Civil war followed

and Charles was defeatad and captured. He was tried before 2 special tribunal on the charge that he had appeared in arms against the Parliamentary forces, and sentence of death was pronounced against him, and only three days were allowed him to prepare for his fate. The interposition of foreign powers was vain. After pa ing the three days in religious exercises, and in tender interviews with his friends and family, he was led to the scaffold. His execution took place before the Banqueting House, White hall, on Jan. 30, 1649, where the ill-fated king submitted to the fatal stroke, in the 49th year of his age. Charles II., King of England, Ireland, and Scotland; son of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria of France; born in London, May 29, 1630. He was a refugee at The Hague on the death of his father, on which he immediately a umed the royal title. He first intended to-proceed to Ireland, but was prevented by the progre of Cromwell. He therefore listened to an invitation from the Scots, who had proclaimed him their king on Feb. 5, 1649, and arrived in the Cromarty Firth, June 16, 1650. In 1651 he was crowned at Scone; but-the approach of Cromwell with his conquering army soon rendered his abode in Scotland unsafe.