The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAXENT

HOUSE OF COMAIONS—THIS DAP.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords Amendments to the North Eastern Railway
(Leeds and Wetherby Branch) Bill were considered and
agreed to, and the bill was read a third time and passed.
The following bills with amendments were considered,
and ordered for third reading :—Bute Docks, Cardiff;; Car-
marthen and Cardigan Railway, Midland Railway
(Branches, &c.), North Metropolitan Railway, "Weariale
and Shildon District Water Bill.
The following bills were read a third time and passe'a
--East India Irrigation and Canal, Madras Irrigation and
Canal, Rawson's Estate, and Sutherland- Walker's TAstate.
On the motion of Mr. C. FORS TER„ the order for the
second reading of the Dagenham Dock Railways Bill was
discharged, and the bill was withdrawn.
THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARDS.
On the motion for going into committee of supply 011 the
Naval Supplementary Estimates,
Mr. SEELY called the attention of the House to the
general administration and to the accounts of her .Majesty's
dockards, and the two returns, Nos. 465 and 465 1, dated
the 4th day of July, 1865, and moved the following reso-
lutions :—" 1. That the course pursued in paving the road-
ways, workshops, and other places in the dockyards with
iron ballast was inexpedient. 2. That anchors are pro-
vided for the use of her Majesty's navy without a due re-
gard to economy. 3. That the manner in which the affairs
of the dockards have been managed in these and other re-
spects renders it desirable that the superintendents should
be possessed of a practical knowledge of the business car-
ried on therein, and that it is also desirable that their term
of office should not be limited to a term of 5 years." The kon,
member then entered into details to prove that the expen-
diture on the vessels constructed and repaired in the Go-
vernment dockyards was very extravagant. That state-
of things was not denied by the late Admiralty authorities
but they promised to remedy it ; yet he did not see any dis-
position on their part while in office to make any improve-
ments in the existing system. Ho thought that there should
be something on the face of Government accounts
to show exactly the financial position in which
the Government works were, which desideratum
was not supplied under the present system. He
trusted that, as there was a transfer of authority on the
part of the Admiralty, that the present First Lord of that
important department of the public service (Sir J. Faking--
ton) would introduce those alterations in the accounts
which would represent the actual position of the naval
Governments works, and which had been adopted in a
sister department of the public service. He instituted a
comparison between the manner in which Governfnont
works were carried out in the dockyards and by indi-
vidual enterprise, which was much in favour of the
latter both as to economy and efficiency. He then
described the inaccuracies in which the military accounts
were kept, which exhibited clearly the position in which
that branch of the public service was placed, and he could
not understand why a similar system of accounts should not
be introduced in the naval department of the public ser-
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The Speaker took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
Mr. CHEETHAM moved the insertion of the following
clause :—"No person or persons shall be assessed or rated
or be liable to pay to any county, borough, parochial, or
other local rates or cesses in respect of any land, houses, or
buildings, or parts thereof, belonging to any public library
or museum established under any of the said acts, and
occupied by it for the transaction of its business and for
carrying into effect its purposes."
After some discussion the house divided—
For the clause 54
Against it lO
Majority —44
The bill then went through committee.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL.
The order for the second reading of this bill was dis-
charged, and the bill was accordingly withdrawn.
SEA COAST AND FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. BLAKE moved the second reading of this bill.
Lord NAAS said that the subject was one of great im-
portance, and that it was proposed by the Government to
bring in a bill on the subject next Session.
The order for the second reading was discharged. •""'"