He hastened to send off several messengers.

One carried a letter commanding Manchester to quit France without taking leave.

Another started for London with a despatch which directed the Lords Justices to send Poussin instantly out of England.
England was already in a flame when it was first known there that James was dying.

Some of his eager partisans formed plans and made preparations for a great public manifestation of feeling in different parts of the island.

But the insolence of Lewis produced a burst of public indignation which scarcely any malecontent had the courage to face.
In the city of London, indeed, some zealots, who had probably swallowed too many bumpers to their new Sovereign, played one of those senseless pranks which were characteristic of their party.