A Life of Anthony Ashley Cooper (Volume 1); First Earl of Shaftesbury. 1621-1683

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...642; Sir R. Baker's Chronicle, p. 641, eil. 1684; Comm. Journ. April 18--22; Burton's Diary, iv. pp. 448 and sqq.; Guizot, Protectorat do Richard Cromwell, &c., i 112--129. CHAPTER VII. 1659--1660. Reiteration of the Rump Parliament, May 7--Committee of Safety appointed--Cooper's election petition for Downton of 1640 referred to a committee--Not seated--Cooper elected member of Council oi State--Suspicions of him as a Royalist by some colleagues--Sco4 accuses him of correspondence with Hyde--He denies the charge--Cooper rejects Royalist overtures--Letter from Monk to Cooper--Distractions of Council and Parliament--Sir George Booth's rising--Cooper arrested in Dorsetshire, and accused of complicity with Booth--Council of State and Parliament acquit him--Military revolution by Lambert--The Rump suppressed, October 13--Committee of Safety nominated by Lambert and his coadjutors, October 25--Cooper opposes Lambert and the Committee of Safety--Monk also opposes--Cooper's narrative from October 25, 1659, to February 6, 1660--Treaty of Monk's Commissioners with Committee of Safety--Attempt to arrest Cooper--Overthrow of Committee of Safety and restoration of Rump--Cooper one of five temporary Commissioners for the Army--Prompt measures for dispersing Lambert's forces--Cooper appointed member of new Council of State--Admitted as member for Dovvnton--Made colonel of regiment taken from Fleetwood--Monk's march to London--Monk's changes of conduct--Admission of secluded members, February 26--Cooper commands the guard on their admission--Council of State appointed of Royalists and Presbyterians--Cooper one--New Parliament called for April 25--Letter of Montagu to Cooper--Haselrig, Scot, and others offer Monk the crown--Monk refuses--, ' False story of Monk...