Note 94 — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XIX.

“April 27th, 1842.—The proceedings in an election committee to try the validity of the last return for Lichfield have brought to light a gross abuse of Post Office patronage in that city. One of the many clerks who have been appointed to secure votes is now in Newgate on a charge of Post Office robbery. These, and similar proceedings, account for the eagerness of the late Postmaster-General to create places, and for much of the inefficiency and dishonesty among the clerks.”—Sir R. Hill’s Journal.—Ed.