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THE LIFE AND COEEESPONDENCE



OF THE LATE



SAMUEL HIBBEET WAKE,

M.D., F.K.S.E., ETC.



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LIFE AND COBBESPONDENCE

OF THE LATE

SAMUEL HIBBEBT WABE

M.D., F.R.S.E., ETC.

SECRETARY AND VICE-PRESIDENT OP THE SOCIETY OP SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIES ;

AUTHOR OP THE ' HISTORY OP THE FOUNDATIONS OF MANCHESTER,

' THE PHILOSOPHY OP APPARITIONS,' ETC.



BY

MES. HIBBEET WAKE

AUTHOK OF ' LIFE'S SEVEN AGES,' ' THE KINO OF BATH,' ' THE WATER TOWER," ETC.




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MANCHESTER: J. E. CORNISH
16 ST. ANN'S SQUARE, AND 33 PICCADILLY

1882



Printed by R & R. CLARK, Edinburgh.



LIST OF SUBSCBIBEBS.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Esq., Ph.D., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., etc.,
Ravenscourt Villa, Hammersmith, London.

ARMSTRONG, H., Esq., 30 St. Ann's Street, Manchester.

ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, Esq., Highfield Bank, Urmston, Lancashire.

ATTOCK, F., Esq., Somerset House, Newton Heath, near Manchester.

AXON, W. E. A., Esq., Bowker Street, Higher Broughton, Man-
chester.

BAGNALL, BENJAMIN, Esq., Ellerslie, Eaton Gardens, Brighton, West

Sussex.

BARNES-SLACKE, Rev. W. S., M.A., Fulshaw House, Wilmslow.
BARROW, JOHN, Esq., 3 Edensor Place, Dickenson Road, Rusholme,

Manchester.

BARTON, RICHARD, Esq., West Leigh, Lancashire.
BECKER, WILFRED, Esq., 15 Cross Street, Manchester.
BODDINGTON, HENRY, Esq., The Cove, Silverdale, Carnforth.
BOLTON SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY, Bolton.
BOOTH, ISAIAH, Esq., Firwood, Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
BOTTOMLEY, E., Esq., J.P., Greenfield House, Greenfield.
BOULTON, ALDERMAN ISAAC WATT, J.P., Stamford House, Ashtoii-

under-Lyne

BOWDLER, WILLIAM HENRY, Esq., J.P., Kirkham, near Preston.
BRADSHAW, CHRISTOPHER, Esq., Albert Square, Manchester.
BROOKS, SAMUEL, Esq., Union Iron Works, West Gorton, Manchester.
BROOME, JOSEPH, Esq., Woodlawn, Didsbury, near Manchester,

2 copies.

BURNS, Rev. W. H., M.A., Clayton Hall, near Manchester.
BURTON, ALFRED, Esq., 37 Cross Street, Manchester.



VI LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

BUTLER, Mr. SAMUEL, Bookseller, 81 George Street, Altrincham,
Cheshire, 3 copies.

CARVER, BENJAMIN, Esq., 7 Lower Mosley Street, Manchester.

CHAD WICK, JOHN, Esq., J.P., Buile Hill, Manchester.

CHORLTON, THOMAS, Esq., Solicitor, Brazennose Street, Manchester.

CHORLTON, WILLIAM, Esq., Morningside, Fairneld, near Manchester.

CLAPHAM, JOHN, Esq., The Hills, Prestwich.

CLARKE, KICHARD, Esq., 285 Bolton Road, Walkden, near Man-
chester.

COLLES, A. H., Esq., Whaley Bridge.

COOKE, THOMAS, Esq., Rushobne Hall, Manchester.

COOPER, THOMAS, Esq., Mossley House, Congleton.

CORNISH BROTHERS, Messrs., Booksellers, 37 New Street, Birmingham.

CORNISH, JAMES, and SONS, Messrs., Booksellers, 297 High Hoi-
born, London.

CORNISH, JAMES, and SONS, Messrs., Booksellers, 37 Lord Street, Liver-
pool.

COULTHART, JOHN Ross, Esq., Ashtoii-under-Lyne, Lancashire.

CRAMPTON, Mrs. M., Spring Vale, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire.

CROSSLAND, ROBERT, Esq., 21 Northumberland Street, Higher
Broughton.

