INDEX

A Abbott, Mr., vol. ii. 300 Aberdeen, Earl of, vol. ii. 217, 218, 222-225, 287 Accounts. See Post Office Admiralty, vol. ii. 369. See also Packet Service Ady, Joseph, vol. ii. 82 Airy, Sir G. B., correction of statement about M. Biot, vol. i. 499; R. H.’s letter to him, 506; letters to R. H., 507, 509; signs R. H.’s recommendation for the Royal Society, vol. ii. 359; present at his funeral, 431 Alarum water-clock, vol. i. 83, 157 Algeria, vol. ii. 311 Algerine ambassador, vol. i. 172 Allen, Ralph, vol. ii. 9 Alton, vol. ii. 276 Amiens, peace of, vol. i. 19, 38 Angas, Mr. G. F., vol. i. 221 Anson, General, vol. i. 279 Applegarth, Mr., vol. i. 224 Architecture, study of, vol. i. 61, 128 Argyll, Duke of, vol. ii. 349; Government loans to railways, vol. ii. 279, 280; Civil Service examination, 303; his character; facility of composition, 355; signs recommendation of R. H.’s admission to Royal Society, 359; provisionally Postmaster-General, 361; letters to R. H., 344, 356; R. H.’s letters to him, 280, 302, 330; out of England at the time of R. H.’s funeral—his affection towards him, 430 Arithmetic, mental, vol. i. 92, 128 Armstrong, Sir W., vol. i. 242 Armstrong, Mr., vol. ii. 49, 72 Arnold, Dr., vol. i. 100, 101, 115, 124 Arnott, Dr., vol. i. 210 Ashburton, Lord, vol. i. 279, 469; evidence before Parliamentary Committee (1838) 310, 317, 321; letter to R.H., 362 Ashford, Mary, vol. i. 85 Ashley, Lord (Earl of Shaftesbury), presents a memorial from Bath, vol. ii. 108; motion for abolition of Sunday duty, 155, 156, 158, 160, 163; writes to R. H., 156; partial retractation, 150, 159 Ashurst, Mr., vol. i. 294, 486 Assassination, threats of, vol. ii. 327 Assay Office, Birmingham, vol. i. 55 Astronomy, vol. i. 57-59, 68, 69, 495-508 Attwood, Mr., vol. i. 150 Auditing, Post Office, vol. i. 454, vol. ii. 186, 313 Australia, colonisation, vol. i. 217, 219; correspondence, 485, vol. ii. 10, 396; mails, 242, 289-292, 310, 373, 480; postage charges, 243, 310, 371 Austria, postal reform, vol. ii. 35, 252 Ayr, vol. ii. 230 B Baines, Mr. Edward, vol. ii. 331, 346 Baines, Mr. Frederick, vol. ii. 251 Ballaghaderin, vol. i. 413 Bancroft, Mr., vol. ii. 92 Banning, Mr., vol. ii. 54, 307 Banwell, vol. i. 306 Bar Beacon, vol. i. 97 Barbauld, Mrs., vol. i. 54 Baring, Sir Francis (Lord Northbrook), vol. i. 355, 371, 374, 376, 380, 381, 384, 386, 390, 391, 392, 401, 406, 411, 416, 424, 426, 428, 429, 432, 434, 435, 450, 451, 466, vol. ii. 358, 384; first interview with R. H., vol. i. 365; gives R. H. appointment in Treasury, 369; doubts of prepayment and use of stamp, 382, 396, vol. ii. 86; does not care for a little unpopularity, vol. i. 389; long hours of work, 385, 398, 415, 417, 431; remark on the French Government, 410; friendship with R. H. and trust in him, 422, 423, 437-441, 490, vol. ii. 388, 397, 411; budget of 1841, vol. i. 436; resigns office, 439; consulted by R. H., 475-477; presents R. H.’s petition, 483; defends publication of correspondence, 485; moves for return on rural distribution, 486; speeches in House of Commons, 489, vol. ii. 351, 397; congratulates R. H. on his appointment, vol. ii. 225; opinion of R. H. 388-390, 411; heads deputation to Lord Palmerston, 395; letters to R. H., vol. i. 369, 439, 475, vol. ii. 86; letters from R. H., vol. i. 440, 542, vol. ii. 85 Barth, Mr., vol. ii. 179, 462 Bath, vol. ii. 108 Bates, Mr., vol. i. 294 Beasley, Mr. Michael, 57, 61, 62, 79, 134; his “utility,” 63 Beecher, Major, vol. ii. 360 Belgium, postal reform in, vol. ii. 