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Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 545, 23 January 1858, Page 5

, TO JOSEPH BRIT:rAN,:^SQT | Sl&rrWe tbe\-undersigned Electors and f others of the Town of LyMeltbn re- ! speetfully solicit you to allow yourself to" "be put i in nomination as a Candidate at the ensuing I Election of a Representative for the Town off Lyttelton, in the room of J. E. Fitz Gerald, Esq., j resigned: •.; .: „" '['-.: '■ ' T : Believing that in the next Session of the J General Assembly measures of vital impor- I tance to the best .interests of the Colony] "will be introduced, we feel confident that the talent, energy, and practical knowledge, possessed by _yo.u would •be used for the protection and advancement.of this Province. . ,j ; Should you do us the honour to. accept this invitation,-we pledge ourselves to use our best | interest to secure your return. ... > | We have the honour to remain, .■ h -;....-•:• .... Your obedient servants, jj E.-H: Rhodes , , Gec^Compton " Thomas Gee ..;; ; Rowland Davis ; John D. Bamford . ■'Win.- -Hutchinson i Richard Bunker Augustus Ford C. E. Dampier - Richard Tucker . .' H. J.LeCren W. Eades.H.M.C. J. Longden P.E.Wright •R. Latter. : ..,, A. J. Alport . George May ... A. Bay feild/1 : Charles Nurse Rich. WornVald^-SvI*, , J. R.Eades .. .'.' '% Lyttelton, Dec. 30, 1857. ' ""' TO R. H. RHODES, ESQ. - MY. Dear Sir,-^-I beg to acknowledge ; the receipt this day of a Requisition, "signed by" yourself and several other geTTtlemen, in whicb rl am .asked to become a Candidate for the Representation of the Town of Lyttelton in the House of. Representatives. A . I assure: you I.feelrgteatly nattered by such a mark of confidence, and -I much -regret my inability to show how highly-I esteem it by acceding without hesitation to the-Requisition. -But lam unable!tp do so*. - I-hardly suppose it can interest-the gentlemen signing the-Requi-sition to know the reasons which compel me to decline the honour .they would-confer Qu me; ■but as-it might apgear like indifference to the compliment were: I to do so, I may state that they arise out of my private affairs. lam not yet alale to abseriffmyselffrbm the various oc- , cupations in which I am engaged. Were it otherwise I should feel pleased" in placing my services at the command of my fellow-colonists. And I can assure you there is no constituency I should think it a greater honour to represent than that of Lyttelton^ .""••• ; -■ May I request j*ou to communicate this an- . swer, to the-gentlemen signing the Requisition, and believe me to remain,' - My r dearSir, ' T* ' Tour's very sincerely..' • - JOSEPH BRITTAN. Linwopd, Jan. 20, JBSB. • -- SHIP * WESTMINSTER.': THE Fine Ship Westminster, 1,500 tons,Cap +.. TVestgarlh, will leav6- this port-for sDn,x>n of about the 6th*?ebruary. »For freight or passage, apply to , " * * - COOE"SO?f, BOILER, &"CO., Agents. Lyttelton, Jan. 22nd,-1858 " rg^HE Friends of" the late James J?erguJL son are requested to meet at the Lyttelton Hospital on Monday, the 25th inst., at Half-past one o'clock. . , : The funeral procession will move at two o'clock. TAYLOR & POPPLE WELL, Undertakers. ARTHUR WILLIS, 'GA2OST, & CO.'S LINE OF PACKETS BETWEEN LONDON AND NEW ZEALAND. rjIHE following first, class ships (with others) -1- are intended to be dispatched: to both Southern and Northern Ports, as regular traders, viz.-^ ; ■•: . - i Joseph Fletcher . ■ J.Foster". '. . 900 Maori . . .. . G. C.' Petherb'ridge 900 Myrtle. . .:' . J. Mordue. .. . 900 Cashmere . . . df. Pearson. . . 800 'Egmont '. .-"■'■. G. C. -Gibson . . 900 Shnlah. . .-' ; 'J. Alleii . . . 750 * - Sir Edwd. Paget ,T. WycKerley' .700 Mariner . . ; !G.. C. Fi-aser . . 700 Harkaway . ;. J.Wilson V . . 1000 Dinapore . '." ;• J: Lontit . . -1200 Lord Hardinge . J. Ofwin . . . 600 The Roehampton, with a^ party of Emigrants for this Province, was appointed to leave Gi-ayesend; by the; 10th! November, direct for thirport.^-'"'^ •■'"':r; '"':■ ■'" ;;.">': Arthur Willis,.Gann, & Co: will readily'afford • every facility"tdintending emigrants for Canterbury, until definite aixangements^ the Provincial Government can be transmitted to England, to prpnibte^a stream of ! emieration to, tliis, province. v '■;■' '~:^ •*"■"", l";r;.v # litter. ;. Lyttelton, Jan^ 22iiiC: 1858." :. T , pOIiLEGE GRAMMAR •; v „( , f ; ^i ; ; v;. '■schoolvvJ' .]:' ;,; rnHE-Schobl will re-open-on. THURSi BAY next, the 28th instant, at 9: a.irh;: Boardei-s H arc expected to'"-return onWEDNESDAYy )jthe 27*k« :•:: a Jf.B.—Mr. C. Mertqn, who has lately been ■appointed Assistant Master in the! room of Mr. "F. Thompson, is prepared to receive a few boarders. ' ' HENRY JACOBS, < .;,....;. , Hpad-Mas.ter.