+ Insincerity of the crown, 395 Modes in which factious minorities attain their objects, 395, 396 Court of ecclesiastical inquisition, 396, 397 The Sabbatarian controversy, 397 Designations of “Sabbath,' Commencement and duration of Sunday, 397 Observance of Sunday, 397 Amusements reprobated, 397 Recreations permitted and exercised, 397 Intolerance of religious sectaries, 397, 398 The Book of Sports, 398 Schisms among the clergy, 398 Principles of the Anglican Church, relative to the institution of Sunday, 398 Persecution of the Roman Catholics, 398 Popular efforts to arrive at the highest pitch of saintship and perfection, 399 "Independents" reject all ecclesiastical establishments, 399 Doctrines of the dissenters arrive at the height of extravagance and Dissenters coincided in the persecution of papacy, 400 Political systems of dissenters kept pace with their religious systems, 400 Disgraceful examination of privy councillors, 401 Bill of attainder against Strafford, 401 Argument of the solicitor-general in support of Strafford's attainder, 401 A faction is contemptible when opposed with vigour, but becomes for- Intimidation of the king by the commons, 402, 403 Execution of Strafford, 403 Illustration of the selfish character of Charles I., 403 Attempts by the commons to assume the executive power, 403, 525 Offensive and defensive preparations by the commons, 403 The remonstrance intitled an "Appeal to the People," 403, 404 Persecution of the bishops, 404 Anxiety of the commons to destroy the House of Lords, 404 Exemplifications of " Privilege of Parliament," as entertained by the commons, 404, 405 Seditious Petitions to Parliament, 405 From the city apprentices, porters, and beggars, 405 Pitiable situation of several thousands of females, 405 Modes in which Pym acquired his political power, 405, 406 The rank and intelligence of the country intimidated, 406, 407 Impeachment of the Bishops, 407 The bishops would not condescend to blow the trumpet of rebellion, 407 Heresies punishable with death, 407 Improper treatment of the Anglican clergy, 407 "Benefits" which arose from the abolition of episcopal jurisdiction, 408, 409 No sentiment, save that of the "meanest of the mean," ever found refuge in the breasts of puritanical ministers, 408 Puritanical Christian charity, 409 Under the puritans, controversy and intrigue usurped the place of pure religion, 409 Treasonable Acts of the Commons, 410, 525 INDEX. CHARLES I.-continued. Possession of the sword sought after by the commons, 410 Persecution of the king, 410 Command of the army assumed by the commons, 410 Propositions tendered to the king at York, 410, 411 The crown bound to assent to all bills offered by parliament, 411 Charles I., from having no party in the nation, by his concessions to par- Motives by which the royalists were actuated, 411 Declaration of the king to the peers in 1642, 412 The rank, intelligence, and property of the country, rallied round the Non-attendance of the members of the Houses of Lords and Commons, Illustrations of civil liberty, when administered by the "devoted friends CHARLES II.-vide DE LOLME-INTRODUCTION Reign of, 413-459, 525-527 Whoever has power, abuses it, 413 Popular leaders actuated by ambition, 413 The people are always the sufferers by revolutions in government, (Notes Republican liberty associated with uncompromising tyranny, (Note 5,) 415 Restoration of monarchy hailed as a national blessing, 417, 525, 526 Distinction between moral and party justice, 418 Doctrine of hereditary right, 418, 419 Act of Indemnity, 419 Termination of existing controversies, 418, 419 Parliament influenced by considerations of friendship or revenge, 419 Provisions in statute of attainder, (Note 7,) 420 Execution of the regicides, 420 Administration of Justice not essentially changed under the rebels, 420 Committee appointed to settle a revenue for the crown, 420 Revenues of Charles I. & II., 421 Partial relief from feudal tenures, 421, 526 Parliamentary revenue conferred on the crown, 421 Stat. 12 Charles II. c. 24, did not extend to inferior tenures, 421 Politicians seldom actuated but by selfish ambition, 421 × One moiety of the excise voted to the king in perpetuity, as a commutation for the feudal tenures, 422 Disbanding the Army, 422 Declaration from Breda, 422 Origin of the regular standing army, 422 Titles to Property, 423 Declaration from Breda, 423 Unfortunate situation of the royalists in respect of their properties, 423 Disputes respecting crown lands, &c., 423 The Parliament of 1661, p. 423 Dissolution of the convention parliament, 423, 424 Impolitic measures of parliament, 424 The negative voice, and the command of the army, inherent rights in Severe restrictions on the press, 424 Restoration of the bishops, 424, 425 Punishment of the Regicides, 425 Regicides who had surrendered themselves under the royal proclama- Duty of allegiance to the existing government, 425 INDEX. CHARLES II.