The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

Loss OF A PILOT BY DROWI, I•I G.—We have the pain",
fat duty of recording another accident (the second within
the present month) by which one of t' e pilots beiorgink
to our port has unfortunately lost his life. The viciia, oci
sickness,t he survey,
w when
nd
aboutreti re (i
half t o
wayhi his cabin the present occasion is Mr. Hugh Williams, master of No..
2 pilot-boat, who on Wednesday last, haring been out Oa
the
Isle of Man, came on deck in the night, and, as it is sup—
posed in the act of retching, overbalanced himself and fell
over the taffrail, unperceived by the man at the v./Leo_
By this unfortunate occurrence a wife and six children are'
left unprotected.
The annive•sary dinner of the Rose of Engilaasntd,altnati.3.g:
of Modern Druids took place on Tuesday
lodge house, Host Williamson's, Whitechapel•
spread was most abu tdant, consisting not only ot the
stantials but all the delicacies of the season. The chtl.l!
was admirably filled by N. A. Brown, who was most abl
supported by V. A. Harwo)d, and, amidst the feast °f
e;enbutht ibsecinc.Lsteaiznedd
reason and the flow of soul that characterized the ell;
ings amusement, the usual urbanity of the host and t
kind attentions a the hostess added materially to the coin,
fort of their guests, and left a grateful and lasting in3Pre3
sion on the hearts of all present.
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NUISANCE.—On Saturday Mr. Cunningham,
the surveyors belonging to the Commissioners of K' 0e
ways, attended, at the Police-court, to answer a conal7l.l'
of having laid down a quantity of granite stones in Otigoto
street, to the obstruction of the thoroughfare leading co
Castle-street to the Exchange. He stated, that be .01
merely carrying out the order of the commissioners, Teo
that the stones were deposited in the street with the c' pt
of having them moulded and laid down in the arliacele
11
crossings.—Mr.
Rushton said, that the nuisance ", ,ov
isted for some time, and that the commissioners enas'ded
pect to be fined as well as other people if they irort to
the streets and passengers. He ordered the detendantbe
pay a fine of £2, and said he should take care that to
money came out of his own pocket, and not out of
public purse.
NEW LICENCES.—The adjourned licensing sestoe,
was held on Friday, before the Mayor and W. Ratlwede
and T. Bolton, Esqrs. Several licenses were reoe'ope
but the cases of all who had been fined three times 0r for
wards were postponed. There were 97 applicationsteto
new licenses or transfer in the parish, 37 in VI or
park, six in West Derby, and ten in Everton. Then eyt,
ber of new licenses granted is 24, viz.:—Jane Meac
Belfast-street, corner of Regent-road ; Henry nr,°,l°l;so;
Richard Boardman, corner of Penrith-street ;
eti
Jones, corner of Walter-street ; Mary Ann 'Agog:
Thomas 'Mercer, Horatio-street ; Sidney Sherlock, belt'
street, retail spirit license; William Barlow, La'
street ; Peter Stubbs, Deane-street ; Robert Mawas it"
Robert Cowan, Pownall-street, corner of Liver-strew!
