Bill of
Indemnity recommended by the King..... Birth of the Duke of
Gloucester..... Affairs of the Continent..... War declared
against France..... Proceedings in the Convention of
Scotland, of which the Duke of Hamilton is chosen
President..... Letters to the Convention from King William
and King James..... They recognise the authority of King
William..... They vote the Crown vacant, and pass an Act of
settlement in favour of William and Mary..... They appoint
Commissioners to make a Tender of the Crown to William, who
receives it on the conditions they propose..... Enumeration
of their Grievances..... The Convention is declared a
Parliament, and the Duke of Hamilton King's
Commissioner..... Prelacy abolished in that Kingdom..... The
Scots dissatisfied with the King's Conduct..... Violent
disputes in the Scotch Parliament..... which is
adjourned..... A Remonstrance presented to the King--The
Castle of Edinburgh besieged and taken-The Troops of King
William defeated at Killycrankie..... King James cordially
received by the French King..... Tyrconnel temporizes with
King William..... James arrives in Ireland..... Issues five
Proclamations at Dublin..... Siege of Londonderry..... The
Inhabitants defend themselves with surprising Courage and
Perseverance..... Cruelty of Rosene, the French General.....
The Place is relieved by Kirke..... The Inniskilliners
defeat and take General Maccarty..... Meeting of the Irish
Parliament..... They repeal the Act of Settlement..... Pass
an Act of Attainder against Absentees..... James coins base
Money..... The Protestants of Ireland cruelly oppressed.....
Their Churches are seized by the Catholics, and they are
forbid to assemble on pain of Death..... Admiral Herbert
worsted by the French Fleet in an Engagement near Ban-try-
bay..... Divers Sentences and Attainders reversed in
Parliament..... Inquiry into the Cause of Miscarriages in
Ireland..... Bills passed in this Session of Parliament._

STATE OF THE NATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REVOLUTION.

{1689}

The constitution of England had now assumed a new aspect. The maxim
of hereditary indefeisible right was at length renounced by a free
parliament. The power of the crown was acknowledged to flow from no
other fountain than that of a contract with the people. Al