£ _s. d._ 248 Burgesses paid £5 5_s._ each 1302 0 0 YEARLY EXPENSES SINCE. £ _s. d._ House Rent and Taxes[60] 23 6 6 Servant at 6_s_ per week, Board Wages 15 12 0 Ditto, Yearly Wages 8 8 0 Coals, &c. 10 0 0 ------------ 57 6 6 Ale Tickets 40 0 0 Half the Members’ Plate 25 0 0 Swearing Young Burgesses 10 0 0 Subscription to the Infirmary 5 5 0 Do., Clergymen’s Widows 2 2 0 Ringers 4 4 0 ------------ 86 11 0 ----------- One year 143 17 6 Multiplied by years 6 ----------- 863 5 0 Total expense of six years’ parliament, exclusive of expenses incurred during the time of election and ----------- your own annual expenses £2165 5 0 (Moore’s “Life of Sheridan,” vol. i. p. 405.) In 1806, when R. B. Sheridan was, by a coalition with Sir Samuel Hood, elected for Westminster--a seat lost by him, to his ruin, on the unexpected dissolution the year following,--his son, Tom Sheridan, that “proverbial pickle,” whose love of mischief and readiness of resource were alike remarkable, was offered for election in his gifted father’s place; the reputation of the Sheridans was, however, on the wane, and Tom, though admirable and even unapproachable at the hustings, was hardly endowed with the sterling qualities which should be found in a representative of the people to the Commons. The electors made choice of two Tory candidates, R. M. Phillips (412), and the Hon. E. Monckton (408), leaving but a poor record of votes for Thomas Sheridan (165). An amusing instance is recorded of the good-will of the constituents on this occasion:-- “When Mr. Clifford introduced Mr. R. M. Phillips to the electors--the journeymen shoemakers, as a token of respect, insisted that they should present him with a new hat, which was accordingly done, on the hustings, by a contribution of one penny each.” Truly an exceptional circumstance, when voters--although expectant to receive--were rarely prepared to bestow, even their “voices,” unless for an adequate consideration!