It was therefore determined that they should be sent to the Continent, where they might, under the banners of the House of Austria, render indirect but effectual service to the cause of the English constitution and of the Protestant religion.

Dartmouth was removed from his command; and the navy was conciliated by assurances that every sailor should speedily receive his due.

The City of London undertook to extricate the Prince from his financial difficulties.

The Common Council, by an unanimous vote, engaged to find him two hundred thousand pounds.

It was thought a great proof, both of the wealth and of the public spirit of the merchants of the capital, that, in forty-eight hours, the whole sum was raised on no security but the Prince's word.