On Parliamentary Government in England: Its Origin, Development, and Practical Operation: In 2 Volumes. I

Longmans, 1867

GENERAL INTRODUCTION	1

Necessity for a moderate preponderance of Executive authority	14

Circumstances under which the influence of the Crown is increased	15

The House of Commons	23

Peculiar advantages of Parliamentary Government	33

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION	35

Character and conduct of George III	42

His irregular practice of consulting with friends instead of with	49

In granting Honours and Rewards	367

In creating Offices appointing to Office and in the control of Per	375

Extent of royal interference in affairs of state since the Accession	398

27	414

In matters of Supply and Taxation	427

Money Bills Defined	430

Practice of the Lords less stringent	433

Privileges of Parliament in the grant of Supplies and in	452

Proceedings upon the formation of a new Cabinet	53

Subjects proposed to be considered in the following treatise	57

Cabinet councils not attended by the Sovereign	62

Case of Queen Caroline	65

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION	72

77	107

Mr Cannings Administration April 1827	109

19	119

Viscount Melbournes second Administration 1835	128

26	160

22RKN	187

The Sovereign to be consulted on all important acts of government	201

Epistolary form in which Ministers address the Sovereign	210

Royal Prerogative in respect to SuitsatLaw against the Crown	238

CHAPTER V	244

150	249

In matters of Administration	253

CHAPTER IV	297

Public acts of the Crown to be transacted through the medium	303

In matters Ecclesiastical	304

In respect to Martial Law	341

In the Administration of Justice	352

Development of the principle of Ministerial Responsibility	366

Practice of combining all the Budget Resolutions in one Bill	460

Contents of the Estimates	480

Votes of Credit	485

29	487

Items in the Estimates negatived	490

Origin and present form of the Appropriation	496

73	501

Right of the Commons to refuse a grant of Supply	508

Duties may be either annual or permanent	514

Prorogation of Parliament before the passing of an Appro	526

75	535

The Treasury empowered by the Appropriation Act	561

New Appropriation Clause requiring the sanction	567

3 Application of the system of Audit to the Public Accounts	573

b Origin nature and operation of the Appropriation Audit	578

4 Standing Committee on Public Accounts	589

76	595

In matters wherein the Sovereign represents the State in dealings	597

Opinions of eminent statesmen on this subject	614

Concluding Remarks	620

80	623

188	625

513	629

Title	On Parliamentary Government in England: Its Origin, Development, and Practical Operation: In 2 Volumes. I
Author	Alpheus Todd
Publisher	Longmans, 1867
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	9 Sep 2009

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