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at present. Chas. Kyes will make a thinl with us when we do, & give 

 you a touch of his double base, on which he now plays famously. I 

 shall be obliged to you to inform me the next time you write what lime your 

 publick concert is and also when the Association exercise, two things we 

 should like to be present iit, Init I hope to see you here before that time. 

 Mrs Earle goes to Allerton Saturday month, you will contrive badly if you 

 don't come before then. 



Mr Hadfield* spent the evening with Pack and I on Sunday, If he is 

 not gone I shall send this by him. 



The next letter, written on the iSth December, alludes 



to Philips' interest in ballooning experiments which were 



then being made in Manchester : — 



I take the opportunity of sending by my friend Miller ;i^2 — 8 — the balance 

 of the bill you remitted me on Devonport and Co. which is paid. Miller I 

 fancy won't appear this time at Manchester in his Cap and Jackett neverthe- 

 less he is entitled to the notice of Brother Volunteers, for his attachment 

 to the Cause as long as it lasted with us. 



We were attentively on the Watch for you the whole of last night 

 expecting every moment your descent from the Clouds, as we were given to 

 understand you intended to embark in your aerial caravan, and alight 

 among us grovelling mortals who are contented to confine our speculations 

 to this dirty earth & never soar above its surface, we were at the Academy 

 from 6 o'clock till 9, and apprehending it to be as likely a place as any for 

 you to land in, we kept a South East window open to receive you, but all to 

 no purpose. 



In the next letter Taylor speaks of the musical raid 

 on Manchester proposed by himself and his friends. 

 The Miss Leigh so frequently alluded to in these letters, 

 appears to have been one of the grand-daughters of 

 George Leigh, of Oughtrington, and Philips' cousin : — 



Liverpool 19 February 17S4 

 Dear Sir 



I have applied, in consequence of your letter to the Captain of the 

 Dublin and find he has delivered your Claret safe into the hands of 

 Mr Green who I doubt not will forward it to you. 



I propose to be in Manchester on Sunday livening in Company with 

 Pack and Chas. Eyes and shall stay till Wednesday. I am glad we are 

 fortunate in commg at the Publick concert, ours was last Tuesday and a very 

 good one, after the concert was over a pretty large party stay'd and were 

 entertain'd with catches & glees by the gentlemen of the Cecilian Club, a 

 celebrated Society for the practice of vocal Harmony established in this 

 place, of which some of your friends are members. I propose putting my 



* Probably Joseph Hadfield, who was elected a member of this Society in 17S2. 



