The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-01 00:00:00

THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
William Nathaniel Massey, the Right Hon. Charles
Stewart, Viscount Hardinge, the Right Rev, the Lord
Bishop of Carlisle ; the Right Hon. Sir John Somerset
Pakington, Bart., G. C.B. ; the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel,
lieutenant-general in the army ; the Right Hon. William
Francis Cowper Temple ; Sir John Salisbury Trelawny,
Bart. ; Sir Walter Charles James, Bart. ; Richard
Collinson, Esq„ C. 8., Vice-Admiral in the Navy;
Charles Buxton, Esq. ; Myles William O'Reilly, Esq. ;
Peter Rylands, Esq. ; Anthony. John Mundella, Esq. ;
Thomas Henry Huxley, Esq., LL.D., President of the
Geological Society, Professor of Natural History in the
Royal School of Mines; Robert Gregory, Clerk, M.A.,
Canon of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London ;
John Frederick Denison Maurice, Clerk, M.A., Professor
of Moral Philosophy in the University of Cambridge ;
John Hannah, Clerk, D. C.L. ; Samuel Wilks, Esq., MD.
John Henry Bridges, Esq., M.D. ; George Edward
Paget, Esq., M.D. ; Timothy Holmes, Esq., F.R.C.S. ;
Holmes Coote, Esq., M.R.C.S. ; George Campbell, Esq.,
George Woodyatt Hastings, Esq., and Mr. Robert Apple-
garth to be her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into
and report upon the administration and operation of the
Contagious Diseases Acts (1866 to 1869), with power to
suggest whether the same should be amended, maintained,
extended, or repealed.

THE COMIC PAPERS.
(From Punch.)

THE BEST "WAR NOTES."—Bank notes for the sick
and wounded.
ECCLESIASTICAL. What place of worship, in old
English times, represented the Church Militant?—Battle
Abbey. •
THE RUSSIAN GAROTTER.—Russia : "No one looking I
Now's the time to hit him !" (But Bull A 1 is " all there"
round the corner.)
A PRIMA DONNA.—It is said that Italy, with respect
to the Eastern question, is disposed to act in concert with
England and Austria. In this concert lot us hope that
Italy will sustain a part equal to her musical renown.
THE COURIER OF ST. PETERSBURG.—DanieI O'Connell
used to boast that he could drive a coach and four through
an Act of Parliament. The Czar of Russia has *Acid his
hand at driving his Imperial carriage through a Treaty.
THE GREAT BUSY B.—The Pall Mall lately contained
the announcement that " Count Bismarck was a little un-
well the other day, but is now himself again." Bizzy is
therefore able to attend to his business. 'Wouldn't Paris
be glad if he would go about it ?
BENEVOLENT NEUTRALS.—First Newsboy : " Er' y'
are, sir. Se-cond 'dition. Starvation in Paris." (Whistles
popular air.) Second ditto : " Gae oot wi' ye ! Thir-rud
edition of The Northern Light.' Repulse o' the Pro°.
glans !" Third ditto (with a yell) : " Yah ! Here's the
latest tilligrams. Garibaldi beaten all to smithereens !
Vict'ry o' the Frinch, an' more kilt an' wounded than both
o' ye put togitber I
CIRCULARS AND SOVEREIGNS.—A gang of American
coiners, under the name of a firm, have been sending over
1! from New York a number of business circulars recom-
mending, as especially eligible for gassing as genuine, a
peculiar description of base sovereigns which they have
manufactured. The arrival of these Circulars concerning
base Sovereigns, simultaneously with Gortschakoff's Cir-
cular on the part of his Sovereign, is a remarkable coinci-
dence.

WHAT PRIDE SWALLOWS.
Horses, donkeys, dogs, and cats,
Think of eating ; mice and rats 1
So in Paris people do,
By vainglory brought thereto.
Frenchmen may by choice eat frogs—
Eat, for hunger, cats and.dogs ;
Horse and donkey, may deem nice,
But can't relish rats and mice.
Fancy bow-wow, fancy mew,
In your curry, or your stew ;
Or salmi you could bespeak
By the name of bubble-and-squeak
O the pleasure of a siege,
Come of warring for " prestige I"
Never to devouring rat
Let us be reduced by that.

(From, Fan.)
THE WAR CHART.-City Gentleman : " What place
are you looking for ?"—Merchant Prince : " Well, I've
been reading a good deal lately, and I've heard a good
deal about anarchy in France, but I can't find it anywhere
on the map."

(From Judy.)
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.—It is a good thing
for Englishmen that, though they are afflicted with the
worst climate in the world, the workings of the law of
compensation bring them all sorts of alleviations. When
the weather does its worst, A.nd he is made the victim of
real English rains, unmistakable English fogs, and genuine
English snows, he has a remedy in real Irish freezes.

His Excellency Don Carlos Gutierrez, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Re-
public of Costa Rica in England, 1 rance, and Belgium,
had on Tuesday an audience of the Queen at Windsor
Castle, at which he presented to her Majesty the auto-
graph letter of the President of Costa Rica, accrediting
him as minister at the Court of St. James's.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident has occurred
at Greenore, near Newry. One of four concrete blocks
being placed in position on the quay broke from its chains
when being lowered, and in the recoil killed Mr. Charles
011ey. contractor. Mr. Howard Foxall, C.E., had both
legs fractured ; Mr. Edward Manisty, C.E., and Captain
Graham, RN., were also injured.
THE SUPPOSED FENIAN S IN MANCHESTER.--At
the Manchester City Police-court, before Mr. Headlam,
John Welch, who said he was in the employ of the Wear-
dale Iron CoMpany, Bishop Auckland, and Thomas
Boulter were charged on remand with being in possession
of 300 cartridges for an unlawful purpose. Superintendent
Godby said he had no further evidence to offer, and the
prisoners were accordingly discharged.
THE VOLUNTEER CAPITATION GRANT.—An offi-
cial notice from the War Office states that all claims for
the capitation allowance of 20s. or 305., as the case may
be, earned under Articles 259 or 260 of the Volunteer
Regulations, should be made in the Annual Returns and
Nominal Rolls dated the Ist proximo ; but no claim
should be made in the Annual Returns for the special
capitation allowance of £2 10s. All claims for the
last - mentioned allowance should be made in the
Separate Return to be transmitted on the Ist of April,
1871.