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yourself, if you are alone and unattached to any other 

 candidate, would meet with success. 



" I have been asked if it is likely you would be in- 

 duced to come forward by a man of considerable con- 

 sequence, but the question was put to me in confi- 

 dence not to disclose his name. I replied that I could 

 not know your wishes on the subject, but I did 

 know that you were already secure in a seat for the 

 next Parliament. If, however, the people of Liverpool 

 wished for you, the only way of ascertaining your 

 desire would be by a communication direct to your- 

 self, after a meeting had been held to ascertain the 

 strength of the interest, and found to be such as to 

 bid fair for success, accompanied with an assurance of 

 your incurring no expense. 



"I may possibly hear more on the subject, or it 

 may be entirely dropped ; but if you conceive it un- 

 worthy of your attention, or of the risk and trouble, I 

 could be prepared to give my opinion, if again asked, 

 as to your probable acceptance of such an offer, with- 

 out any suspicion that I had corresponded with you 

 upon the matter. 



" I trust that you already know me sufficiently to 

 prevent your suspecting for one moment that I am 

 capable of naming this subject to you for any other 

 motives than those already mentioned, as I sincerely 

 assure you how truly gratified I shall be by your re- 

 suming your situation for Winchelsea ; and however I 

 may be desirous of making a sacrifice of my individual 

 wishes for political purposes, and to add to our political 

 strength, yet I should feel much private mortification 

 if any circumstance could occur to diminish our inter- 

 course, or, I may term it, connection with each other. 



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