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New Zealander, Volume 10, Issue 864, 26 July 1854, Page 2

on liic political principles of bolli the Candidates now before llieui hereby convene A PUBLIC MEETING, to be held in the Odd Fellows' Hall, THIS E VENI NG, at Seven o’clock, when Mr. Join) Williamson and Mr. William Brown, the two candidates, are hereby invited and requested to attend. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND. Gi ENTLEMEN, —1 was desirous the following I Idler should be before you as early as possible after the Public Meeting of Saturday last; I therefore yesterday, sent a copy of it to the Southern Cross office with lha following note. l< To the Printers and Publishers of the Southern Cross. Please insert the enclosed advertisement in the Southern Cross of tomorrow, and charge the same to my account/’ The advertisement was not inserted, but a notice was taken of it in the columns of the paper, so ingeniously worded as to lead to the supposition (hat the Cross had so tar “changed” as actually to reject something reflecting on the candidate opposed to it. “ We have received a letter couched in (he shape of an advertisement, concerning the coming election. It is not our intention to publish any correspondence on the subject under any shape.” The copy not being returned to me, I wrote to the proprietor of (he Southern Cross demanding its return, which demand 1 should not have imagined the most ordinary feeling of common propriety would have rendered necessary, it had, however, not been returned to me to this hour ; fortunately 1 have a rough copy of it, and am therefore not materially inconvenienced by this extraordinary mode of procedure. I am, Gentlemen, yours etc, A. W. Hansard. To Mr. David Russell and the Electors of the City of Auckland. Sirs,— At the Public Meeting held on Saturday last, for the purpose of taking into • consideration the qualifications of the two Candidates now before ns, for the vacant seal in the House of Uoprcsenlau ves, I staled that Mr. William Brown bad previously refused to serve the community in the very seat to which he now aspires, although, he would have had such general support as would have insured an honourable return. Upon this statement, you questioned me, “Could I prove such support had been offered to Mr. Brown?” I regret that, in conequence of the very unfair annoyance I met with from two or three of Mr. Brown’s supporters on the occasion, I was not sufficiently self-possessed to give you, then, so categorical an answer’ as otherwise I should have done. I now beg to remedy the omission and give one of the legion of cases I then referred to. Daring the election for he Superinlendency, I happened to be in conversation with Mr. Mitchell in his blanket store—and in canvassing the probable result of the election, I observed, “It is a great pity that Mr. Brown persists in going on with his opposition —he is sure to be beaten for the Superintendency—-whereas, if he were to come forward for the City, for the Provincial Council, or House of Keprer/utatives, or both, he would, be returned clifuudL vniiiuut uf rpCiM lluil , \tTy liUlfTy 01 our parting would support him;—many, because they think him fit for a seat there. I would certainly vole for him, because I think if the people were to see him side by side in Council with such men ns we are likely to have from the South, they would soon hold his political talents in the same estimation that I do, and it would do more to ruin his political influence than anything else. Mr. Mitchell replied, “Do you suppose after all Mr. Drown has, done for the people , II if they did nut return him as Superintendent he would yo into the Council.'’ I said if he were all he assumed to be, as the people’s friend, [he would lake any office they wanted Mr. Mitchell replied, “ / can tell you then I know he wont.” This conversation was in no wise a private one, and was mentioned by me again within five minutes after it occurred, 1 by which it became fixed on my recollection. Now those who know that Mr. Mitchell was at (hat time, as he is now, Mr. Brown’s right arm in such matters, would not, I think, say I was going 100 fast in inferring from Mr. Mitchell’s answer to me.—that the question of Mr. Brown becoming a Candidate for the House of Representatives, had been mooted to him, and that he had declined it.—l am, Sir’s, your most obedient servant, A. W. Hansard. Auckland, 21st July, 1834. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND. /"i ENTLEMEN, —At the request of a number vJI of my fellow townsmen fam now before you as a Candidate for a seal in the House of Representatives as one of the members for your City. And for (hat seat it appears I shall have to contend with a formidable opponent. Nevertheless, a duty has devolved on me, and I shall not shrink from (he contest. The present is undoubtedly a very critical juncture in the affairs of New Zealand. With | the members in this General Assembly rest issues of greater importance than are likely to result from Hie labours of any of their successors for many years to come. I confess (o an anxious solicitude that the interests of Auckland may not be lost sight of, or placed in a position of inferiority, in the comprehensive plans which arc announced or forthcoming; and without claiming for myself any special ability to maintain (hose interests, I do trust that I may, wilhoutcgolism or offensive comparison, respectfully solicit your support on (he grounds of my lengthened and intimate acquaintance with (he affairs and requirements of (his district and, I may be permitted to add, my deep and permanent interest in Hie welfare of Auckland. Should I he elected by your suffrages, my best endeavours shad not be wanting to show practically how highly I estimate the honour which you shall have conferred upon me, —an honour which 1 shall consider as consisting mainly in its placing me in a position in which I may humbly but more effectually serve my adopted country, my adop led town, and yourselves. I have the honour to he, Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, J. Williamson. ANTED, —Board and Residence for a Gentlenan, at a private Boarding House, or with a family. Address, with particulars to Mr. Davis, at the New-Zea-LANDF.R Ollice,