may employ a private secretary, i.
constitutional position defined, i. 201
ceremonial functions, i. 204; social
pre-eminence, 205
political influence, i. 210; to be con-
sulted on all state affairs, 230; and
must have a veto on all acts of
government, ii. 208; and on all
Bills before Parliament, 316, 318
his political neutrality, ii. 202, 206;
mediates between contending par-
ties, 202; must not encroach on the
independence of Parliament, 203
appointment and dismissal of his
Ministers, i. 210, 217, 225
communications with his Ministers,
i. 231; ii. 208; how he receives
Cabinet minutes and official papers,
210, 213
royal sign-manual, i. 233, 238, 541 n.
delegation of royal functions, i. 233;
abeyance thereof, 235
absence from the realm, i. 234
as a witness, i. 243; as a church-
his prerogatives stated, 244, &c.
See also Crown; King; Ministers; Par-
liament; Prime Minister; Speech from
the Throne; Victoria
Speaker of the House of Commons, the
Crown addressed on his behalf, i. 367,
403
Sugar duties, reduction of the, i. 519
Superannuation allowances to public
officers, i. 397; ii. 448
Supply, origin of Parliamentary control
over, i. 38
cannot be raised by prerogative, i.
286
- prerogative in relation to, i. 427
- only granted on demand of the
Crown, i. 428; petitions or mo-
tions for aid must be recommended
by the Crown, 429, 434; excep-
tions to and evasions of this rule,
435; supply votes must be initia-
ted by Ministers, ii. 311, 366
how granted by Parliament, i. 453;
grant refused, 508; appropriation
of, ii. 42
temporary advances on government
responsibility, i. 455
- rights of the Commons concerning,
i. 457; ii. 20; rights of the Lords,
i. 458
permanent grants, i. 471; annual
charges, 472
preparation of the estimates, ii. 444
presentation of estimates, i. 473;
supplementary estimates, 474; of
committees to revise estimates,
475, 597; classification of esti-
mates, 480, 585 n.; Ministers
charged with moving estimates, ii.
366
- motions for reduction of expenditure,
i. 478; minor items of estimates
rejected by the House, 490; effect
of important amendments to the
estimates upon the position of
Ministers, ii. 403
-votes of credit, and votes on account,
i. 485; votes for payments within
the year, 571
votes in committee of ways and
i. 510
advances in anticipation of Appro-
priation Act, i. 511
all financial operations to be sub-
mitted to Parliament, i. 515
bills of supply and of appropriation.
surpluses on Army and Navy grants
available for deficiencies on similar
grants, i. 528
See also, Budget Committee of Sup-
ply; Public Money; Taxation;
Treasury
TAX BILLS, preceedings on, i. 525
Taxation, limits of prerogative in
regard to, i. 286, 427, 453
by Parliament, origin of, ii. 20
motions concerning, should proceed
from Ministers, i. 444; ministerial
scheme amended by Parliament,
451, 517
abstract resolutions on, proposed by
private members, i. 445
consists of annual and permanent
duties, i. 512
when new rates of duty may be
levied, i. 513; United States' prac-
tice, 514 n.
local, on public property, ii. 477
Technical Instruction, promotion of, ii.
Treaties, right of making, i. 609; func-
tion of Parliament in relation thereto,
610
Troops. See Army and Navy; China;
Indian Army; Magistrates
UNAUTHORISED expenditure by
Government, how dealt with by
Parliament, i. 546
Under secretaries of ministerial offices,
represent their departments in Par-
liament, ii. 256; do not vacate their
seats on appointment, 256; a limited
number, only, may sit in House of
Commons, 257; appointment of peers
to this office, 258 n.; their position
and duties, 369, 497
Unexpended balances of grants to be
repaid to Exchequer, i. 486, 569;
differences between the Board of
Works and the Board of Audit on
this point, 572
United States of America, working of
their democratic institutions, i. 17;
objectionable tenure of office therein,
379; judicial appointments and re-
movals therein, ii. 765
practice in regard to the levy
of new duties, i. 514 n.
VICTORIA, Queen, as a Sovereign,
i. 70, 187; her original predilec
tion for the Whigs, ii. 206; her
strict impartiality to all her
Ministers, 208
Volunteer Corps, formation and control
of, i. 323
Votes of censure, ii. 398
Votes of confidence, ii. 400
Votes of credit, and votes on account,'
i. 485; to be included in an Appro-
priation Act, 532
Votes of thanks for public services, i.
368..
Votes of want of confidence, ii. 395
WALCHEREN expedition, case of
the, i. 171, 332
Walpole, Sir R., his ministerial career,
ii. 110, 120; his methods of govern-
ment, 122; his downfall, 123
War, Secretary of State for, his office
described, ii. 530; his relations to-
wards the Commander-in-chief, 538,
547; recent proofs of the efficiency
of this department, ii. 178, 619.
War and peace, prerogative in relation
to, i. 598; how far controllable by
Parliament, ib.
Ways and Means.-See Supply
Wellington, Duke of, his administra-
tion, i. 114; plurality of offices held
by him in 1834, ii. 170; urges
Prince Albert to accept the office of
Commander-in-chief, 564
Westbury, Lord Chancellor, case of, i.
Whig families, their political influence,
i. 47; their claim to nominate the
king's Ministers, 60, 218, 220.-See
also Governing Families
Whippers-in, ii. 324
Wilde, Mr. H. S., case of, i. 424
William III. as a constitutional sove-
reign, i. 44; appoints the first parlia-
mentary administration, 45; ii. 86,
97; his speeches to Parliament, 291
William IV. as a constitutional sove-
reign, i. 185; ii. 202
William IV., his conduct in relation to
the Reform Bill, i. 65, 120
dismisses his Ministers upon insuffi-
cient grounds, i. 67
Witenagemot, its constitution and
powers, ii. 3
Woods, Forests, &c., office of, described,
ii. 483
Works, office of, described, ii. 473
Writ, issue of a new, on a member
accepting office, ii. 278, 285; on
elevation to the peerage, ib. 282; on
accepting the Chiltern Hundreds,
not to issue until expiry of time for
petitioning against the return, ii.
285
YEOMANRY Cavalry, vote to defray
the cost of drilling, i. 444
York, Duke of, enquiry into his official
conduct, i. 409
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