Incompatibility of royal and papal claims 58 The Congregation meets, June 1666 61 The Remonstrance rejected 62 Why the Congregation failed 64 CHAPTER XLIV GOVERNMENT OF ORMONDE, 1665-1668 Irish Parliament dissolved 67 Mutiny at Carrickfergus 68 Partial exclusion of Irish cattle 69 The Canary Company 70 Disputes on the cattle question 72 Irish cattle excluded and voted a public nuisance 74 Evil effects of exclusion policy 77 Ireland retaliates on Scotland 79 The first Dutch war--coast defence 81 Fall of Clarendon 84 Ormonde and Orrery 86 Recall of Ormonde 87 CHAPTER XLV ROBARTES AND BERKELEY, 1669-1672 Lord Robartes made Lord Lieutenant 89 The Tories 90 Ossory and Robartes 92 Character of Robartes 94 Attempt to impeach Orrery 96 Lord Berkeley and his Secretary 99 Recusants indulged--Oliver Plunket 100 Blood tries to kidnap Ormonde 102 Attacks on the Act of Settlement 102 Lady Clanbrassil 104 The dispensing power 105 Riots in Dublin--Bloody Bridge 106 CHAPTER XLVI GOVERNMENT OF ESSEX, 1672-1677 Essex reaches Ireland 108 Dublin agitators 110 Essex protects Phoenix Park 111 Provincial presidencies suppressed 112 Intolerance of the English Parliament 113 Charles II. submits 114 Agreement of Essex and Ormonde 116 Financial abuses--Ranelagh 119 Ormonde restored to favour 121 And to the Lord Lieutenancy 123 CHAPTER XLVII GOVERNMENT OF ORMONDE, 1677-1685 Revenue troubles 125 Scramble for land 126 Oates's plot 127 Ormonde and Orrery 129 Intrigues of Shaftesbury 130