ernment of India as at present established, we
will therefore proceed to consider at once:
The general principles of the Constitution.
It will be useful to glance at the nature of the
checks imposed upon the power of the monarch
and of the guarantees for the freedom of the people
under the British Constitution.
The whole executive power is lodged in the
sovereign; all the appointments to offices in the
army and navy; all movements and dispositions
of those forces; all negotiation and treaty; the
power of making war; of forming alliances; all
nomination to offices ; the superintendence of the
whole judicial administration; the power of remission
 of sentence; the disbursement of the sums
voted by Parliament; all these are in the exclusive
 possession of the Crown. An ample revenue
is allotted for the support of the sovereign’s
dignity, and provision is made for all members of
the Royal Family. The sovereign chooses his own
ministers, and can alone create peers and confer
 honours, while he possesses extensive church
patronage.

On the other hand, the Houses of Parliament
can refuse their confidence in the ministers selected ;
they may refuse supplies (a matter entirely within
the powers of the House of Commons), and thus
prevent the carrying on of any war, and indeed
stop the whole course of government; this power