Colonies, Crown, is Cyprus one of the, 190
- duties of the Governors of
functions of the Secretary of State for the, 418, 419 Columbia, British. See Hudson's Bay
Commerce. See Economy, social Commercial Treaty with France,
an illustration of modern economic principles, 136 Commons, House of. See House of Commons
Companies and Joint-Stock Com- panies Acts, 1825, 1834, 1844, 1856, and 1862, 127, 128 Companies, Public, recent legisla- tion for, 126-129
Railway, recent legislation for, 129-131
Compulsory Church Rates Abolition
Act, 1868, 105 Confederation 1867, 152-154
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- 265
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
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
- distinguishing characteristics 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
Delegacy, modern theory of, 49, 50 Burke on the question of, 50-
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 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- CONSFIELD
Dissenters' Chapels Act of 1844, 111
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
Foreign affairs, indifference of the country to, after the Treaty of Vienna, 363, 364
- doctrine of non-intervention in, 365-367
- revived interest in, on the reopening of the Eastern Ques- tion in 1876, 367
review of recent policy with regard to, 373-380
comments on recent policy with regard to, 380-387
Foreign Enlistment Act, 1854, 254 1870, 204; 206-208 Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843- 1878, 187-189; 191
FORSTER, MR. W. E., policy in-
augurated by the Education Act of, 149
FORSYTH, MR., on cession of territory by Royal Prerogative,
Franconia and Strathclyde Case, 200
FREEMAN, MR. E. A., letter of Sir G. C. Lewis to, on the legal status of the Cabinet, 275, 276 FRERE, SIR BARTLE, expressions of sympathy with, by the Queen, during the Zulu war, 330, 331 - policy of annexation recom- mended by, 407, 408
Fugitive Slave Circulars, 195, 196
GIFFARD, SIR HARDINGE, instance of, in office but not in Parlia- ment, 337, note
GILLON, MR., motion of, for an increased grant to the Duke of Sussex, 226
GLADSTONE, MR., action of, in the repeal of the Paper Duties, 22 on the practice of the House of Lords in proposing money grants, 24, 25
use of a Royal warrant by, for
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