Thomas Baty, Redcross-street, Crown Chambersefew
spirit license ; James Robinson ; David Rae, South Jet;
street, retail spirit license ; Peter Edwards, stone-st,feo
James Carney, 'ritchfield-street, corner of Hornby -sleek
William Widnall, William-street; John Hughes,rebr
ford-street, corner of Stanhope-street ; Maria 'veer'
stone, Blair-street, corner of Upper Stanhope-codger
Robert Maxwell Goore, Goore-street; John Ploort
Grey-street, corner of Carlton-street; John ',boll
Lukey, corner of Windsor-street ; John Irse;tre,,e;
Lorton-street ; Elizabeth Johnson, StanhoPe" 01""t
Lower, corner of Croston-street ; Wm. Robinsoo•do oo
number of renewals granted was eight, but ice
deem it necessary to particularize them. 00S;
TREAT TO THE CHILDREN OF THE BLUE CoAli ofte-
PITAL.—The children of the Blue Coat Hospital Bare
witnessing the laying of the foundation stone of °""iisoe;
nabas's Church Schools, yesterday week, in oeri4:o °u-
with the kind invitation of the Mayor (noticed
iODd
account of the ceremony of that day) walked in Pre'er,
_Atl
to the number of 250, accompanied by Mr. Foste„„tom".;
preceded by their excellent juvenile band to glithere '-
Mosley Hill, the beautiful seat of his worship, "ey prof,'
rural entertainment was provided for them. As tools°•
ceeded, followed by crowds of personsfrom
the outskirts, the band played a succession of to P',o
abneduseo,ntbaeryrivwienrge amtetthbey end t
T. shaenadvse,niuune.le(attlobleffloielraoro;
son), Miss Sands, and a large assemblage Bdo.s et
amongst whom were Mrs. Sandbach, Mr. Josboa,
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, Sir JO7l. fors;la,
Mr. and Mrs. Bevan, Mr. John Smith, Mrs' ill,
son and family, Mr. Alfred Waterhouse and„ ~,e bot;
After having played for some time in front or Ws, wilt%)
the boys walked in the adjacent wooded gout algid Ifre•
under the shade of the lofty trees, they werec_.et The
buns, lemonade, milk, and fruit in abundan;,,orty, :pll,
freshments were served by all the ladies °flues, vtbe -b°oot,
while the children were enjoying themte v arrived cots
table donor, who had been delayed in towt:li
...fauseo3! in
and entered most warmly into the agreeable
_Ol.l
Pl 3 ble
tQ
various rural sports, the band occasionallyilyh credit3eotea
of the day. The boys afterwards enjoyed
variety of choice airs, in a manner lfga
their ta;„and)
them as musicians, and equally so t °Elie P ring
of the Ham? to b
teacher, Mr. Stubbs, (leaderexertion s 5 . sue,
who must have been unremitting in his
ileT brass 1/110
them to so great a state of perfection• a iive4rices
ments, echoed from the woodlands, had ,u 7., and vey
charming effect, and the beautiful verd
tithebrillittewhieD
a-pect of the locality, shown to effect byyof fete,ootit
the day, greatly enhanced the pleasures
present. and the
will long be remembered by all who were
toot
six o'clock, the band played the national
ortbY en"rea
hearty cheers for their worth to the 13/
boys gave three
shown oiso
and thanked him for the kindness _nd
ra to
himself and every member of his faually 5 f
n'their re %pi'
the visiters present. They then set out o
by the coo..
the Blue Coat Hospital, highly gratified
./aeor ,
e evening., the .a
oy
ments of the day. In th
Mr Fdster, t au.
to tied a large party, including .
the house. them y•in

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CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTIONS.

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For years past it has been a question of no little doubt
viniongst scientific and nautical men. whether the
by
Cap
t.
inventions offered for purchase to Government
Warner—(who, it will be seen, has recently charged our
rePresentative, Sir Howard Douglas,. wit unfairness in
his conduct as one of the Commissioners appointed by
,Government to investigate the value of those inventions)
were what they were represented by him to be, or the
There was
Mere creations of a mad enthusiast's ftre
nsyu'rn demanded
;,:rrnethlhelinn, apparently so outrageous in
in case of a successfu triall.of their powers,
1},4100,000 in 11, or £200,000 for the invisible shells, and
.48seinns_amoaunt for w. hat was styled " the long rance,")
that, i ible and cautious men were indisposed to believe
. n the present advanced state of science, any de-
!Ltlictive agent could exist, or any mode of applying
"ev°ll agents could be discovered, worthy. of a remunera-
tlen SO great as that named. The professions of Captain
Varner, therefore, as to the tremendous powers of the
rgines at his disposal, were, somewhat too readily per-
:ens, treated as gasconade, and, especially by professional
;end
d, looked upon as illusory and fraudulent in charactere
The recent publicly-made experiment off Brighton,
/:Len a vessel (the John o'Gaunt, furnished for the pur
nose of trial by private munificence) was destroyed most
.I,gnally and effectually at the will of, the
operator, con-
need all but the obstinately incredulous that Captain
Varner did possess the knowledge of some secret agent
'of tremendous and irresistible power, or some mode, pre-
which was
11°11elY undeveloped, of usingtactics, and
'calculated to effect a vast change in naval known agents,val
v,e a terrific preponderance to that nation who
.first used
~. In warfare. But even that exeriment, publicly. m.ade.
.irsit ivias, afforded no solution of the
wqiumetstwmans
tshoeinnadtuurse
ttSLY canvassed by the public, as to .
fin he agent or the mode of its applieatkovnen.
