They said that the old system had been abolished; that no other system had been substituted; that it was impossible to say what was the established religion of the kingdom; and that the first duty of the legislature was to put an end to an anarchy which was daily producing disasters and crimes.

The leaders of the Club were not to be so drawn away from their object.

It was moved and resolved that the consideration of ecclesiastical affairs should be postponed till secular affairs had been settled.

The unjust and absurd Act of Incapacitation was carried by seventy-four voices to twenty-four.

Another vote still more obviously aimed at the House of Stair speedily followed.