CROWTHER, WILLIAM, Esq., 23 Ellesmere Villas, Farnworth, near
Bolton, Lancashire.

CURTIS, RICHARD, Esq., Phoenix Works, Manchester.

DAY, THOS. J., Esq., Heaton Moor, Stockport.
DYSON, A. K., Esq., 38 George Street, Manchester.

EARNSHAW, JACOB, Esq., 10 St. James Square, Manchester.
EARWAKER, J. P., Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Pensarn, Abergele, North

Wales.
EVANS, JOHN, Esq., Manchester.

FLETCHER, ALFRED PETER, Esq., Beaucliffe, Eccles, near Manchester.
FLETCHER, JAMES, Esq., Kearsley Vale House, Stoneclough, Man-
chester.



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. Vll

FOSTER, Mrs., 10 Chester Terrace, Regent's Park, London.

Fox, R. DACRE, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., 341 Oxford Road, Manchester.

GIBSON, Rev. Canon N. "W., Polygon, Ardwick, near Manchester.

GLAZEBROOK, "W. A., Esq., Princess Street, Manchester.

GOODMAN, DAVENPORT, Esq., Eccles House, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derby-
shire.

GRADWELL, SAMUEL, Esq., Holmes Chapel.

GRATRIX, SAMUEL, Esq., J.P., Alport Town, Manchester.

GRAY, Mr. HENRY, Antiquarian and Topographical Bookseller, 25
Cathedral Yard, Manchester.

GREEN, THOMAS, Esq., Les Douvres, Guernsey, and Poulton Lancelyn,
Cheshire.

GROVES, GEORGE H., Esq., Urmston, Lancashire.

GRUNDY, ALFRED, Esq., Whitefield, near Manchester.

GUEST, "W. H., Esq., 78 Cross Street, Manchester.

HADFIELD, GEORGE, Esq., 110 King Street, Manchester.

HADFIELD, W., Esq., Ferns House, Kirkmanshulme Lane, Longsight,
Manchester.

HALL, HENRY, Esq., Boothdale, Ashton-under-Lyne.

HALL, JOHN, Esq., The Grange, Hale, Cheshire.

HALL, JOHN ALBERT, Esq., Park Hill, Congleton.

HALL, JOSEPH, Esq., Grammar School, Manchester.

HAMMERSLEY, WILLIAM HENRY, Esq., Bridge House, Leek.

HANBY, RICHARD, Esq., Chetham Library, Manchester.

HANKINSON, G. H., Esq., 88 King Street, Manchester.

HANMER, L., Esq., Grecian House, Higher Broughton, near Man-
chester.

HARRIS, GEORGE, Esq., LL.D., F.S.A., Iselips Manor, Northott,
Southall, Middlesex.

HARRISON, ROBERT, Esq., Secretary and Librarian London Library,

12 St. James Square, London S.W.
HAWORTH, ABRAHAM, Esq., Hilston House, Altrincham.
HAYWARD, Mr. THOS., Bookseller, 35 Oxford Road, Manchester,

13 copies.



viii LIST OF SUBSCRIBEKS.

HEAP, HENRY, Esq., 99 Portland Street, Manchester.

HEARD, JAS., Esq., Aytoun Street, Manchester.

HERBERT, Mrs. ANNA MARIA, Upper Helmsley Hall, York.

HIBBERT,^ EDWARD, Esq., J.P., Brook Bank, Godley, near Man-
chester.

HIBBERT, Colonel F. D., Bucknell Manor, Bicester, Oxfordshire.

HIBBERT WARE, TITUS, Esq., 1 Bell Place, Bowdon, Cheshire,
6 copies.

HIGGINBOTTOM, JAS., Esq., Dorset House, Heaton Chapel, Stock-
port.

HINDE, C. H., Esq., 7 Mount Street, Manchester.

HOLDEN, Mr. ADAM, Bookseller, 48 Church Street, Liverpool.

HOLDEN, C. H., Esq., Bolton, Lancashire.

HOLDEN, THOS., Esq., Spring Field, Bolton, Lancashire.

HOLME, ENOCH, Esq., Boothroydon, Middleton.

HOLMES, JAMES, Esq., 12 Egerton Road, Fallowfield, near Man-
chester.

HOLT, Mr. ROBERT, Bookseller, 28 Oak Street, Manchester, 7 copies.

