CONTENTS

OF VOLUME IV.

CHAPTER XI. Page

William and Mary proclaimed in London.1

Rejoicings throughout England.2

Rejoicings in Holland. ib.

Discontent of the clergy and of the army.3

Reaction of public feeling.5

Temper of the Tories . 7

Temper of the Whigs • • ... • 10

Ministerial arrangements.12

William his own minister for foreign affairs.14

Danby. 15

Halifax . , . 16

Nottingham. 18

Shrewsbury.18

The Board of Admiralty.20

The Board of Treasury. ib.

The Great Seal.21

The Judges.22

The household. 23

Subordinate appointments. 26

The Convention turned into a Parliament.27

The members of the two Houses required to take the oaths . . 31

Questions relating to the Revenue.33

Abolition of the hearth money.36

Repayment of the expenses of the United Provinces .... 37

Mutiny at Ipswich. 38

The first Mutiny Bill.42

Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.47

Unpopularity of William.48

Popularity of Mary. 52

The Court removed from Whitehall to Hampton Court ... 54

The Court at Kensington.58

William’s foreign favourites. ib.

General maladministration.60

Dissensions among men in office.63