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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 654, 21 July 1852, Page 2

TO FREDERICK WHITAKER, ESQ.

Auckland, July 3id, 1852. SIR, — We the undersigned, satisfied that it would be for the general interests of the Province that you should hold a Seat in the Provinciul Council of New Ulster, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be proposed as a Candidate for the City of Auckland, at the next Election, Arch. Clark, William Connell, John B. Bennett, Thomas S. Forsailh, A. W. Hansard, "Fied. W. Merriman, Robert Mitchell, James AJacky, J. Logan Campbell, W. Henderson, John MacfaiLine, Andrew Rooney, Wellesley Hughes, John Rout John M'Dougall, Robert Gilfillan, J. A. Gilfillan, M. Somerville, John Williamson, John Watson Bain, George Smith, Thomas Lewis, L. M'Lachlan, W. S. Giahame, Edwin Dayy v James Burtt, Thos. C. Hallamore, C. A. Harris. F. Gardiner.

Auckland, July sth, 1852.

Gentlemen, For some years I have not taken any active pait in Politics, and 1 have found such a course very conducive to my comfort and convenience. If I consulted alone my own inclination I should continue the same line of conduct; but as you, gentlemen, who have signed a requisition to me to come forwaid, aie pleased to think favourably of the services I may render, I am unwilling to decline a request, concurred in by many other of my friends, and I therefore accept the invitation with which I have been honoured to become a Candidate for the representation of the City of Auckland. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Fred. Wihtaker.

Archibald Clark, Esq., and the other Gentlemen signing the Requisition.

TO THF ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.

f^i ENTLEMEN,— I announce myself to you vJT as a Candidate for a Seat as one of your Repiesentatives in the Provincial Council of New Ulster. lam induced to take this step at the lequest of a number of gentlemen who have honoured me with an invitation to allow myself to be put in nomination at the approaching election. The present, I am well aware, is justly looked upon as an eventful peiiod in the affairs of this Province, and that therefore those who offer themselves may reasonably expect their pretensions to be strictly canvassed. Under such circumstances it is to be regretted that no reference can be made by Candidates to their past services as representatives in the Legislative Council, t 0 guide you in the sdection you are called upon to make# As regards myself I will only say that as I have lived in Auckland from its foundation, and am personally known to at least the great majority of the Electors, you may be enabled to form some estimate as to how far I am likely to justify the choice should you thiok fit to elect me. If this honour be conferred, you may at least rely on my punctual and conscientious discharge of the various important duties which would devolve upon me as one of your representatives. Should I be a candidate at a future election I trust I may be then enabled by a reference to past conduct, to advance stronger claims upon your votes in my favor. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Fred. Whitaxer.

Arckland, July sth, 1852.

TO WILLIAM BROWN, ESQ.

SIR,— We, the Undersigned, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be nominated as a Candidate for a Seat in the Provincial Council of New Ulster, for the City of Auckland. Your long acquaintance with the Colony, and your untiring efforts in its behalf, induce us to make this request. L. MacLachlan. John Macfarlane. Richard Ridings. David Nathan. Alex. Kennedy. James T Boylan. W. S. Grahame. James Hennessy. Patrick Dignan. A. Dingwali. Alex. Marshall. John Finlay. C. A. Harris. Walter Combes. William Harkins.

Gentlemen,

At the late hour at which your invitation has reached me, I have little time more than that which is necessaiy to say that 1 cheerfully respond to your request to become a Candidate for the suffrages of my brother Electors, as one of the Representatives of the City of Auckland, in the approaching Provincial Council for New Ulster. Even did time permit — any lengthened address, on my part, might be accounted superfluous. My opinions on public affairs are pretty generally known. 1 shall, therefore, rest contented at present, by assuring you, and, through you, the constituency at large, that should I be elected to the honourable, yet onerous, office of a Representative for the City, my best energies shall invariably be directed in furtherance of the best measures for the advancement of the Commercial, Agricultural, and Political prosperity of our adopted country, in which my feelings and my interests are so largely involved. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, Wm. Brown. Auckland, sth July, 1852.