94; postal treaty, 252, 318 Belper, Lord, vol. ii. 66 Benevolent Society, vol. i. 109 Bentham, Jeremy, reads “Public Education,” sends two Greeks to Hazelwood and a contribution to the Magazine, vol. i. 171; visits Bruce Castle, 172; suggests “a sucker from Hazelwood School,” 180; his “greatest happiness” principle, 193; concentration of responsibility, vol. ii. 405 Bentinck, Mr., the last of the assailants of Penny Postage, vol. ii. 350 Bentley, Dr., vol. ii. 235 Berlin, vol. ii. 340 Biot, M., vol. i. 499 Birmingham riots, vol. i. 2, 11, 33, 47; Philosophical Institution, 12, 80; Mercury newspaper, 17; volunteers, 38; gun-making, 38; tokens, 40; police, 42; exhibitions, 75; Hampden Club, 139; New Hall Hill meeting; legislatorial attorneys; exclusive musical society, 149; represented in Parliament, 150; Sunday question, vol. ii. 109, 128; brass trade, vol. ii. 272; pneumatic tubes, 340; raises a statue to R. H., 387, 389, 428 Blair, Dr., vol. i. 98 Blomfield, Bishop, vol. ii. 116 Board of Trade, vol. ii. 251, 281 Board of Works, vol. ii. 269 Bodkin, Sir W., vol. ii. 327 Bokenham, Mr., vol. i. 385, 400, vol. ii. 62, 120-141, 155, 180, 190, 260, 327, 330, 453 Bookbinding, vol. i. 54 Book post, a kind of, in France in 1839, vol. i. 376; established in England, vol. ii. 65, 87, 382, 397; Foreign and Colonial, 244, 311 Booth, Mr., vol. ii. 281 Booth the forger, vol. i. 40 Boulogne, vol. ii. 294 Bowring, Dr. (Sir John), vol. i. 174, 382 Bradley, the letter-carrier, vol. ii. 79 Brankston, Mr., vol. i. 308 Brebner, Mr., vol. ii. 171 Brewin, Mr., vol. i. 301, 305, 308 Brierley Hill, vol. i. 282 Bright, Mr. John, vol. i. 477 Brighton, vol. ii. 22, 269, 285 Brighton Railway. See Railways. Brindley, vol. ii. 250 Bristol, vol. i. 307, vol. ii. 57 British Association, vol. ii. 244 Brooks, Mr., vol. ii. 91 Brougham, Lord, interested in Hazelwood, vol. i. 173; intends to found a school on the Hazelwood Plan, 180; R. H. prepares for him “Home Colonies,” 202; approves of Owen’s plan, 210; R. H. addresses to him a letter on pauper education, 218; character described by R. H., 219; interest in Penny Postage, 288, vol. ii. 225; presents City petition in its favour, vol. i. 289; conduct on R. H.’s dismissal, 467, 468, 473; story of “I is the plaintiff,” 492; takes part in the Sunday question, vol. ii. 149, 159; speech on R. H.’s retirement, 398 Brown, Mr. (Sir William), vol. i. 310, 317, 336, vol. ii. 198 Bruce Castle, vol. i. 181, 201, 204, 214 Bunsen, Chevalier, negotiates postal treaty, vol. ii. 208, 252; at the Queen’s drawing room, 245 Burdett, Sir Francis, vol. i. 180, 240 Burgoyne, Sir John, vol. i. 277 Burke, Edmund, vol. ii. 398, 431 Burns, Robert, vol. i. 19 Burritt, Mr. Elihu, vol. ii. 319 Butler, Samuel, vol. i. 2 C Caermarthen, vol. ii. 190 Calcutta, vol. ii. 272, 293 Cambridge, University of, vol, i. 67 Campbell, Thomas, vol. i. 149 Campbell, Lord, vol. ii. 330 Canada, vol. ii. 244, 316 Canning, Earl, vol. ii. 242, 275, 358; pillar letter-box at Allahabad, vol. i. 417; postage rate during Crimean War, 436; Postmaster-General, vol. ii. 213; question of R. H.’s promotion, 215-225; railway legislation, 229; Packet Service Commission, 238-240, 370; promotion by merit, 249, 301; his character, 263, 353-355; appointed Governor-General of India, 353; article on him in the “Edinburgh Review,” 354; letters to R. H., 218, 224; R. H.’s letters to him, 215, 217, 225, 460, 478 Canning, Lady, vol. ii. 222 Canterbury, vol. i. 136, 218 Cape of Good Hope, vol. ii. 289 