CONTENTS

O E V O L U M E VIII.

CHAPTER XXI. 1’iifc'o

Effect of Mary’s death on the Continent.1

Death of Luxemburg.3

Distress of William.

Parliamentary proceedings: emancipation of the press ... 4

Death of Halifax.

Parliamentary inquiries into the corruption of the public offices . 0

Vote of censure on the Speaker of the House of Commons . • 14

Foley elected Speaker.L r>

Inquiry into the accounts of the East India Company . . • ib .

Suspicious dealings of Seymour.

Bill against Sir Thomas Cook.

Inquiry by a joint committee of Lords and Commons ... 18

Impeachment of Leeds.20

Di3graco of Leeds. 25

Lords Justices appointed.20

Keconciliation between William and the Princess Anne , . . ib.

Jacobite plots against William’s person.30

Charnock.32

Porter. ib .

Goodman.33

Parkyns. ib>

Fenwick. ib»

Session of the Scottish Parliament.34

Inquiry into the slaughter of Glencoe.35

War in the Netherlands: Marshal Villeroy.44

Thq Duke of Maine ..4G

Jacobite plots against the government during William’s absence . 47

Siege of Namur.40

Surrender of the town of Namur.53

Surrender of the Castle of Namur.50