On the sixth day of February they were dissolved by proclamation, and a new parliament was summoned to meet on the twentieth day of March.

During this session, the commons, in an address to the king, desired that a revenue of fifty thousand pounds might be settled upon the prince and princess of Denmark, out of the civil list; and his majesty gratified them in this particular: yet the warmth and industry with which the friends of the princess exerted themselves in promoting the settlement, produced a coldness and misunderstanding between the two sisters; and the subsequent disgrace of the earl of Marlborough was imputed to the part which his wife acted on the occasion.

She was lady of the bed-chamber, and chief confidant to the princess, whom she strenuously advised to insist upon the settlement rather than depend upon the generosity of the king and queen.
LUDLOW ARRIVES IN ENGLAND, BUT IS OBLIGED TO WITHDRAW.
About this period general Ludlow, who at the restoration had been excepted from the act of indemnity, as one of those who sat in judgment upon Charles I.arrived in England, and offered his service in reducing Ireland, where he had formerly commanded.

Though a rigid republican, he was reputed a conscientious man, and a good officer.

He had received some encouragement to come over, and probably would have been employed had not the commons interposed.