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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 659, 7 August 1852, Page 4

TO T. H. BARTLEY, Esq.

Auckland, July 6, 1852. SIR, — We the undersigned, Electors of the City of Auckland, request that you will allow yourself to be nominated a Candidate for the representation of this Capital in the first Council of the Province. During your long residence among us you have had opportunities of becoming well acquainted with most of the important questions relating to New Zealand, without being prejudiced by taking any political part in them. We therefore believe that your occupying a «eat in the | Council would conduce to the advancement of the general interests of the Province, and we have confidence that the respect entertained for you by your fellow-citizens, and the reliance they have in your independence and integrity, and in the moderation which would guide you in the discharge of the duties devolving upon you as one of their representatives, would ensure your election to a post which we very much desire to see you occupy. W. S. Grahame, J. A. Langford, John Woodhouse, William Tattersall, Thomas Macky, J. Ireland, John Brigham, G. Smith, James Simms, J. H. Watt, Thomas J. Jaggar, C. J. Stone, Edwin Davy, William Wild, George Russell, F. Gardiner, Ralph Kcesing, John Henry, Henry Hadlow, Henry White, W. C. Wilson, Wellesley Hughes, Thomas Russell, John Williamson. Richard Matthews, Auckland, July 6, 1852. Gentlemen, A life of retirement and privacy, and abstinence from politics, had in some measure impressed upon me the idea that 1 had become unapt for active exertion of a public nature. A requisition from so many of my fellow-cil izens entertaining a different opinion, has led me to question the correctness of my view. I feel honored by the favorable opinion you entertain of me, and accept your invitation to become one of the candidates for the representation of the City of Auckland. Perhaps my chief recommendation may be, absence of anything like pledge, or connexion with any party. If elected, my strenuous efforts shall be exerted on behalf of my constituents ; and, in integrity of purpose and independence of act, I may safely state that no man shall go beyond me. 1 am, Gentlemen, Yours very respectfully, Thos. H. Bartley. To the Gentlemen signing the requisition.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.

f^ ENTLEMEN,— In compliance with a vJT requisition from several electors lor the City of Auckland, I am induced to present myself to, you as a Candidate for its representation at the next Provincial Council. Conscious of the rectitude of my intentions, and fully aware of the responsibility of my position if elected, I do not know that any professions on my part beyond those contained in my reply to the requisition which I had the honour to receive could or ought to inspire increased confidence as to my future conduct. Should you think proper to place me in the position of your representative, allow me to state that I shall highly appreciate the honour, and will do my utmost in every way which may appear likely to promote your interest and the prosperity of the City and Province. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Yours very respectfully, Thos. H. Bartley.

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 Boy lan. W. S. Grahame. James Hennessy. Patrick Dignan. A. Dingwall. 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 necessajy to say that I 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. I 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. 1 have the honour to bo, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, Wm. Brown. Auckland, sth July, 1852.

WANT E D, A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN, as general House Servant.— Apply to Mrs. Cuas. Ashby, Shortland-street.