Cardwell, Mr. (Viscount Cardwell), vol. ii. 228 Carlyle, Mr. vol. i. xiv., vol. ii. 411 Cartwright, Major, vol. i. 150 Caxton Exhibition, vol. i. 229 Census, First, vol. ii. 260 Chadwick, Mr. Edwin, vol. i. 210, vol. ii. 336 Channel Islands, vol. ii. 259 Chantrey, Sir Francis, vol. i. 145 Charter House, vol. i. 101 Chartists, vol. ii. 84 Chester, vol. i. 140 Chetwynd, Mr., vol. ii. 333 Christmas-boxes, vol. ii. 325, 328. Circular Delivery Company, vol. ii. 405 Circumlocution Office, vol. ii. 48 Cirencester, vol. i. 301 Civil Service Commission. See Commission Civil Service Examinations. See Competitive Examinations Civil Service Gazette, vol. ii. 322-324 Clanricarde, Marquis of, vol. ii. 51, 56, 57, 59, 66, 70, 72, 78, 90, 92, 97, 98, 108, 109, 111, 113, 120-129, 131-136, 138, 139, 141, 145, 147, 149, 150, 157, 158, 160, 173, 174, 176, 181-187, 194, 203, 204, 209, 213, 214, 218, 241, 259, 358; appointed Postmaster-General, vol. ii. 38; appointment of R. H. as his secretary, 39, 40, 45, 46; abused by mail-cart driver, 47; not afraid of a novel course of action, 55; appealed to by R. H., 49, 54, 55, 58, 60, 64, 72-75, 96, 99, 100-106, 162-164, 168, 170, 175, 193, 196; confidence in R. H., 59, 99, 165, 174, 195, 199, 200, 201, 216, 222; ceases to be Postmaster-General, 200; letters to R. H., 102, 445; letters from R. H., 437, 443, 453; speech on R. H.’s retirement, 398 Clark, Dr., vol. i. 401 Clark, Mr. Francis, vol. i. 278 Clark, Mrs. Francis (Caroline Hill), marriage, vol. i. 47; her fine character, 195; departure for Australia, vol. ii. 143; R. H.’s letter to her, 335 Clark, Mr. Thomas, vol. i. 47 Clayton Tunnel, vol. ii. 22 Clerk, Sir George, Bart., vol. i. 444, 445, 447, 454, 465, 485; announces in Parliament R. H.’s dismissal, 467; Chairman of Committee of Inquiry, 492; R. H.’s letter to him, 493 Clerks, Post Office, classification of, vol. ii. 179, 184, 249, 308; improved condition of, 179, 190, 257, 308, 345, 381; clerks in charge, 180 Clowes, Mr. W., vol. i. 230 Coach Company, project for, vol. i. 205, 520 Cobbett & Co., vol. i. 21 Cobden, Mr., offers to assist in publishing R. H.’s pamphlet, vol. i. 276; examined before Parliamentary Committee, 301, 307, 324; consulted by R. H., vol. ii. 73, 166, 170, 197; letters to R. H., vol. i. 382, 477, 478, vol. ii. 31, 194, 198; congratulates R. H. on his appointment, 225 Colbourn, Zerah, vol. i. 92, 512 Colby, General, vol. i. 268, 319, 332 Colchester, Lord, vol. ii. 291, 316, 324, 334, 344; “an excellent Postmaster-General,” 344; his character, 356, 358 Cole, Mr. (Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.), vol. i. 210, 374, 426, 436; his ingenuity, 295; editor of Post Circular, 339; his valuable services, 447 Coleridge, S. T., his Pantisocracy, vol. i. 213; paid poor woman’s postage, 239 College, R. H.’s plan for establishing a great one, vol. i. 87, 104 Colonial Postage, vol. ii. 241-245, 310, 316, 317, 371 Commission, South Australian, vol. i. 220 Commission of Revenue Inquiry, vol. i. 246, 258, 315, 527 Commission of Post Office Inquiry, vol. i. 259, 268-274, vol. ii. 60 Commission of Post Office Inquiry in the East Indies, vol. ii. 245, 317 Commission for Regulating Salaries, vol. ii. 89, 184, 221; its report, 246-249, 301 Commission on Sunday Labour, vol, ii. 160 Commission, Lord Canning’s (Packet Service), vol. ii. 238, 370, 402 Commission on Railways, Royal, vol. ii. 69, 283, 416, 491 Committee, School, vol. i. 108, 116 Committee, Mercantile, vol. i. 294, 353, 462, 474, 484, vol. ii. 29 Committee