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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