Here, it was said, were two supreme Powers in one State.

A public functionary might receive diametrically opposite orders from the King and the Queen, and might not know which to obey.

The objection was, beyond all doubt, speculatively just; but there was such perfect confidence and affection, between the royal pair that no practical inconvenience was to be apprehended, [619] As far as Ireland was concerned, the prospects of William were much more cheering than they had been a few months earlier.

The activity with which he had personally urged forward the preparations for the next campaign had produced an extraordinary effect.

The nerves of the government were new strung.