of Enquiry, Select (1843), vol. i. 489, vol. ii. 1, 50 Committee on Postage, Select (1837-8), vol. i. 287, 295 Committee on Railway and Canal Bills (1853), vol. ii. 228 Common Council of London, vol. i. 280, 289, vol. ii. 428 Competitive Examinations—their evils, vol. ii. 249, 300, 303 Compton, Mr., vol. i. 4 Conference of Teachers, vol. i. 114 Congresbury, vol. i. 306 “Constitution,” “Origin of the,” vol. i. 115 Contract Work, economy of plan of, vol. ii. 286-288, 403 Conway, vol. i. 297 Coode, Mr., vol. i. 209, 210 Cooke, Mr. T. B., vol. ii. 311 Cornwall, Mr., vol. ii. 48, 211 Corporal Punishment, vol. i. 112 Cotton, Sir R., vol. ii. 312 Court Dress, vol. ii. 207 Court of Justice, School, vol. i. 107, 109, 110 Covent Garden Theatre—its loyal audience, vol. i. 143 Cowan, Mr., vol. ii. 113 Cowper, Professor, vol. i. 224, 524 Cowper, Mr. E. A., vol. ii. 337-339, 489 Creswick, Mr., vol. i. 118 Crimean War—proposed increase of postal rate, vol. i. 435; soldiers’letters and remittances, vol. ii. 310, 316 Croker, Mr. J. W., vol. i. 377 Cube Roots, vol. i. 92, 512 Cubitt, Sir William, vol. ii. 236, 237 Cunard, Sir Edward, vol. ii. 186, 371 Cupar-Fife, vol. i. 442 Currency, vol. i. 40 Currie, Mr. Raikes, vol. i. 268, 325, 327, vol. ii. 216, 225, 461 D Daily News, vol, ii. 241 Dalhousie, Earl of, vol. ii. 188 Davidson, Mr., Vol. i. 309 De Foe, vol. ii. 424 De La Rue, Dr. Warren, vol. i. 419, 501, 508 De Lys, Dr., vol. i. 499 De Morgan, Professor, vol. ii. 88 De Quincey, Thomas, interested in Hazelwood, vol. i. 173; reviews “Public Education,” 174, 178 Denman, Mr. (Lord Denman), vol. i. 150 Deal, vol. i. 276 Derby, Earl of, vol. ii. 200, 203, 206, 228, 241 Derbyshire, R. H.’s Tour in, vol. i. 137 Devonport, vol. ii. 289, 314 Dickens’, Charles, reply to the “Edinburgh Review,” vol. ii. 48; article on the Post Office, 192; article on the Money Order Office, 253 Dickinson, Mr., vol. i. 316 Diet, Experiments in, vol. i. 143, 147 Dilke, Sir C., vol. i. 210 Dilke, Sir C., vol. ii. 272, 375 Dillon, Mr. John, vol. i. 300, 313 Disraeli, Mr. (Earl of Beaconsfield), vol. ii. 174 Dockwra, Mr., vol. ii. 9 Donovan, Mr., vol. i. 401 Dover—Castle, vol. i. 133; proposed tubular conveyance to, vol. ii. 338 Drawing, R. H.’s prize for, vol. i. 74 Drouet, Mr., vol. ii. 252 Dublin in 1821, vol. i. 160; postal service, vol. ii. 258, 274, 337, 340 Dubost, Mr., vol. ii. 93 Dudley, vol. i. 282 Duncan, Viscount, vol. ii. 108 Duncannon, Lord (Earl of Bessborough), vol. i. 268, 272, 289, 290, 357, 360 Duncombe, Mr. Thomas, vol. ii. 28, 38 Dundee, vol. ii. 269 Dunlop, Mr., vol. i. 308 E Early Rising, vol. i. 143 East Indies, vol. i. 303. See also India Easthope, Sir John, vol. ii. 120 Ebrington, Lord (Earl Fortescue), vol. ii. 336 Edgeworth, Mr. Lovell, vol. i. 160, 162-167 Edgeworth, Miss, R, H.’s debt to her, vol. i. 50, 164, 421, 502; introduction to her, 163; reads “Public Education,” speaks of her father, 165; letter to R. H., 421; scientific errors, 502 Edgeworth-Town assisting school, vol i. 160, 162-167. Edinburgh, vol. ii. 258, 302; cost of conveying a letter to, vol. i. 249, 280, 339; Sunday agitation, vol. ii. 149; Mails, 273, 337; volunteer corps, 334 “Edinburgh Review,” vol. i. 68; reviews “Public Education,” 121, 174, 178; article on Penny Postage, 378, 390; article on “Little Dorrit” and the “Circumlocution Office,” vol. ii. 48; article on Lord Canning, 354 Eldon, Earl of, vol. i. 212, 240, vol. ii. 35 Electrical Machine, vol. i. 55, 81 Electricity, lectures on, vol. i. 55, 80, 