§ MR. MACLIVERasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, If the new school for engineers about to be opened at Keyham Yard, Devonport, had been placed under a new commander, instead of following the example so successfully pursued on board H.M.S. "Marlborough" at Portsmouth, where the discipline and internal arrangements are left entirely in the hands of the chief engineer; and, whether this appointment is not in direct contravention of Sir A. Cooper Key's Report?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREIt is quite true, Sir, that in pursuance of a decision of the late Board of Admiralty, a commander has been put at the head of the new school for Engineers at Keyham. Admiral Sir A. Cooper Key informs me that this arrangement is not only not in contravention of the Report of the Committee of which he was Chairman, but was made upon his special recommendation; for although the arrangement in the Marlborough has worked well, he considered it very desirable to connect 541 the Executive and Engineer branches of the Service by placing the school at Keyham under a judicious and carefully-selected commander.