46 Faraday, Com-cspondence of Lt.-Col. J. L. Philips. 



My Dear Sir 



I have just received your line by my Cousin Henry Taylor, and your kind 

 letter of the 7'''. I am truly oblij^ed to you & Mrs P. for your invitation, & Mrs 

 Taylor wd he most happy to accept it but our nursery is rather too young at 

 present and our last boy just inoculated with the Cow Pock. In about 10 

 days, if possible, I shall be looking out for a third seat in a Chaise, and 

 anticipate a quiet day with you & Mrs Philips at Mayfield, with much pleasure. 

 I am very anxious previous to Hardman's reappearance to see how the land lies 

 with his opponents. I foresee a weak resistance, or rather a faint attack on 

 the part of the enemy, but if they bring up the Artillery of the Law, and 

 particularly that huge gun of Lord Ellenl)orough's our works may be carried 

 & Pill Garlick overwhelmed — .Statutes are awkward things to contend 

 against, and an Act of Parliament an unaccommodating Visitor — My hopes 

 centre in the Grand Jury, & their proceedings will be puided very much by 

 Evidence brought forward or kept out of the xvay — Pray how is the Man Shot? 

 I hope he does not resemble the House of Commons as represented by Sir 

 Francis Burdett but that he has two legs to stand upon t*v: not in want of 

 further reform. 



I assure you 1 never was so much hurt in my life as upon the occasion 

 on which I sent Henry Taylor to Stockport. I was thunderstruck on 

 receiving a note from Rogers telling me that M i^' P's Drft was refused 

 acceptce. but still more, that in sending it up he had made the payment of 

 this debt on as due yesterday dependant on their own Bill being honoured — He 

 must therefore from some quarter (I think I can guess which), have had his 

 suspicions roused — else why give such Instructions to Sir James Esdaile? 

 I immediately went to Mr Moss & requested whether he wd. order the 

 accejitce to be paid for Martin X- Phillip's honour — this he declined, and not 

 being able to scrape up enough at so short a notice, I thought it best to send 

 off at once. I fear the transaction will diminish the little remains of 

 cordiality & confidence between Messrs M. P. & R- and myself — & I must 

 say I feel hurl that Martin should have drawn — under circumstances of the 

 smallest doubt — as everyone w^ suppose he had strained an uncertain point 

 to accommodate ine, whereas I consented to some undue acceptance to 

 oblige his house. He writes to draw another ;^500 — but as the matter now 

 stands I see no good the Draft could possibly do him, iV on the contrary 

 believe it would prove of mutual disadvantage — I the more regret this matter 

 as I am confident if they had a man of business to manage and arrange their 

 affairs they never could experience a want of Capital — on the contrary it 

 ought to bring in as fine a profit as a little gold-mine — I wish I had such a 

 certain business to look to. I wd never desire a better — I have not had a 

 line from Martin since poor fellow I sincerely sympathise with him — illness 

 preys upon his energies & saps the scanty remnant of his activity & spirit. 



There has been an awful accident in Liverpool to day in ringing for 

 Church, two of the bells of the Old Church gave way tS: came down, and about 

 five minutes after the whole of the spire & part of the tower fell down with a 

 tremendous crash — The rector was entering at the East End and as the 

 ringing had just ceased most providentially many people hid not taken their 



