The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-17 00:00:00

COMIC PAPERS.
(From Punch.)

A GENUINE " PENNY READING."—The writing on two
Halfpenny Post Cards.
ADDITIONAL GlANT.—Tutelary Giants of the City
(November 9, 1870).—Gog, Fog, and Magog.
FORCIBLE FEEBLENESS.—The achievements of the Tours
Government seem anything but Tours de force.
BELEAGUERED AND BELLICOSE.—No wonder the French
Goverment of Defence refused to listen to any terms of
armistice which did not permit the revictualling of Paris.
That Government is simply Provisional.

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" TERMS—CesH."—Lady Bountiful : " Here, my good
man, here's a ticket for the Organising Charitable Relief
and Repressing Mendi—" Professional Beggar (with a
sneer) : 0, thanky for nothink, Mum, hours is a Ready
Money Business I "
FRANCE AND EUROPE.—M. Jules Favre, in his last
Circular addressed to the French Ministers abroad, makes
much mention of Europe, saying that Europe demanded
this, Europe was moved by that, Europe will judge
between France and Prussia. Yes ; and Europe will not
forget the French statesman's modest saying that " When
France is satisfied, Europe is tranquil." Perhaps, indeed,
when France is tranquil Europe will be satisfied. No
doubt, at least, Germany will.
ARMIES IN THE AlR.—Every day's telegrams bring
some fresh wonder. From the Royal Headquarters at
Versailles, the other day, came a message stating that
" two balloons, with five passengers, have been captured
by Prussian hussars, and brought to Versailles." Were
the hussars who captured those aerial vehicles a flying
squadron ? nyhow, we may expect soon to see armies
whose right and left wings will enable them to fly aloft.

SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
Let's hope, in teaching "here," at length " be facts,"
With school-board candidates about in herds ;
'Tis surely time for " Education Acts,"
After such waste of Education words.

( From Fun.)
A BAD SHOT.---This is no more than we expected :
"The report that the King of Prussia narrowly escaped
being shot on leaving Versailles is without foundation."
The weapon with which his life was attempted was
merely the long bow, and that even in the hands of an
experienced French journalist is not to be relied upon.

(From Judy.)
INFALLIBLE WISDOM.—The Pope, on being asked what
part of Rome his Holiness intended keeping, replied,
Vat-I-can.
TALL TALKING.—Mr. Gladstone's now famous article
in the Evinburgh Review has apparently suggested a calcu-
lation, made by some one with a good deal of spare time
on his hands, that during the last session the Premier was
on his legs 178 times, and that his speeches' cut out of the
Titles, and pasted together, would reach as high as the
Monument. Isn't it astonishing that, going up so high,
they should after all amount to so little?

The health of Bishop Sumner, the ex-Bishop of
Winchester, gives cause for anxiety amongst his lordship's
relatives and many friends.
JUSTICE TO IRELAND.--It is stated that Lady
Mary Butler, daughter of the present Marchioness, and
sister to the Marquis of Ormonde, has been honoured
with an invitation from the Queen to be one of the brides-
maids of the Princess Louise.—Dublin Freeman.

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The Moniteur (*del of the Prussian Government of
Lorraine, costs two francs a sheet, and the Mayors
of each commune are compelled to subscribe for it. They
are also commanded to send the paper when they have
read it to the Prefect of La Meurthe, the object of the
last order being, it is 'presumed, to prevent its spread in
the rest of France and throughout Europe.

THE LATE GALES.—REWARD FOR' SAVING LIFE
AT SEA. —The Swansea Harbour trustees ac their monthly
meeting voted a reward of £5 to the crew of the steam-
tug Pero Gomez for their exertions On the night of the
12th of October, during the late terrific gale, by which the
lives of the crews of the Brigand of Whitstable and the
Joseph et Marie, of Aury, were all saved. A vote of
thanks was also passed to Mr. R. Rosser, the owner of
the Pero Gomez. for allowing his vessel to go out on the
night in question. The act is rendered all the more libe-
ral on the part of Mr. Rosser,
i since it is known that insu-
rance offices will not pay any insurance on steam-tugs that
are lost in going to the rescue of other vessels, the risk
being hazardous.
Bourbaki's army of the North has been strengthened
by a large number of men, who have escaped from Metz.
The Daily News correspondent writes :—The German
forces may find this "Army of the North," treated by
them hitherto with such contemptuous neglect, more for-
midable in quality, though not in numbers, than they
have expected ; for although of the Metz rank
and file who,. by some finesse or hardiesse, got
through from the capitulation hither there are not
enough to form, as hadbeen proposed, a separate corps de
vengeurs, there are still enough of them to communicate
some tone to the others. Of officers, however, there is a
larger proportion of Metz refugees. I may safely assume,
after having voyaged with scores of these weary pilgrims
in all the various stages of their progress Lille-ward, that
during the last fortnight a daily average of at least one
hundred and fifty. serviceable men and officers who
formed part of Bazaine's amy have come through to Lille: