tion of the South African Colo- nies by the, 420, 421 Prerogative of the Crown for the pardon of criminals, 435, 436 Prime Minister, Mr. Gladstone on the status and duties of the, 278-281
Earl Grey on the relation be- tween members of the Cabinet and the, 281-283
- possible direction of policy by the single will of a, 372, 373 PRINCE CONSORT, the, regency of, in case of the Queen's death during the minority of the heir to the throne, 213
- 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, 295-298
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
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
Act, 1854, 204-206
SALISBURY, LORD, correspondence of, with Sir G. Wolseley on forced labour in Cyprus, 192-194
SALISBURY, LORD, comment of, on the conduct of Lord Derby, in 1876, 294
and the Berlin Congress, 377 San Stefano, treaty of, 376
- discussion and modification of the, 377, 378
Schools Inquiry Commission, 116 Septennial Bill of 1717, petitions against, 75, note
Septennial Parliaments, 55 Settlement, Act of, the Sovereign
required to be a member of the Church of England by the, 104 signature of all assenting Privy Councillors to resolu- tions of the Council required by the, 268; 272
relation of the Sovereign to the country as determined by the, 325
- popular reference to the, as a bulwark of liberty, 422 SHEPSTONE, SIR T., grounds alleged by, for the annexation of the Transvaal, 406, 407 Ship-building
SIBTHORPE, COL., motion of, as to the proposed annuity for the Prince Consort, 239
Slave-trade, abolition of, in 1807, 75
Slave Trade Act, 1873, 199 Slave Trade (East African Courts) Act, 1873, 198, 199
Slave Trade Jurisdiction (Zanzibar) Act, 1869, 198, 199 South Africa, confederation of colonies in, 154-156
- policy of annexation in, 405- 407
memorial of the Colonists of Natal against a confederation of the colonies of, by Royal Pre- rogative, 420, 421
Sovereign (see also Crown, Queen) - position of the, in the English Constitution, 209, 210; 325, 326 income of the, 216-233
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)
Church to the, 104-107; 109- 111; 112, 113
State, right of the, to recast en- dowments, 107-109; 117
- relation of the Bank of England to the, 125
the, as the protector of the poor and dependent, 130-133; 149 limits to the rights of the, over private liberties, 422-427; 456- 461 Stockdale V. Hansard, 77-79; 83 STOCKMAR, BARON, consultation of the Queen with, on the Prince's title, 241
- 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;
Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1875, 449
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; 167 TORRENS,
MR. MCCULLAGH, citations from the Life of Lord Melbourne by, 222, 223; 225, 226; 234-236; 304; 358 Trade. (See Economy, social) Transvaal, annexation of the, 173; 405-408
Treason and treason-felony, 440,
Treaties, exercise of the Preroga-
tive in the making of, 387-389 TRENCHARD, citation from the
Short History of Standing Armies' of, 272 TURGOT, interview of Lord Normanby with, after the coup d'état, 285-287 Turkey. (See Eastern Question) the Sultan of, the real Sovereign of Cyprus, 190
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