42 Faraday, Correspondence of Lient.-Col. Philips. 



and that he has seldom, or never missed taking fish, let the water be ever 

 so fine & small, with a scour'd Brandling. He saj's, likewise, that he 

 shall be glad to attend you whenever you go to Whitewell if you will do him 

 the favour of calling upon him as you go through Whalley. Mr. Wilson also 

 requested I wou'd make his compliments to you & hop'd to see you if you 

 cou'd make it convenient to call upon him at Clitheroe. He has just 

 returned from Liverpool, where he has been introduced to Roscoe, of whom 

 he speaks in very high terms. 



The family of Parker, of Browsholme, in the Forest 

 of Bowland, has been known in Lancashire since the 

 beginning of the 15th century, and the office of Bovvbearer 

 of the Forest seems to have been hereditary in the family 

 for many generations. Mr. John Parker, Cable's friend, 

 was born in 1755. He was a Fellow Commoner of 

 Christ's College, Cambridge, and sat as M.P. for the 

 borough of Clitheroe, though his return as member was 

 the subject of Parliamentary inquiry in 1780. He was 

 married at Giggleswick, in 1778, to Beatrix, the daughter 

 of Thomas Lister, of Gisburne Park, Yorkshire, and sister 

 of the first Lord Ribblesdale. His father, Edw^ard Parker, 

 married Barbara, the daughter of Sir William Fleming, 

 of Rydal Hall, Westmoreland. 



As to Mr. Wilson, we learn from the Liverpool 

 Advertiser of January 6th, 1795, that the "Marine Society 

 held their Anniversary, when the members went in 

 procession, honoured by his Worshipful the Mayor, and 

 his officers with the Regalia, to St. George's Church, 

 where an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. 

 Mr. Wilson, of Clitheroe. The Society afterwards dined 

 at the Exchange with great unanimity and happiness." 

 Thomas Wilson (who must be distinguished from 

 Senhouse Wilson, the Isle of Man and Liverpool 

 merchant), was born at Hutton in 1741, his father 

 being a highly respected yeoman. Educated at Sed- 

 bergh Grammar School, Wilson acted as Reader in 



