Chapter 13

Dismissal of Lord Palmerston.--Theory of the Relation between the Sovereign and the Cabinet.--Correspondence of the Sovereign with French Princes.--Russian War.--Abolition of the Tax on Newspapers.--Life Peerages.--Resignation of two Bishops.--Indian Mutiny.--Abolition of the Sovereign Power of the Company.--Visit of the Prince of Wales to India.--Conspiracy Bill.--Rise of the Volunteers.--National Fortifications.--The Lords Reject the Measure for the Repeal of the Paper-duties.--Lord Palmerston's Resolutions.--Character of the Changes during the last Century.

INDEX.

CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.