CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, C. F. CLAY, MANAGER. London: FETTER LANE, E.C. Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS. New York: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS. Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. [All Rights reserved.] REVOLUTION BEING THE PARTS ENTITLED PARLIAMENTARY COLBERTISM AND LAISSEZ FAIRE REPRINTED FROM THE GROWTH OF ENGLISH BY W. CUNNINGHAM, D.D., F.B.A. ARCHDEACON OF ELY Cambridge: vii CONTENTS. Parliament as Supreme Judge of Public Interest. Revolution, Parliament became supreme over economic affairs; but the House of Commons was not well fitted to exercise this responsibility judicially. Trading Companies had recourse to corrupt means of obtaining public support, and the Crown relied on similar means. The policy of so regulating trade, that it might react on industry, harmonised with Whig 210. Parliamentary Control of the Administration. The Whigs in the |