Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland Author:John Dalrymple Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Book: iv. SUNDERLAND'S Promotion. Cabal of Seven, and its Plans. Difpenfing Power a-jerted. -- -- Roman Catholics brought into Offices. Scotland new... more »-modelled. -- -- And Ireland. Letters Mandatory. -- -- Sharpens Trial. Sunderland's Intrigues to remove RochejIer and Clarendon. Sunderland's Ambition difappolnted. Attempts upon the Poflejjions of the Church. Declaration of Indulgence Attempt to divide the Church and Dtfferrters. -- . -- The K'mg deceived by Ad- drejjes. -- His Ideas of Government. -- -- Attempt upon Magdalene College. Bijhops Petition, and Confe- qutnces of it. Difpofttions of the Army. Of the People. Birth of the Prince of Wales. HE prorogation of the Englifh Parliament was fuc- ceeded by the further promotion of Sunderland ; a 1686. promotion which proved fatal to him who beftowed it. Having privately embraced his mafter's religion, he was appointed Prefident of the Council, continued Secretary of State, received the Garter, and became his iirft favourite : A man of clear views, of quick decifion, of infinite infinuation ; who was fucceffively the favourite of three Princes, though of the moil oppoflte characters. He 9 adoptedadopted all the partiality of James in favour of Roman Pa T I, Catholics ; upon the principles of toleration, of equality, B IV and of the right which, by the law of nature, the Sove reign has to the fervice of all his fubje« less