MR. W. G. CAVENDISH BENTINCK (Penryn and Falmouth)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether, in view of the supposed capture of Falmouth by the Squadron of Admiral Fremantle, he will take steps to garrison Pendennis Castle and St. Mawe's, which have been unoccupied for many years, and put these forts into a proper state of defence, seeing they form the only means of protection for the most westerly harbour in England?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)1168 I wish that I had funds at my disposal for improving the defences referred to; but I am afraid that there are other defensive services of greater urgency to which any available money must primarily be devoted.