y subsequent division did the number exceed fifty-three. This arose
from the fact that Rumpers who had been conspicuous in the
Wallingford-House defection now absented themselves. On the other
hand, the Journals show an accession of at least five members not
visible in the previous session: viz. Colonel Alexander Popham, Sir
Anthony Ashley Cooper, Colonel Henry Markham, Mr. John Lassell, and
Mr. Robert Cecil (second son of the Earl of Salisbury). Ashley
Cooper, not an original Rumper, came in by the recognition, Jan. 7,
1659-60, of his right to sit for Downton in Wilts. Lassell, whose
name is not on the list of the Long Parliament, may have found a seat
in the same way. Prynne and some others of the secluded members
renewed their attempt to get into the House, but were again
refused.[1]

[Footnote 1: Commons Journals (Divisions and Committees) from Dec.
26, 1659 to Feb. 21, 1659-60.]

A new Council of State was, of course, appointed at once. It was to
consist, as before, of _twenty-one_ Parliamentaries and
_ten_ non-Parliamentaries, and to hold office from Jan. 1,
1659-60 to April 1, 1660. The following is the list, the order in
each section being that of preference as shown by the numbers of
votes obtained in the ballot, and the asterisk again denoting a
Regicide.

PARLIAMENTARIES.

Sir Arthur Hasilrig, Bart.
Colonel Herbert Morley
Robert Wallop
*Colonel Valentine Walton
*Thomas Scott
Nicholas Love
Chief Justice St. John
Colonel William White
John Weaver
Robert Reynolds
Sir James Harrington
Sir Thomas Widdrington
Colonel George Thompson
*John Dixwell
Henry Neville
Colonel John Fagg
John Corbet
*Thomas Challoner
*Henry Marten
*William Say
Luke Robinson (a tie between him and Carew Raleigh, decided by lot).

NON-PARLIAMENTARIES.

Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Bart. (appointed before his election as M.P.)
Josiah Berners
General Monk
Vice-Admiral Lawson
Alderman Love
Thomas Tyrrell
Lord Fairfax
Alderman Foote
Robert Rolle
Slingsby Bethell.[1]

[Footnote 1: Commons Journals, Dec. 31, 1659 and Jan. 2, 1659-60.]

The proceeding's of the House for the first month showed no
diminution of self-confidence by the late interruption. Hasilrig, who
was now the chief man in the Parliament and in the Council, was in
such a state of elevation that his friends were a little alarmed.
Next in activity, and more a man of business, was Scott, whose