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self remains extant. We first hear of him as one of the 

 Burgesses of CUtheroe in 1790. Mr. Eastham, the present 

 Town Clerk of CHtheroe, has very kindly provided me 

 with particulars of Cable's connection with that town. He 

 finds that in the year 1790 Samuel Cable, described as an 

 Esquire, was admitted a burgess under a conveyance from 

 Assheton Curzon of the free Borough Croft called Major 

 Parrock. Then in 1791 he was elected the Out Bailiff. 

 " This," says Mr. Eastham, " may be taken to mean that 

 he was a supporter of the Curzons, and held a sort of 

 faggot vote at their command. The Out Bailiff was 

 elected from outside burgesses, and it may, therefore, be 

 inferred that Cable did not reside in Clitheroe at all, and 

 possibly lived in Preston, where the agent for the Curzons 

 then resided." Following these dates there is a long gap 

 in Cable's history, and then his name appears in a list 

 of a meeting of the leading inhabitants of Liverpool on 

 February 9th, 1795, so he appears to have had some con- 

 nection with that town. It is possible, indeed, that Cable 

 Street is called after some member of his family, though 

 in that case the connection with the town must date back a 

 long way, as Cable Street was known by that name at all 

 events as early as 1700. On May i8th, 1795, the Liverpool 

 Advertiser has the following notice : " Mr. Samuel Cable, 

 lieutenant in the Navy, to be master and commander." I 

 can find no account of Cable in the Naval Chronicle. 

 On receipt of his promotion he repaired to Douglas, 

 Isle of Man, where he was in charge of the Naval 

 Station maintained there during the War. He seems 

 to have had many friends in North Lancashire, and 

 to have had good family connections. Unfortunately, 

 however, he never alludes to the latter by name, so 

 that it is well nigh impossible to trace him, as he 

 does not appear to have borne arms. A Mr. C. P. Cable 



