PAR

and departmental regulations,
464; supreme trustee of endow-
ments, 472; motions to reduce
contracts on Houses of, 489; con-
trol of, over army and navy, 524,
529; right to full information in,
532, 576; does not justify inter-
ference in details of administra-
tion, ib.; functions of, over courts
of justice, 571; limits of interposi-
tion, 572-574; cannot entertain
matters which are in province of a
jury, 573 n.; legal opinions not
submitted to, 576, 577; votes of
thanks by, 593–597; power to
dissolve corporations, 603; ap-
pointment of officials of, 627;
representation of every public
department therein, 628; right
of, to investigate into abuse of
appointments or dismissals from
office, 659, 660, 667; addresses
of, for contingent expenses,
661;
salaries of employés in both
Houses, 661-666
Parliamentary government: defined,

1; to what it owes its success, 17;
development of, 45; its peculiar
advantages, 46; proceedings be-
tween the two Houses, 389; fa-
cility of, 390-400; officers, 627
Parsons v. King, Holt, 554 n.
Partition treaties, case of the, 106
Party government, authorities pro
and con, 9, 10 n.; defined, 9;
origin of, 9, 111

Patronage in the hands of an out-
going administration, 209; abuse
of, 610; political, 616, 617; ex-
tent of, in Great Britain, 622;
abolished in civil service, 626; of
Board of Admiralty, 673
Payment of members of Parliament,
70, 71

Peace, right of making, and declaring
war, 351-355; how far subject to
Parliament, 351

Peel, Sir R., remarks on Reform Bill,

23 n.; his administrations, 184,
195, 212, 255, 256; statue of,
motion concerning, 451
Peerages, creation of, 592; for life,
593

Peers: interference of, at elections,

11; case of names of, struck off
voters' lists, 11 n.; influence of, at

Perceval, Mr., his administration,
161, 254; assassination of, 162;
objection raised to pecuniary pro-
vision for family, 169; appoint-
ment to chancellorship, duchy of
Lancaster, 668

Permanent grants, 737

Pesth, consulship at, case of, 677 n.
Petitions of right, 343-348; return
of, fiated by her Majesty, 345 n. ;
case of Mr. Irwin, 345; in Euro-
pean governments and America,
344 n.; return of, 345 n.

for aid to be recommended by
the Crown, 691, 699

Peto, Sir M., and London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway Company, 453
Phillips' insurance case, 658 n.
Pitt, Mr., his administrations, 119,

143, 153, 253, 254; plan of par-
liamentary reform, 126; lists of
defeats of, 144 n.; remarks of, on
explanation to Parliament on re-
tirement of ministers, 149 n.; re-
signs office, but acts as chancellor
of exchequer till appointment of
his successor, 147; death of, 154
Poland, affairs of, 377, 378
Poles, vote proposed by ministry
increased by House for the dis-
tressed, 702

Police force, complaints against, 578
Polignac, Prince, case of, 376
Political and non-political offices,612
Poor Law Bills, 209

Portland, Duke of, his administra-
tions, 142, 157, 253, 254
Portsmouth and Chatham dockyards,
contracts, 771

Portuguese Slave Trade Bill, pro-
ceedings on, 371

Post office: Sunday labour in the,
425; opening letters at the, 432;
employés, 683

Defeat of ministers, see Ministers
Democracy, articles on, 21 n.
Democratic reform, effects of, on the
Crown in Parliament, 23
Denmark, invasion of, 371
Departmental regulations, 464; dis-
cussed in Parliament, 482
Derby, Earl, first administration,
219, 257; second administration,
228, 257; third administration,
236, 258; on the influence of the
sovereign, 313

Despatches, when to be withheld

from Parliament, 358, 359; eti-
quette concerning, 359; premature
communication of, 441
Dickson v. Combermere, 347 n., 498,
530

Diocesan synods, in England, 505;

in the colonies, 512

Disembodied militia, estimates, 739
Dismissals from commissions of the
peace, 582 n.

Dispensing power of the Crown, 459
Disraeli, Right Hon. B., administra-
tions of, 238, 258

Dissolution, prerogative of, when

it may be advised or opposed, 207,
229, 231, 232, 239, 240, 251. See
also Ministers

Dockyard labourers, 683; works,
771

EST

Douglas, Lord, case of, 680
Dundonald, Lord, case of, 585
Duty on certificates, Bill to reduce,
715; on advertisements, motion
to reduce, ib.; on paper and hops,
716; on fire insurance, 717; on
railway passengers, 719; on malt
tax, 720; on male servants, 721;
new rates of, 793; when collected,
ib.; how levied, 794; on spirits,
ib.; on foreign commodities, 795.
See also Taxation, Taxes

