CONTENTS
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| PAGE. | |
| The Power of James at the height | 13 |
| His Foreign Policy | 14 |
| His Plans of Domestic Government; The Habeas Corpus Act; The Standing Army | 15 |
| Designs in favour of the Roman Catholic Religion | 17 |
| Violation of the Test Act; Disgrace of Halifax | 22 |
| General Discontent | 23 |
| Persecution of the French Huguenots | 24 |
| Effect of that Persecution in England | 27 |
| Meeting of Parliament; Speech of the King | 27 |
| An Opposition formed in the House of Commons | 28 |
| Sentiments of Foreign Governments | 30 |
| Committee of the Commons on the King's Speech | 31 |
| Defeat of the Government | 35 |
| Second Defeat of the Government; The King reprimands the Commons; Coke committed by the Commons for Disrespect to the King | 37 |
| Opposition to the Government in the Lords; The Earl of Devonshire | 39 |
| The Bishop of London; Viscount Mordaunt | 40 |
| Prorogation; Trials of Lord Gerard and of Hampden | 43 |
| Trial of Delamere | 45 |
| Effect of his Acquittal | 47 |
| Parties in the Court; Feeling of the Protestant Tories | 48 |
| Publication of Papers found in the Strong Box of Charles II. | 50 |
| Feeling of the respectable Roman Catholics | 51 |
| Cabal of violent Roman Catholics; Castelmaine; Jermyn; White; Tyrconnel | 53 |
| Feeling of the Ministers of Foreign Governments | 56 |
