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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second
Volume II
(Chapters VI-X)
by Thomas Babington Macaulay

CHAPTER VI
The Power of James at the Height--His Foreign Policy--His Plans of
Domestic Government; the Habeas Corpus Act--The Standing Army-
-Designs in favour of the Roman Catholic Religion--Violation of the
Test Act--Disgrace of Halifax; general Discontent-- Persecution of the
French Huguenots--Effect of that Persecution in England--Meeting of
Parliament; Speech of the King; an Opposition formed in the House of
Commons--Sentiments of Foreign Governments--Committee of the
Commons on the King's Speech-- Defeat of the Government--Second
Defeat of the Government; the King reprimands the Commons--Coke
committed by the Commons for Disrespect to the King--Opposition to
the Government in the Lords; the Earl of Devonshire--The Bishop of
London--Viscount Mordaunt--Prorogation--Trials of Lord Gerard and
of Hampden-- Trial of Delamere--Effect of his Acquittal--Parties in the
Court; Feeling of the Protestant Tories--Publication of Papers found in
the Strong Box of Charles II.--Feeling of the respectable Roman

Catholics--Cabal of violent Roman Catholics; Castlemaine--Jermyn;
White; Tyrconnel--Feeling of the Ministers of Foreign
Governments--The Pope and the Order of Jesus opposed to each
other--The Order of Jesus--Father Petre--The King's Temper and
Opinions--The King encouraged in his Errors by Sunderland-- Perfidy
of Jeffreys--Godolphin; the Queen; Amours of the King-- Catharine
Sedley--Intrigues of Rochester in favour of Catharine Sedley--Decline
of Rochester's Influence--Castelmaine sent to Rome; the Huguenots
illtreated by James--The Dispensing Power-- Dismission of Refractory
Judges--Case of Sir Edward Hales--Roman Catholics authorised to hold
Ecclesiastical Benefices;--Sclater; Walker--The Deanery of
Christchurch given to a Roman Catholic-- Disposal of
Bishoprics--Resolution of James to use his Ecclesiastical Supremacy
against the Church--His Difficulties--He creates a new Court of High
Commission--Proceedings against the Bishop of London--Discontent
excited by the Public Display of Roman Catholic--Rites and
Vestments--Riots--A Camp formed at Hounslow--Samuel
Johnson--Hugh Speke--Proceedings against Johnson--Zeal of the
Anglican Clergy against Popery--The Roman Catholic Divines
overmatched--State of Scotland--Queensberry-- Perth and
Melfort--Favour shown to the Roman Catholic Religion in
Scotland--Riots at Edinburgh--Anger of the King; his Plans concerning
Scotland--Deputation of Scotch Privy Councillors sent to
London--Their Negotiations with the King --Meeting of the Scotch
Estates; they prove refractory--They are adjourned; arbitrary System of
Government in Scotland--Ireland--State of the Law on the Subject of
Religion--Hostility of Races--Aboriginal Peasantry; aboriginal
Aristocracy--State of the