HUGHES, CHARLES, Esq., Cheetwood House, Manchester.

JARROLD, S. J. J., Esq., Norwich.

JONES, JAMES, Esq., Stoneleigh Rosset, near Wrexham.

JORDAN, CHARLES, Esq., Telegraph Engineer, Jordan Street, Man-
chester.

JORDAN, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Esq., Astley House, Heaton Chapel,
near Stockport.

JORDAN, THOS. L., Esq., Astley House, Heaton Chapel, near Stock-
port.

KAY, JACOB, Esq., 5 Booth Street, Manchester.
KIRK, JAMES, Esq., Bothomes Hall, Whaley Bridge.
KNOOP, HENRY L., Esq., 62 Peter Street, Manchester.

LANCASHIRE INDEPENDENT COLLEGE, Whalley Range, Manchester.
LEECH, D. J., Esq., M.D., 96 Mosley Street, Manchester.
LEFROY, GEO. BENTINCK, Esq., 23 Talbot Square, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, W.



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. IX

LEFROY, Miss MARY, care of Mrs. Ernest Hawkins, Hillcote, Bourne-
mouth, Hants.

LINGARD-MONK, R. B. M., Esq., Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow.
LIVERPOOL FREE LIBRARY, per P. Cowell, Esq., librarian.
LORD, W. C., Esq., Elm Lodge, Eccles, near Manchester.
LUKE, H., Esq., 14 Brazennose Street, Manchester.
LUND, EDWARD, Esq., F.R.C.S., St. John Street, Manchester.

MACKENZIE, JOHN WHITEFORD, Esq., 16 Royal Circus, Edinburgh.

MANCHESTER FREE REFERENCE LIBRARY, per C. W. Sutton, Esq.,
librarian.

MARSLAND, SAMUEL, Esq., Chorlton House, Greenheys Lane, Man-
chester.

M'CONNEL, Mrs., Cressbrook, Bakewell.

MORTON, W., Esq., 258 Birchfield Place, Stockport Road, Longsight,
near Manchester.

MURRAY, Miss, Milverton Hill, Leamington.

NAYLOR, Miss ANNA J., The Knoll, near Altrincham, Cheshire.
NELSON, Major-General A. A., C.B., Governor of Guernsey.
NODAL, J. H., Esq., The Grange, Heaton Moor.

OFFER, EDWYN, Esq., 4 Park Street, Higher Ardwick, near Man-
chester.

ORD, "W. G. H., Esq., Bowdon, Cheshire.
ORME, ROBERT, Esq., Irwell Engraving Works, Salford.
ORME, THOS., Esq., Longacre, Edgeley, Stockport.
OSWALD, Lady, Southbank, Edinburgh.
OWENS COLLEGE LIBRARY, Oxford Road, Manchester.

PALMER and HOWE, Messrs., Booksellers, Princess Street, Manchester,
4 copies.

PARLANE, JAS., Esq., J.P., Appleby Lodge, Rusholme, near Man-
chester.

PEEL, GEO., Esq., J.P., Brookfield, Cheadle, Cheshire, 2 copies.

PHILIPS, HERBERT, Esq., J.P., The Oak House, Sutton, Macclesfield.



X LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

PICKFOED, Miss A. C., King Sterndale, Buxton, Derbyshire.
PORTICO LIBRARY, Mosley Street, Manchester.
POTTER, E. C., Esq., Rusholme House, Manchester.

QUARITCH, Mr. BERNARD, Bookseller, 15 Piccadilly, London.

REISS, FRITZ, Esq., Quay Street, Manchester.

REYNOLDS, J. H., Esq., 2 Hampson Terrace, Seymour Grove, Man-
chester.

RICHMOND, T. G., Esq., F.R.C.S., Macclesfield.
ROBBERDS, Rev. JOHN, B.A., Battledown Tower, Cheltenham.
ROGERS, JAMES TAYLOR, Esq., "Wellington Lodge, Littleborough.
ROUNDELL, C. S., Esq., M.P., 16 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London.
ROWORTH, Mr. THOMAS, bookseller, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
ROYLE, JOHN, Esq., 53 Port Street, Piccadilly, Manchester.

SALFORD FREE LIBRARY, Peel Park, near Manchester.

SCHOFIELD, THOMAS, Esq., J.P., Thornfield, Old Trafford, near Man-
chester.