,Chaephte.Wihrgarinhear
••‘, 'w uP the John o'Gaunt at a signal
easel at some distance from her; butgi it was not. seen
clwthilleetrhz
the agency employed was a projectile, or in what
rals„..ceY the destruction was effected. It waseve sur-
r-‘, that collusion might have been practised—that
rabustibles might have been previously placed on board
be vessel destroyed. The experiment was admitted. to
e a wonderful operation ; but it was not admitted to be
Ze which coul be re
mpeated under circumstances adverse
the re
operatod r, or ade piactically useful in warfa .
Captain Warner kept his secret too closely to allow the
Public either to pirate it, or sufficiently to satisfy them-
selves of its real value.
A copy of the correspondence which has taken place
is her Majesty's Government and Captain Warner
LS now before us, which throws considerable light upon
the nature of the inventions and the treatment experi-
enced by their owner in hi; endeavours to render them
available by the Government of his native country.
tyVne
have already mentioned that the inventions in flanresenion_
are twofold, consisting first of a shell of a fneehuis
ilsitbrui:tsiohnellay,d adaptation, called by the eat"
be destroyed wbiythwthriecmhevnessels, fleets at sea, or. for‘t‘si,ncvain-
engines of
and efficiency.; and
.dBLeeesotrnudeltyi of some peculiadromuesannesleor.fityprojecting
on. with a certainty of aim hitherto unknown,
ulr Which objects can be destroyed at a distance from the
?Perators of five to six miles. This the. captain styles his
11°11g range." With a view of affording to our !enders
a, closer insight into the nature of both these engines of
. ruction than
u:tst • than perhaps they at present possess, we shall
give Captain Warner's description of them, contained in
letter under date of the 2nd November, 1841, addressed
the
,o it Earl of Hardwicke ,• and, for the sake of perspi-
f: v
, i We shall describe them separately. First, there-
, We take the " invisible shell," of which Captain
Varner thus speaks:—
nu' dierti
kil*st, my lord, enumerate some of the effects whic.h.l
Patin, I, e to produce by means of my Invisible Shells, antici-
appr Dating
as I go along, such objections to their practical
Zeherle •-I,Y as 'will probably occur to the minds of sear.nen, and
's' I
. etri informed, have been urged against their
ruasjebny
their ° not intimately acquainted with their niode of
them.
By,
Ware of the perfect control I can exercise over em
may be the mouths of rivers, harbours, and roads.teadds
lur_y be blockaded; and any channel, where the. usuatlososups-
urlocan be obtained, may he rendered impervious
eenti:deart incurring
Por nexWhere a
Ship certain destruction. By usual soundeirn.gsh,pi
under ordinary circumstances will b
alUratile, any part of the Downs I could easily and speedily
folkrisk of de-;Passable, and accomplish
antets without runni g
ful, in "ec.tiort, even in the face of nemy's fleet.. If need-
alight acas' Of Enropean emergency, the entire Straits of D. over
Qv- rendered 'inpassable and the whole of the ordinal y
oT.aantrack ~„ ,
i. -'-elianne'l, from Dungeness to the South Foreland,
lordelicoannel of similar depth. With this in view, I bhedgryohur.
steads P to examine a chart of the ports, harbours, and
glance,
o d
Per
cei,?ef4lethMeediterranean ; and
theyourtloartdsi Dardanelles,
will,
the
entrance soundings laid down, h
r°alatetid t° Toulon harbour, and all the principal ports and
Interr, .s throughout that sea, are liable to the same possible
trolib, Ption which I could cause in the more stormy and tide-
oaths of the Thames, the
me_ bled English Channel.
leeerTuY, the Humber, the access The tom Portsmouth, either by the
S and, and all other ports in
the es
ri
StHelen's., Plymouth
Kingdom,
b5,.n4 egress effectually prevented in the space of
ightbeseverally blockadaencligahntd. ingresshave
the set of currents too ; and
-ee'raidedfor all fluctuations of tide and alterations from any
stirn,,e of the depth of water, for .
tit ' does not deteriorate the
aefficienkcy or abate the force of
ege ha 1 ts *
p emen
.. .
