THE DUKE OF LEEDS IMPEACHED. THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. THEY INQUIRE INTO THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE. THEY PASS AN ACT FOR ERECTING A TRADING COMPANY. PROCEEDINGS IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. DISPOSITION OF THE ARMIES. WILLIAM UNDERTAKES THE SIEGE OF NAMUR. FAMOUS RETREAT OF PRINCE VAUDEMONT. CAMPAIGN ON THE RHINE. THE DUKE OF SAVOY TAKES CASAL. TRANSACTIONS IN CATALONIA. THE ENGLISH FLEET BOMBARDS ST. MALOES, &c. EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES. A NEW PARLIAMENT. BILL FOR REGULATING TRIALS IN CASES OF HIGH-TREASON. RESOLUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO A NEW COINAGE. INTRIGUES OF THE JACOBITES. CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIFE OF WILLIAM. DESIGN OF AN INVASION DEFEATED. THE TWO HOUSES FORM AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEFENCE OF HIS MAJESTY. ESTABLISHMENT OF A LAND-BANK. THE ALLIES BURN THE MAGAZINE AT GIVET. LOUIS MAKES ADVANCES TOWARDS A PEACE WITH HOLLAND. NAVAL TRANSACTIONS. PROCEEDINGS IN THE PARLIAMENTS OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. ZEAL OF THE ENGLISH COMMONS IN THEIR AFFECTION TO THE KING. RESOLUTIONS TOUCHING THE COIN, &c. SIR JOHN FENWICK IS APPREHENDED, CONDEMNED, AND BEHEADED. EARL OF MONMOUTH SENT TO THE TOWER. INQUIRY INTO MISCARRIAGES BY SEA. NEGOTIATIONS AT RYSWICK. THE FRENCH TAKE BARCELONA. EXPEDITION OF ADMIRAL NEVIL TO THE WEST INDIES. THE ELECTOR OF SAXONY IS CHOSEN KING OF POLAND. THE CZAR OF MUSCOVY TrAVELS IN DISGUISE. CONGRESS AT RYSWICK. THE AMBASSADORS SIGN THE TREATY. A GENERAL PACIFICATION. CHAPTER VI. CHARACTERS OF THE MINISTERS. THE NUMBER OF STANDING FORCES REDUCED TO TEN THOUSAND. CIVIL LIST ESTABLISHED, &c. COGNIZANCE TAKEN OF FRAUDULENT ENDORSEMENTS OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. A NEW EAST INDIA COMPANY CONSTITUTED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. SOCIETY FOR THE REFOrMATION OF MANNERS. THE EARL OF PORTLAND RESIGNS. THE KING DISOWNS THE SCOTTISH TRADING COMPANY. HE EMBARKS FOR HOLLAND. FIRST TREATY OF PARTITION. INTRIGUES OF FRANCE AT THE COURT OF MADRID. THE COMMONS ADDRESS THE KING. THE SCOTTISH COMPANY MAKE A SETTLEMENT ON THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. REMONSTRANCES OF THE SPANISH COURT. THE COMMONS PERSIST IN THEIR RESOLUTIONS. INQUIRY INTO THE EXPEDITION Of CAPTAIN KIDD. INQUIRY INTO THE IRISH FORFEITURES. THE COMMONS PASS A BILL OF RESUMPTION. A SEVERE BILL PASSED AGAINST THE PAPISTS. LORD SOMERS DISMISSED. SECOND TREATY OF PARTITION. A FLEET SENT INTO THE BALTIC. SECOND TREATY OF PARTITION. THE FRENCH INTEREST PREVAILS AT THE COURT OF SPAIN. DEATH OF THE KING OF SPAIN. PHILIP ACKNOWLEDGED KING OF SPAIN. A NEW MINISTRY, AND A NEW PARLIAMENT. AN INTERCEPTED LETTER. SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN SETTLED. INEFFECTUAL NEGOTIATION with FRANCE. SEVERE ADDRESSES FROM BOTH HOUSES. WILLIAM IS OBLIGED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE KING OF SPAIN. EARL OF ORFORD, &c, IMPEACHED. DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES. THE IMPEACHED LORDS ACQUITTED. PETITION OF KENT. PROGRESS OF PRINCE EUGENE. SITUATION OF AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE MARITIME POWERS. DEATH OF KING JAMES.