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than sufficiently compensated by the total rout chap.of lord Fairfax at Atherton moor 67 , and the dis- lvi.persion of his army. After this victory, New-castle, with an army of 15,000 men, fat downbefore Hull. Hotham was no longer governorof this place. That gentleman and his son,partly from a jealousy entertained of lord Fairfax,partly repenting of their engagements against theking , had entered into a correspondence withNewcastle , and had expressed an intention ofdelivering Hull into his hands. But their con-spiracy being detected, they were arrested and sentprisoners to London ; where, without any regardto their former services , they fell, both of them,victims to the severity of the parliament 6 *.

Newcastle, having carried on the attack ofHull for some time, was beat off by a sally ofthe garrison 66 , and suffered so much, that hethought proper to raise the siege.. About thesame time, Manchester, who advanced from theeastern associated counties , having joined Crom-wel and young Fairfax, obtained a considerablevictory over the royalists at Horn Castle ; wherethe two officers last mentioned gained renown bytheir conduct and gallantry. And though fortunehad thus balanced her favors, the king’s partystill remained much superior in those parts ofEngland ; and had it not been for the garri&n ofHull, which kept Yorkshire in awe, a conjunction

" 30th of June. " Rulhworth, vol. vi> p. 27;.

" 12th of October,