The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-17 00:00:00

SOUTH KENSINGTON ROAD BILL.

Mr. H. SEYMOUR moved that the South Kensington
Road Bill be re-committed to the former committee, and
that they do proceed therewith on Monday next. The I
object of the bill was to authorise the construction of a
road from Sloane-street to South Kensington through
Hans-place.
A short discussion arose, during which Mr. SCOUR-
FIELD said the scheme was promoted by a company who
had no claim to it. If such applications were allowed no
man's house would be his castle whenever a company got
up a little capital for the purpose of turning him out.
The motion was ultimately witdrawn.
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Col. WHITE a new writ was ordered
to issue for the borough of Devonport, in the room of Sir
A. Bailer, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
SALMON FISHERY ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.

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The subject of protection to salmon and salmon fisheries
has for years occupied the attention of Parliament, but the
discussions in the house have generally been dull and un-
interesting. The proceedings to-day were no exception to
the rule. There were about 30 members present, and the
endeavours of nearly all the members was to make the law
more stringent against salmon poachers, and the different
illegal modes in which the fish was captured.
The various clauses of the bill were adopted with a few
verbal amendments, and at four o'clock the sitting of the
house was suspended.
At six o'clock the house resumed, and Mr. DODSON re-
Ported progress in the Salmon Fishery Act committee.
Mr. LAYARD stated, in reply to Mr. HADFIELD, that
the British consular officers had either been replaced, or
continued were they had not left, at the following ports on
seaboardthe of the Southern States of North America—
n IY, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Galveston,
and Mobile.

Mr' CAitIMELL, replying to a question of Mr. A
Mita, announced that the conferences between the Go-
vernment and the Canad i_na commissioners had terminated
that day, and that
on M
papers exPlaining the result upon next he should lay the
upon the table of the house.
SUPPLY—THE DOCKYARDS.
On the order for going into committee of supply,
Mr. SEELY moved to resolve
appointing
at it was inexpedient to
continue the practice of naval officers, who
were not possessed of a technical knowledge of the busi-
ness carried on in her Majesty's dockyards,otio the offices of
superintendents thereof, and the practice limiting their
tenure of office to a period of five years.
Mr. WillTE having seconded the motion,
Lord C. PAGET defended the existing system of dock-
yard management. He contended that irrespective
of the
question of expense, the country ought to be independent
of private shipbuilders, and that the maintenance of public
naval yards was a security for the quality of =aerials and
workmanship. With regard to taking the management of
these yards out of the hands of naval officers, if he turned
to see what was done in France and America he found that
in both countries naval officers were at the head of the
shipbuilding departments; and even in this country not
less than four of the principal private yards were under the
management of naval officers. In the ease of a purely
building yard there were no doubt many arguments in
favourof a civilian management; but as regarded fitting-
out
much yardsuc the appointment of a civil manager would lead
voto
nodtisir
loisfactlon in the country, because the work
well done, widlit great additional cost