arties, 236;
on electoral reform in Prussia, 261.

--_Bund_. See Confederation of 1815 and North German Confederation.

--_Bundeskanzleramt_, 216.

--_Bundesrath_, composition, 217;
legal character, 218;
sessions and procedure, 219;
committees, 220;
powers and functions, 221-222.

--Caprivi, General von, chancellor, 233.

--Carlsbad Decrees, 248.

--Centre Party, rise, 230;
pivotal position, 235;
present position, 236-240.

--Chancellor, appointment, 213;
legal position, 214;
functions and powers, 215-217.

--Civil List, of king of Prussia, 253.

--Confederation of 1815, formation, 195;
character, 195-197;
terminated, 200.

--Committees, in German Bundesrath, 220;
in Reichstag, 226; in Prussian Landtag, 264.

--Conservative Party, rise, 229;
varying fortunes, 233-234;
present position, 236-240.

--Constitution, of Confederation of 1815, 194-196;
grants in various states, 197;
grant in Prussia, 199;
of the Empire, 202-204;
process of amendment, 209;
of Prussia, 250-252.

--Courts, regulated by Law of Judicial.
Organization, 243;
inferior tribunals, 243;
_Reichsgericht_, 244.

--Crown. See Emperor.

--Elections, of members of Reichstag, 224-225.

--Emperor, title, 210;
legal position and privileges, 211;
powers, 211-213;
relations with Chancellor, 214.

--Empire, established, 201;
constitution, 202-203;
nature, 203-207.

--Erfurt Programme, 239.

--Frankfort, seat of Diet, 195;
parliament of 1848, 198;
the _Fuerstentag_, 199.

--Gneist, Rudolph von, writings on government, 266.

--Gotha, congress at, 231.

--Guelf Party, 232.

--Hamburg, governmental system, 280-281.

--Hanoverian Party, 232.

--Hardenberg, Count von, establishes a ministry of state, 255.

--Holy Roman Empire, terminated, 193.

--_Kulturkampf_, 230.

--_Landgericht_, 243.

--_Landtag_, of Bavaria, 275-276.

--Law, character, 241-242.

--Legislation, powers, 221, 227-228;
methods, 219-220, 226-227.

--Luebeck, governmental system, 281.

--Metternich, Count, at Congress of Vienna, 195.

--Ministry, organization, 213-215.

--Napoleon I., changes wrought in Germany, 193-194.

--National Liberal Party, rise, 229;
preponderance, 230;
break-up, 233.

--North German Confederation, formation, 200;