ECCLESIASTICAL, prerogative in
matters, 501

Edmunds, Mr. L., case of, 685
Education, in Ireland, 426; com-
mittee of Privy Council, regula-
tions and functions of, 465-469;
office, inspectors' reports, 444-449;
minutes to be laid before Parlia-
ment, 465; how submitted to
the House of Commons, 468
Election, Parliamentary, of executive
officers unconstitutional, 143
Elections: interference of peers at,
11; influence of peers at, 12, cor-
rupt practices at, 575
Electric Lighting Act (1882), powers
of the Board of Trade in respect
to the, 475

Elizabeth, Queen, government of,
and her Parliament, 93, 94
Elphinstone, Lord, case of, 534
Endowed Schools Act, report of
committee, 477

Endowments, Parliament the su-

preme trustee of, 472

Engledue, Lieutenant, case of, 674
Enquiry, proceedings of Court of,
not to be laid before Parliament,
531, 538

Episcopal Church in Canada, 512
Erroneous convictions, 585-588
Established Church, see Church of
England

Estimates: presentation of, 739-742;
supplementary, 740, 742; civil
service, 743, 750; precedents of
efforts to submit, to a select com-
mittee, 744-746; precedents of
motions to reduce, 746-748; clas-
sification of, 749,751; contents of,
749; contain few aids to private
charities, 750; for a full account

ROY

Rendlesham v. Tabor, 11 n.
Reports of officials to departments
are confidential, 442
Representation: true basis of, 10, 11;
choice of local celebrities for, 15:
of the landed interest, 25; statis
tics of, 26; of minorities, 29:
authorities on, 28 n., 29 n. ; article
on origin of, 51 n.
Representative system: excellences
of our, 16; rise of, 66; origin of,
67; the earliest, ib.
Resolutions of either House: effect of
a prorogation of Parliament on,
388; how far binding, 407-412,
699; abstract, 411; in favour of
the repeal of particular taxes,
713

Returns, cost of furnishing, 443. See
also Papers

Revenue officers, their exercise of
the franchise, 632; salaries of,
736
Revenues: public, how derived, 732;
when insufficient, 733; gross re-
ceipts paid into the Exchequer,
734-737; how to estimate the,
788, 820

Reversions, Bill to abolish, 422
Revolution of 1688, its effects, 3, 4,
8, 34, 102, 263

Rewards, prerogative in granting,
589-597. See also Honours
Rights, popular, when first attained,
73

Riot Act, 549

Ritual Commission, 505
Rivière des Prairies, tolls, 607
Rockingham administration, 139,

253

Roman Catholic question, 123, 146,

152, 155, 184; Bill to remove
civil disabilities in the army and
navy, 156, 157. See also Catholie
question

Ross, Captain, case of, 753 n.
Royal Academy and Parliament, 452
charters, 598-608

- functions: delegation of, 338; in
abeyance, 339; proceedings to
supply defect in, 340, 341; income,
349, 350; pardons, 556, 557;
proclamations, see Orders in coun-
cil; sign manual, 336; when dis-
pensed with, 337; veto upon Bills,
407. See also Household

GRA

Grand Remonstrance, 97
Grant, Captain, case of, 709
Grant: resolutions and address for a
special, 699-701; the House may
increase a special, 702; a perma-
nent, 737

Great Council, the, 65, 73
Green, Rev. Mr., case of, 569
Grenville administration, 121, 155–
254

Grey, Earl, suggestions on reform,
26; objections to his plan, 28;
plan to strengthen ministers in
Parliament, 31; administration,
188, 255; on the kingly office,
313

Gross receipts to be paid into the
Exchequer, 734; brought under
more immediate control of Parlia-
ment, 734-737

Gurney, Baron, case of, 580

HALL'S case of pardon, 563 n.
Hampden, case of Rex v. Hampden,
458

Hanover, pension to king of, 681
Hanoverian dynasty, 111
Harbour at Holyhead, 437
Harbours of refuge, 433
Hardwicke, Lord, twice refused to

affix great seal to treaties when
required by George II. to do so,
107

Hartlepool Railway Company, 603
Havens, Mr., case of, 582 n.

Heathcote v. North Staffordshire
Railway Company, 606 n.
Mr., case of, 673

Holt, King v. Parsons, 554 n.
Holyhead Harbour, report of com-
mittee on, 437

Homes v. the Queen, 344 n.
Honours: prerogative in granting,
589-597; not necessarily at insti-
gation of ministers, 589; proceed-
ings in Parliament in relation to,
590

Hop duty, motion to reduce, 716
House of Commons: representation of
the Crown, aristocracy, and com-
monalty in the, 9, 13; introduction
of ministers therein, 9, 110; its con-
stitutional position, 43; difficulty
of controlling, since Reform Act,
132; is a council of control and

JUD

advice, 164; not to interfere with
the Crown in nomination of its
servants, ib.
Household, royal, appointment of
members of, 290-294; removal of
officers of, 291

Hulk system, complaints against, 579
Hume, Mr. J., his labours on behalf
of economy, 762
Hutchinson v. Palmer, 495 n.

