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joins Opposition. - His Character. - War becomes
unpopular. Peace with Holland. - Ruin of the
Cabal
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CHAPTER IV.
Prorogation for Fourteen Months. — Temple's advice to
the King. A Parliament.- Lord Russell moves an
Impeachment against Lord Danby.- Non-resisting
Test Bill.- Motion for a Dissolution of Parliament.
-Fails of Success. Another Long Prorogation..
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Motion on the Danger of Flanders.-Letter of Lady
Vaughan to Lord Russell. - Address from the Com-
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Mission of Lord
Duras to Paris. Meeting of Parliament. - Speech
of Mr. Sacheverel. Motion of Sir Gilbert Gerrard,
seconded by Lord Russell. Hesitation of the King.
He concludes a Secret Treaty with France.
General Peace.
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CHAPTER VII.
Popish Plot. - Coleman's Letters. - Motion against the
Duke of York. - Impeachment of Lord Danby.-
Prorogation and Dissolution of Parliament. -- Letter
of Lord Russell
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CHAPTER VIII.
Elections.- Meeting of Parliament.
Choice of a
Speaker. Impeachment of Lord Danby. He sur
renders himself. - Quarrel between the Houses. —
Character of Danby's Administration.-New Council.
-Lord Russell a Member of it.Its Inefficacy.-
Limitations on a Popish Successor proposed by the
King. Exclusion Bill.
Prorogation.
Habeas
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CHAPTER IX.
Insurrection in Scotland.-Parliament dissolved. -
Execution of Langhorne. — Trial of Sir G. Wakeman.
King's Illness. Return of the Duke of York.-
Disgrace of Monmouth and Shaftesbury. Proro-
gation of Parliament. Meal-Tub Plot. - Retire-
ment of Essex and Halifax. Their Characters.-
Petitions for the Meeting of Parliament. - Abhorring
Addresses. Whigs and Tories. Character of the
Parties so called
VOL. I.
CHAPTER X.
Charge against the popular Party, of receiving Money
from France. Algernon Sydney
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CHAPTER XI.
Lord Russell leaves the Council. Black Box. Elec-
tion of Sheriffs. - Duke of York indicted as a Re-
cusant. He goes to Scotland. Monmouth's Pro-
gress. Meeting of Parliament. - Violence against
those who had promoted the Abhorring Addresses.
Lord Russell seconds a Motion for bringing in the Ex-
clusion Bill. Reasons in favour of it. - Debates in
the Commons.-The Bill passes through a Committee.
Message from the Crown. - Exclusion Bill passed
by the House of Commons, and carried up by Lord
Russell to the House of Lords. It is thrown out.
Observations on it by Mr. Fox
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CHAPTER XIL
Disappointment of the Commons.
Address to the
Throne. Trial of Lord Stafford. Doubts started Throne.-Trial
by the Sheriffs respecting his Execution. Bill of
Association moved by Lord Cavendish. - The King
asks for Supplies. — Answer of the Commons. — En-
quiry into the Conduct of the Judges. — Impeachment
against Chief-Justice Scroggs. - Disputes between the
the King and the House of Commons, on the Subject
of the Exclusion Bill.-Prorogation and Dissolution.
Elections
229
CHAPTER XIII.
Parliament summoned to Oxford.- King's Speech.
Fitzharris's Plot. Exclusion Bill. - Dissolution.
King's Declaration. Answer of the Whigs.
Prince of Orange comes to England. - Execution of
Fitzharris
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