7 DECEMBER 1872, Page 2

The Cork election has ended in the return of the

Home Rule candidate, Mr. Ronayne, by a considerable majority ; but the Conservative, Mr. Pim, polled so large a vote, that had the seat been contested by a good Gladstonian Liberal instead of a Con- servative, there is fair reason to suppose the Home Ruler would have been rejected. Mr. Ronayne polled 1,883 votes against 1,110 for Mr. Pim, giving the former a majority of 773. At the last election Mr. Maguire polled 1,894 votes, and Mr. Murphy, 1,863, but the Conservative candidate polled only 753. Certainly, in Cork the Ballot has not told in favour of Home Rule, and the Conservatives have reason to think that secrecy favours Conserva- tism.