The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-17 00:00:00

that the " great cause " i 4 rather weak-
em-d than strengthened by securing seats in the
Parliament at London. "fly going there they,
(tie members) acknowledge the very authority of
tho Parliament whose authority they are supposed
to deny by seeking from it any relief of Irish wrongs
or restitution of Irish rights.' The con-lesion to be
drawn from these and other organs is that among
the Nationalists, Repealers, and the rest, there exists
none of that unity which is strength.

A CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION.
A Working Men's Conservative Club has been
opened af Clitheroe, East Lancashire, and a great
Conservative demonstration was celebrated in con-
nection with it, at which several were present.
Mr. Assheton, M.P., thought the Irish policy of the
Government had been a failure, and claimed for the
Conservatives the credit of having carried Mr.
Forster's bill through Parliament at a time when he
was deserted by the members of his own party.
Mr. Hornby, M.P., complained of the unsatisfactory
condition of the national armaments. It
was useless to lay the blame on Mr. Card-
well; it was Mr. Gladstone who must be
pronounced unfit to guide the helm of State. He
thought it was the duty of England to prevent France
from being crushed by Prussia. The commercial
existence of England depended on the main-
tainance of our colonies and the wisdom
of our foreign policy. Resolutions were passed
declaring that in the present threatening aspect of
affairs the armaments of England were in a most un-
satisfactory condition, and expressing the want of
confidence felt by the meeting in Mr. Gladstone.

ACCOMMODATION FOR SMALLPDX.
Two cases which came before the Westminster
Police-court, the other day, were illustrative of the
want of accommodation that exists in London for
cases of smallpox. A working man came forward on
behalf of a young man who was sufferinit from that
disease, and had been refused admission

to the workhouse. He had a ticket for the
hospital, but could not bo received for want
of room. The young man was subsequently taken
into the workhouse on an application from the war-
rant officer of the Court. The sanitary inspector of
St. Margaret's, Westminster, applied for an order for
the burial of a poor man who had died of smallpog.
His children were in the room with the corpse and
several people were staying in the house. The work-
house authorities had refused to take any action in the
matter, although he had obtained certificates of the
cause of death, and for the removal of the body.
The magistrate at once gave the required order.
The London Sick Asylum Board managers, have
addressed a circular to the Boards of Guardians, res-
pecting the accommodation provided for those
suffering from smallpox. They desire that
the Guardians will make some immediate
provision far their own cases, pending the
completion of some extensive arrangements which
the Asylum Board are carrying out for increased
accommodation. The Report of the Westminister
medical officer of health states that the frightful
inereate of smallpox shews the necessity of vaccina-
tion, and also the necessity of isolation. He thinks
the Boards of Guardians ought to erect suitable pre-
mises for the reception of the poor suffering from
that disease,
Dots IT PAY TO SBIO4F. ?

A smoker, who Las abandoned smoking, issues a
warning to his fellow-men nn2er the title " Does it
pay to smoke? which question he answers in the
negative; though some of his arguments against the
popular practice are quaint enough. Smok-
ing induces content, which in this world
is undesirable, and makes a man accept many
things with equanimity, which he ought to resent,
and amend, Smoking clogs ambition; it is a bar-
barism, and tends to make a man think and talk like
a barbarian. Tobacco, moreover, is opposed to
feminine influence, and the smoker has sel-
dom any feeling of awe and veneration
for the august mothers of our race.
The coming man, says the converted smoker, who is
an American, will not smoke, but we are spending
enormous sums in thp pernicious practice. Poets,
painters, clergymen, editors, men of all classes,
smoke. Henry Clay, the celebrated American
statesman, "chewed, smoked, and took snuff,"
and among English worthies who set the evil
example must be cited the illustrious names
of Milton and Locke. It is to bp feared that in spite
of all the excellent arguments brought against
tobacco and all its varieties, the :smokers will remain
of the same opinion still. " You will shorten your
age by half-a-dozen years, if you smoke," said a
doctor one day. " How many years am I likely to
live ?" asked the patient. " You may live for fifty
years yet," was the reply. " Very well, doctor ; I
shall live forty-lour years in comfort; and you may
have the other ON."