BRITISH CONSTITUTION

AND

GOVERNMENT:

A DESCRIPTION

OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND

ARE MADE AND ADMINISTERED, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF OFFICERS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT

OF THE STATE, AND

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE GROWTH OF THE CONSTITUTION.

A READING AND LESSON BOOK FOR SENIOR CLASSES.

SECOND EDITION-REVISED.

BY FREDERICK WICKS.

London:

COLLINGS & APPLETON, No. 1, HIGH HOLBORN ;
HAMILTON, ADAMS & Co., Paternoster Row.

1873.

(The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved by the Author.)

DEDICATED

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HON. W. E. FORSTER, M.P.,

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION,

WHOSE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE

THIS WORK IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST,

BY PRESENTING TO THE RISING GENERATION

A CLEAR VIEW OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM UNDER WHICH THEY LIVE,

AND OF WHICH

THEY MAY ULTIMATELY FORM AN ACTIVE PART.