134 Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of, vol. ii. 308; “an excellent Postmaster-General,” 344; his account of Lord Canning, 354; his character, 357, 358; letter to R. H., 359; resignation, 361 Elgin, vol. i. 288 Ellenborough, Lord, vol. ii. 35 Emery, Mr., vol. i. 306 Emigrant ships, vol. i. 221 Empson, Professor, vol. i. 268 Enclosures, charge by, vol. i. 238, 282, 295 Envelopes, vol. i. 393, 418, 419 Estcott, Mr., vol. ii. 8 Esquires in low life, vol. ii. 81 Estlin, Mr., vol. ii. 29 Euclid, vol. i. 11, 60 Eversley, Viscount, vol. ii. 91 Excursion trains, vol. ii. 21 “Exhibitions,” School, vol. i. 91, 93, 113, 127, 170 Exhibition, Great (1851), vol. i. 26; vol. ii. 259 Express trains, vol. ii. 21 F “Facts and Estimates,” vol. i. 347, 534 Fagan, Mr., vol. ii. 154 Family council, vol. i. 191, 192, 262 Family fund, vol. i. 188-190 Faraday, Professor, vol. i. 3, 402 Female labour, vol. ii. 403 Ferguson, James, vol. i. 12 Fielding, Henry, vol, i. 3 Fights regulated, vol. i. 118 Fire at Hazelwood, vol. i. 95, 151; origin of, 158; question of insurance, 158 Fire, precautions against, at Post Office, vol. ii. 268 Fitzgerald, Lord, vol. i. 460 Flood, walk through a, vol. i. 138 Forge, model of a, vol. i. 45 Forger, a, vol. i. 40 Forster, Mr. John, vol. i. 230, 525 Forster, Mr. Matthew, a steady friend, vol. ii. 149, 388, 394; on the Sunday question, 157, 158; Mr. Parkes’s letter to him, 388 Foster, John, the essayist, vol. i. 141 Fourdrinier, vol. i. 224 France, revolution of 1789, vol. i. 19; peace with, 38, 134; Mrs. Hill’s uneasiness at being so near to its coast, 133; postal revenue, 245; reduction of postage in, 341, vol. ii. 93, 188, 252; Post Office inspected by R. H. vol. i. 376; early use of post-paid envelopes in, 377; pillar letter-boxes, 417, vol. ii. 259; treaty with, vol. i. 410, vol. ii. 6, 183, 214, 317; assistance during Indian Mutiny, vol. ii. 293; gratuitous conveyance of a mail, 350; reduction in postage to France, 311; proposed use of tubular conveyance for mail, 338; universal delivery, 406 Frankland, Sir F., vol. ii. 312 Franklin, Benjamin, vol. i. 8, 12 Franks (Post Office) on newspapers, vol. i. 240; abuses of, 240, 322, vol. ii. 350; number of, vol. i. 321; “Worth to some Mercantile Houses,” 355; abolished, 385, 388; official franking, 355, 388, vol. ii. 351, 471; revived, vol ii. 351 Freshwater Bay, vol. i. 146 Frölich, Count, vol. i. 173 Frome, General, vol. i. 221 G Gaisford, Dean, vol. i. 17 Galt, Mr., vol. ii. 283 Galton, Mr. Tertius, vol. i. 499 Galton, Captain, vol. ii. 236, 251 Galway line of mail-packets, vol. ii. 183 Gardiner, Mr., vol. i. 375 Garibaldi, vol. ii. 417 Garrick trained in careful habits, vol. i. 34; his house in the Adelphi, 223 Gas, streets lighted by, vol. i. 42, 160 Germany, vol. i. 253, vol. ii. 252, 259, 318, 484 Gibbon, Edward, “the tyranny of lawyers,” vol. i. 9; “independence, that first earthly blessing,” 67; “a man designed to think as he pleased, &c.,” 213; his early training, 217 Gibson, Mr. Milner, vol. ii. 198 Gilchrist, Dr., vol. i. 174 Gladstone, Mr., budget of, 1854, vol. i. 436; budget of 1853, vol. ii. 214; R. H.’s promotion, 215-225; Government railway loans, 279, 280; Savings Banks, letter to Mr. Sikes, 332; newspaper postage, 345-347; foreign and colonial postage, 372; support to R. H. and confidence in him, 362, 376, 377, 379; R. H.’s resignation, 378; R. H.’s high regard for him, 379; pension and parliamentary grant to R. H., 388-391, 399; treasury minute, 391, 411; R. H.’s