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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 760, 27 July 1853, Page 2

TO T. S. EORSAITH, ESQ. the undersigned voters in the Northern Division having already evinced our confidence in you by electing you as one of our representatives in the last intended Provincial Council, and being desirous of obtaining your services in the House of Representatives, request that you will allow yourself to.be put in nomination for that ollicc; and, in the event of your doing so, pledge ourselves to use our utmost interest and exertions for your return. We have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servants, Wm. Edgcombc Wm. Walters Joseph Crispe J'amcs Beveridge Hugh Coolahau G. 0. Ormsby Edw. George Win. Powdilch Andrew Rooney Henry Hayr J„A. Langford Jno. Kelley Charles* Barriball Wm. Dennett D. G. Smale Hibernia Smyth John Hart K. B. Lusk James C. Hill George Bell Alex. Bonner John Swiubourne George Auckrom Thomas Phillips Hen ry Lawrence James Anson William Caldientt John Brycroft James Pollercil William Ladbrook John M-Qnoid Joseph Newman .1. Williamson Peter Oliver John Bi adbourn Hannibal Marks John Turner Henry Johnson Joseph Osborne A. Mcars George Easton William C. Daldy W. S. Grahame G, A. Harris W. C. Wilson Patrick Monaghan Queen-street, July 2G, 1855. Gentlemen, —My position at present, with respect to private business, is such, that i did not intend to become a candidate for public honors, and were I to consult my own feelings solely I should at once decline the honor you propose, as I am well aware that by complying with your wishes 1 shall have to submit to considerable sacrifice and inconvenience. Nevertheless, Ido not feel at liberty to disregard the requisition of so many of my friendsand follow colonists, and therefore, with sincere thanks for the expression of your confidence, I accede to your request, and can only say that, if elected, 1 will endeavour, by my public conduct, to justify the trust reposed in me. 1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Tnos. S. Forsaiiii. To Mr. Wm. Edgcombc, and tlie Gentlemen signing the Requisition. TO CAPTAIN W. C. DALDY. QIR —We, tli£ undersigned, Electors of L-' the City of Auckland, having every confidence in your ability, and believing that, from your long residence in, and intimate acquaintance with, the affairs of the Colony in limes past, your presence in the General Assembly would be very desirable, respccl-f-dly request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination as one of the Representatives of the City of Auckland ; and in the event of your compliance, we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavours to secure your return. J. A. Langford, Rd, Mai I hews, James Macky, John Watson Bain, William Rattray, Edward Wayle, W. Hughes, William Connell, Richard Ridings, Tims. Somerville, F. B. Wood ha m, M. Somerville, Thos. Height.ey, J. A. Giilillan, J. Williamson, Chas. Si itch bury, John Hoop, George B. While, T. S. Forsaith, Peter Robertson, Thos. C. H.dlamorc, Joseph Beard, Thos. Condon, B. B. Shalders, William M'Donald, John Rout, John Salmon, Edward King, ‘S. ll.Levov. Auckland, July 25, 1853. Auckland, July 2G, 1855. Gentlemen -I am afraid you have overestimated my abilities to deal with the important questions that must come before the General Assembly; but acknowledging the principle that every man, when called upon by his fellow Colonists, is bound to serve them and his adopted country to the best of his ability, 1 gratefully accept your invitation, and can assure you and ail my brother Electors, that should they do me so great an honor as to return me, I shall go into the Assembly free and unfettered by parly feelings or prejudices —a firm supporter of constitutional government, an unflinching advocate for the extension of our political and civil rights, until we are placed on the same fooling as our Canadian brethren; on all questions judging for myself, but open to conviction by wiser and abler men. 1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, William C. Dally. To the Gentlemen who signed the Requisition. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PENSIONER SETTLEMENTS. / y ENTLEM EJC —Accept my thanks for the vJ* position in which yon have placed mens a Representative of your Settlements in the first Council of this Province. 1 feel all the more grateful for being thus honoured with your confidence when L remember that there are many among you, even of those who look a more than ordinary interest in my election, to whom until lately I was not personally known. Allow me to assure you that it shall be my earnest desire always to prove myself deserving of the confidence you have reposed in me, by faithfully discharging the duties devolving upon me, and doing everything that may lie in my power to promote your social and general welfare. i remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, J. Williamson. Auckland, July 25, 1853. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PENSIONER SETTLEMENTS. f'j ENTLEMEN, —I beg to offer my sincere v * thanks to such of you as favoured me with their support at the late election. I remain, Your obedient servant, Charles John Taylor. Dalcbenna, 251h July, 1853,