SCHRODER, JOHN M., Esq., 49 Faulkner Street, Manchester.

SEDDON, JAMES, Esq., Race Hill, Altrincham.

SHAW, JOHN, Esq., 70 Cannon Street, Manchester.

SOTHERAN, Messrs. H. and Co., Booksellers, 49 Cross Street, Man-
chester, 3 copies.

SPAFFORD, GEORGE, Esq., 1 5 Mount Street, Manchester.

STEPHENS, JAS., Esq., 68 Bridge Street, Manchester.

STRAUS, HERBERT N., Esq., The Holme, Sedgley Park, Prestwich, near
Manchester.

STRAUS, JAMES R., Esq., The Holme, Sedgley Park, Prestwich, near
Manchester.

SUTTON, C. W., Esq., Librarian, Manchester Free Library.

SWINDELLS, GEO. H., Esq., Oak Villa, Heaton Moor, Stockport.

TAYLOR, H., Esq., Burton House, Patricroft.
TAYLOR, JOHN, Esq., Eagle Brewery, Lloyd Street, Manchester.
TAYLOR, JOSH., Esq., Eagle Brewery, Lloyd Street, Manchester.
TWEEDALE, J. F., Esq., Higher Field, Werneth, Oldham.



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. XI

WALTHEW, JOHN, Esq., J.P., Sparth Mount, Heaton Norris.
WARBURTON, S., Esq., Sunny Hill, Crumpsall, near Manchester.
WATSON, Major JAMES, Inchyra, near Perth.
WATTS, JOHN, Esq., 23 Strutt Street, Manchester.
WOOD, R., Esq., J.P., Plumpton Hall, Heywood, near Manchester,
2 copies.

YATES, J. M., Esq., St. James Square, Manchester.

YOUNG, HENRY A., Esq., Woodcroft Villa, Wavertree, near Liverpool.



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PEEFACE.

THE compiler of this Memoir was induced to under-
take the collection and arrangement of the corre-
spondence of the late Dr. Samuel Hibbert Ware, in
the hope that it might be found of interest to the
readers of the History of the Foundations of Man-
chester and other Works written by him. She
moreover hopes that these pages may not be without
interest for some residents in Edinburgh, where Dr.
Hibbert Ware passed many pleasant years of his life.

To enable her to complete the work she had
undertaken, the letters which have been printed were
placed in her hands by her husband, who is the
eldest son of Dr. Hibbert Ware, and who has also
supplied her with many incidents and anecdotes,
he being almost the sole survivor of those with
whom his late father was intimate.

With what success she has performed her work
she leaves her indulgent readers to judge; but she
must observe that her efforts have been greatly



XIV PREFACE.

stimulated by the encouragement to undertake it
which she received from C. W. Button, Esq., Chief
Librarian of the Manchester Free Library, and from
J. E. Bailey, Esq., F.S.A., of Stretford, the editor
of the Palatine Note-Book, in which work appeared
a short time since an outline of the Life of Dr.
Hibbert Ware.

It is scarcely likely that any of the writers in
this Memoir are now alive, as they were all of
middle-age when Dr. Hibbert Ware died.

MARY CLEMENTINA HIBBERT WARE.

10th April 1882.



CONTENTS.

PART I. MANCHESTER.

CHAPTEK I.

PAGE

Titus Hibbert The Scots in Manchester in 1745 . 1

CHAPTER II.

Sylvanus Hibbert His pamphlet on the " State after Death " 9

CHAPTER III.

Another " Conceit " Perpetual Motion . , 13

CHAPTER IV.

A Dantzig commercial traveller's notes on Manchester customers

Merchants and depositors of money . . .' 17

CHAPTER V.

Death of Titus Hibbert's wife The Presbyterian Chapel in

Cross Street . . . . '. . 21

CHAPTER VI.

Cost of living one hundred years ago . . . 24

CHAPTER VII.

The firm of " Titus Hibbert and Son" The Duke of Bridge-
water's canal boats Stage-coaches or " flying machines " 41



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CHAPTER VIII.

PAGE

Nuisances and obstructions in the streets of Manchester
Subscription for making improvements and names of
subscribers ...... 46

CHAPTER IX.

Miss Sally Ware Robert Ware, Esq., of Dublin The Lan-
cashire Militia Tim Bobbin and Miss Ware . . 53

CHAPTER X.

