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Cabal, use of the term in seven-
teenth century, 26
Cabinet, The, its actual and formal
character, 15 ; tardy recognition
of, 16 ; its accidental growth, 17 ;
attempt to check its development
in the Act of Settlement, 19 ;
its place in the Constitution, 21 ;
authorities on, 21 ; feeling to-
wards in eighteenth century, 24 ;
Parliamentary refusal to acknow-
ledge its existence, 27, 28 ; still
"unknown to the Constitution"
in 1851, 28 ; formally mentioned
in amendment to the address,
1900, 29 ; connection with Privy
Council, ib.; oath taken by
members of as Privy Councillors,
31 ; a secret committee, 34 ; in-
formality of its meetings, 38 ;
its secrets faithfully guarded,
39 ; its connection with the
Legislature, 48 ; assumed to be
the servant of the House of
Commons, 56 ; its control of
legislation, 62 : John Stuart Mill
on legislative initiative of, 68 ;
"a better institution" than
House of Commons according to
Lord Hugh Cecil, 79 ; its almost
unchecked control over executive
government, 81 ; Lord Rosebery
on, 82 ; its control of finance,
89 ; long apprenticeship required
for it, 100 ; its power to choose
its own time for appeal to elec-
torate, 106 ; Lord Salisbury's
letter on Cabinet and Commons,
113 ; its attitude towards Par-
liamentary groups, 123 ; charac-
ter of its members, 136 ; collec-
tive responsibility of, 140 ; dis-
agreements in, 143 ; M. Combes,
French Premier, on Cabinet
system, 145 ; Inner Cabinet, 163 ;
in eighteenth century, 164 ; partly
due to size of modern Cabinets,
165 ; only Inner Cabinet admitted
to complete knowledge of policy,
170 ; oligarchic character of
Cabinet, 185 seq.; wealth and
birth largely represented in, 188 ;
composition of recent Cabinets,
190 ; Lord Salisbury's and Lord
Rosebery's, 191 ; Cabinet Minis-
ters mostly men of leisure, un-
used to steady hard work, 196 ;
amateur administrators, 201 ;
real check on Cabinet, not the
House of Lords, 223 and Introd.,
xvi ; relations of Sovereign with,
265 seq.
Cabinet, American, 138, 154
Cabinet "claims," Mr. Gladstone
and Lord Derby on, 168
Cabinet Council, early use of the
name, 26 ; by Bacon, ib.; by
Clarendon, ib.; in Trenchard,
27 ; long regarded with dislike,
ib.; attempt to move vote of
censure on in Lords, ib.; not
recognised by law, 28 ; meetings
of, 37 ; procedure at, 38 ; pre-
sence of Sovereign at, 42 ; com-
plaint of their infrequency in
1901, 171 ; Sir Michael Hicks-
>Beach on substitutes for, 171 n.
Cabinet dinners, 180
Cabinet, French, 41, 43 n., 145,
154
Cabinet Ministers. See Cabinet,
Cabinet Council, and Ministers,
responsibility of
Cabinet Minutes, 39
Canadian Constitution, 2, 293
Canning, George, 97, 160, 188
Cecil, Lord Hugh, on Cabinet as
"a better institution" than
Commons, 80
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J., 65, 82,

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Governance of England. Contributors: Sidney Low - author. Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1904. Page Number: 314.
    
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