1 8 Faraday. Correspondence of Lt.-Col. J. L. PJiilips. 



Taylor goes on to say that Mrs. Earle wishes Philips 

 to spend Easter with them at Allerton, and indulges in 

 some badinage about his friend's supposed attachment 

 to one of the two young ladies. In this letter Taylor 

 also reports the arrival of a bale of yarn from Drogheda 

 in the " Earl of Dublin," apparently on Philips' account, 

 and asks him to tell his " Uncle Rigby " that the " tune 

 books I sent him are to go to my brother's at Norwich." 

 A daughter of Dr. Taylor, of the Warrington Academy, 

 married a Mr. John Rigby, of Chowbent. She had two 

 children, Edward Rigby, a celebrated obstetrician, and 

 Sarah, who married Dr. Caleb Parr}^, and was the 

 mother of Sir W. E. Parry, the famous Arctic Explorer. 

 Taylor also asks Philips to send him the "music of 'Care 

 thou Canker' which we have not got in Liverpool and I 

 wish much to introduce it." 



On May 22nd, Taylor writes that he is glad to hear 

 of the safe arrival of Mrs. Earle and her family at Bank 

 (the residence of Philips' father at Heaton Norris), and 

 speaks of a box of oranges sent to that place from 

 Liverpool. The succeeding letter deals with the volunteer 

 movement in England, which followed the outbreak of 

 war with France. It shows admirably Taylor's usual 

 humorously straightforward manner of expressing himself 

 Lord Shelburne's plan for the defence of the country was 

 practically to enrol the civil population of each town, 

 under the direction of the local authorities, that is to form 

 "Town Guards" in all the principal places.* That it was by 

 no means universally popular we see from the following 

 letter :— 



Liverpool, 30 May, 1782 

 Dear Sr 



I beg you will deliver the enclosed letter to Mrs. Earle, and inform her 

 that the Business which I intended writing to her about is postponed till her 

 return, not on account of her absence, but of Mr. Roscoe's who is in London 

 * Vide "Annual Register' for 1782, p. 300. 



