Marriages and Registration Acts
Amendment Act, 1837, 105
Marriages, institution of civil, 105

provision for Royal, 227-233
MARTIN, MR. THEODORE, cita-
tious 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 petitions, 75

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

485

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

-

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

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

- explanation as to the Queen's
correspondence with Lady Frere
and the Viceroy of India by,
330-334

Obstruction of business in the
House of Commons, 84-88
O'GORMAN, MAJOR, naming of, in
the House of Commons, 86-88
O'LOGHLEN, SIR BRYAN, question
as to the vacation of the seat of,
on his appointment as Attorney-
General of Victoria, 418, 419
Opposition, functions of an or-
ganised, 340-343; 362, 363
Oral examination of prisoners,
451-455

Orange River Territory, cession of
the, 414, 415

ORSINI, Conspiracy Bill brought in
on the attempt of, to assassinate
Napoleon III., 185; 366

P

Pacific, slave-trade suppression in
the, 197, 198

-

-

- letter of, to Lord Lansdowne,
explaining his conduct, 313-
315

- influence of, in favour of
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

487

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
Privileges and Order
Proceedings of, 74-102

of

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 of municipal
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
regard to local institutions,
137-149

gradual assumption of the
Government of Dependencies
by, 150, 151; 167-173; 392-
403

creation of Colonial Constitu-
tions by Act of, 151-156; 160-
162

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

instance 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

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

PEEL, SIR ROBERT, Railway Act
of, 129, 130

Metropolitan Police Act of,
144; 445

opposition of, to the proposed
grant to the Duke of Sussex,
227

demand of, for changes in the
Bedchamber, 233; 235-238
motion for reducing the Prince
Consort's proposed annuity
supported by, 239

opinion of, on the Prince
Consort's title, 241, 242
- opinion of, on the offer of the
Commandership in Chief to the
Prince Consort, 246

presence of the Prince Consort
at a speech of, on Corn Law
repeal, 250

- position of, as Prime Minister,
in his own Cabinet, 280

accession of, to office in 1839,
300, 301

Stockmar on the constitutional
views of, 320

- conduct of, as to Corn Law
repeal, 347-350
Peerage Bill of Sunderland, for
limiting the number of Peers,
Mr. Hallam on, 29, note
Pension list, the, 216, 217; 223, 225
PEPYS, first mention of a 'Cabinet

Council' by, 269

PETERBOROUGH, LORD, on the
distinction between the Privy
Council and the Cabinet Council,
273
Petitions, rules of the Houses with
regard to, 75-77

PIM, CAPT. BEDFORD, libel on,
brought before a Parliamentary
Committee, 80

PITT, WILLIAM, Constitution Act
of, 152

recommendation of a Commis-
sion to inquire into the manage-
ment of the Crown Lands, 224
Pledges, Lord Macaulay on can-
vassing and, 52–55

-

-

489

Police, creation of the Metro-
politan, 142-145; 445

- powers of the, in foreign
countries, 445, 446

- dangers to public liberty from
the, 445-449

Political Associations, 64, 65
Poor-Law of 1834, 1847, and 1871,
140, 141

Poor-Laws Administration Act,
1847, 141

Poor-Law Board, creation of the,
141
Prerogative of the Crown (see
also Crown)

- progressive limitations of, by
popular will, 9

for the creation of Peers and
Life Peers, 20; 29 and note;
358; 360

to initiate proposals for money
grants, 22-26

- employed for the abolition of
army purchase, 28-31<

- small dependencies held for
military purposes governed by
the, 151

organisation of the government
of Cyprus by, 188-191

precedence of the Prince Con-
sort settled by, 240; 242, 243
uses of the term, 266, 267
modern conceptions of govern-
ment by, 319

Bagehot and May on the, 360,
361

recent conduct of foreign policy
by, 373-387

to make treaties and declare
war, 387-389

exercise of the, in financial
affairs, 389-391

- exercise of the, in Army and
Navy administration, 391, 392
- organisation of government in
British Columbia, Fiji, and the
Transvaal by, 403-408

- right of cession of territory by
the, 413-415

step taken towards confedera-