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VIII

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VI.

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The Power of James at the Height in the Autumn of 1685 . . 236

His Foreign Policy.237

His Plans of Domestic Government; the Habeas Corpus Act; the

Standing Army.238

Designs in favour of tne Roman Catholic Religion .... 240

Violation of the Test Act ..245

Disgrace of Halifax.246

General Discontent.• 247

Persecution of the French Huguenots.248

Effect of that Persecution in England.251

Meeting of Parliament; Speech of the King.252

An Opposition formed in the House of Commons . 253

Sentiments of Foreign Governments ...... .255

Committee of the Commons on the King’s Speech .... 257

Defeat of the Government.260

Second Defeat of the Government. 262

The King reprimands the Commons; Coke committed by the

Commons for Disrespect to the King.263

Opposition to the Government in the Lords; the Earl of Devon-shire .265

The Dishop of London .266

Viscount Mordaunt.267

Prorogation.269

Trials of Lord Gerard and of Hampden.270

Trial of Delamere.272

Effect of his Acquittal.274

Parties in the Court.275

Feeling of the Protestant Tories.276

Publication of Papers found in the Strong Box of Charles the Se-cond .278

Feeling of the respectable lloman Catholics.279

Cabal of violent ltoman Catholics; Castelmaine*, Jermyn; While 281

Tyrconnol. 282

Feeling of the Ministers of Foreign Governments . • • 285

The Pope and the Order of Jesus opposed to each other; the

Order of Jesus ..287

Father Pelre.294

The King’s Temper and Opinions.295

The King encouraged in bis Errors by Sunderland . • . 297

Perfidy of Jeffreys ... .3W)

Godolphin; the Queen; Amours of the King. 3fll

Catharine Sedley.. . 302