A dissolution of Parliament having been announced, I beg to
declare my intention of offering myself as a Candidate for the
honour of being one of your representatives for the fourth time.
I trust that you have found me acting consistently with the
principles of civil and religious liberty, which I have
always professed, and I hope that my earnest endeavours to be
attentive to your interests may have met with your approval.
I am well aware of the great inconvenience, and interruption to
business, caused by frequent dissolutions of Parliament, and I
would gladly have supported any moderate measure of progressive
Reform, brought forward by Lord Derby's Government, rather
than have incurred such a result, could I have done so without
depriving a number of my Constituents of their ancient right
of voting, which the bill introduced would have unjustly taken
from them.
On referring to the Division Lists, I am happy to see that my
Colleague, and I, have on all occasions supported the same
measures, so that the votes of your Members are no longer
neutralised by being given in opposition to each other; under
these circumstances, may I venture to hope that all those who
do me the honour of supporting me, and to whom I may have been
longer known, will kindly extend the same to my friend, Mr.
Calthorpe.
I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obliged Servant,
J. H. HODGETTS FOLEY.
_Prestwood, April, 1859._
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The Ratepayers are respectfully requested to attend early
to-morrow (Friday) and record their Votes for Mr. MAURICE.