The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-22 00:00:00

LYMINGTON.

The Hon. Colonel Keppel has issued the following
address to the electors of Lymington. The gallant
officer was a candidate for this borough in 1841, on only
a few days' notice, and was only 43 behind Mr. Mac-
kinnon on the poll.

Gentlemen,—l beg to announce to you my intention of
offering myself a candidate for the honour of your suffrages
at the next election.

My political opinions have undergone no change ; they
are comprised in the sentence I employed in my first address
to you—" the greatest good to the greatest number."
The same cause which obliged me to leave my residence in
the vicinity of your town, viz., illness in my family, will ne-
cessitate a further absence of some months, but in the
Autumn I intend to renew the kindly relations of friend and
neighbour, and hope ere long to add to them the honour of
being your representative. _ _

Mien the proper time arrives I shall pay my respects to
you individually. In the meanwhile it is not my wish to
-disturb the town by a premature canvass.—l have the honour
to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
GEORGE KEPPEL.

The Hlowing correspondence between Mr. 3,ackin-
non and one of the leaders of the Conservative party in
Lyrnington has been published in that borough. It is
amusing, and speaks well for Colonel Keppel's prospects
of success.

TO THE ➢fEMBERS OF THE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY OF

LYIVITI. GTON.

Gentlemen,—Since Mr. Mackinnon has thought fit to send
down to his political agents in Lymington, a copy of a letter
addressed to me, to be shown by them to all persons of the
Conservative party of the town and neighbourhood, I think
it is but fair that my letters to Mr. Mackinnon, as well as his
replies, should be exhibited.

'ln the first place, I should state that Mr. Mackinnon wrote
to me on the 18th of December, asking my opinion as to his
coming forward again for Lymington ; my reply is No. 1 of
the letters ; after receiving No. 2, and as there appeared no
immediate chance of a dissolution of Parliament, I thought
it fair to let Mr. Mackinnon know what really appeared to
me and others, to be the state of feeling towards him in the
town, as well as neighbourhood, of Lymington, so that he
might have time to consider well whether it might not be
both politic and agreeable to his own feelings to look out for
a seat in Parliament elsewhere.

My opinion was grounded on the sentiments of dissatisfac-
tion which have been so freely expressed by many, and even
by those who have hitherto politically supported Mr. Mac-
kinnon. I did think that, if an unpopular second candidate
on the Conservative side was again brought forward, our
opponents might considerably add to their numbers; but I
really believe a Whig or Radical candidate would be as far
from obtaining success as ever.
In wishing Mr. Mackinnon to resign his pretensions to
the Parliamentary seat for Lymington, I not only con-
sidered such a step advisable for the Conservative cause,
but that it might be of the greatest local advantage to
the town, as a candidate might come forward connected
with a nobleman, a member of the present Government,
and lately become the proprietor of estates in an adjoining
parish, who would have it in his power most materially to
benefit the town and trade of Lymington.
I have now given you a plain statement of facts, and I
am sure that no gentleman who reads that letter of Mr.
Mackinno❑ (made public for political purposes) addressed to
me will be surprised at my wishing to lay before you the
whole correspondence.
I remain, Gentlemen, yours very faithfully,
F. R. WEST.