4-6 Faraday, Correspividence of Licut.-CoL Philips. 



Dame next Summer. I shall just have one spare room which I assure you 

 shall be comfortable. 



One cannot help feeling some sympathy with old 

 Mr. Sherman, whose pay was only ;^I00 a year. It is 

 somewhat difficult to understand the Captain's rather 

 obscure hints about his new residence ; they appear to be 

 contradictory. On January 27th, 1800, Cable writes : — 



I reed- a Letter by the last Packett from our friend Radcliffe, announcing 

 the approach of a piece of Oxford Brawn, which is since arrived in great 

 perfection, and which enabled me to send a handsome treat to his Grace of 

 Atholl ; who, by the bye, has spent his Christmas here, and I understand 

 does not leave the Island until March. While he has been here the 

 Inhabitants of the Town have given him & his Family a Ball & Supper at 

 which were assembled about 120 persons. The whole went off very well 

 while their Graces & their Suite stayed, but after they were gone a parcel of 

 vagabond Irish, who had contriv'd to be of the party, kick'd up a Row, in 

 the manner of their Country, which has given some business to the Deemster. 

 Luckily I was come home before the Uproar began. This, as you will easily 

 imagine has afforded great scope for conversation & scandal. Indeed, I 

 don't know what we shou'd do for conversation in the alxsence of the Packett 

 were it not for these Irish Emigrants. They are a precious Gang, that's for 

 certain. 



As a piece of news I tell you that your unfortunate Townsman and I 

 have made matters up. He din'd with me on New Year's Day, &, we 

 began the New Year by drinking a Glass to Oblivion. As we shall never 

 be upon so intimate a footing again as we have been, there is reason to hope 

 we shall continue upon decent terms in future. 



On May 5th Cable writes : — 



We are just on the point of removing into a neat, snug, comfortable 

 Box where I have a very good spare Bed Chamber, and where I can 

 accomodate you and Mrs. Philips more conveniently than you have ever 

 been lodged in this country, and where it will give me the greatest pleasure 

 to see you whenever you can make it pleasant to take a trip to Douglas. 

 My House I assure you, is finished in a manner far superior to any you have 

 seen in this Island ; it being Stiled and Lath'd (as the workmen call it) from 

 top to bottom throughout the whole House, which no other House that I 

 know of in this Island has. Sarah begs me to say that if you can bring 

 Miss Philips along with you she shall be extremely glad to see her, and will 

 accomodate her with half of her Bed, & will endeavour to make the 

 excursion as agreeable as possible. Therefore, if you can spare time from your 

 more serious avocations of Trade & War, do, for God's sake, come 

 see us this Summer. 



