CONTENTS,

IX

PAGR

Intrigues of Rochester in favour of Catharine Sedley • . . 304

Decline of Rochester’s Influence.. . 307

Caslelmaine sent to Rome; the Huguenots ill treated by James . 310

The Dispensing Power. 314

Dismission of refractory Judges.. . 315

Case of Sir Edward Hales ..317

Roman Catholics authorised to hold Ecclesiastical Benefices;

Sclater; Walker .. 319

The Deanery of Christchurch given to a Roman Catholic . . 320

Disposal of Bishoprics.321

Resolution of James to use his Ecclesiastical Supremacy against

the Church ; his Difficulties.322

He creates a new Court ol High Commission.320

Proceedings against the Bishop of London ..... 330

Discontent excited by the public Display of Roman Catholic Riles

and Yestinents. 331

Riots.333

A Camp formed at Hounslow <•••.«.. 335

Samuel Johnson.. . . . 336

Hugh Speke.. 338

Proceedings against Johnson. 339

Zeal of the Anglican Clergy against Popery.340

Controversial Writings. . . 341

The Roman Catholic Divines overmatched ..... 343

Stale of Scotland.344

Queensberrv; Perth; Melfort; their Apostasy .... 346

Favour shown to the Roman Catholic Religion in Scotland . . 347

Riots at Edinburgh ..34S

Anger of the King.349

His Plans concerning Scotland; Deputation of Scotch Privy Coun-cillors sent to London.350

Their Negotiations with the King; Meeting of the Scotch Estates;

they prove refractory ........ 352

They arc adjourned; arbitrary System of Government in Scotland 357

Ireland; slate of the Law on the Subject of Religion . . . 359

Hostility o( Races.360

The aboriginal Peasantry. .361

The aboriginal Aristocracy. 362

Slate of the English Colony ........ 364

Course which James ought to have followed.366

His Errors ..369

Clarendon arrives in Ireland as Lord Lieutenant; his Mortifica-tions . ..... 371

Panic among the Colonists.372

Arrival of Tyrconnel at Dublin as General; his Partiality and

Violence ..375

He is bent on the Repeal of the Act of Settlement .... 377