The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Poßrsmorni, MA 10.—The Earl of Auckland, First
Lord of the Sir Admiralty ; the Earl of pinto, Lord Privy Seal ;
Charles Ogle, Bart., Comtnauder-in-Chief; Captain Milne,
of the St. `'incept;
and Flag-Lieutenant C dlier, after visit-
?ng the Rattler seam-sloop yesterday afiernoon, and inspect-
lng the accommodations made for Lord Howden and suite,
visited the dock in which the Sphynx is being examined,
where the state of the vessel was explained by the dockyard
officers. From the Sphynx their Lordships and party went
on hoard the Sidon steam-frigate Captain Henderson, in the
basin, with steam up. Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier,
Se4.e., received their Lordships on board, and, with the aid of
Murray, chief engineer of this establishment, and Mr.
uelmard, a member of the firm who constructed the engines,
explained the alterations the vessel had undergone. She was
toi have beer tried, we understand, to-day, but the snow has
)eeti faking all day so densely that objects could not be dis-
lagnished at a quarter of a mile distance.
Th,!ir Lordships left this morning per express train on the
South-Western Railway for London.
The Nautilus transport, Lieutenant W. C. Saunders agent,
which arrived yesterday- morning from Ascension, last from
'Falmouth, Failed again last night for Deptford, having sent
la her supernumeraries by the Myrtle to the flat-ship.Leutenant IV. A. R. Lee, of the 'Kingfisher, 12, Com-
mander Horton, came home in her, invalided, from the Coast
of Africa.
The African steam tug, which has for some weeks past
been engaged, in conjunction with the Monkey and Echo
,141145, at the late wreck of the Sphynx, returned to Sheerness
tubs,
WooLwren, MAncn 10.—Commodore Lord John Hay,
one of the Lords Commissioners ot Admiralty, and
Woolwich
Ellice, Controller of Stearn oneMachry, arrived at
Woolwich yesterday morning, and with Mr. Lloyd, Chief
Engineer at Sharpshooter, the Woolwich Dockyard, went on board the
a new iron steam-vessel, for the purpose of
Proceeding down the river in her to test the quality and
:Peed of the vessel and her engines. The officers studying
ram at the factory in the dockyard embarked at the same
e in the Rifleman, a steam-vessel of the same dimensions,
and built of wood, as the Sharpshooter, and Mr. Atherton,
3ristant to the chief engineer, to report on her engines.
,th vessels are fitted with engines of 200-horse power each
",ith screw propellers. The Sharpshooter attained a speed
knots per hour, and the Rifleman a speed of eight
kitten°l4, giving the iron vessel an advantage of speed over the
"%den vessel of two knots per hour.

ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE M
SOYER'S SOUP FOR THE POOR.

e TO TWA:- SUN.
t'l;—Permit me to suggest that committees of manage-
ent of soup kitchens acquaint the inhabitants of their
fr7nills t.at the contributien of the bones of the joints of meat
the their tables would be acceptable as a means of improving
• B"up for the poor. I would then recommend that they
deither hire or provide a horse and neat light cart, to be lined
itt4llY with clean white cloths, and that it traverse the town
;,„1,1.310w pace, and that a person immediately precede it
`" a bell, in order to announce its approach, that servants
;"4.Y be prepared to make delivery without delay. I feel
olntfident that scarcely a butcher's shop will be passed with-
-I,6.B°nie contribution, trimmings of meat, tec., being made,
:these bone-,, Bc., on being stewed, will be a valuable ground-
fork for the soup, to which should be added meal, vegetables,
v'ef as recommended by M. Soyer.
th " inclined to believe that by the sale of the bones for
toe Purposes of manure, after having been used, a sum of
„...uneY would be raised fully equal to the cost of all the in-
r4dients added to the soup. Thus the soup itself may be
due de more
a. nourishing and the expenses of the kitchen re-
ed to trifle.
nouseholders should give strict injunctions to their scr-
c,rt,ts to use the knife and fork only at their meals.
iilOlould any committee of management be disposed to make
'zPerinaent, which may be done at little cost, perhaps
cf they be kind enough to communicate to you the result
two elr experience. They must not be deterred by one or
tnip,Luays failure at the commencement, as some parties
Isrt be bashful in offering what appears such a trifle,
when they found the contributions general, and no
4 4zical remarks made, would unhesitatingly order their
e„—
ant, to contribute, when' the collector of bones should
Pass their houses.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.,
March 10, 1847. ILFRACOMBE.