Foreign affairs, indifference of
the country to, after the Treaty
of Vienna, 363, 364
- doctrine of non-intervention in,
365-367
- revived interest in, on the
reopening of the Eastern Ques-
tion in 1876, 367
review of recent policy with
regard to, 373–380
comments on recent policy with
regard to, 380-387
Foreign Enlistment Act. 1854, 254
1870, 204; 206-208
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843-
1878, 187-189; 191
FORSTER, MR. W. E., policy in-
augurated by the Education
Act of, 149
FORSYTH, MR., on cession of
territory by Royal Prerogative,
Franconia and Strathclyde Case,
FREEMAN, MR. E. A., letter of
Sir G. C. Lewis to, on the legal
status of the Cabinet, 275,
276
FRERE, SIR BARTLE, expressions
of sympathy with, by the Queen,
during the Zulu war, 330, 331
-policy of annexation recom-
mended by, 407, 408
Fugitive Slave Circulars, 195, 196
GIFFARD, SIR HARDINGE, instance
of, in office but not in Parlia-
ment, 337, note
GILLON, MR., motion of, for an
increased grant to the Duke of
Sussex, 226
GLADSTONE, MR., action of, in the
repeal of the Paper Duties, 22
on the practice of the House of
Lords in proposing money
grants, 24, 25
use of a Royal warrant by, for
abolishing purchase in the army,
28-31
GLADSTONE, MR., on Mr. Richard's
motion on International Arbitra-
tion, 181
on the title to the Crown Lands,
217, 218
on the amendment of the Crown
Private Estates Act, 219, 220
on Parliamentary provision for
the Royal Family, 227; 229-233
on the Bedchamber question,
action of, on the Russian war
question in 1855, 256; 259,
260, note
on the internal relations of the
Cabinet, 278-281
on the dismissal of the Mel-
bourne Ministry by William
IV., 305, 306
Gold Coast of Africa, extra-
territorial jurisdiction on the,187
GORDON, SIR ARTHUR, on the
duties of the Governor of a
Crown Colony, 415-417
Government.
(See also Ministry,
Party Government, Local Go-
vernment)
structure of the English, the
subject of investigation, 2
Constitutional dangers inherent
in the mechanism of, 466-468
Government of India Act Amend-
ment Act, 1869, 196; 401
GRAHAM, SIR JAMES, part taken
by, on the Russian war question
in 1855, 258, 259
GREY, EARL, on proposals for
grants of money not originated
by the Crown, 25
on the internal relations of the
Cabinet, 281-283
conduct of William IV. in
regard to the formation of a
Ministry by, 302
GUIZOT, history of representation
as given by, 46, note
on the Police panic in 1829, 144
on the Spanish marriages, 364,
note
HALLAM, period covered by the
Constitutional History of, 1
on the creation of Peers, 29, 30,
note
on the Cabinet and the Privy
Council, 272-275
Half-past twelve rule, 90, 91
Hanover, king of, heir presump-
tive to the Crown, 212
revenues of the kingdom of,
detached from those of the
English Crown, 223
refusal of precedence to the
Prince Consort by the king of,
243
HANSARD, case of Stockdale r.,
77, 78
HARCOURT, SIR W. VERNON, on
the procedure of the House of
Lords, 100-102
HARE, MR. THOMAS, scheme of,
for minority representation, 59–
64
HARLEY, paper on the right of
petitioning attributed to, 75,
HARTINGTON, LORD, on the Stand-
ing Orders of the House of
Lords, 102
- remarks of, on the explanation
given of the Queen's corre-
spondence with Lord Lytton and
Sir Bartle Frere, 334, 335
HEALTH, PUBLIC, legislation re-
lating to, 145-147; 425-427;
456-461
a topics included under the title
on the party allegiance of a
Government, 351–353
GROTE, MR. GEORGE, on the
Ballot, 41, 42
HERBERT, MR. SIDNEY, part taken
by, on the Russian war question
in 1855, 258, 259
HEYWOOD, MR., motion of, for
University reform, 114
High Court of Justice, election
jurisdiction committed to a
Judge of the, 43-45
contrast between the adminis-
tration of justice by Judges of
the, and by local Justices, 430;
449
Home Legislation, recent, 103–149;
427-461
Home Secretary, practice of appeal
to, in criminal cases, 435, 436
House of Commons (see also
Representation, Privileges, Pro-
ceedings, Party Government, &c.)
