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CONTENTS.
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The Place Bill 407
The Triennial Bill; 1693 411
The first Parliamentary Discussion on the Libeity of the Press 415
State of Ireland 428
The King refuses to pass the Triennial Bill 433
Ministerial Arrangements 436
The King goes to Holland; A Session of Parliament in Scotland 439
CHAPTER XX.
State of the Court of Saint Germains 444
Feeling of the Jacobites. Compounders and Non-Compounders 448
Change of Ministry at Saint Germains: Middleton 451
New Declaration put forth by James 454
Effect of the New Declaration 456
French preparations for the Campaign; Institution of the Order of Saint Lewis; Middleton's Account of Versailles 458
William's Preparations for the Campaign 461
Lewis takes the Field 462
Lewis returns to Versailles 463
Manoeuvres of Luxemburg 465
Battle of Landen 466
Miscarriage of the Smyrna Fleet 473
Excitement in London 476
Jacobite Libels: William Anderton 477
Writings and Artifices of the Jacobites 480
Conduct of Caermarthen 483
New Charter granted to the East India Company 484
Return of William to England: military Successes of France 486
Distress of France 487
A Ministry necessary to Parliamentary Government 492
The First Ministry gradually formed 494
Sunderland 495
Sunderland advises the King to give the preference to the Whigs; Reasons for preferring the Whigs 500
Chiefs of the Whig Party; Russell 502
Somers 503
Montague 506
Wharton 510