IMPEACHMENT of ministers, 108
Inclosure Commissioners, powers of,
471, 474

Inclosures of royal forests, report of
committee on, 436

Income tax, motion to reduce, 714
Indemnity, Bill of, 555

India, fate of Bill for the govern-
ment of, 116

Indian army: employment of, out of
India, 523; officers of, grievances,

546

Injunctions on Bills in Parliament,
605

Insolvent Debtors' Court, officers of,
682
Intervention in foreign affairs, 373-
380

Ionian Islands, cession of, 372
Irish Coercion Bill (1834), 193, 194,
217; (1881), 476

Established Church question, 193,
198, 200, 201, 238, 240, 241, 245
magistrates, cases concerning,

581-584

- Court of Chancery, motion to
alter constitution, 677

Irwin, Mr., case of, 345

JAMAICA BILL, defeat of ministry
on, 200; arguments in the case of,
553 n.,
554

Jervis, Captain, case of, 538
Jews in Parliament, 409
Judges: proceedings against, in Par-
liament, 571, 578; conduct of, not
to be lightly impugned, 574; notes,
ordered to be presented, 578 n.;
necessary qualifications of, 585; in
Ionian Islands, case of, 676
Judicature, court of, 483
Judicial tribunals, curtailment of
powers, 483

SPE

as a witness, 349; as a church-
warden, ib.; royal prerogatives in
connection with Parliament, 383.
See also Crown, King, Ministers,
Parliament, Prime Minister
Speaker of House of Commons: no
longer the nominee of a party, 252;
address to the Crown on his
behalf, 592, 665; his duty in
regard to Supply grants, 786, 816;
his speech on presenting Money
Bills for the royal assent, 821
Standing army, provisions for, 94
-orders of Parliament, their vali-
dity, 388

Star Chamber, 92; when abolished,
93

Stockdale v. Hansard, 408

Stocks, redemption of, 797
Stockton & Hartlepool Railway Co.,
606 n.

Sub judice, matters, 573
Sugar duties, case of the, 800
Sullivan v. Spencer, 495 n.
Sunday labour in post-office, 425
Superannuation, 650-658, 682; al-
lowances to public officers, 653;
just claims may be enforced, 654 n.
See also Pensions

Supplies: objection to granting, pend-

ing appointment of ministers, 171;
cannot be raised by prerogative,
458; and taxation, prerogative in,
689-721; restrictions on Parlia-
ment in matters of, 690; granted
only on demand of the Crown,
690, 691; petitions or motions for
aid only recommended by the
Crown, 691, 699; exceptions to
this rule, 699: grant of, by Parlia-
ment, 722, 723, 732; control of
Parliament over, 722-825; must
be obtained by Parliament grant,
723; temporary advances
responsibility of Government, 726;
peculiar rights of the Commons in
the grant of, ib. 806; permanent
grants, 737; charges annually
voted, 738; presentation of the
estimates, 739; supplementary
estimates, 742; on the revision of
the estimates by a select com-
mittee, 744; motions for reduction
of expenditure, 746; proceedings
in Committee of Supply, 751; votes
are only for current year, 756;

on

TAX

votes of credit and votes on ac-
count, 757, 758; items in the
estimates rejected by the House,
763; right of the House to refuse,
784; precedents for delaying, th..
votes in Committee of Ways and
Means, 785; money advanced in
anticipation of Appropriation Act,
787; all financial operations to
be submitted to Parliament, 795;
rights of the Lords in the consi-
deration of, 806, 808; rights of
Legislative Council in colonies in
consideration of, 806, 807; Bills
of Supply and Appropriation, ib.:
duties of Speaker in matters of,
816; appropriation clauses in Bills
of, ib.; surpluses on army and
navy grants, use of, 818; Appro-
priation Act is necessary for, 20.
See also Taxation, Treasury
Supply, Committee of: House may go
into, pending appointment of min-
isters, 148; resolutions or addresses
recommending grant of
originate in, 700; appointment of
committee, 732; sittings of, 751;
explanations before going into,
753; resolutions in, ib.; irregular
to move an instruction to, ib.:
precedents of instruction, 754:
votes in, ib.; motions in, 755;
motions may not be postponed,
756; votes are only for current
year, ib.; increasing or restor-
ing an item in, 761, 785; effects
of debates in, on public expendi-
ture, 762; controlling influence of
House on, 762,763; precedents of
rejection of items by the House,
763-765; resolutions reported

from, 785

money

Surrender of unexpended balance,

759

Sussex, Duke of, case of, 708
Sutton v. Johnston, 531

Sutton, Mr. Speaker, case of, 703 n.
Synods, diocesan, 504

TABOR v. Rendelsham, 11 n.
Talbot v. Talbot, 581 n.
Tamworth manifesto, 196 n.
Tax Bills, proceedings on, 815
Taxation by prerogative illegal,
458, 723; and supply, prerogative
in, 689-721; motions concerning,