letters to him, 384, 393, 399; his letters to R. H. 362, 400; description of R. H.’s services and plan, 411, 419. Glasgow “family boxes,” vol. i. 302; testimonial to R. H., 442; R. H.’s visit, vol. ii. 148; Bridewell, 171; mails, 273, 337; library, 308; pneumatic tubes, 340 Globe, The, vol. ii. 120 Godby, Mr., vol. ii. 191, 194 Gordon, Mr., vol. i. 395, 416 Gouger, Mr., vol. i. 216 Goulburn, Mr., vol. i. 350, 439, 446, 455, vol. ii. 5, 14, 33, 358; motion against Penny Postage, vol. i. 351; “talks nonsense,” 436, 490; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 441, 443; suspends Mr. Baring’s minute, 452; appealed to by R. H., 454, 456-459, 463-465; does not answer R. H.’s letters, 465; dismisses R. H., 466-471; publishes garbled correspondence, 482; condemns R. H. for publishing the whole correspondence, 485; excuses his own conduct, 488; answered by Mr. Baring, 489 Gould, Mr., vol. ii. 268 “Grace Dogger” packet, vol. ii. 312 Graham, Sir James, vol i. 473; has Mazzini’s letters opened (“Grahamizing” ), vol. ii. 28; packet-service account, 238 Granville, first Earl, vol. i. 410; second Earl, his speech on the parliamentary grant to R. H., vol. ii. 398, 399; present at his funeral, 431 Grasset, Mr., vol. ii. 93 Graves, Mr., vol. ii. 347 Gravesend, vol. i. 282 Gray, Dr., vol. ii. 29 Greeks at Hazelwood, vol. i. 171, 172 Green, Mr. J. R., vol. ii. 356 Greenock, vol. i. 260, 527, vol. ii. 148 Gregory, Mr., Evidence before Railway Commission, vol. ii. 283; report on tubular conveyance, 337-339, 489 Grenfell, Mr. P., vol. ii. 17 Grey, Earl, vol. ii. 244 Grote, George, interest in Hazelwood School, vol. i. 172, 173; a supporter of penny postage, 263, 279 Guarantee, mutual, vol. ii. 307 Guards, mail, vol. i. 161, 453, vol. ii. 89, 257 Guest, Dr., vol. i., 12, 55 Gunboat, French, vol. i. 38 Gunpowder, vol. i. 242 H Habeas Corpus Act suspended, vol. i. 22, 139; damned in ignorance, 144 Hagley, vol. i. 62, 97, 134 Hall, Captain Basil, vol. i. 173; Describes Hazelwood in “Edinburgh Review,” 122; letter to R. H., suggests gummed envelopes, 418 Hampden, John, vol. i. 1 Hampden Club, vol. i. 139 Hamburg, treaty with, vol. i. 382 Hardinge, Viscount, vol. ii. 222 Hardwicke, Earl of, vol. ii. 213, 228, 229, 238, 358; Postmaster-General, vol. ii. 203; a disciplinarian, 204, 207; “two kings in Brentford,” 205, 209; “intends to be Postmaster-General,” 206; dinner party, 207; peculiar spelling, 210; patronage, 211; dislike of “Hill’s book-post,” 245 Hare, Mr. Thomas, vol. i., 24, 223 Harmony, New, vol. i. 206 Harness, Colonel, vol. i. 452 Harrowby, Earl of, vol. ii. 149 Hatchard, Mr., vol. ii. 190 Hawes, Mr. (Sir Benjamin), vol. i. 483; interest in Penny Postage, 288; a member of the Ministry of 1846, vol. ii. 37; induces R. H. to accept appointment, 41, 216, 461; R. H.’s letter to, 43, 166, 437 Hayter, Mr. (Sir William), secretary to the Treasury—R. H. and he “get on swimmingly,” vol. ii. 114; the Sunday question, 114, 117, 118, 121, 154; learns from R. H. the abuses as to promotion, 184; forgets his own regulations—R. H.’s letter to him, 299; Post Office Mutual Insurance, 305 Hazelwood. See School. Head, Sir Francis, vol. ii. 192 Health of Post Office staff, vol. ii. 302 Henderson, Dr., vol. ii. 29 Hennessy, Mr., vol. ii. 398 Henslow, Professor, vol. ii. 145 Henson, Mr. G., vol. i. 305, 308, 309 Herald, Morning, vol. i. 483, vol. ii. 115, 120, 123, 160 Hermit’s Cave, vol. i. 169 Herries, Mr., vol. i. 435 Herries, Sir W., vol. ii. 218, 222-224 Herschel, Sir William, vol. i. 