- reform of the management of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall by, 224 household of, 238 annuity of, 239
naturalisation of, 239
- precedence and title of, 239-244 offer of the Commandership-in- Chief to, 244-248
- letter of, to the Wellington, on the duties of a Prince Consort, 247, 248
- equivocal action of, as Colonel of Grenadier Guards, 248, 249 - presence of, at a Corn Law debate, 250-252 -political influence exerted by, during the Crimean war, 249, 250; 252-259; 308, 309; 317 - suggestions of, to Lord Aber- deen for carrying on the war, 253-255
- letter of, to Lord Aberdeen as leader of the opposition, 256- 259
foreign correspondence of, 260- 265
- letter of, to Napoleon III., on the Grand Duke Constantine's visit to Paris, 262-265; 329
- questionable attitude of, as representing or not representing the Sovereign, 245; 249, 250; 252, 253; 308, 309
PRINCE CONSORT, the, letter of, to Lord John Russell, complaining of Lord Palmerston's conduct towards the Queen, 310, 311 apparent acceptance of Baron Stockmar's theories by, 319 Prison Act, 1877, 148 Private Bills, scope and impor- tance of, 88-93
- procedure with regard to, 90; 93, 94
- suggested creation of new functionaries for the manage- ment of, 95, 96
Privileges and proceedings of the Houses of Parliament, 74-102 Privilege, right of the House to punish for breach of, 83, 84 Privy Council, appeals to the Judicial Committee of the, in ecclesiastical cases, 111
the Cabinet an outgrowth of the, 267-274
secresy of members of the,
Probates Act, 1857, 105, 106 Proceedings, order of Parlia- mentary, 74-102
- publication of parliamentary, 77-80
Property, influence of, on elections, 38, 39
Public Accounts, Committee of, 97-99
Public Health Acts, 1848-1875, 146
Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874, 111
Purchase in the Army, abolition of, in 1871, 28-31
Quarter Sessions, police jurisdic- tion of, 145
- power of Parliament to re- model Courts of, 147-148 Stipendiary Chairmen of, 148; 427, 429
Quebec Act of 1774, 152 Queen, the, provision for a regency in case of the death of, before the majority of the Prince of Wales, 212, 213
Consort next to, 239-241
discussion of the Prince's title with Baron Stockmar by, 241, 242
-note by, on difficulties as to the Prince's precedence, 243, 244 questionable attitude of the Prince Consort as representing, 245; 249, 250; 252, 253; 308, 309 - complex relation of the Prince Consort to, 244, 245; 247-250 note by, on the Prince's presence at a Corn Law de- bate, 252
dissatisfaction of, with Lord Palmerston's conduct as Foreign Secretary, 288; 310-315
- practice of, in regard to a change of ministry, 300, 301 notes by, on Lord Palmerston's conduct in 1850 and 1851, 311- 313
letter of, to Lord Aberdeen, dictating his conduct in the House of Lords, on a Russian debate, 317, 318
- views of Baron Stockmar not disallowed by, 319
- rumoured correspondence of, during the Crimean war, 329 letter of, to Lady Frere, during the war in Zululand, 330, 331; 335
- correspondence of, with the Viceroy of India, during the Afghan war, 330; 331-335
Queen's Bench, Court of, as con- cerned with criminal justice, 427 decision of the, in Go- vernor Eyre's case, 444
arrangements made to support, in the Crimea, 253,254
Railways, Government interfer- ence with, on behalf of the dependent classes, 129-131 supervision of, by the Board of Trade and Railway Commission, 130
Railway Act of 1844, 129 Railway Commission, 130 Reform Act of 1832, 18; 33; 38; 107; 464
of 1867, 33; 35; 58 Regency Acts, haphazard character of, of Geo. III., 211 recent, 212, 213
Registration Act Amendment Act, 1852, 105
Regulating Act (East India Com- pany), 1773, 168, 169 Religious disqualifications, moval of, 104-106
equality not yet a principle of the Constitution, 105
Representation (see also Delegacy, Pledges, and Minorities)
of individuals or of classes, 33- 41; 56
modern notions of, 45; 47-64 history of, 46-48
of minorities, 57-64 schemes for personal, 60-64
personal, its necessary effect on the character of the House, 60, 61 Reserve forces, calling out of the, 376; 382; 391
