The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Last evening the ofrvers of
the Victory, 110, Captain Moubray, gave P. elegant
entertainment to Captain Mouhray and family, consisting
of a dinner and ball. The officers of the slag and other
ships were invited, and, together with their ladies and
families, formed a brilliant party.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Sir C. Sullivan, is along-
side the jetty taking in stores and fitting for sea. Vice-
Admiral Sir F. Austen has gone to town, it is reported
to endeavour to prevail upon the Lords of the Admiralty
to grant him a larger ship.
The Styx, steam surveying-vessel, Captain Vidal,
came in from the Azores on Monday, and having coaled
left yesterday for Woolwich, calling oil her way with
hands for the ships fitting at Chatham and Sheerness.
The Locust, steam-vessel, Lieut. Eden, was removed
from the basin into the harbour yesterday, to fit for sea.
The Echo, steam-vessel, was towed into the basin
yesterday to repair the damage sustained by the recent
experimental trip.
The Lively, naval lighter, returned from Jersey,
whither she had conveyed a quantity of stores and pro-
visions fur the troops, on Monday.
The Britannia, 120, was towed into the basin on
Monday to be stored, &c., as an advance ship.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert was paid off yes-
terday.
The Dwarf, steam tender, is alongside the Dryad hulk,
having a new figure-head and cutwater fitted ; the latter
will be considerably extended, which will much improve
the appearance of the vessel.
The Sparrow, ketch, Lieutenant Otter, is alongside
the Topaz hulk, completing a thorough rent. The
officers of this vessel gave a substantial entertainment on
board to-day to the crew, whose wives, sweethearts, and
friends were invited to make merry and celebrate the,
commencement of the new year. Dancing, singing, &c.,
were kept up until a late hoar. The officers' wives and
friends were present.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander W. Robson,
has taken up her former position in Blockhouse-hole.

An application was made on Saturday to the
Civil Tribunal of the Seine, on the part of an English-
man named Cottrell, to compel 1\ ix. Harry. Leach, who,
has been exhibiting the children or Cottrell at the theatre
of the Bazaar Bonne-Nouvelle, to surrender them to
their father, who, being a roor man, had agreed with
Leach for a certain sum to allow his children to proceed
from London to Paris, and to perform for him at any
theatre where he could obtain an engagement. The
ground of the application for restitution was ill-treat-
ment of the children on the part of Leach. The applica-
tion was resisted, on the ground of the parties being both
foreigners, and therefore not liable to the jurisdiction of
a French Court ; but this was overruled, and the Presi-
dennt ordered the immediate restitution of the children,
with the clothes belonging to them. It transpired, how-
ever, that although the defendant had pleaded the incom-
petence of the tribunal, he had in reality already surren-
dered the children to their father, with a portion of their
effects.—Galignani.
AN AMERICAN DESCRIPTION OF A TEETOTLER.•—•
I once travelled through all the state of Maine with one
of them ere chaps. Ile aas as thin as a whippin post.
His skin looked like a blown bladder after some of the
air has leaked out, kinder wrinkled and rumpled like.
and his eye as dim as a lamp that's livin on a short al-
lowance of ile. He put nie in mind of a pair of kitchen
tcngs, all legs, shaft, and bead, and no belly ; real gan-
der-butted looking critter, as hollow as a bomboo walk-
ing-cane, and twice as ya e'er. He looked actually as if
he had been picked offa rack at sea, and dragged through
a gimlet-hole. Ile was a lawyer. Thinks I, the Lord a
massy on your clients, you hungry, half-starved looking
crittur you, you'll et-dem up alive. You are just the
chap to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, tank, shank,
and flank, all at a gulp.
A SLY "BET."--Miss Elizabeth Peabody otnred
to lay a wager, on the Presidential election, with any
eligible young man, N i z., that if Polk were elected, she
was the winner, and ::lnid have her opponent for to
husband ; but if Polk were defeated, then her opponent
was the winner, and would be entitled to have her for a
wife 1