The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-27 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

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Ptrts ETENINEI., at 7 o'clock, FAMILY JARS. After which,
T ENV MEN AND OLD ACRKS: Mr Buckstone. Concluding
with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.

- • m,.7,IF.ArT RAPP YAir.,AVE - -
by LOST AT SICA: Mr A. Stirling, Mr a.
Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer;
&Liss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey.
Mrs Leigh Mnrray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY : 91r Ct.
Delmore and Mrs L Murray.

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Tuts EvENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 725.
NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr 11. J. Byron. And
BREACH OF PROMISE. Mr J Clarke and Miss Hughes.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVSITING, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD CES:
THING. M
Ashley and the Misses Hartle With MASKS AND FA
And UNE TOUCH OE NATURE: Mr. Benjamin Webster.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
THIS EVENING, at 7, STATE SECRIIiETS.
Mrs. H After whiermannch, THI
LADY OF LYONS : Mr. Barry Suvan, Yezin,
&c. And THE LOTTERY TICKET.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
Clarke. THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with
THE CHOPS OF TIIE CHANNEL.

CRRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.
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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children
under twelve. 6±___________----_

ROYAL ALHAM BRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS!
Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. is. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 27, 1869

IT will be well not to attach too much importance
to the election of the Fenian convict, O'DoNovAN
Rossa, as member of Parliament for Tipperary. It
is, indeed, always easy to explain away the
significance of a disconcerting event ; but in
this case there are some hard facts which
militate against the conclusion that the
return of the rebel is in good faith the choice
of the Tipperary constituency. Never since 1838
has the total number of votes recorded been so small.
Not one-fourth of the electors came to the poll.

Less than one-eighth voted for the Fenian. A cand:
date who secures only this smallproportion of suppor
can hardly be deemed a representative ; and as the sup-
porters of O'Boxo VAN Ro SSA had every encouragement
to present themselves, it is only reasonable to presume
that at least some of the remainder would have pre-
ferred Mr. HERON, and that the Fenian's majority of
130 was accumulated through terrorism. In the town
of Tipperary, Ross: v scored 497 votes against only ten
given to Mr. HERON; but in Nenagh the latter had
the support of 609 electors, whilst only 39 Fenian
sympathisers could be found. Such fluctuations can he
explained only by what undoubtedly was the fact ; in
some places Fenian mobs held undieputedsway,and ab-
solutely prevented a fair election. The issue, therefore,
does not prove that a majority of the Tipperary
voters are prepared to return a Fenian to Parlia-
ment. Nor can the choice of ROSSA have any prac-
tical effect; for if the votes were really given in
favour of the man who is now in Portland Gaol, his
election is null and void and if, as is said, they were
given to another person of the same name, nephew
to the convict, the gross intimidation practised will
equally invalidate the result.
But this discouraging occurrence has a grave sig-
nificance which it would be idle to overlook. Though
it would be unfair to regard ROSSA'S majority as a
representative vote, it would be unwise to ignore the
fact that 1,131 county electors reject an educated
Catholic gentleman, and a strong popular sympa-
thiser, for a man whose only recommendation is his
treason. These eleven hundred disaffected voters,
too, are so strongly supported by the canaille of the
county that opposite views are kept down
by fear. Nor does Tipperary stand alone in
this respect ? Throughout the South there is, beyond