CHAPTER VIII.

The Commons revive the Bill against occasional
Conformity..... Conspiracy trumped up by Simon Fraser, Lord
Lovat..... The Lords present a Remonstrance to the Queen.....
The Commons pass a Vote in favour of the Karl of
Nottingham..... Second Remonstrance of the Lords.....
Further Disputes between the two Houses..... The Queen
grants the first Fruits and the tenths to the poor
Clergy..... Inquiry into Naval Affairs..... Trial of
Lindsay..... Meeting of the Scottish Parliament..... Violent
Opposition to the Ministry in that Kingdom..... Their
Parliament pass the Act of Security..... Melancholy Situation
of the Emperor’s Affairs..... The duke of Marlborough
marches at the head of the Allied Army into Germany..... He
defeats the Bavarians at Schellenberg..... Fruitless
Negotiation with the Elector of Bavaria..... The
Confederates obtain a complete Victory at Hochstadt..... Siege
of Landau..... The Duke of Marlborough returns to
England..... State of the War in different parts of
Europe..... Campaign in Portugal..... Sir George Rooke takes
Gibraltar, and worsts the French Fleet in a Battle off
Malaga..... Session of Parliament in England..... An Act of
Alienation passed against the Scots..... Manor of Woodstock
granted to the Duke of Marlborough..... Disputes between the
two Houses on the Subject of the Aylesbury Constables.....
The Parliament dissolved..... Proceedings in the Parliament
of Scotland..... They pass an Act for a Treaty of Union with
England..... Difference between the Parliament and
Convocation in Ireland..... Fruitless Campaign on the
Moselle..... The Duke of Marlborough forces the French lines
in Brabant..... He is prevented by the Deputies of the States
from attacking the French Army..... He visits the Imperial
Court of Vienna..... State of the War on the Upper Rhine, in
Hungary, Piedmont, Portugal, and Poland..... Sir Thomas
Dilkes destroys part of the French Fleet, and relieves
Gibraltar..... The Earl of Peterborough and Sir Cloudesley
Shovel reduce Barcelona..... The Karl’s surprising Progress
in Spain..... New Parliament in England..... Bill for a
Regency in case of the Queen’s Decease..... Debates in the
House of Lords upon the supposed Danger to which the Church
was exposed..... The Parliament prorogued..... Disputes in
the Convocation..... Conferences opened for a Treaty of
Union with Scotland..... Substance of the Treaty.