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CONTENTS

OF

THE FOURTH VOLUME.

CHAPTER X.

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The Irish Night

THE Flight of James known; great Agitation

The Lords meet at Guildhall

Riots in London.

The Spanish Ambassador's House sacked

Arrest of Jeffreys

The King detained near Sheerness

11

12

16

18

19

22

27

He is advised to assume the Crown by Right of Conquest

He calls together the Lords and the Members of the Parlia-

ments of Charles the Second

47

50

Reception of the Queen of England in France
Arrival of James at Saint Germains

State of Feeling in the United Provinces

Election of Members to serve in the Convention

Affairs of Scotland.

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63

65

67

69

70

Choice of a Speaker

Meeting of the Convention

Leading Members of the House of Commons

Debate on the State of the Nation

85

86

88

90

Resolution declaring the Throne vacant

93

It is sent up to the Lords

95

Debate in the Lords on the Plan of Regency.

96

Schism between the Whigs and the Followers of Danby

104

Meeting at the Earl of Devonshire's

107

Debate in the Lords on the Question whether the Throne

was vacant; Majority for the Negative; Agitation

in London

Negotiations; Letter of the Princess of Orange to Danby 112

The Princess Anne acquiesces in the Whig Plan

The Conference between the Houses

The Lords yield;.New Laws proposed for the Security of

Liberty

Disputes and Comprontise

The Declaration of Right

Arrival of Mary

Tender aru Acceptance of the Crown

Willian and Mary proclaimed; peculiar Character of the

139

140

The Members of the two Houses required to take the Oaths 172

Questions relating to the Revenue

174

Abolition of the Hearth Money

177

Repayment of the Expenses of the United Provinces; Mu-

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The Bill for settling the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy 246

The Bill for settling the Coronation Oath

264

State of Ireland at the Time of the Revolution; the civil

Power in the Hands of the Roman Catholics

280

The military Power in the Hands of the Roman Catholics;

Mutual Enmity between the Englishry and Irishry 284