. Disraeli's attempt to make
the Queen responsible for a
dissolution, 357

BOWEN, SIR G. F., on the Victorian
Constitution, 165

BRAND, MR., Speaker of the House
under Liberal and Conservative
Governments, 358

BRIGHT, MR., part taken by, in
debate on the Russian war, in
1855, 258

British Columbia Government Act,
1858, 404

BROUGHAM, LORD, dispute of,
with Lord Melbourne, on the
designation of the Duchess of
Kent, 225, 226

opposition of, to the settlement
of the Prince Consort's pre-
cedence by Royal Prerogative,
240

dislike of William IV. to,
expressed to Lord Melbourne,
303

part taken by, in prison reform,
437
BUCKINGHAM, DUKE OF, account
of the Queen's first change of
Ministry by the, 300, 301
BURKE, misuse of the doctrines of,
on representation, 34

speech of, at Bristol, on the
functions of a Member of
Parliament, 47; 50-52
on party ties, 66, 67

of

suggestion of a sale of the
Crown Lands by, 224
- constitutional relations
England and the Dependencies
treated by, 374, 375

- on the changing character of
despotisms, 410

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473

C

Cabinet (see also
Ministers)

-

-

--

Ministry,

the, an outgrowth of the Privy
Council, 267-270; 271-274
relation of the, to Parliament
and the Crown, 267-268

Council, origin of the term,
269, 270

the first Whig, 270, 271

Sir G. C. Lewis on the legal
theory of the, 275, 276

- Sir G. C. Lewis on the unity
of the, 276-278

- Mr. Gladstone on the internal
relations of the, 278-281

-

-

-

- Earl Grey on the internal
relations of the, 281-283

illustrations

of the internal
relations of the, 283-295

secresy of Members of the, as
Privy Councillors, 295-298

relation of the Sovereign to the,
299-328

- relations of the, with Parlia-
ment, 336-421

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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

term Cabinet Council,' 269,
270

CLARENDON, LORD (the late),
sanction given by, to political
correspondence of the Prince
Consort with Napoleon III.,
262, 265

Coast of Africa and Falkland
Islands Government Act, 1843,
157; 174

Amendment Act,

1860, 174
COBDEN, speech of, in debate on
the Russian war in 1855, 258
COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER,
opinion on the law and practice
of Parliament as not applicable
to Colonial Legislatures, 175, 176
Codification of Common and
Statute Law, 137

COLERIDGE, S. T., on the Idea of
the Constitution, 12

-

-

on the omnipotence of Parlia-
ment, 14, 15

on the distinction between a
person and a thing, 426

Colonial Branch Mint Act, 1866,
177

Colonial Laws Act, 1865, 175
Colonial Legislatures, created by
Parliament, 151

(Canadian,) 152-154

(South African,) 154-156
Parliamentary control of, 157–
159; 175-177; 394 seq.

- (Victorian,) 160–167

territorial jurisdiction of, 167
Acts of Indemnity of, valid in
this country, 444
Colonies (see also Dependencies)
Confederation of distinct, 152-

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