Limited monarchy. Type of monarchy in which the three powers are so fused that each serves as a check and balance to the others. Hereditary limited monarchy seems to be the best type of monarchy, because, apart from its stability, its legislative power is composed of two parts, each of which binds the other by their mutual ability to prevent each other from acting, and the two are held back by the executive power, which is limited in turn by the legislative. Such is the government of England, whose roots, perennially cut, perennially bloody, finally produced, after centuries, to the astonishment of the world, and equal mixture of freedom and royal power. In the other European monarchies with which we are familiar, the powers are not at all fused in this manner. Each monarchy divides the powers in its own way, which causes it to be closer or further from political liberty. It would appear that the Swedes have as much freedom as the Danes lack, while the monarchy of Russia is utterly despotic.