Nivr, 1 system is quite apart from any accustomed system of
Le L. tactics, and entirely novel : but so simple, that it would
4 -s•Yisab'e an enemy should be induced, if possible, to look in
t
lvtliirrnetrieally opposite quarter for danger to that whence i
Zlibie e.a_lly strike him; to use a colloquial expression, it is de5i-
v10,....-y Put him on a false scent. which can only be done by the
lerd`w., secresy and most guarded 1 assure your
alroP, that by means of these Invisible Shells, I could so en
avei.end shut in a fleet brought up, that it could not get under
tso,64°eWithout involving itself in certain. destruction ; and I
the `d
it the same fate if under sail, m hatever might be
atuhn'te of the sea, the weather, the size and. number of the
thoPel-e°roPosing such fleet, or the rate at which they may be
elos jig. through the water. I may add too, adhering mostr
tile h`,),• to truth. that I have obtained so perfect a m.astery ove
Ardn'irver in question that I can apply it with facility and cer-
tea„„_air:a the largest 'or most ortable scale as
.occaston may
eTt I tko' 14,4 intention, and I believe your. lordship's wish, was,
liben.t° %,,,41ineipaliy
'tNo 01 at% :Pent iu maritime warfare ,
state the efficiencyhouftthlewinhvl etnaktieontshel
on shore against
moos, le tutu ,LIT2t. that I can apply
and4'n Passe,;""! equal Thedestructivenetshse.ms h
of this
dpiffiowcuerlt,
Withhill forts. bo- 'night be maintained by means
or c „ai,verY smain,ever lofty their site, be attackheadttoerridnegfetroadiend,
°-"Y Yet nn • „'-'°dY of'men, and without any .
ever, e„, es.risnabl 'f eamunition• 11 not how-
-1 wi
• ' but
refer "'arge 0, t e stores o a .
ster-General of the Ord-
a° Your lordshi be land application of my inventions,
1' ee, if YOU des? further he present lyla•
,--13 y the re satisfaction on this head."
Itr-, •. • extracts
Was
ststbie
shell above it will at once be seen that. the
of Captain Werner is not a projectile, as
tent the generally received opinion, even after the experi-
liBh„,, °.ll' Brighton. From other documents now pub-
...u, it .....,.
°Delve will be seen in what way they are calculated to
'24th 5,,,,• In a letter, dated " Grand Depot, Woolwich,
and
zareli, 1843,,,
and signed by J. A. Chaluaer, R.A.
which C* Carfin, R.N., prescribing the experiments
to they require to be made to enable them to report
etiF°vernment with respect to their value, we find it was
Pulated as the first experiment, that
_
4,:te invisible.. shells be placed by Mr. Warner along the coast, so
~ie.aek.p,,reavteernt,,a ship lying at anchor from putting to sea, the tide
secondbu t
„ i
texperiment e weaitabteor beet r
o'n'
gtheebsbanoi er as
tsrothn
ge
a b To
vhee.
flood."
With respect to the third it is stated—.
`lllr. Warner is to suppose himself chased, and to throw overboard
his invisible shells, and to destroy the ships following in
his
Wake,"
. From these and other particulars of the negociation be-
tween government and the captain it will be readily sun-
tPtsed that these " invisible shells" are to be sunk in the
water, secured by grapnels, and attached together by lines
4_Buch a manner as to operate by vessels striking them in
Fereir course. An under-water cordon, it is said, can be
ue..lned round any port, or round any fleet, which will in-
it.re the destruction of vessels attempting to escape through
svithAt the same time, the party using this defence can
alto tsoafbety remove them when required. They are said
lidiltleizi,i,,rieeperfeetly safe in handling on board ship ;c the
an curiae which might be supposed to arise in the case of
of destruction submerged, or from the rise
°Per .o of tides, is capable of being provided for; and the
4 at
ebtroYed of arranging theinstruments round works to be
ste cae
them
• be performed without interruption, or an
%err, Pereeiving from what quarter they are menaced by
Is,
lay r," POW
sf —emu. er styled "the long range" is thus described
-..re,„, n lir
l'"'Y foi‘o- " arner in the same letter from which we have
they te riez°tl,ed :---
ibeaew—e„ in;''Ple. to which I solicit your lordship's Littenetioahisgteo.
ceediug'i.,ke eLnhon, which I have designated my ng
earth, Y Tar manrages secured by it are, an extent niovf
irlaatnirh eex.-
fire To th. any ordnance now in use by i
f to' the
ves; el taility?, Pre-eminent advantage may be addeutdiareatpyiditv of
celbi selle ear,„f !`iro, freedom from recoil. and pert/.
