The words made use of to Mr. LOCOCK by Mr. SMITH, when in
London, are as follows:--
That LORD WARD paid Five Thousand Pounds away in Dudley per
week for wages, and that, unless the Electors of Dudley and its
neighbourhood voted which way he pleased, he would shut up his
Pits for two years,--therefore, stop those wages. Moreover,
that many of the Tradesmen were under obligation to the Bank,
and their circumstances should be exposed, and that they should
have no further accommodation.
Yours obediently,
JOHN BENTON.
To H. B. Sheridan, Esq.
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3, Charles Street, Oxford Road, Islington,
April 8th, 1859.