The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-01 00:00:00

CAPTAIN WARNER.

Lord INGESTRIE was aware that it was not in strict
order to allude to what had taken place in a former de-
bate, but he trusted the House would permit him
to take that opportunity of setting an individual
right with the public. He alluded to the assertions
which had been made by the Hon. Member for Halifax,

and the Hon. and Gallant Member for the Tower Ham-
lets, relative to Capt. Warner's invention. Those Hon.
Members stated that Capt. Warner had refused all in-
quiry.
The SPEAKER said it was quite in order for any
Hon. Member, if he had been misrepresented, to set him-
self right, and in doing so, he would be acting strictly in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the House,
but he had interrupted an Hon. Member yesterday, and
he perhaps ought to have interrupted the Noble Lord
before, who was not correcting what had fallen from
himself, but was alluding to arguments which had fallen
from Hon. Members in a former debate.
Lord INGESTRE was aware that he was not strictly
in order, but perhaps it would be the only opportunity
which might occur, and he hoped he might be per-

mated to read a letter for the purpose of setting Capt.
Warner right with the public.—(Hear. hear.) The
Noble Lord then read a letter dated Bth May, 1840,

addressed by Captain Warner to Lord Melbourne,
in which Captain Warner stated, that he was wil-
ling to refer his invention to a commission, as pro-
posed, but that he wished to substitute a naval for
an engineer officer, because the invention was more
particularly connected with the Navy, and there-
fore he wished to nominate Sir William Parker and
Lord Ingestrie, instead of an engineer officer, but that,
as secrecy was as desirable for the interests of the
country as for his own, and as the administration
of an oath might be considered objectionable,
he submitted that each officer should give his
written pledge of secrecy, and he stated that by their de-
cision he was willing to abide as final.

FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Capt. FITZROY asked the Noble Lord the Secretary

for the Colonies if the report was correct, that a Lieute-
nant of Engineers had been appointed Governor of the
Falkland Islands, and if he would state the reasons
which had occasioned that appointment?
Lord STANLEY said it was a fact that a Lieutenant
of Engineers, Lieutenant Moate, had been appointed
Governor of the Falkland Islands; but, as the appoint-
ment had been made by the late Ministry, he could not
state the reasons for it.
ARMS SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY.

Commodore NAPIER begged leave to take that op-
portunity of correcting an error which had been spread
abroad respecting a statement made by him in
the House as to the inefficiency of the arms
supplied to the army and navy. It was re-
ported that the arms of which he complained
were furnished to the navy by the late Lords of the Ad-
miralty. The fact was, that they were supplied when
the Right Hon. Baronet opposite was First Lord of the
Admiralty—(Hear, hoar)—and he was happy to say that
the late Lords had caused such reparation to be
made that at the present moment there were not
better arms in any service in the world.—(Hear, hear.)
Ile had, however, nothing to retract from what he had
said.