The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-10 00:00:00

THE LEVANT MAIL

By the Levant mail we have received Constanti-
nople journals to the 24th ult., and Athens to the
09th ult. The Journal de Constantinople, of the 19th
ult., says:— _ _

" It is with pleasure that we announce that tho diffe-
rent questions pending between Turkey and France re-
ceived, on Monday last, a solution in conformity with the
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spirit of equity of the Sublime Porte, and the good rela-
tions which exist between the two States. This solution,
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Marquis do Lavalette, Ambassador of France, who, the
day after, at about five o'clock in the evening, sent off
the steamer the Chaptal to convey it to his Government."
We read in the State Gazette--
"His Imperial Majesty the Sultan having taken the
happy resolution of placing the Tanzimat in vigour in
Egypt, as in all the other provinces of the Empire, sent,
same time ago, Fuad Effendi to Egypt, charged with the
mission of concerting with the Governor-General on the
modifications required by the state of the province. Fuad
Effendi, after his arrival in Egypt, discussed with the
Governor-General the different modes of executing the
Tanzimat; and when his mission was fulfilled according
to the will of his Imperial Majesty, he returned. After
the conference which took place here on the state of
Egypt with Edhem Pacha and Hairedden Pacha, who
were summoned to Constantinople in virtue of an Imperial
ordonnance, a series of regulations was drawn up, and the
firman relative thereto has emanated from the Imperial
will. Afif Bey, Vice-Chancellor of the Imperial Divan,
has been charged to convey this firman to Egypt, and the
mission of Edhem Pacha and Ilearedden Pacha being
terminated, they have had the honour to present their
homages to his Imperial Majesty, who has been kind
enough to allow them to return to Egypt, and to give
them on the occasion a mark of his munificence, in ac-
cording to each a snuff-box set with diamonds. The
zeal and exertions of Abbas Pacha on the occasion of
the bringing into vigour of the Tanzimat in Egypt, have
confirmed the sincerity of his submission to the Imperial
throne, and have conseqnently deserved the high satis-
faction of his Majesty the Sultan, our august master."
Bands of brigands, fully armed, continued to com-
mit numerous robberies and crimes in Constantinople,
and they had violently resisted the police. Energetic
measures had been taken by the new Minister of
Police, Hairedden Pasha. Namik Pasha had been
nominated Grand Master of the Artillery, and Selim
Pasha General-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard. Said
Pasha, son of the late Mehemet Ali, had had an
audience of the Sultan, and had been very kindly
received. Troops had been sent off to Candia,
and their arrival calmed the agitation which bad
for some time existed in the island. The Journal
de Constantinople announces the arrival in the
Dardanelles, on the 17th, of the English cor-
vette, the Modeste, 20 guns,'from Corfu. On the
19th it saluted the fort, and the salute was duly re-
turned. She waited for permission to proceed to
Constantinople, and having obtained it, arrived there
on the 20th. From this it appears that there is no
truth in the statement of some of the German jour-
nals of her having been fired on by the Turks, for
having attempted to go up the Straits without per-
mission. There is no political news of importance
in the Athens journals. The new Synod had been
formed by Royal ordinance; it consists of three
Archbishops and two Bishops, and the Archbishop of
Athens as president. Further accounts of the grape
blight represent the ravages as very considerable. At
Patras only 1,000,000 will be obtained, instead of
between 15,000,000 and 16,000,000 as usual ; and in
all parts of the country the quality is bad.

ON 11ANN1NG THE NAVY.
1. Give back the pensions to the widows of warrant
officers, increase their pay, and allow them to retire at
an earlier period, with a good pension.
2. Increase the pensions of petty officers and their
pay, together with that of the A.B. Give the men back
their gill of rum and half a pound of meat a day more.
Note—Do not servo out any more preserved meats to
them till it can be insured of better quality.
3. Enlarge the present system of naval apprenticeship,
and do not keep them in their preparatory school too
long, and enter them for fourteen instead of seven years.
4. Simplify secondary punishments, and institute fines,
something like the packet service, and put the power in
the hands of a ship court-martial (three commissioned
officers), to be held weekly; and make it easier to get
rid of incorrigible characters.
5. Pay your men more regularly and oftener; and
give leave, whenever the service will admit.
6. Do not harass and over-exercise them, for it is too
much the present custom to look to seconds in evolutions,
instead of doing it quietly, and well (as a golden rule);
work with the watch, when possible; this cannot be
done in many screw vessels, which are most inefficiently
manned for their spars and sails.
In conclusion, make your navy self-supporting, and
do not trust to the merchant service either for men or
officers, for though many of the latter in that service
doubtless are gentlemen by birth and education, yet this
is far from being the rule, neither have they been
brought up in those strict habits of discipline and im-
plicit obedience which form the soul of our profession;
besides, though it may be an error, I cannot help think-
ing that gentle blood tells, and I therefore agree with
one of our best officers, who, when ho commanded the
R—y, used to say, " Give me a gentleman, and I will
make an officer of him; but I must have a foundation to
go on." Jack also likes a gentleman, for he is essentially
aristocratic in his ideas.
Oat of all the captains' list select men who are not
belonging to the bilious temperament, as the liver, if out
of order in the captain, deranges the whole system of
the ship he may command. I hope naval tyrants are
nearly extinct; if any are left do not employ them. Jack
does not mind a tight hand if he is consistent. Do not
make him cut his hair close like a felon, or be too exact-
ing in the rows of tape round the collar of his frock. I
could say much on this subject, but these are service
secrets. _

If these suggestions were carried out there would be
no want of men for the navy, and the expense would be
trifling.
So says a lieutenant R. N.
N.B. Flogging would not then be requisite.