Carnwath’s Confession――The King and Lady Nithsdale――The King and Lady Derwentwater――Scene at Court――The Condemned Lords――Lady Nithsdale――Changes of Dress――Escape of Lord Nithsdale――Lady Nithsdale――Visiting Friends――The Eve of Execution――The Press, on the Trials――The King, on the Escape――Lord Derwentwater――Lord Kenmure――Taking the Oaths――The Derwentwater Lights――Scientific Explanations――Lady Cowper on the Aurora――Revelry――Addison, on the Princess of Wales――Nithsdale in Disguise――Lady Nithsdale in Drury Lane――Comic and Serio-Comic Incidents――To the Plantations 143 CHAPTER IX. (1716.) State-Trial Ceremonies――Lord Wintoun in Court――Opening of the Trial――The Legal Assailants――The King’s Witnesses――The Rev. Mr. Patten――Patten’s Character of Wintoun――Military Witnesses――The Surrender at Preston――A Prisoner at Bay――Incidents of the Trial――Wintoun Baited by Cowper――The King’s Counsel――The Verdict――Sir Constantine Phipps――A Fight for Life――The Fight grows Furious――The Sentence――Doom Borne Worthily――The Jacobite Lawyer 169 CHAPTER X. (1716.) Edmund Curll――The New Poems――Princess of Wales and Lady Kenmure――Luxury in Newgate――General Forster’s Escape――A Ride for Life――The Prisoners in the Tower――Patten on the Prince of Wales――In and Out of Newgate――Politics on the Stage――Simon Fraser, as a Whig――Dutch Service in Gravesend Church――Aids to Escape――Shifting of Prisoners――Breaking out of Newgate――Pursuit――Hue and Cry――Domiciliary Visits――Talbot Recaptured――Escape of Hepburn of Keith 190 CHAPTER XI. (1716.) David Lindsay――Trials of Rebel Officers――Colonel Oxburgh――The Colonel at Tyburn――A Head on Temple Bar――More Trials――Jacobite Jurymen――Towneley and Tildesley――Their Trials――Their Acquittal――The Chaplain at Towneley Hall――Justice Hall and Captain Talbot――Gascogne’s Trial――The Duchess of Ormond――Gascogne’s Defence――Christian Feeling――Fracas in a Coffee-House――Joy and Sorrow in Newgate――Chief Justice Parker――The Swinburnes――Scott’s Newgate――Mob Ferocity 211 CHAPTER XII. (1716.)