CONTENTS
CHAPTER VI. | |
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The Power of James at the height | 13 |
His Foreign Policy | 14 |
His Plans of Domestic Government; The Habeas Corpus Act; The Standing Army | 15 |
Designs in favour of the Roman Catholic Religion | 17 |
Violation of the Test Act; Disgrace of Halifax | 22 |
General Discontent | 23 |
Persecution of the French Huguenots | 24 |
Effect of that Persecution in England | 27 |
Meeting of Parliament; Speech of the King | 27 |
An Opposition formed in the House of Commons | 28 |
Sentiments of Foreign Governments | 30 |
Committee of the Commons on the King's Speech | 31 |
Defeat of the Government | 35 |
Second Defeat of the Government; The King reprimands the Commons; Coke committed by the Commons for Disrespect to the King | 37 |
Opposition to the Government in the Lords; The Earl of Devonshire | 39 |
The Bishop of London; Viscount Mordaunt | 40 |
Prorogation; Trials of Lord Gerard and of Hampden | 43 |
Trial of Delamere | 45 |
Effect of his Acquittal | 47 |
Parties in the Court; Feeling of the Protestant Tories | 48 |
Publication of Papers found in the Strong Box of Charles II. | 50 |
Feeling of the respectable Roman Catholics | 51 |
Cabal of violent Roman Catholics; Castelmaine; Jermyn; White; Tyrconnel | 53 |
Feeling of the Ministers of Foreign Governments | 56 |