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,
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,
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
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
Ministry, dependence of Parlia- 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
Naral Prize Act of 1864, 208 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
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
Pacific, slave-trade suppression in the, 197, 198
" Palmer's Act,' 435 PALMERSTON, LORD, Conspiracy Bill of, 185, 186; 366
on loans to hostile States, 205 on the dispute with the United States in 1856, as to foreign en- listment, 255
- action of, with regard to the Coup d'état in 1851, 283-290 - on the dismissal of the Mel- bourne Ministry by William IV., 304
conduct of, as Foreign Secretary, towards the Queen, 310-315 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
AND MUTUAL RELATIONS OF, Sect. I., 14–73 PRIVILEGES AND ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS OF, Sect. II., 74-
HOME LEGISLATION OF, Sect. III., 103-149
GOVERNMENT OF DEPEN- DENCIES BY, Sect. IV., 150- 178
LEGISLATION OF, RELATING TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Sect. V., 179-208
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
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-
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
I 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
treaties and the declaration of
Parliament, evasions of the control of, in financial affairs, 389- 391
- vigilance required of, with regard to Army and Navy ad- ministration, 391, 392
- right of the Crown to alienate territory without reference to, 360; 413-415
- limits imposed on the authority of, by private rights, 423-427; 456-461
- recent growth of popular forces outside, 464–466
- novel relations between the Government and, 464; 468 Parliamentary Elections Act of 1868, 37; 43-45; 95 Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866, 104
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 - cpinion 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
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-Lars 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-
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