relation of the, to the House of
Lords, 18, 19
contest of, with the House of
Lords, on Paper Duties Repeal,
22, 23
Money grants legitimately con-
ceded by, only on the proposal
of the Crown, 24, 25
Mr. Lowe on the preponderance
of the, 26-28
recent modifications in the
composition of the, 33-73
surrender of the Parliamentary
election jurisdiction of the, 43-
House of Commons, possible modi-
fications of the procedure of, as
to private bills, 94-96
- procedure of the, relating to
supply, 96-99
- powers and privileges of the
Victorian Legislature not to
exceed those of the, 161
presence of the Prince Consort
in the, at a Corn Law debate,
250-252
- selection of a ministry by
William IV., without reference
to the, 301-309
-party organisation in the, 340-
343
- dependence of the Ministry on
the, 344, 345
- control of expenditure by the,
as a means of controlling
Ministerial policy, 353
- dependence of the, on the
Government, 353-358
doctrine of non-intervention in
foreign affairs in the, 363-367
opposed views on the Eastern
question in the, 368–370
- tendency of the, as of all
democratic legislatures,
encroachment on private liber-
ties, 424, 425
- division of labour between the,
and the people, 464-466
House of Lords, indivisible from
the House of Commons, 18, 19
Appellate Jurisdiction of the
19, 20
- composition of the, dependent
on Royal Prerogative, 20; 29;
358; 360
claim of Parliament to remodel
the composition of the, 21
conflict of the, with the Com-
mons, on Paper Duties repeal,
22, 23
indirect origination of money
grants by the, 22-26
allowed in the case
of private bills, 94
contest of, with the Govern
ment, on the abolition of army
purchase, 28-31
House of Lords, Lord Macaulay
and the Duke of Wellington on
the impotence of the, 31, 32
-petitions to the, 76
- procedure of the, 99-102
the Lord Chancellor as speaker
of the, 101, 102, note
- the Church of England repre-
sented in the, 104
support of University reform
in the, 113, 114
Colonial Legislative Councils
not analogous to the, 165, 166
-place of the Prince Consort in
the, 240
influence of the, on the fate of
a Ministry, 344
I occasional influence of the, on
the side of the public, against
the other House, 465
Household, the Royal, organisa-
tion of the, 233-238
Howard v. Gossett, 83, 84
Hudson's Bay, Act for the ad-
mission of, into the Dominion of
Canada, 1868, 172
Hudson's Bay, admission of, into
the Dominion of Canada, 172
organisation of government in,
403, 404
HUME, MR., motion of, as to the
proposed annuity for the Prince
Consort, 239
Imperialism, in India, 375; 381
use of the term, 408
Professor Maurice on, 409, 410
Lord Carnarvon on, 410-413
India (see also East India Com-
pany, Afghanistan, &c.)
- origin of British rule in, 150
Parliamentary government of,
151; 167-172; 392-403
powers of the Governor-General
of, 170; 174
India, extra-territorial jurisdiction
in, 196
- title of the Queen as Empress of,
213-215; 375; 380; 381; 385
correspondence of the Queen
with the Viceroy of, during the
Afghan war, 330-334
recent foreign policy in re-
ference to, 368; 381; 384; 388
recent policy in, 374, 375;
378-382; 388; 398
recent legislation for, 395–397
repeal of cotton duties in, 398,
399
- annual statement as to finances
of, required by Parliament, 399
announcement of the com-
mencement of war in, required
by Parliament, 400
recent extension of the Pre-
rogative in, 400, 401
- consequences of the transfer of
the government of, from the
Company to the Crown, 401-
- grounds alleged for annexa-
tions in, 407
India Acts :-
Regulating Act (East India
Company), of 1773, 168, 169
Indian Territories Government
Act of 1833, 169-171; 395;
402, 403
Act for the better Government
of India, 1858, 171, 172; 337,
note; 380; 386; 395–397; 399;
400
Indian Councils Act of 1861,
174; 196; 395; 397; 401
Acts of 1869, 196; 401
Indian troops, transport of, to
Malta, 377; 381; 382; 385-387;
391, 392
Indian Vernacular Press, restric-
tions placed on, 380; 398
Industry. (See Economy, social)
Institutions, English, foreign
copies of insulated, 4
- isolation of, in treatment, 11
Jamaica, alteration of the con-
stitution of, 157, 158
Jerris' Acts, 1847, 1848 (to protect
Justices of the Peace), 444
Judicial Reform, 136; 427-456
Jurisdiction, appellate, of the
House of Lords, 19, 20
in election cases, surrendered
by the House of Commons, 43–
45
of the House of Commons in
cases of contempt, 82-84
reconstitution of local, 137-
149; 428-434
territorial limits of Colonial,
167
extra-territorial, 187-199
exercise of extra-territorial, in
Cyprus, 188-194
extra-territorial, in India, 196
in territorial waters, 199-202
criminal, 427-455
summary, of Magistrates, 431-
434
civil, 455, 456
Jury, trial by, abandoned in civil
cases, 449
trial by, in criminal cases, 449–
451
requirement of unanimity of a,
450, 451
KELLY, LORD CHIEF BARON,
letter of, to the Lord Chancellor
on the secresy of Privy Council-
lors, 295-298
KENT, DUCHESS OF, regent in
case of the accession of Queen
Victoria during her minority,
grant to the, on the Queen's
accession, 225, 226
Kidnapping Act, 1872, 197, 198
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