CHAPTER IX.

Battle of Ramillies, in which the French are defeated.....
The Siege of Barcelona raised by the English fleet..... Prince
Eugene obtains a complete victory over the French at
Turin..... Sir Cloudesley Shovel sails with a reinforcement
to Charles king of Spain..... the king of Sweden marches
into Saxony..... The French King demands Conferences for a
Peace..... Meeting of the Scottish  Parliament..... Violent
Opposition to the Union..... The Scots in general averse to
the Treaty, which is nevertheless confirmed in their
Parliament..... Proceedings in the English Parliament.....
The Commons approve of the Articles of the Union..... The
Lords pass a Bill for the Security of the Church of
England..... Arguments used against the Articles of the
Union, which, however, are confirmed by Act of
Parliament..... The Parliament revived by Proclamation.....
The Queen gives audience to a Muscovite Ambassador.....
Proceedings in Convocation..... France threatened with total
Ruin..... The Allies are defeated at Almanza.....
Unsuccessful Attempt upon Toulon..... Sir Cloudesley Shovel
wrecked on the Rocks of Scilly..... Weakness of the Emperor
on the Upper Rhine..... Interview between the King of Sweden
and the Duke of Marlborough..... Inactive Campaign in the
Netherlands..... Harley begins to form a Party against the
Duke of Marlborough..... The Nation discontented with the
Whig Ministry..... Meeting of the first British
Parliament..... Inquiry into the State of the War in
Spain..... Gregg, a Clerk in the Secretary’s Office,
detected in a Correspondence with the French  Ministry.....
Harley resigns  his  Employments..... The   Pretender
embarks at Dunkirk for Scotland..... His design is
defeated..... State of the Nation at that Period.....
Parliament dissolved..... The French surprise Ghem and
Bruges..... They are routed at Oudenarde..... The Allies
invest Lisle..... They defeat a large Body of French Forces
at Wynendale..... The Elector of Bavaria attacks
Brussels..... Lisle surrendered..... Ghent taken, and Bruges
abandoned..... Conquest of Minorca by General Stanhope.....
Rupture between the Pope and the Emperor..... Death of
Prince George of Denmark..... The new Parliament
assembled..... Naturalization Bill..... Act of Grace.....
Disputes about the Muscovite Ambassador compromised.