The American War of Independence Manchester Petitions,
etc., and names of signatories John Wesley's " Calm
Address" A Debating Society in Manchester Mr.
George Duckworth . . . . . 63

CHAPTER XL

Mr. John Holt of Walton Canal-boat travelling . . 73

CHAPTER XII.

A.n Extravagancy ; or, London and a " Young Man from the

Country" ...... 77

CHAPTER XIII.

Death of Paymaster Robert Ware Ladies travelling by stage-
coach An expected marriage An unexpected marriage. 84

CHAPTER XIV.

Scarborough Manchester gossip .... 89

CHAPTER XV.

The birth of Samuel Hibbert, the subject of this Memoir . 93



CONTENTS. XV11



CHAPTER XVI.

PAGE

The importation of linen yarn The Prussian Government
make inquiries of Manchester merchants respecting it
Chamber of Commerce . > . \ 95

CHAPTER XVII.

"The Manchester Regiment," or 72d The fustian-tax Old

Blackpool Ardwick Green . . .. " . 99

CHAPTER XVIII.

The first school Holland Watson A journey to Dublin a

century ago . . . . .106

CHAPTER XIX.

Young Sam Hibbert and the poacher Manchester New

College State education . . . .111

CHAPTER XX.

Peter Clare Electricity and the dogs Some names of Man-
chester families . . . ' . . 120

CHAPTER XXI.

A passport from Ireland to England Buxton Sam Hibbert's
poetry Practical jokes Volunteers The Peace of
Amiens . . . . . .124

CHAPTER XXII.

Sam Hibbert and his brother Titus separate The Act of
Union, strong feeling against in Ireland War Recruit-
ing in Manchester Cowdroy Jimmy Watson Joseph
Aston ,, , , . -. . ... 132

CHAPTER XXIII.

The Manchester Theatre Riley the actor at Harrogate

Sam Hibbert marries . 143



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CHAPTER XXIV.

PAGE

Liverpool, sea-bathing at Chorlton Eow in 1805 William
Hibbert and the 40th Regiment Review at Ardwick
Green by the Duke of Gloucester Arthur Thistlewood 150

CHAPTER XXV.

Samuel Hibbert elected a Member of the Manchester Literary
and Philosophical Society, and of the Society of Arts in
London The Peninsular War . . . 157

CHAPTER XXVI.

Samuel Hibbert's pamphlet on Commercial Credit The Man-
chester Local Militia . . . . .169

CHAPTER XXVII.

The sick soldier Dick Crompton and Marshal Mortier
Manchester gossip Samuel Hibbert thinks of entering
the Army The Duke of York and scandals on the sale
of commissions . . . . .171

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Samuel Hibbert in the 1st Royal Lancashire Militia Man-
chester gossip French prison near Bristol The marches
in South Wales ..... 181

CHAPTER XXIX.

Worcester Captain Byron and the Hottentot Venus Not-
tingham York races Sam Hibbert charged with
poisoning a racer . . . . .196

CHAPTER XXX.

Berwick-upon-Tweed Complaint of dirt of the town A

Martinet General Route to Haddington is sent 204



CONTENTS. XIX



CHAPTEE XXXI.

PAGE

Haddington Sam Hibbert adopts the Spartan bringing-up of
children Shabby inns A duel stopped Sam Hib-
bert's youngest brother George enters the 1st Lancashires
Dick Crompton again Vaccination Tour in the
Highlands . . .' .- , ' .. . 212

CHAPTER XXXII.

Mr. Joseph Jordan, surgeon Samuel Hibbert studies medicine
in Edinburgh George Hibbert at Toulouse at Ghent
The Duke of Wellington and the 40th Regiment
Waterloo Death of Mr. Samuel Hibbert senior . 224



PAET II EDINBURGH.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Samuel Hibbert removes to Edinburgh He graduates
Goes to Shetland Discovers chromate of iron Pro-
fessor Jameson considers the discovery important . 239

CHAPTER XXXIV.

The Shetland chromate of iron and London manufacturers
Dr. Hibbert makes a second journey to Shetland His
rambles Appearance of the country . . ' . 249

CHAPTER XXXV.

