8 Faraday, Correspondence of Lient.-Col. PJiilips. 



midshipman on board the Orion, was wounded at 



Trafalgar; it is possible he was connected with the Captain. 



Captain Cable was apparently a friend of Mr. John Philips, 



of Bank (the Colonel's father), and from this, and other 



evidence in the letters themselves, we should infer that 



he was considerably older than Colonel Leigh Philips. 



Captain Cable lived on the Island during the whole of the 



period covered by the letters (1795 — 1803). The last few 



letters record the progress of the disease which at last 



terminated fatally. He was married, and had one 



daughter, Miss Sarah Cable, a young girl some twelve 



years of age at the time the letters begin. Captain Cable 



seems to have seen some active service before going to 



the Island. The meeting of Liverpool citizens alluded to 



above is rather interesting. Towards the end of 1794, the 



disastrous condition of the French Army was patent to 



all the enemies of that country, and there was a strong 



movement in France in favour of peace.* The British 



Government, however, resolved to continue hostilities, 



deeming it better to seize the opportunity, and annihilate 



the traditional enemy. Accordingly in several places 



what may be termed a " Stop the War " movement was 



inaugurated. In Manchester, several persons petitioned 



the Borough-reeve and Constables, and in Liverpool 



others petitioned the Mayor and Corporation, to call 



a Town's Meeting to protest against the continuance 



of the War. In each case the town authorities 



refused. Counter-petitions were published, of a very much 



more influential nature, urging the continuance of the war 



and promising support to the Government. Among the 



* A statement, published in the press at the time, of the French Army 

 during the period Jan. 2, 1792— Jan. i, 1795, is : — " Slain and Prisoners, 

 610,000; Died in Military Hospitals, 177,000; Requisition Men, did not 

 join, 119,000; Deserted, 53,000; Remaining Force, 841,000; Total, 

 1,800,000." 



