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— and sent me a large supply of Cheese Ham (and what was a treasure to a 

 Lancashire Man) of potatoes to Gibraltar — We were at one time inseperable, 

 and all those associations of the head and heart were known to each other 

 wch so sweetly cling around early impressions. I saw all the efforts of his 

 Muse— and he was the first to encourage mine — I had been five years at a 

 wretched School — and 'twas he who put me in the path to bring up somewhat 

 of my learning ; he insinuated information with such kindliness, as if he had not 

 felt himself my superior — but every thing he said and did proved him so much 

 so that while I loved him as a Brother I revered him as a Man. 



Now we never see each other — he in the midst of a large family is 

 emmerged in Commerce and Politicks in the midst of wch early times are 

 swallowed up — and what we used to call ' ' Manchester Days " seldom come 

 across the Merchant : — yet— and happy it is as the Evening of life comes on 

 when a happy home is the Compass of the Soul — but yet old days should not 

 be altogether expelled. I am a keen sportsman in thinking on the past, and 

 my memory is so tenacious in trifles that I remember the faces and Conversa- 

 tions of every Boy I liked at School — and though you were years too young to 

 associate with Hibbert and me, he knew you well, and I never spoke to you 

 that I had not a droll answer and from wch my Or Sir, I class'd you in my 

 mind as a Boy, we might expect to hear something of. 



Mentioning George Hibbert made me launch out a longer Lr. than is reason- 

 able — but though I shall probably never see him again his name acts like 

 electricity upon me. 



If you should see the third Edition, you will find much extraneous matter — 

 and indeed some quite unconnected w'h the Lakes — and even some grievances 

 as a Soldier and a Manchester one, too, is lugg'd in — they have been long 

 bottled up, and as I shall probably publish no more, and as the Ramble has 

 already exhibited symptoms of outliving me, I could not resist introducing the 

 neglect the Regt- experienced and how heavily it fell upon me ; in doing wch 

 I have kept as clear of Self as possible, but have the goodness to recollect if you 

 should think there is a spark of egotism that I never mention myself but when 

 necessarily speaking of another — and I unbosom myself so far to you as to 

 mention ; the Historian was with me when I reed a wound that ever tyrannises 

 over me — had he mentioned my behavior at that time and at the hospital my 

 fortune would have been made in India — I would have done it to him, 



Before I went a 2 d time to India, speaking to him abt- some Officers who 

 from the service they did to the Garrison shod have been named — and I then 

 hinted the use he might have been of to me— He said "where all behaved well 

 he had not particularized any — and had I died of my wound such would have 

 been done " — / was glad to say I tuas alive. I then only thought it unkind but 

 having a daughter and being of humble Birth it w d have been satisfactory (had 

 it appeared in its proper place) to * — Believe 



in truth 



I am your Friend and townsman, 



JOS: BUDWORTH. 



I would not delay ans. & excuse repetition of Words as I have not time 