The 1st Lancashires again Captains Jones and Marryat and
Squire Waterton at Rome Captain Scoresby and young
surgeons Dr. Hibbert contributes to the Edinburgh
Philosophical Journal The Hermit of Roeness-hill . 260

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Phrenology The High School Dr. Hibbert receives a gold
medal from the Society of Arts for his discovery of chro-



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PAGE

mate of iron in Shetland The native hydrate of mag-
nesia discovered by him also Sir Walter Scott elected
President of the Royal Society . . . 271

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Dr. Hibbert made a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,
and of the Scottish Antiquarian Society Sir Walter
Scott's Pirate and Shetland Mr. Thomas Edmondston
and the discovery of chromate of iron Dr. Hibbert's
account of the discovery His work on Shetland is pub-
lished Professor Jameson's opinion of it . . 278

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

A copy of the work on Shetland is sent to the Manchester
Literary and Philosophical Society Opinion of Shet-
landers on the work Death of Mrs. Hibbert George
IV. visits Edinburgh The boy born without forearms
An account of the Manor of Ashton-under-Lyne Sir
Walter Scott's opinion of it . . . . 294

CHAPTER XXXIX.

Edinburgh breakfast parties W. C. Trevelyan Dr. Rich-
ardson, Franklin's companion Sale of the chromate of
iron Thomas Edmondston and the chromate of iron
Dr. Hibbert is made a secretary of the Antiquarian
Society Publication of his work on Apparitions . 312

CHAPTER XL.

Royal Institution, Manchester Old carved oak panels at
Hulme Hall Geological Lectures in Manchester Vit-
rified Forts in Scotland Constable and " cheap lit-
erature " Professor Buckland Dr. Hibbert elected a
member of the Geological Society of London The Edin-
burgh Journal of Science . . . . 326

CHAPTER XLI.

Dr. Hibbert's second marriage Vitrified Forts He becomes
one of the editors of the Medical Journal Antiquarian



CONTENTS. XXI

PAGE

dinners Sir Walter Scott and the black-jack The fossil
elk Concretions at Alderley Edge Second edition of
the work on Apparitions Sir George Mackenzie and Sir
William Hamilton and Phrenology . . ., 342

CHAPTER XLII.

A journalistic squabble Constable the bookseller fails Mr.
Thomas Agnew and the History of the Foundations of
Manchester The second edition of the Philosophy of
Apparitions An apparition in Earl Grey's family
The Antiquarian Society and Dr. Hibbert . . i . . 355

CHAPTER XLIII.

Dr. Hibbert goes to the Continent to make Geological Re-
searches The History of the Foundations of Manchester
Returns to Manchester to give a course of lectures on
Geology . . . . . . 367

CHAPTER XLIV.

Lectures on Geology at Manchester Article on Shetland in
the Encyclopaedia (of Brevrster) Dr. Hibbert returns to
Hanau Geologises at Claremont in France Rome
Naples Returns to England An Antiquarian Society
dinner '. '. '. ' '. '.'~ ' 382

CHAPTER XLV.

History of the Foundations of Manchester Sale of chromate of
iron Fossil bones, etc., in the South of France Sir
Walter Scott's Demonology Royal Commission to report
on the Universities of Scotland Dr. Hibbert's spectral
illusion at Dr. Brewster's A Tour in the Highlands and
Shetland .. ,. . . . ^ . . 391

CHAPTER XLVI.

Dr. Hibbert made a Vice-President of the Antiquarian Society
The History of the Extinct Volcanoes Is elected a



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PAGE

member of the Geological Society of France Of the
Society of Antiquaries of Copenhagen Discovers the
fresh-water limestone at Burdiehouse, Edinburgh M.
Agassiz Charles Lyell Professor Buckland Dr. Knox
and Burke and Hare . . . . .411

CHAPTER XLVII.

The British Association meet at Edinburgh Professor Buck-
land adds the name Hibberti to the saurian animals
discovered at Burdiehouse Dr. Buckland and the
nomenclature of fossil saurian fish of Burdiehouse 432



CHAPTER XLVIII.

Dr. Hibbert leaves Edinburgh Mrs. Hibbert dies at Harro-

gate He settles in York . 439



CHAPTER XLIX.

York Mr. Joseph Jordan elected Surgeon to the Manchester
Infirmary The Lancaster Cross and Baines' History of
Lancashire Review of the History of the Foundations of
Manchester in the Gentleman's Magazine Professor Buck-
land's Bridgewater Treatise The Overland Route to
India 449



CHAPTER L.

