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

Duke of

- 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

Q

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

491

Queen's Bench, Court of, as con-
cerned with criminal justice, 427
decision of the, in Go-
vernor Eyre's case, 444

RAGLAN,

R

LORD,

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

re-

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

Act, 1854, 204-206

S

Securities

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

207; 208

for belligerents,

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,

315-317

- 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)

493

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-

99

Committee of, 97

- control of policy by withhold-
ing, 353; 389

modern principles of, 134-137;

390

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

T

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,

441

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