58, 497 Highgate, vol. i. 282 Hill, James, “a substantial freeholder,” vol. i. 2 Hill, John, tract on “A Penny Post” (1659), vol. ii. 29 Hill, John, a volunteer against the young Pretender, vol. i. 3, 6 Hill, Mr. Alfred; writes an historical sketch of the Post Office, vol. ii. 310 Hill, Mr. Arthur; a young trader, vol. i. 50; a young actor and author, 77; injures his eyesight, 127; visits the Edgeworths, 160; his brother’s successor in the school, 203; the Arthur Hill lifeboat, 203; constant aid to his brother, preface, 234, 292, 487, vol. ii. 99, 111, 116; his eighty-first birthday, 430 Hill, Mr. Edwin; a night alarm, vol. i. 37; makes a model forge, 45; at the assay office, 55; his courage, 154; family arbitrator, 187; a partner in the school, 187; joins Sir J. Lefevre’s society, 210; helps in the printing machine, 225; superintendent of stamp machinery, 392, 405; invents envelope-folding machine, 419; attestations to his services, 539; consulted by his brother, vol. ii. 99 Hill, Mr. Frederic, vol. i. 169, 263, vol. ii. 213; in his boyhood fond of calculating, vol. i. 128; his great services as an inspector of prisons, 215, and vol. ii. 171; consulted by his brother, vol. ii. 99; consults Mr. Cobden, 166; appointed assistant-secretary to the Post Office, 176, 196; reforms the system of mail packet contracts, 240, 369-373; adjusts the salaries of the rural postmasters, 245; his views on patronage and promotion, 246; manages the Money Order Department, 253, 463; his measure for early deliveries, 258; aids his brother in the more difficult part of his duties, 265; his able and zealous assistance, 266; originates the annual reports, 267; remodels the central office, 268; his evidence before the Royal Commission on Railways, 283; introduces contract work, 286; a supporter of promotion by merit, 301; draws up a plan for life insurance, 305; tries to introduce the contract system into the savings banks, 364; his reward for faithful services, 374; wishes to employ female labour in the office, 403 Hill, Mr. Howard, his untimely death, vol. i. 8, 14, 195, 203; his fine character, 196 Hill, Mr. Matthew Davenport, vol. ii. 91, 465; life of him by his daughters, vol. i. preface xiv.; describes his father, vol. i. 9, 19, and his mother, 30; account of the Birmingham riots, 33; a night alarm, 37; a young trader, 49; reforms his father’s school, 63, 87, 88; gives lessons at another school, 64, 65; advice on a point of law, 86; goes to the bar, 87, 126; drills boys for “exhibition day,” 91; writes “Public Education,” 103; discussions with his brother, 105, 106; lectures on electricity, 134; defends Major Cartwright, 150; M.P. for Hull, 220, 240; introduces his brother to Mr. Parker, 243; talk with Lord King, 362; letter on Mr. Baring’s offer, 366, vol. ii. 456; article in “Edinburgh Review,” vol. i. 378, 390; assists his brother on his dismissal, 467, 469, 473, 477 —and in the Sunday agitation, vol. ii. 116, 118; letter on his brother’s illness, 361; his brother’s letters to him, vol. i. 175, 179, 185, 191, 220, vol. ii. 417; letters to his brother, vol. i. 176, 367, vol. ii. 417 Hill, Mr. Pearson, vol. ii. 176, 194, 417, 424; his account of his father’s printing press, vol i. 226; appointment in the Post Office, vol. ii. 191; improves the mail-bag apparatus, 237; invents a stamping machine, 331; his plan for the delivery of circulars, 405, 490; his marriage, 426 Hill, Sir Rowland; birth, vol. i. 1, 34; ancestors, 1-7; parents, 8-33; combines the strong qualities