Mr. Locock Webb on,
101, note
Chancery, Court of, jurisdiction of
the, over Endowments and Cha-
ritable Trusts, 107; 118
Charitable Trusts Act of 1853,
118
Charity Commissioners, appoint-
ment of, 118, 119
CHELMSFORD, LORD, communica-
tion of the Queen with, in
reference to the Zulu war, 330,
331
China, war with, in 1857, 366
- and Japan, extra-territorial
jurisdiction on the coasts of,
188
Church, the Established, relation
of, to Parliament and the State,
104-107; 109, 110; 112, 113
recent legislation relating to,
COBDEN, speech of, in debate on
the Russian war in 1855, 258
COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER,
opinion on the law and practice
of Parliament as not applicable
to Colonial Legislatures, 175, 176
Codification of Common and
Statute Law, 137
COLERIDGE, S. T., on the Idea of
the Constitution, 12
on the omnipotence of Parlia-
ment, 14, 15
on the distinction between a
person and a thing, 426
Colonial Branch Mint Act, 1866,
177
Colonial Laws Act, 1865, 175
Colonial Legislatures, created by
Parliament, 151
(Canadian,) 152-154
(South African,) 154-156
Parliamentary control of, 157–
159; 175-177; 394 seq.
(Victorian,) 160–167
- territorial jurisdiction of, 167
- Acts of Indemnity of, valid in
this country, 444
Colonies (see also Dependencies)
Confederation of distinct, 152-
Colonies, Crown, is Cyprus one of
the, 190
duties of the Governors of
Crown, 415-417
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
Act, Canadian,
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
with regard to, 5, 6
- 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
- creation of, by Parliament,
151-157; 159-162
Parliamentary interference with
157-159
problems connected with the
working of, 162-167; 418-421
Constitutional
analysis, how
different from political history,
Crown Cases Reserved,
decision of the, on the Franconia
case, 200
of Admiralty, as a Court of
Prize, 208
Courts (see also County Courts)
Vice-Admiralty,
jurisdiction of, 198, 199
of Prize, 208
jury trial in Criminal, 449–
- admission of oral statements of
prisoners in Criminal, 451-455
reconstruction of civil, 455
Courts of Justice, functions of
English, contrasted with those
of the Supreme Court of the
United States, 16, note
creation of, in India, 169
- in the Colonies, 175
English, in foreign territory,
187; 196
- jurisdiction of Australasian,
under the Kidnapping Act, 197
– patronage of the Crown in
relation to, 361
as guardians of public liberty
against the Executive, 423,
424
responsibility of officers of
justice to, 428; 443, 444
multiplication of offences tria-
ble in, 431-434
variety of procedure in primary,
432
uncertainty of action of, 439
CRAMPTON, MR., British Minister
at Washington, withdrawal of,
255
Crimean war, purchase of Russian
bonds by British subjects during
the, 204-206
action of the Queen and the
Prince Consort with regard to
the, 252-259; 309; 317-318;
372
policy and traditions of the,
368, 369
Crimes, multiplication of offences
classed as, 431, 432
definition of, 439-443
Criminal Law, liberty of the
subject as connected with, 427-
455
Criminal punishments, 436-439;
441, 442; 459
CROSS, MR., Consolidation and
Amending Act of, relating to
factories and workshops, 131,
Act of, for abolishing unfilled
prisons, 148, 149
explanation of, as to the Queen's
letter to Lady Frere, 331
CROWN, THE (see also Preroga-
tive, Sovereign, &c ), Chap. III.,
209-421
PERSONAL RELATIONS AND
ATTRIBUTES OF THE, Chap. III.,
Sect. I., 209-265
AND ITS MINISTERS, Chap. III.,
Sect. II., 266-335
MINISTERS
OF THE, AND
PARLIAMENT, Chap. III., Sect.
III., 336-421
transfer of police administra-
tion to the, 142-145
transfer of the government of
dependencies from the,
Parliament, 150, 151; 167-173;
392-403
-authority of the, over small
dependencies held for military
purposes, 151
authority of the, over conquered
or ceded Colonies, not absolute,
156, 157
Crown, authority of the, over Eng-
lish settlements, 157
relation of Parliament to the
representatives of the, 177
right of extra-territorial juris-
diction inherent in the, 187
- legislative
and executive
aspects of the, 209
- position of the Prince Consort
in relation to the, 244, 245;
249, 250; 252, 253
uses of the term Prerogative
of the, 266, 267
- the, as represented by its
Ministers in Parliament, 338,
339
- doctrine of the dependence of
Parliament on the, 354-357
Erskine May on the powers
recently conceded by Parliament
to the, 361
defence of the liberty of the
subject against the, 423, 424
Crown Lands, surrender of life-
interest in the, by the Sovereign,
216-218; 228, 229
- (private), 218-221
in the Colonies, 221
reform in the management of
the, 223-225
Crown Lands (Colonies) Act, 1852,
Delegacy, modern theory of, 49, 50
Burke on the question of, 50–
52
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,
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
Eastern Question (see also Foreign
Affairs)
retirement of Lord Carnarvon
and Lord Derby on grounds
relating to the, 290-294
reopening of the, 367-370
three views of the, 369, 370
- review of English policy in
regard to the, 373-392
Ecclesiastical Commission, in-
stitution and action of the,
109, 110
Ecclesiastical Commissioners In-
corporation Act, 1836, 109
Economy, Social, Parliamentary
interference with, 121-137
- principles of recent legislation
relating to, 121, 122; 124:
126
Education, reform of endowments
for, 113-117
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