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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XIV.

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Letter of Lady Russell, Projects of the Court. - Trial

of Colledge. - Indictment against Shaftesbury thrown

out by the Grand Jury. Quo Warranto. System

of arbitrary Government. Election of Sheriffs. -

Wild Schemes of Lord Shaftesbury. Information

of Keeling. Lord Russell sent to the Tower.-

Death of Lord Essex

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CHAPTER XV.

Trial of Lord Russell

35

CHAPTER XVI.

The illegal Construction put on 25 Edward III.—

Perjury of the Witnesses. - Lord Russell's Sentence.

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Attempts made to save his Life. His petition to

the King, and Letter to the Duke of York. His

Refusal to abjure the Right of Resistance.

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CHAPTER XVII.

The last Week of Lord Russell's Life. - His Execution.

Page 88

CHAPTER XVIII.

Character of Lord Russell.-Speech delivered to the

Sheriffs.-Lady Russell.-Visit of Dyckvelt.-

Patent of the Duke of Bedford. - Character of Lady

Russell

108

CHAPTER XIX.

Trials of other Persons for the Plot. - Enquiry into the

Reality of the Rye-House Plot

138

THE LIFE

OF

WILLIAM LORD RUSSELL.

CHAPTER XIV.

LETTER OF LADY RUSSELL. PROJECTS OF THE COURT.TRIAL OF COLLEDGE. INDICTMENT AGAINST SHAFTESBURY THROWN OUT BY THE GRAND JURY. — QUO WARRANTO.

ELECTION OF

SYSTEM OF ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT. SHERIFFS. WILD SCHEMES OF LORD SHAFTESBURY. INFORMATION OF KEELING. LORD RUSSELL SENT TO THE

TOWER. DEATH OF LORD ESSEX.

WHEN the tumult of public affairs was over, and the members of the Whig party, dispersed in every quarter, followed their several occupations and amusements, Lord Russell retired to the tranquillity of his own house, where he confined himself to the society of his family and his relations.* The following letter will show, better than any description I could give, the

* See Mr. Spencer's evidence on Lord Russell's trial.