The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-23 00:00:00

I am, Sir, your humble servant,
A CONSTANT READER.

June 23d, 1858.

MANNING THE NAVY.

The following latter has been addressed to a contem-
porary :

Sir,—As a Commission is about to take into consi-
deration the hest plan for manning the navy in case of
fined, you wiil perhaps permit an cld sailor's ideas on
this important subject to appear in your paper.
In consequence of the great use of steam there is not
at present anything like the necessary quantity of youths
brought up in the mercantile marine, or otherwise, at
all approaching the great number of seamen that would
be required for the navy alone in the event of a large
naval war.

I therefore submit for consideration that all merchant
ships be liable, in peace or war, to have ready when
called on, one, two, or more seamen, according to size
of vessel ; these men to be designated in the articles as
"Queen's service men ;" the same to he the case as
regards all fishing vessels and berges frequenting har-
bours and rivers where the tide has power. The owners
of such vessels, See., to be exempt from calls to erve iu
the militia, and the crews of their vessels to be free
from impressment. All 'traders on the c iast who get
their living by means of the sea service—such as ship-
builders, rope, sail, block, mast teak ere, and dealers in
marine stores—in lieu of being called on for militia, to
find a seaman for the navy. Such an arrangement, as
regards the trades alluded to, cannot, on calm reflemien,
be considered unjust, for it must be borne in mind that
on the prosperity of the navy depends their own. Such
a plan, or something on its principle, would cause all
parties
liable to hold out to youths every inducement to
engage in a seafaring life, that they might have a supply
of substitutes at hand. This arrangement, added to the
number of youths brought c instantly up in the royal
navy, will, I think, materially assist in supplying sea-
men when wanted in larger numbers than usual for the
navy. I am, &0., A. D.
Twickenham, June 22.

RACHEL'S SON.— Gdlignani's Messenger contained the
other day an interesting account of a visit paid by the
Emperor to the estate of Count Walewski near Paris,
in the course of which his Majesty, attracted by the in•
telgerice of a son of his Minister of Foreign Affairs,
bestowed on hi,n the title of Count d'Eteiles. The
newly-created c runt is not the Ron of Cauntess Walevit-
ski but of Madame Rachel.—Herald.
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THE ALETROPOLITAN PARISH ROADS.—The parish of
St. Marylebone has not the entire control of the roads,
and is assisted by tolls and bequests. The same is the
I care in St. Pancras. la Lambeth 70i miles cf roads and
street; are maintained by fecal sates. Io St, George's,
Hanover-square (W), the vestry have the entire control
of the roads and the streets. Toe parish of Islington has
53 mils of roads under its coetmel, and there are pi
miles of road under the jurisdiction of the Commis-
sio:ars of Roads. Too roads of St. Leonard's, Shore-
ditch, are partly repaired by the Commissioners of
Roads, and partly by the parish. The vestry of Bah
nal-green has rot the entire control (:r the road, while
that of St. James's, Wes;.minister, has. So has the
parish of St. George's, Southwark. In St. Martin's
"in the Fields," as the pariAr is still anomalously
called, the whole of the stz ewe' and roads are under the
control of the •:esry. In the "Westminster
Jul n),
properly so cant(' (St. Margaret and St. Juin), the
parishes have not the entire control of the roads. In the
Hackney district the Board of Werke has not the entire
control of all the roada ; but in the St. Giles's district,
the Southwark, and' the Strand district they have.