THE

CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND.

THE

CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND;

OR,

AN ACCOUNT OF

THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT;

IN WHICH IT IS COMPARED BOTH WITH THE

REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT,

AND THE

OTHER MONARCHIES IN EUROPE

BY

JOHN LOUIS DE LOLME, L.L.D., ADVOCATE,

CITIZEN OF GENEVA.

A New Edition, Dedicated to the King,

WITH PREFACE, SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES, AND INDEX,

BY

WILLIAM HUGHES HUGHES, Esq. M.P. F.S.A. F.L.S.
BARRISTER AT LAW, OF THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF LINCOLN'S INN;
ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY
MIDDLESEX, AND CITIES OF WESTMINSTER AND OXFORD;
A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS; &c. &c.

OF

Ponderibus librata suis-

OVID. Met. Lib. i. v. 13.

LONDON:

J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY;

H. SLATTER; I. VINCENT; OXFORD.

1834.

[ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.]

LONDON:

IBOTSON AND PALMER, PRINTERS, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.

TO THE

KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

SIRE,

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I am emboldened to inscribe to your Majesty new and extended edition of the most approved Treatise which has yet appeared on the Constitution of England, by the circumstance, that its Author, most appropriately, dedicated to your Majesty's illustrious Father the Edition of his work which had received his last corrections in the year 1784.

That the mild and paternal sway of your Majesty may be long and prosperously continued over a loyal and grateful people,-is the sincere and ardent prayer of,

Sire,

FOUR MAJESTY'S

Most humble and devoted Subject,

W. HUGHES HUGHES.

Ryde, Isle of Wight, Jan. 1, 1834.