The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-25 00:00:00

TIPPERARY ELECTION.

Mr. Isaac Butt, Q.Ci., who has been nominated as
candidate for Tipperary by the Limeric!:, Clare, and
Tipperary Farmers' Club is a " staunch nationalist
for the cause of tenant right." The tenants
of the three counties, recognising his ex-
tensive support of their cause, hope to
derive much advantage from his presence in
Parliament. If some of the candidates for this seat
do not thin off the contest will probably be a lively
affair. Six names besides Mr. Butt's have been
mentioned; one of these is Mr. Gill, who is conduct-
ing his candidature under the unfavourable condition
of undergoing imprisonment for debt. He believes
that his arrest is an electioneering stratagem.

T.T.ECTION COMMISSIONS.

The commissioners at Norwich are determined to
get at the whole truth if they examine every voter
on the register. Their perseverance and energy are
having their reward, though necf ssarily much time
is wasted, so to speak by the questioning of
witnesses who know nothing of the bribery which
has taken place. Mr. Baron Martin's inouiry
has, of course, made the way clearer than
it might have been. The commissioners ore
availing themselves of the information which was
given before him. A man who had proved bribery
on the election petition was called on Monday, and
gave some details of the doings of the Conservatives
in one of the public-houses of the borough. lie
stated that twenty-five men who had gathered
at the " Trumpet" had been supplied by Sir
Stracey's agents with beer ad lib., and were paid
7s. Gd. each for their votes. They evidently assem-
bled in the house for the purpose of getting money.
They had an interview with Sir Henry himself, and
told him that they could not pay their rates ; but he
replied that it was "no use." Sir Irenry,however, went
out, talking earnestly with a Mr. Hunt, end when
the latter gentleman came back, he bought beer
in large quantities, made proposals to divide £5
among the lot, and finally paid the men 7s. Gd.
each in a room upstairs. All the men, it is
worthy of note, did not support the candidate on
whose behalf the money was paid them.
Another commission of inquiry was opened on
Monday. Messrs. Chisholm Anstey, Price, and
Columbe have commenced an investigation into the
way in which elections have been conducted at
Bridgwater. The work will hardly he so lengthy or
so difficult as that at Norwich. Bridgwater is
smaller; the facts are more easily obtain-
able than they would be in a larger
place. As at Norwich, there are symptoms of hang-
ing back on the part of witnesses. The Chief
Commissioner—Mr. Price, Q.C.,—addressing the
crowd, which had nssembled on Monday, reminded
the pul.di? that goin:7; away wan of no use. The
Commissioner could and would adjourn for the pro-
duction of evidence.

TIID licsir LAND QUEF=TION.

has left Tipperary for
The Times " Cumuli *on. r"
Ci:shel, where, amid much bad farming and poverty,
he f7nds abundant scope for si.e.ailation. Bele as
in ether parts of Ireland, the I:.st few yeati have
brought great improvements. The surplus popula-
tion has gone, the land has been ext. mively cleared.
and on some estates, such as that of Lord Derby, the
husbandry is good. This is unfortunately not the
general state of affairs. Mud cabins, inhabited by a
race of poor cottiers, are common. The estate of
the Commissioners of Cashel is for the most par
parcelled amongst small yearly tenants at a cheap
rate. But the farms are with few exceptions ill-tilled-
and the occupiers seem of an unthrifty class. Thi
maditiQn_a_ the xenle _halt yaittlyiuntruedofJata