opinion, 168; teaching task
not well done, 169, 170; com-
parison of debates with Ameri-
can, French, 171; "protected
ability," 171; the prime
minister, 169; ultimate autho-
rity in English Constitution,
227; growth of, 277
Comyn's "Digest," 58
Constitution, the English, vii.-liii ;

false descriptions of, 2; theory
of "Checks and Balances," 3;
dignified and efficient parts,
4, 13; theatrical elements in,
8; characteristic merit of old
institutions, 9, 10; errors as
to power of sovereign, 57; old
Constitution gave power which
present does not, 77; error
concerning, 176; the English
as model for American, 220-
229; its safety valve and regu-
lator, 229. See also Cabinet,
Monarchy, History; American
Federal, see American
Conyngham, Marchioness of, 72
Corn Laws, the, 100, 104, 121, 122
Corporation of the City of London,
288, 289

Court, after Middle Ages, 47;
arguments for and against a,
50-52; the French, 51, 52
Court Circular, the, 38
Cranbourne, Lord (Lord Salisbury),
177

Cromwell, 49, 282, 283

Crown, The, power of, xxxviii. ;
checks on, xxxix.-xlii., 12, 42,
53, 288

D

DARBY GRIFFITH, 181

Darwin, 250, 251

Davis, Jefferson, 18

Delaware, State of, 98

Derby, Lord, xi, xxvii, xxxiv, 45,

68; and Duke of Wellington,
100-104, 121

George I., 42, 50, 53, 83
George II., 42, 50, 53, 83

George III., 42, 43, 50, 53, 58, 60,
61, 67, 70, 77, 79, 80, 83, 86,
87, 225, 232, 238, 247, 254, 285,
289

George IV., 53, 72, 83, 247, 285
Germany, functionary systems, 196
Gladstone, W. E., xviii., xxi., 31,
153, 176, 177, 217
Goethe, 78

Government, pre-requisites of cabi-
net. See Cabinet Government

English, miscellaneous
estimates of, 16; "Her Ma-
jesty's Opposition," 19; imi-
tability of, 162; without mon-
archy, 62-66; by public meet-
ing, 138, 140; revolutionary,
204; criticism of English, 206-
218

Grant Duff, Mr., 192
Greece, the king in ancient, 35, 36;
constitution of later, 37; a
legislator in, and his policy,
57, 273-275
Grenville, Lord, 285

Grey, Sir George, X.

Lord, 106, 127, 178, 246, 247,
285

Grote, 34, 37, 275

"Growth of the English Constitu-
tion" (Freeman), 272

Guizot, 55, 185

Lincoln, Mrs., Queen Victoria's
letter to, 38

Liverpool, 152; Lord, 29
Lloyd, 154

Lombard Street. Ixix.

London, 52, 151. 227: Corporation

of the City, 288, 289
Lords, the House of, effect of
Reform Act of 1867, xxv.-li., a
66 dignified institution," 13, 57,
62, 89-129; office of the House,
89, 90; influence of nobility,
90, 91; evil of idolatry of
office, 92; social prestige of
the "best people " not so great
as formerly, 93, 94; influence
in House of Commons, 96;
evil of two coequal Houses,
97; Reform Act of 1832, 99;
now a revising and suspending
House, 100; Duke of Welling-
ton's letter to Lord Derby,
100-104; Lord Grey and
theory of two chambers, 106;
merits and demerits, 111-120;
the business of diplomacy,
120; opportunity of reform by
admission of life peers, 122;
abolition of proxies, 124; judi-
cial function, 125; real sub-
sidiary functions, 126; danger
to, 129; the House and the
Cabinet, 128, 129; and relation
with the Commons, 227;
Whig and Tory spirit, 244
Louis Napoleon, 34, 74

Phillippe, 29, 55, 83, 196
Lowe (Lord Sherbrooke), 128
Lowther, Lord, 95
Lyme Regis, 152

Lyndhurst, Lord, xxxiv., 114, 121,
123, 124, 132, 214, 247

M

MACAULAY, Lord, 124, 282, 285
Mackintosh, Sir James, 281
Magna Charta, 281
Malmesbury, Lord, 78

Masham, Mrs., 246
Massachusetts, 228
Melbourne, Lord, 11, 14, 15, 102
Mill, John Stuart, 1, 149, 152
Ministry, on changes of, 176-218
a specific peculiarity,
176; producer of three great
evils, 177; power of single
objector, 178; four things in
mitigation of evils, 180; official
defence of Parliament, 183-
185; example of administra-
tion in case of Poor Law, 189;
Presidential election changes
in America, 190; bureaucracy
in Prussia, 192, 193; true
principles of art of business,
197: use of a fresh mind, 199,
200; four important forms of
government, 202; defects of
each, 202-205; difficulties of
administration under English
Constitution, army, navy,
Home, foreign affairs, 205-
208; serious ignorance, 209;
offices result of growth, 212;
office of Lord Chancellor, 213
example of the Budget method,
217, 218; Sir R. Peel's Mini
stry, 235; Harley's, 246
Moltke, Count, 249
Monarchy, The, 33-88; in ancient
Greece, 34-37.

Characteristics of English,
37;
effect of a family on the
throne, 38; strength of re-
ligious monarch, 39; oath of
allegiance, 39; mystic rights
and loyalty, 40; sentiment of
hereditary loyalty, 43; the
Crown has no party, 45; a re-
public beneath a monarchy, 49;
the head of morality, 53; acts
as disguise, 54; "estate of the
realm," 57; prerogative powers,
58; unroyal Cabinet govern-
ment, 66-72, 253; the post of
sovereign, 74; rights of con-
stitutional monarchy, 75;
sagacity by long experience,

Parliament, power to dissolve, 15;
a good choosing body, 25; ad-
vantages of parliamentary
constitution, 28; the Crimean
difficulty, 29; members of, and
"social purposes," 46; train-
ing of a minister, 84; educa-
tion of the nation, 125; and
public opinion, 167; a big
meeting, 180; an outside ad-
ministrator and, 186; Parlia-
mentary head prevents inces-
sant tyranny, 189; caprice of,
231; extrinsic checks on, 234;
monarch and dissolution of
Parliament, 237; Premier and,
239; Ministry and, 241, 242 ;
once preservative not legisla-
tive, 259; expressive function,
277, growth of, 277-285
Patent Office, the, 213

Peel, Sir Robert, 5, 9, 102, 119, 144,
169, 181, 233

Peers. life, 122, 127, 128, 243–248
Scotch, Irish, 244

Perceval, Mr., 285

Pitt, William, xviii., 67, 70, 87
Poor Law, administration of, 189
Presidential System, the, lxii.-

lxxiii., and the Government,
16, 17; nation, no influence
under, 21; weakened by being
divided, 23; and electoral
system, 24; choice of a presi-
dent, 26; inferior statesmen,
28; no elastic element, 30;
commentary of American Civil
War, 31; absence of revolu-
tionary reserve, 32
Pretender, the, 41
Prime Minister, example of double

election, 12; patronage of, 12,
13; position if no monarch
existed, 45; responsibility of,
54; must be a firm leader, 131;
head-master of nation, 169;
choice of, 231, 232; power of
233, 234

Prince Consort, 51, 60, 61, 71, 77,
78, 86, 233