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Mr. Faraday on the 



honour to yourself, with great benefit to these noble Institutions, and with great 

 satisfaction to the public. We are sorry that any circumstances should have 

 arisen to induce you to form such a determination. And, fully convinced that 

 you have no object in view but the welfare of these important Charities, We 

 hereby engage, as far as in us lies, to give you our firmest support, as well as 

 our most grateful acknowledgements — in the fixed confidence that you will still 

 continue to display the same energy, ability, and faithfulness, which we have 

 hitherto witnessed in your discharge of that important Office. 



Rowland Broomhead 

 J. Whittenbury 

 Richd Barlow 

 Charles Fred Brandt 

 Jas. Aikin 

 Thos. Robinson 

 Robert James 

 John Tetson 

 Thos. Barnes 

 Thos. Harris 

 John Stonehouse 

 Jas. Hibbert 

 John Leaf 

 John Kearsley 



James Touchet 

 Robert Peel 

 Chas. Wood 

 Jonathn Beever 

 Wm. Wright 

 William Beever 

 Ed. Kenyon 

 Jas. Potter 

 Francis Rush 

 J. Silvester 

 Wm. Douglas 

 Thomas Hilton 

 Thos. Henry 

 Henry Barton 



John Barton 



John Trafford 



John Clowes 



C. White 



Thomas Darwell Sen r 



Jos. Ablett 



Dauntesey Hulme 



Richd- Potter 



J. Dickenson, Birch 



Saml- Mather 



Wm. Cooper 



Francis Reynolds 



Rorer Holland 



The requisition which follows was apparently elicited by 

 the circumstances out of which arose the attempted duel 

 between Philips and Hanson. The hostile meeting" was to 

 have taken place on July 25th. The dispute arose out of a 

 question of precedence, which Philips and his officers claimed 

 on the ground of his longer military experience, he having 

 previously commanded a larger body of men than the new 

 corps formed about this time ; while Hanson claimed it on 

 the technical ground of priority in the date of his commission. 

 Hanson, who was born in 1774, was, it should be pointed out, 

 much the younger of the two men. The point was settled 

 at head-quarters in favour of Hanson, whereupon Philips 

 resigned his commission, and all the officers under his 

 command followed his example, declining to serve under any 

 other leader. Their testimony of Philips was that " he made 

 discipline engaging and authority amiable." The regiment 

 was, therefore, disbanded. Possibly the feud between Philips 



