§ MR. P. A. TAYLORasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he has any objection to produce the papers detailing the circumstances which led to the command of H.M.S. "Repulse" having been taken from Captain P. W. Wilson by his inferior officer Commander Vander-Meulen?
§ MR. A. F. EGERTON,in reply, said, the facts of the case were briefly these—The captain of the Repulse during a passage home showed symptoms of aberration of mind, and was therefore invalided, and sent home in charge of the doctor, the command of the ship being taken over by the commander. It did not appear to the Admiralty that any public object would be gained by producing the Papers, and therefore he did not propose to lay them on the Table.