RICHARD, MR., M.P., motion of, on International Arbitration, 180, 181
ROBINSON, SIR HERCULES, mis- sion of, to Fiji, on the annexa- tion question, 405
ROMILLY, influence of, on criminal
law reform, 437 ROUSSEAU, on schools and prisons, 466
Royal Titles Act, 1876 (3 and 4 Vict. c. 52), 213-215; 354; 375; 385 RUSSELL, EARL, on a substitution of popular local authorities for private bill legislation, 95, 96 - steps towards University Re- form taken by, 114
grounds of the opposition of, to the proposed grant to the Duke of Sussex, 226, 227 - dismissal of Lord Palmerston by, in 1852, 286-288
objections of William IV. to, as leader of the House of Com- mons, 303
letter of the Prince Consort to, urging complaints against Lord Palmerston, 310, 311
- notes of the Queen to, com- plaining of Lord Palmerston, 311-313
- explanations in Parliament by, on Lord Palmerston's dismissal, 313
- criticisms of Lord Palmerston on the conduct of, 313-315 Russia, negotiation of loans with, during the Crimean war, 204- 206
- action of the Queen and the Prince Consort relative to the war with, in 1854-1855, 252- 259; 262-265; 309; 317-318 - English policy in relation to, 262-265; 290-294; 368, 369; 376-384
Russian Government Securities Act, 1854, 204-206
SALISBURY, LORD, correspondence of, with Sir G. Wolseley on forced labour in Cyprus, 192-194
Sovereign, private estates of the, 218-221
liberty of action of the, apart from the Ministry, 266; 328- 330; 334
- withdrawal of the, from the presidency of the Cabinet, 274
- attitude of the, towards the Cabinet, 299-335
selection and dismissal of Ministers by the, 299–309 relations of the, with particular Ministers, 288; 309-315
- theory of a special attitude of the, towards foreign affairs,
Stockmar's theory of the posi- tion of the, in relation to the Cabinet, 318-324
consequences of a confusion of responsibility between the, and Ministers, 326
- personal functions of the, 327, 328
- political correspondence of the, 328-335
initiation of foreign policy by the, 317, 318; 371, 372 Speakership, the, no longer a political office, 358 SPENCER, LORD. (See LORD AL- THORPE)
recommendations of, with re- gard to the Civil List for Queen Victoria, 222
SPRING RICE, MR. (LORD MON- TEAGLE)
- proposals of, for the Civil List of Queen Victoria, 222
candidature of, for the Speaker- ship, 358
ST. ALBANS, DUKE OF, letter of the, to the Times, on the posi- tion of the Lord Chancellor, 101, note
ST. JUST, M. LETELLIER DE, alleged unconstitutional action of, as Lieut.-Governor of Quebec, 419
State, relation of the Established
- opinion of, on the offer to the Prince Consort of the Com- mandership-in-Chief, 246
letter of the Prince to, on Lord Aberdeen's attitude, 258 - theory of, on the position and functions of the English Monarch, 318-324
STOKES, MR. WHITLEY, remon-
strance of, against the exemp- tion of cotton goods from duty, 399 Strangers, exclusion of, new rule for, 81, 82
Stroud Election Case, 44
STUBBS, PROF., period covered by the Constitutional History of, 1 character of the work of, 34, note
Suez Canal shares, purchase of the, 375; 381; 382; 384; 391 Suffrage. (See Representation) SUNDERLAND, Peerage Bill of, 29, 30, note
the author of the first Whig Ministry, 270, 271
Supply (see also Money Bills) procedure with regard to, 96-
· Committee of, 97
- control of policy by withhold- ing, 353; 389
- modern principles of, 134-137; 390
Supreme Court of Judicature Act,
SUSSEX, DUKE OF, proposed ad- ditional grant to the, 226 - attempt of, to refuse pre- cedence to the Prince Consort, 240
Taxation, modern principles of, 134-136; 390
Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878, 199-202
Test and Corporation Acts, repeal of the, in 1828, 104 THOMPSON, DR. J. P., on popular education as a political neces- sity, 466
Times, attack on the Prince Con- sort in the, 249
Tithe Commutation Act of 1836, 110
Title, the Royal, addition to, in India, 213-215; 375; 380, 381; 385 TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS DE, on the inefficacy of artificial barriers against the popular will, 17;
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