A Royalist revolt was crushed by recalled civil war figure General John Lambert .
Who then prevented the Rump Parliament from reconvening and created a Committee of Safety , he found his troops melted away in the face of general George Monck 's advance from Scotland .
Although a Royalist revolt was crushed by recalled civil war figure General John Lambert , who then prevented the Rump Parliament from reconvening and created a Committee of Safety , he found his troops melted away in the face of general George Monck 's advance from Scotland .