ht to arbitrary power, ix. 456.

Conscience, a tender one ought to be tenderly handled, vii. 54.

Constantine the Great, changes made by him in the internal
policy of the Roman Empire, vii. 220.

Constantinople, anecdote of the visit of an English country
squire to, v. 387.
anecdote of the Greeks at the taking of, vi. 96.

Constituents, in England, more in the spirit of the constitution
to lessen than to enlarge their number, i. 370.
their duty to their representatives, ii. 370.
compulsive instruction from them first rejected by Mr. Burke, iv. 95.
points in which they are incompetent to instruct their
representatives, vii. 74, 75.

Constitution, a, cannot defend itself, vi. 100.
consequences of disgracing the frame and constitution of
the state, vii. 103.
the English, a change in it, an immense and difficult operation,
i. 371, 520.
English, changes in it to be attempted only in times of general
confusion, i. 371.
eulogy on it, iii. 561; v. 210; vii. 100.
the whole scheme of it to prevent any one of its principles
from being carried to an extreme, iv. 207.
not struck out at a heat, iv. 209.
commendation of it by Montesquieu, iv. 212.
the only means of its subversion, what, v. 49, 52.

Constitutional Society, The, its nature and design, iii. 236.

Conti, Prince de, his character and conduct, iv. 436.

Contract, an implied, one, always, between the laborer and
his employer, v. 137.

Contracting parties, not necessary that they should have
different interests, v. 139.

Control and exercise of authority together contradictory, iv. 164.

Convocation of the clergy, though a part of the constitution,
now called for form only, ii. 226.

Conway, General, moves the repeal of the American Stamp Act, ii. 52.

Cornwallis, Lord, (Baron,) proceedings in his trial, xi. 30.

Cornwallis, Lord, (Marquis,) his evidence at the trial of
Warren Hastings, xii. 359.

Coronation oath, its obligations with respect to Roman Catholics, iv. 259.

Corporate bodies, their usefulness as instruments, iii. 441.
more under the direction of the state than private citizens, iii. 447.

Corruption, of nature and example, what the only security against, ii. 238.
in pecuniary matters, the suspicion of it how to be avoided, iii. 95.

Cossim, Ali Khan, his character and conduct, ix. 405.

Country, lore of, remarks on, xi. 422.

Credit and power incompatible, i.