12 Faraday, Correspondence of Lieut.-Col. Philips. 



The duel with which we were to have been treated began in drunken- 

 ness, and has ended by my breaking off all society with L. Indeed it was 

 not possible for me to have continued intimate with him for he has got 

 so close interwoven with the junto of Irish adventurers who are here that 

 unless I was willing to associate with them, I cou'd not do it with him. At 

 present I have very little society out of my own house. The parson dines 

 with me sometimes, but I cannot say that my esteem for him is much 

 increas'd : he seems to me to have no bottom — is very selfish, and seldom 

 speaks well of the people with whom he appears to be very intimate. These 

 are not good traits in any one's character, much less in the character of a 

 clergyman. 



I rejoice sincerely that any cause whatever has contributed to the health 

 and .satisfaction of Mrs Potter. That she may king continue to enjoy the 

 blessings of healtti and happiness is my most ardent wish. 



I am very glad to hear that your little one has got over that terrible 

 complaint of the smallpox, especially as he does not come within the meaning 

 of the act for throttling and drowning. Say everything for us that is friendly 

 to Mrs. Philips, Mrs. Potter and the family at the Bank, etc. And believe 

 me to be, with great truth and esteem most sincerely yours. 



SAM. CARLE 



Captain John Brew, of the Isle of Man packet " Duke 



of Atholl," was a well-known Manx character. His vessel 



plied from Liverpool to Douglas, and was admittedly the 



best of the packets ; it was 'professedly for passengers, a 



handsome vessel, sloop rigged, about 50 feet keel, 11 feet 



hold, 17 feet beam, makes up 18 beds." The fare for the 



voyage was 7s. 6d. and 8s., and passengers took their own 



provisions. Major John Taubman* of the Nunnery, 



Douglas, was one of the principal residents of the Island, 



he was Major of the "Second Royal Manks Fencibles," 



and was, in 1816, Speaker of the House of Keys, of which 



he had been elected a member in 1798. His daughter 



married Lieut.-Col J. C. Goldie, of the 6th Dragoons, in 



1804. His house, The Nunnery, is supposed to have been 



anciently inhabited by Druidcsses. His father, Mr. John 



Taubman of the Bowling Green, Castletown, and one of 



* In 1805, the Duke of Rutland, in his "Journal," recorded the fact that 

 he lunched with iMajor Taubman, "who is the head of a party which affords 

 great trouble to the Duke of Atholl in the House of Keys." 