Peed only
.de to'ihnelfideie,,,,, and the crew which handles, t lelim lements
board sh„_ free general title of Long Range. n
in use, to impress upon
Ireur leraof hltelt anti fatal accidents. which have occurred on
°a, this to taii.idlt the
.shells now
._
t-ai,a
ng
weapons free
y'
O'I.ITL, efle,rribe iiabilitie desirableness
tfahebous.yi .
ih, t lord,, t of a single V to explode spon
~ . 1
"'twin '4,li ant shell of my fabrication was witnessed by
''l'eEe ri3.°4 ttia u other competent judges in 510 I beg to
The
nla.-esttl'et t I can project 10e, of equal power with the one
reas ei.,- -ration wlYe capabilitie • y saw in a single flight, and repeat
Perteillid stati.ith '',iditv s A- gnuainst such a tire what ship or fort-
Dal ' Maw. fl? It h. • •
a Nita, I Le as been falsely, and I fear maliciously,
_re:
Peeth .. r , Ye boasted of my ability to blow up the Rock ot
ort„ s; / 1,4,, ,er e„..e
utterance to so absurd and ridiculous a
.41'''uld eg, streoesani that I could bring such a fire to bear upon any
in Peet tee-eft ah•-g !'s Gibraltar,• that in car few hours not a man
....-;Yentioi; ...e t,,,.,10 it and I do not withdraw these words. With
aieattatig'eeetttaini-t;aol4tage I have mentioned as incidrenetintyo
aim
y
way , • Yoh eYoud mm, I can in the highest. sea ensu
• • 'ea/ '''' lord ens distance hitherto attained by any battery
gight gittio • stlip n• •
~,
.so ,i,
._ st ~,,,,,,_)..acticlly. knows ho,w, diffit:ult itto 1 may
acto4l,l rp, ophipto.itir:sgiubitte
i,„;), ipxead heeharls...eeawN.lta?,,,anyiso'btain
tolerable
t 144 liut4T(F ,atl object whosel- position' alters nearly every
h '' dime e dui, t.e case with a pitching and rolling ship, and
ti.°W inkia43.. 'l‘aPPreciate the importance of having surmounted
hi"'',l gh Y Years brisl, not to disparage the efforts which have for
I ghly D'?ery, bute.,o Made to improve the theory and practice of
hay kay Parrs i plainly assert, that while the efforts have been
th134,4115e for LI.Y, the success has been very inconsiderable. If
the
80 trharnaphn,aeamient to dwell upon the affair of Acre, which
alio 4etYi4u"'. I need' Y quoted as a proof of oui improvement in
alt 4O't ' " Yollt surely only remind a naval officer who
.has
c„ , , eth_T ae, e ordship has, that the a ater was
.smoot i fi.om
ettigh ; nmuV,.. cannonade was directed, the garrison assailed
tetdshi,,,eek, ,•",,Perit, and the object of aim was a huge fortress on
psibe ~ . ow_ , .; fluctuating iiip But 1 will appeal to your
0. i•, 1
e'.. a.iowledge whether, if I had been employed to de-
p: Within'alci not have prevented the approach of the British
i.f4liTS,,,.,ineYes,gel:!ogantsehotofits
eshaoirnes;•
.a.ndloni.. the other hand, sup-
-11 refer your lordship
~.ativeltion wren?-ray, ford lilgestsrei'Lid 'Ls lieutenant Webster, for
kits °f janebeMedtAneerr I could not, by' means of my Long. Range,
.0-
err 4 reach
_,. _ from a. single vessel, placed in security quite
44tus,w (Die,tiow the garrison artillery. I mill here, my lord,
4,410.. t 41 ask.....Ocanmwayn reasonably anticipate any expeiienced
„at Ily. 1 use of these Y ordinary ship's company be. easily_
lin. plements ! 1 rep'y, most easily and
I,ll,eatirine'„eo.,,titsrntmarYTib..e...f_urt.haei.and. prope.rly demanded,—Whethfr the
4 ea tvyoing pow"4.4rthnirnating principle, if I may so designate
111„.1, ,yeeititin„Ts
or
seemese different implements, can be ascer-
. .. to
...,, eatv „..
and lai employed in handling them.? I an-
ZepeetT e Q. ''si.s,,i_ I feel. no common satisfaction in being
tokitYdepar?ttre,,:elltrivrnb.ee,rtfat 0: a:noide eto,
s'fm. for
fsonr eavererywaerredwwsipllies revealmay
ahbey, and
these icril seprifir
the opinions of the inventors of
we may give a letter ac tressed
q 14e14°11rne by Lieutenant Webster, ea officer of

experience, selected to test some experiments made with
them.

