23 APRIL 1842, Page 11

It was stated by counsel, before the Election Committee which

as- sembled yesterday to try the petition against the return of Lord Alfred Paget for Lichfield, that upwards of fifty persons belonging to Lich- field, and related to persons registered as voters, had received appoint- ments in the Post-office during the administration of Lord Liehfield. Sir George Anson, the other sitting Member, is Lord Lichfield's brother.