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.
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.
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
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,
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
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,
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
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
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
- possible influences at work in a, 371-373
- doctrine of the omnipotence of a, supported by Parliament, 468 CAIRNS, LORD CHANCELLOR, on the Chancellorship as the Speakership of the House of Lords, 101, note
letter of the Lord Chief Baron to, on the secresy of the Privy Council, 295-298
Campbell v. Hall, 156
Canada, constitution and con- federation of, 152-154
admission of Hudson's Bay into the Dominion of, 172, 404 differences between Lord Lorne and the Parliament of, 419 Canadian Confederation Act of 1867, 152-154
CANNING, definition of a patriot, by, 412
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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