"28 B, Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
" loth October, 1839.
"My Lord,—l beg to inform your lordship that the principle and
practice of the various projects of which Captain Warner is the in-
ventor, having been fully shown and explained to me by that gen-
tleman, and that being most thoroughly satisfied of their effective-
ness, an outline of the same projects was, on Monday, the 16th of
September last, duly reported by me to ir William Parker, with
an urgent request on my part, that, seeing the extreme importance
of the matter, not a moment's delay might be incurred in laying
the whole before your lordship, together with my distinctly ex-
pressed opinion, that their merits are so extraordinary as to vest
the absolute sovereignty of the seas in the hands of the first power
that shall adopt them. lam fully convinced that it is utterly im-
possible for any thing that floats to resist them for a single moment,
either at close quarters or any given distance, even to a range of
five or six miles.
" The strongest fortifications in Europe could not withstand
these extraordinary powers for a single hour. In river ways, and
against stockades, as in India, the largest armies would be annihi-
lated without a chance of escape ; and the most difficult mountain
passes would be utterly untenable against their operation.
"The country would thus be rendered impregnable, for 100 sail
of the line would be useless against a single vessel so constructed ;
and whenever it should be necessary to call this power into action,
its effects could be attained by a trifling expense, and at the short-
est notice.

" I submit, however, to your lordship, that the inventions should
lie dormant until a case of emergency, and that the secret should be
confined to the projector, the crown, and your lordship's own
breast, and a whisper of its existence should not be suffered to get
abroad.

I solemnly declare to your lordship that I consider the whole
country deeply indebted to Captain Warner for these inventions,
were they to cost the nation five times what he asks for them; and
not less gratitude is due to him for the patience, forbearance, and
self-denial he has shown, when, with so mighty a secret in his bo-
som, his own interest would have been established in any other
land by the disclosure.

" I therefore earnestly entreat your lordship no longer to neglect
a man upon whom the existence of the country depends.
" I have the honour, &c.,
(Signed) "WILLIAM WEBSTER,
" The Right Honourable Lieutenant A.R. N.
Lord Viscount Melbourne."

Of the mode of the projection of the latter of these pow-
ers we have no information given. It is asserted, how-
ever, by Captain Warner, and an opportunity of testing
his assertions eagerly claimed and only refused on the
score of expense, that the effect is unerring, and that at
six miles distance he can bit any object of sufficient size
—a ten-gun brig is named—to be feared as a vessel o
war.

Such are the powers offered by Captain Warner for the
purchase of government—offered too with every apparent
disposition to have them fairly tested previously to such
purchase. The difficulty, however, which has prevented
any thing like an approach to the agreement is a little
perplexing. Captain Warner refuses to give up any por-
tion of his secret without some guarantee of remunera-
tion in case of its value being recognised. Government,
on the other hand, want a trial, leaving its own hands un-
fettered ; and when this demand is conceded by Captain
Warner, negociations are broken off on the score of ex-
pence. The inventor, who bas expended, as he says, a
fortune in pursuit of his secret, is to display the powers
acquired by him, and perhaps peril the keeping of his se-
cret, at his own expense, or to be set down as something
very like an imposter or a maniac. We cannot certainly
recognize the justice of this course. If government ima-
gine that there is sufficient prima facie probability of
these powers being actually existent in the hands of Cap-
tain Warner, or any other roan, to warrant one-half the
trouble of investigation already taken, they ought really
not to grudge the paltry amount (truly paltry in a national
view) demanded, with every guarantee offered against ex-
travagance or collusion, for the purpose of testing them
properly and settling the question at issue. Captain War-
ner is either a madman, a quack, or an ill-used, or under-
valued man. He has, however, already effected quite
sufficient to render it imperative for his country's interests
that his character should not be determined upon without
his powers being properly tested, even at the expense set
down. The subject of the amount of remuneration, we
leave as be leaves it, for after consideration. The British
nation would not be unjust to a proved benefactor.