Public spirit under Elizabeth--Sports and Processions-England sends aid to the French Protestants-Scotland-Plans for Mary's marriage-Leicester and Darnley-Marriage of Mary and Darnley-The Reformers indignant at the marriage-Revolt of Murray and other nobles-Revolt suppressed, and the lords banished-Darnley and Riccio-Quarrels of the queen and Darnley-Plot against Riccio-Murder of Riccio-Birth of a Scottish prince-Ascendency of Bothwell-Darnley at the Kirk of Field-Assassination of Darnley -Mock trial of Bothwell-Mary carried off-Marriage of Mary and Bothwell-Mary surrenders to her nobles.

THE aspect of the English metropolis under the protestant government of Elizabeth is suggestive of the change that had taken place in the thoughts and habits of the people. In 1555, when we opened the "Diary of a Resident in London," we were following the traces of burnings and penances, of processions of the host and proclamations of the papal legate. We saw little of the salutary interference of the state with the ordinary concerns of life, in smoothing the road of industry by removal of unnatural barriers to prosperity; or in the association of municipal authority with central power for the establishment of laws that directly affected every member of the community by introducing economical reforms. In 1560, when the wise Council of Elizabeth had called in the base coin, which depreciation was now acknowledged