JAMES had delusive hopes of many Officers in the English
Fleet, particularly Rear Admiral Carter, previous to the
Battle of La Hogue; the obstacles mentioned which op-
posed his success

Before JAMES embarked at Caen in Normandy, in April, he
makes his Son a Knight of the Garter, known afterwards
by the name of the CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE, bestowing
the Garter at the same time on the Duke of Powis, the
Earl of Melfort, and the Count de Lausune

The French Fleet under Mons. Tourville is beaten off La Hogue He neglects to follow the advice of JAMES when the French Ships were aground

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493, 494

TINDAL, in his Reign of King WILLIAM, (Vol. 17. p. 268.) observes, "Monsieur du Larey in his Histoire sous Louis XIV. says, That when the Fog was dissipated, Monsieur Tourville was surprised to find it was the whole English and Dutch United Fleet which he was going to engage, whereas before he imagined it was only part of it. But however, considering that an hasty retreat would bring his Fleet in to such a confusion as might prove more hazardous than a Battle, he continued his Orders for the Engagement." TINDAL adds, (p. 277.) "On Monday the 23d of May, he (the English Admiral) sent in Mr. Rooke, then Vice Admiral of the Blue, with a Squadron, fire ships, and the Boats of the Fleet..... The Boats burnt six of them that night, and about eight the next morning, the other seven were set on fire, together with several Transport Ships, and some small Vessels with ammunition.

Thus at La Hogue and Cherbourg were burnt two Ships of 104 guns each, one of 90, two of 80, four of 76, four of 60, and two of 56 guns.... According to a relation which we find in Kennet, the French lost Five great Ships in the Fight; in the whole 21 of their biggest Ships were destroyed, besides the two Frigates and other small Vessels. On our side not one Ship was lost, but the Fire

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Ships..... In the French Fleet were not above Fifty Ships
from 104 to 56 guns. Father Daniel and Monsieur Fourbin
say but forty-four.

Resignation and firmness of JAMES His Letter to the
Abbé de la Trappe

Soon after the return of JAMES to France, his Queen is de-
livered, June 28, of a Daughter, LOUISE MARY
JAMES in great measure resigns himself, with cheerfulness
and patience, to a life of Meditation and Solitude
"However this hinder'd not a due attention to any occa-
sion, which Providence might offer to the regaining his
right; he knew how to reconcile the suffring with Patience,
the ill success of his endeavours with a due perseverance in
them" Continues his Correspondence with England
Mission of M. Cary, a Priest, to England
Correspondence kept on foot with Admiral Russel

Admiral Russel, thanked by the Commons, is dismissed from his command by King WILLIAM

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497

498

499

500

ib.

ib.

Lord Churchill after the Battle of La Hogue continues his professions of service to JAMES

He is sent to the Tower with Lord Huntingdon, &c.

1693.

Cary returns from England in January, with eight Proposals from the Jacobite Lords

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JAMES writes to Lord Middleton, Jan. 12, and agrees to the proposals which had been sent

502

Lord Middleton sends over a Declaration which had been drawn up according to the Articles sent, and afterwards comes into France - JAMES publishes the Declaration, April 17

JAMES justifies himself for signing this Declaration, and for submitting to such hard terms; taken from the ninth volume of His Own Memoirs

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JAMES was pressed to publish this Declaration by his Minister
Lord Melfort

The Questions which Lord Melfort put to four English
Divines, Sanders, Betham, Inness, and Fenwick, respecting
the Promises which JAMES might be allowed to make
Their Reply

507

Opinion of the Bishop of Meaux, who had also been con

sulted

ib.

509

ib.

510

511

512

JAMES expresses his own opinion respecting the Declaration,
in a Letter to the Abbé de la Trappe in December
This Declaration is not successful - Causes assigned
Lord Middleton is blamed for transmitting such harsh
posals to JAMES

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Lord Churchill's Letter to JAMES, August 23
The Church of England Party the Bishops of Norwich,
Bath and Wells, Ely, and Peterborough, together with
the Marques of Worcester, the Earl of Clarendon and
other Noblemen, desire JAMES "not to make any further
engagements to the Republicans, whose designes, they said,
in the bottom were to destroy the Monarchy"

The French Court is unwilling to avail itself of the opportunity, which their success over the Allies at Landen, Marsaglia, Charleroy, Roses, and Heidelberg, and the defeat of the English Smyrna Fleet in Lagos Bay presented, to interfere in behalf of JAMES

1694.

Admiral Russel being restored to the command of the English

Fleet, JAMES sends his agent Mr. Lloyd privately from

ib.

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516

St. Germains to the Admiral, about the middle of March Account of what passed during that Mission, and of the intelligence which JAMES received

Lord Churchill's Letter

He writes again on the 28th of February

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Account of what passed in an Interview, which King WILLIAM

had with Lord Shrewsbury

Lord Churchill sends notice, May 4, to JAMES, of King
WILLIAM's design on Brest

The attack upon Brest, June 8, fails
Admiral Russel is suspected of being allowed by King
WILLIAM to delude JAMES

Extraordinary escape of some thousands of JAMES's adhe-
rents, who, in expectation of his landing, had enlisted men
and bought arms Suspicion of the English Government
respecting them, which induces some credit to be given to
a Plot in Lancashire and Cheshire

Death of QUEEN MARY, Dec. 28

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523

ib.

ib.

525

What passed in the mind of JAMES, on hearing of his
Daughter's death; his letter on that subject to the ABBE
DE LA TRAPPE

ib.

1695.

King WILLIAM orders one Golding, who had received a
Commission from JAMES to act as a Privateer, to be pro-
secuted for Piracy, and he is accordingly hanged
JAMES having in vain at the solicitation of his adherents
and from a regard for his Son, made every exertion in
his power to maintain what he believed to be his rights,
determines to retire for a time from all worldly avocation,
to the celebrated Convent of La Trappe

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528-530

1696.

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At the beginning of this year, JAMES is again urged by his
friends and adherents, on the disagreement of the Parlia-
ment with King WILLIAM, to make another attempt on
England

Louis XIV. being favourable, JAMES at last yields to their
wishes, and prepares his Declaration for the Calais Expe-
dition
Opinion of the Earl of Middleton respecting it, who had
succeeded Lord Melfort as sole Secretary of State
JAMES, perplexed with the diversity of opinions that prevailed
respecting his Declaration, leaves St. Germains for Calais,
Feb. 28

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532

534

536

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536-545

The Expedition is ruined by thus giving too early an alarm
The obloquy which the ill success of this Expedition drew on
JAMES, as if he had consented to, or approved a designed
attempt upon the Prince of Orange's person" answered
and refuted An account of the manner in which the
Expedition was planned, from the ninth volume of James's
Own Memoirs
The whole design on the part of the French, in appearing to
countenance the Expedition, was probably intended as a
feint in order to make a junction of their Fleets
The subject renewed respecting an attempt that was made
on the Life of the Prince of Orange, which was done
without the knowledge of JAMES Sir G. Berkley's

relation

545

545-552

James's real design of landing in England was thus frus

The manner in which the attempt on King WILLIAM came to be discovered

553

ib.

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