-continued. Execution of Vane, and punishment of Lambert, 426 Justification by Vane of his conduct, 426 Charles II. declared by the judges to have been a king de facto from the death of his father, 426 Punishment of death executed upon Vane, 427 Imprisonment of Lambert, 427 Law, justice, or sense of honour, are practically held by popular assemblies in utter scorn, 427 X The Corporation Act, 427 Enactments contained in Stat. 13 Charles II. c. 1., Sess. 2, p. 427 Alterations effected in the municipal institutions, 427 × The Triennial Act, 428, 526 Unconstitutional address of the king to parliament, in 1664, p. 428 Religious Dissensions, 429 Christianity defined, 429 Evil effects of bigotry when associated with politics, 429 Last exhortation of Charles I. to his son, respecting the English Catholic church, 429 The Anglican church is between superstitious tyranny, and the meanness of fantastic anarchy, 429 The nation divided into three religious parties, 430 Liberty of conscience promised in the declaration of Charles II. from Restoration of rights to the ministers of the Anglican church, 430 Proposals of the Protestant dissenters, urging a general religious union, 431 Four preliminary requests, 431 Archbishop Usher's system of episcopal government, to be the groundwork of accommodation, 431 Parochial synod, 431 National synod, 432 Abolition of religious ceremonies, 432 General settlement of religious concerns, 432 Answer of the Anglican bishops, 432 Declaration of indulgence, 432, 433 Dissatisfaction of the Presbyterians, 433 Religious assembly at the Savoy, 433 The convocation of 1661, pp. 433, 434 Original powers and duties of the convocation, 434 Alterations made in the Common Prayer, 434 Authorized version of the Bible adopted, 434 Morning prayer, 434 Occasional prayers, 434 New collects, and "church" substituted for "congregation," 435 Exhortations in the communion service, 435 Baptism, and prayers to be used at sea, 435 Visitation of the sick, 435 Churching of women, 435 Forms of prayer ordered by proclamation, 435 No national church can exist, unless her, ministers be zealous advocates of the details of its services, 436 Act of Uniformity (13 & 14 Charles II. c. 4), 436 Objections to the declaration in the Act of Uniformity, 436 Dissenters cannot be recovered or reconciled by partial concessions, 437 Dispensation from the statutes of non-conformity to the Anglican CHARLES II.-continued. + The lords and commons justly suspect the king of treachery to the Roman Catholic priests ordered to quit the kingdom, 439 Conventicle Act, for the purpose of suppressing seditious conventicles The Five Mile Act (Stat. 17 Charles II. c. 2), 440 Impolicy of the statute, 440 Banishment of Clarendon, 440, 441 An address voted that the laws against non-conformists and papists The Conventicle Act (22 Charles II. c. 1), 441 Improper punishment of the non-conformists, 441 Suspension of penal laws in matters ecclesiastical, 441, 442 Dispensing powers of the king questioned by parliament, 442 Answer of the king, 442, 443 The commons vote the answer insufficient, 443 Test Act (Stat. 25 Charles II. c. 2), 443 Officers of the army required to take the oaths of allegiance and supre- Resolutions of the commons, that no person shall be capable for Effects of the Test Act, 444 Retirement of the duke of York from public affairs, 444 Roman Catholic peers made to retire from parliament (Stat. 30 Bill of exclusion against the duke of York rejected by the lords, 445 Original Jurisdiction in Civil Causes claimed by the House of Lords, 446 The lords have exercised an original jurisdiction in civil causes and Case of Shirley, 447 Privilege of the commons as to the selection of their speaker, 447, 448 Articles of impeachment, 448 Charges against Danby not comprehended in Stat. 25 Edward III. c. 2, It is doubtful whether charges not essentially high treason, can be made The king's right to pardon in cases of impeachment, 449 The commons command that no commoners shall maintain the validity The commons deny the right of the bishops to vote, 449 The crown, in cases of parliamentary impeachment, has a right to grant Privilege of the commons to impeach, before the House of Lords, any Penalties against a peer answering any accusation before the commons, Appropriation of Supplies, 451 The commons claim a right of investigating the mode in which public Election Writs to be issued by the Speaker during a Prorogation, 452 Corruption of the judicial bench and the ministers of justice, 452 Grand jury of Somerset summoned before the Court of King's Bench, INDEX. INDEX. CHARLES II.-continued. Attempts to restrain the freedom of the press, 453 General warrants issued to seize seditious libels, and apprehend their authors, 453 Habeas Corpus Act, 454, 455, 526 Judges assumed discretionary power in granting the writs of habeas The judges bound to receive bail in all bailable offences, 454 Penalties against a gaoler refusing a prisoner a copy of the warrant of Practice of sending persons out of the country before their trial, abolished, 455 Authority of the judges under Stat. 31 Charles II. c. 2, extended by 56 George III. c. 100, p. 455 The arbitrary discretion of any man, is the law of tyrants, 455 Quo Warranto Informations, 455 Every exertion made to acquire an uncontrolled influence over corporate cities, 455 Creation of "select bodies," 455, 466 Corporation Act of 1661 productive of mischief, 456 Alterations in municipal records in order to veil the illegal origin of "non-residents," 456 Charter to Liverpool in 1677, p. 456 Origin of the doctrine, that municipal charters may be granted and Modes in which surrenders of municipal charters were obtained, 457 A corporation having 6007. per annum advised by Jeffries to sur- Surrenders from thirteen boroughs procured by the carl of Bath, 457, 458 Attempts to create an Absolute Monarchy, 458 The plan of influencing the commons by bribes, reduced to a regular system, 458 Such practice was continued during the reign of William III., 458 Doctrine of passive obedience generally received, 459 Reign of Charles II. was the transitional state of the English constitution, 459 CHARTA, MAGNA-vide MAGNA CHARTA CHARTERS-vide MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS CHEATING, obtaining goods by false pretences, 1059, 1085 Obtaining money by assuming the name of another, 1041, et seq. 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