The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

THE REPRESENTATION OF

SOUTHAMPTON.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING.
All hope of reconciliation between the opposing sec-
tions of the Liberal party seems 110%v to be at an end,
and the electors will have to decide at the pull be.
tween the rival claims of Mr. Weguelin and tll.
Andrews, the present mayor of the town. A. private
conference took place on Saturday evening between
gentleman
half-a-dozen of the supporters of each.
both of whom were present, with a view a etnnin'
to some arrangement, if possible,. to heal existingg
a joint—
differences. Three courses of . action were ancyg
1, a preliminary ballot of the Liberal electors •°9otited
which was the strongest of the two candidates ;
canvass and subsequent comparing of promise's
other
and Mr. , to ascer-
tain 3, the withdrawal of both Mr. Wegueii,, and
Au-
drews, and the joint selection of some
whom the Liberal party could unitedly support. The
and the third. was
.
first two propositions were discarded,meetin er gentleman_
taken into consideration, the
till Monday evening to decide on theg finally
submit to the two comrn;_ttees any adjourning
question, and then
decision that might
be come to.

The adjourned conference assembled on Monday even-
ing,
upon when
theth e supporterstable
evening. .conTsth.e most important '
seriesu T "'That
resolutionsu Mt.
meeting of hii Committee
at
an earlier hour that
which
h i eifi
eAldl r . Weguelin attend' i and
ituencyc written document, containing a
h had been agreed t• at a
thtliii(ell
datts'elila'i n g
everyll-mportant of these resolutions were
respect
worth before the electors, •
prese:llt.''\'eguelin is the only declared Liberal can-
didate believing him in
Vieln
worth of his ' and believing also that, from the
.of the undivided sopport opfotsbiteioennthiree
Private character and the eminent
the commercial world, he eight to command the.
majorityof 1 -. " "
cannot
termination sanction any stops that would compromise the de.
voendlYtheext2rtehssie.nisbt.y, fir.
shoisnaodfrdlyresasndpuublnirsehseedr
IPledge themselves to spare no exertion to place him at the
'lead of the poll.
" That this committee, while it deplores the differences
existing in the ranks of the Liberal party, deem it incum-
bent on them to assert that no terms of compromise can be
assented to until the principals interested can meet on
equal terms, which present circumstances do not permit.
And this committee regret to find Mr. Waguelin engaged
in a conflict of an intangible character with Mr. Richard
Andrews, already holding the highest ow and honours
the town can bestow, and who, by an act of magnanimity
honourable to imsf couldcause, restore
therto
which he has union and insure suc-
cess to the g hreat Liberal hi
upheld."
Under these circumstances negotiations were at an end
the conference immediately separated, and the friends
of Mr. Andrews returned to his committee,
who were
awaiting in large numbers the result. They immediately
drersetzdantdo
thcoatntginenuteletmhaenc,sonatdesrt:s,sn
isb eibuastlf
issued.
`fie . of r. Au.
understand that the number of signatures to the requisi-
tion and the promises of those who would nut attach
their names to the document amount to very nearly the
required number.