Gentlemen,
The dissolution having ensued, I now wait upon you to ask your suffrages, and should I be kindly favoured with a renewal of your confidence, so as to be again enabled to discharge the important duties which will devolve upon your representative in Parliament, you may rest assured that I will endeavour to repay the obligation by all the means in my power.
I am,
Your most obedient servant,
JOHN BENBOW.
Dudley, July 24th, 1847
The political freedom of Dudley was now in the throes of life, or death; and whilst our highly respected townsman, Mr. Badger, was counting the cost, and rehearsing in his mind the past experience of his friend Mr. Hawkes, late M.P. for Dudley, in Parliamentary matters, the following “Curiosities of Dudley” appeared before the disturbed Electors.
DUDLEY ELECTION.
To the Independent Electors of the Borough of Dudley.
Gentlemen,