Antiquarian Tour in Ireland William Hibbert travels over-
land to India His sketches Mahometan superstition
Sore eyes among the poor in Upper Egypt Continua-
tion of the History of the Foundations of Manchester . 467



CHAPTER LI.

Dr. Hibbert adds the name of Ware to his patronymic His
recommendation of Mr. David Laing to the post of
Librarian to the Signet Library Rafn's Antiquitates
Americana .... 477



CONTENTS. XX111

CHAPTER LIT.

PAGE

Accident to the Governor of Goa William Hibbert sent there
Embarks with the "Army of the Indus" March along
the banks of that river . . Y . . 484

CHAPTER LHI.

" improvisa lethi

Vis rapuit rapietque gentes " . . . 493

CHAPTER LIV.

Kiirachee, Gttznee, and Cabul taken Mr. Thomas Edmondston's

curious claim to the discovery of the chromate of iron . 501

CHAPTER LV.

Major Hibbert in Afghanistan The Lancaster Runic cross,
and Mr. Kemble's explanation Dr. Hibbert "Ware is
elected a member of the Irish Archaeological Society
Appendix to the History of the Foundations of Manchester
Sir William Hamilton . . . . 513

CHAPTER LVI.

Afghanistan Letter from Major Hibbert at Kandahar Dr.
Hibbert Ware placed on the Committee of the British
Association for inquiring into the different races of man
His collection of skulls, etc., and the New Zealander
His third marriage . . -. ' . ' ". 520

CHAPTER LVIL

Kandahar General Nott's march to Cabul Return of Nott

and Pollock to India . . . . .529

CHAPTER LVIII.

The Runic cross of Lancaster and Professor Finn Magnusson
of Copenhagen The Chetham Society founded Dr.
Hibbert Ware's Memorials of Lancashire w 1715 . 536



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CHAPTER LIX.

PAGE

The Irish Exile . . . . . . 553

CHAPTER LX.

The History of the Foundations of Manchester Mr. John

Harland Colonel Hibbert's death . . . 558

CHAPTER LXI.

Collegiate Chapter of Manchester and the Churchwardens
Publication of the Appendix or Supplement of the
History of the Foundations of Manchester . . 564

CHAPTER LXII.

" cinis et manes et fabula fies,

Vive memor lethi, fugit hora " . . 573



PART I.
MANCHESTER

CHAPTER I.

Titus Hibbert The Scots in Manchester in 1745.

THE Hibberts were one of the old Manchester mer-
cantile families of the last century who acquired a
considerable fortune in that town, which even at that
date was rapidly rising to its present importance.

Titus Hibbert, the founder of the firm "Titus
Hibbert and Son," and the grandfather of the subject
of our memoir, belonged to the family of the Hibberts
of Werneth and Marple in Cheshire, the manor of
which latter place was held by them in the seven-
teenth century. From a copy of the Herald's Visita-
tion in the Harleian MS., 2161, book 257 g, and 274 a,
in the British Museum, it appears that the family
had been settled at Marple in the time of Edward IV.
The late Dr. Hibbert Ware conceived that they had
migrated from a more southern county when the
kingdom was convulsed with the Wars of the Roses ;
and he was also of opinion that the Hibberts of
Birtles, Godly, Hyde, and the neighbourhood were

sprung from the same stock.

B



2 SAMUEL HIBBERT WAUE S

Mr. Earwaker, in his excellent History of East
Cheshire, vol. ii. p. 55, gives the armorial bearings
(sanctioned by Eandal Holmes) and a pedigree of the
Hibberts of Marple, whom he considers to have
occupied the position of yeomen or smaller gentry.

For some time before the year 1736, when he was
not more than eighteen or nineteen years of age, Titus
Hibbert had kept journals or memorandum books,
partly written in shorthand, an art at that time
taught by Mr. Byrom and Mr. Aulay Macaulay of St.
Ann's Square to ladies as well as gentlemen. When
scarce twenty years old his mind seems to have taken
a peculiar, we might term it an eccentric, bent, as
regards literature, for amongst his books was a large
folio tome, in which he had written his name " Titus
Hibbert ejus liber, 23d September 1736." The nature
of this book may be judged of by its title, Physiologia,