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in that. But the Prince of Wales engaged Selwyn in talk while the election proceeded, and did not let him go until Sheridan was voted in. Fox prompted Sheridan to go into Parliament, and he got in for the venal borough of Stafford, with Mr. Moncton, who found the bribing money while Sheridan did the speech-making. That division of labor is not mentioned by any of Sheridan's biographers, but we heard the fact, twenty years ago, from Alderman Thomas Frith, one of the Stafford voters, who l-acted petulance, Sheridan called out, "May the trade of Stafford be trod under foot all over the world!" Not a bad toast, as the Stafford trade is shoemaking. Sheridan's first speech in Parliament was on a petition against the return of Mr. Moncton and himself for Stafford. It is said, "after making this speech, which was listened to in silence on account of his reputation as a dramatic author, but does not appear to have been very wonderful, he rushed up to the gallery, and eagerly ask