Their new monarch retained the old regal power over parliaments in its full extent.

He was left at liberty to convoke, adjourn, prorogue, and dissolve them at his pleasure.

He was enabled to influence elections, and oppress corporations.

He possessed the right of choosing his own council; of nominating all the great officers of the state, and of the household, of the army, the navy, and the church.

He reserved the absolute command of the militia: so that lie remained master of all the instruments and engines of corruption and violence, without any other restraint than his own moderation, and prudent regard to the claim of rights, and principle of resistance on which the revolution was founded.