44 Faraday, Correspondence of Lieiit.-Col. Philips. 



as for the polite attention she experienced while under your roof. As for 

 myself, I shall say but little about it, being a Man of Few Words. When 

 you will give me an opportunity I will endeavour to settle the account as 

 well as I can, but I am afraid it will be a running account with the Balance 

 always against me. 



I forgot to mention, in my Note from Blackburn, that I had been at 

 Mr. Sudell's place at Woodfold, I walked through his Garden & Hot- 

 Houses. The quantity of fruits he has, in various stages, is really astonish- 

 ing ; to give you an Idea of quantity respecting the Peaches Nectarines & 

 Grapes I ought to make use of the terms Tons or Waggon Loads : and he 

 has them in all their various stages from the first setting, to their being quite 

 ready for the Table. In short it was a Glorious sight. There is, however, 

 a much more glorious sight from this place at present — the homeward bound 

 Jamaica fleet just coming up the River ; and I have just heard, as Glorious 

 News, that there is a Gazette account of Buonaparte's Army, together with 

 himself, being all sent to the Devil, where let him rest in peace if he can. May 

 all the foes of Britain join him there ! 



The " Gazette " mentioned recorded the defeat 

 sustained by the French under Buonaparte at the hands 

 of Sir Sydney Smith, at St. Jean d'Acre, in June, 1799. 



The family of Sudell has been known for something 

 Hke three centuries in the neighbourhood of Blackburn, 

 where they have held considerable landed estates and also 

 engaged in trade. Mr. Henry Sudell of Blackburn 

 married Miss Alice Livesey. He died in 1764. His 

 posthumous son Henry, who is the one mentioned in 

 the letter, became a great merchant at Blackburn, 

 married Maria, the daughter of Thomas Livesey, and 

 purchased large estates in Mellor, Salmesbury, and 

 Pleasington. In 1799 he enclosed Woodfold Park at 

 Mellor and built the Hall, a large building in the 

 architecture of the period. His affairs continued to 

 prosper, and in 1820 he was accounted a millionaire. 

 Then came his downfall. He lost heavily in German 

 and American Speculations, and in 1827 (losses in 

 American Speculations were the proximate cause of the 

 panic of 1825) suspended payment ; his large Lancashire 

 estates were sold, and he went back to Blackburn, and, 



