The franchises of the forty shilling freeholder, of the householder paying scot and lot, of the burgage tenant, of the liveryman of London, of the Master of Arts of Oxford, were respected.

The sense of the constituent bodies was taken with as little violence on the part of mobs, with as little trickery on the part of returning officers, as at any general election of that age.

When at length the Estates met, their deliberations were carried on with perfect freedom and in strict accordance with ancient forms.

There was indeed, after the first flight of James, an alarming anarchy in London and in some parts of the country.

But that anarchy nowhere lasted longer than forty-eight hours.
From the day on which William reached Saint James's, not even the most unpopular agents of the fallen government, not even the ministers of the Roman Catholic Church, had any thing to fear from the fury of the populace.
In Scotland the course of events was very different.