hole, 123;
select and sessional, 124;
standing, 124-125;
procedure on public bills, 133-134;
on money bills, 135-136;
on private bills, 137.

--Common Law, 167-168.

--Common Pleas, Court of, 17, 174.

--Commonwealth, 29.

--_Commune Concilium_, 7.

--Conservative Party, origin of name, 147;
mid-century ministries, 148-150;
Salisbury ministries, 151-153;
defeat in 1906, 157;
signification of nomenclature, 162;
present-day issues, 163;
composition, 164.

--Constitution, Anglo-Saxon foundations, 2-5;
influenced by Norman Conquest, 6-8;
in the Tudor period, 18-26;
in the Stuart period, 26-33;
elements of stability and change, 34;
development since seventeenth century, 34-41;
elusiveness, 41;
law and conventions, 42-43;
flexibility and amendment, 44-47.

--Conventions, in English constitution, 43.

--Corn Laws, repeal, 147.

--Corrupt and Illegal Practices Act, 95-96.

--County, franchise before 1832, 79;
franchise broadened in 1832, 82;
franchise liberalized in 1867 and 1884, 84;
court of, 171;
organization before 1832, 176-177;
reform by Local Government Act of 1888, 180;
present administrative organization, 183;
council and its functions, 183-184.

--Court of Appeals, 174.

--Courts, beginnings of great tribunals, 17;
county, 171;
justices of the peace, 171-172;
High Court, 173;
Court of Appeals, 174;
House of Lords, 130;
Judicial Committee of Privy Council, 175.

--Cromwell, Oliver, 29-30.

--Crown, in Anglo-Saxon times, 3;
effects of Norman Conquest on, 6;
independence under the Tudors, 21;
character under early Stuarts, 26;
abolished in 1640, 30;
restoration, 30;
regulated by Bill of Rights, 32-33;
decreased powers since seventeenth century, 35;
theoretical position, 48;
rules of succession, 49;
regencies, 50;
privileges, 50-52;
the prerogative, 52;
executive powers, 53-55;
legislative powers, 55;
veto, 56;
relations with ministry, 56-57;
actual service, 58;
reasons for survival, 59.

--Disraeli, Benjamin, prime minister, 150.

--District, rural, 184;
urban, 186.

--District and Parish Councils Act of 1894, 180.

--Edward I., and rise of Parliament, 12-13.

--Edward II., statute concerning Parliament, 15.

--Elections, writs,