of each parent, 31; early life at Horsehills, 35-46; intimacy with the Pearson family, 42; feeble health, 44; makes a water-wheel, 44; a model forge, 45; removes to Birmingham, 47; attends his father’s school, 48; a young trader, 49; buys Miss Edgeworth’s “Parent’s Assistant,” 50; ambition, 50, 67, 87, 203; builds a boat, 51; helps in household work, 51; feeling of responsibility, 51, 52, 76, 129; shares in his mother’s troubles, 52; works a ruling-machine, 53; turns bookbinder, 54; assists in teaching, 54; works at the assay office, 55; makes an electrical machine, 55; love of astronomy, 57-59; habit of criticism, 58, 499; studies mathematics, 60; —navigation—architecture—would have puzzled an examiner, 61; learns his deficiencies, 62, 65; teaches at a neighbouring school, 65; forms literary and scientific societies, 68-72; studies French, 73, 74; wins a prize for drawing, 74; becomes a theatrical manager, 77; begins a school atlas, 79; makes a planisphere, 82; a water-alarum, 83; learns surveying, 85; makes a map of the scene of a murder, 86; scheme of a large college, 87, 104, 179, 180; reforms his father’s school, 88; establishes punctuality, 89; enforces penalties incurred, 90; keeps the accounts and pays off his father’s debts, 90; corrects Shakespeare, 91; rivals Zerah Colbourn, 92; makes a trigonometrical survey, 94; his audacity as a school-reformer, 102; his plans always worked, 103; helps in writing “Public Education,” 103; his faith in his system shaken in old age, 104; over-worked, 105; describes his system, 107-122; a stern schoolmaster, 124; plan for controlling his temper; his courage, 125; becomes his father’s partner, 128, 186; plans Hazelwood School; is his own architect, 128; and clerk of the works, 129; love of long walks, 131; sees a criminal trial, 132; love of feats, 133; sketches Dover Castle, 133; lectures on electricity, 134; sees a steamboat, 135; becomes sub-secretary to Deaf and Dumb Institution, 136; visits Derbyshire, 137; describes a Hampden club, 139; visits Liverpool, 140; his need of trips, 141; describes his parents, 142; early rising; sees John Kemble, 143; hears a debate, 144; sketches Netley Abbey, 145; sees Stonehenge, 146; experiments on diet, 147; attends the New Hall Hill meeting, 149; describes the fire at Hazelwood, 151; saves a woman from burning, 152; discusses the question of fire insurance, 158; visits Edgeworth-town, 160; climbs down to the Hermit’s Cave, 168; publishes “Public Education,” 170; thinks the celebrity of Hazelwood excessive, 174; over-worked, 175-177; trip to Scotland, 175; Paris, 176; his fortitude, 177; intends to open a school near London, 180; Bruce Castle, 181; his marriage, 182; helps his brothers, and is helped by them, 184, 191; holds property in common, 186; articles of partnership, 187; family fund, 188; family council, 191; trained to reason, 194; his early friends, 198; his youthful judgments, 199; gets rid of prejudices, 200; one of the founders of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 201; the “Vernier pendulum,” 201; health again breaks down, 202; writes “Home Colonies,” 202; gives up school-keeping; confidence in himself, 203; forms various schemes, 205; visits Robert Owen, 206; scheme for a social community, 207-214; Sir J. Shaw-Lefevre and he form a small society, 209; his friendship with Mr. Roebuck, 214; few careers open to him, 215; tour in France; describes his own character, 216; joins the South Australian Association, 217; works at abolishing the stamp duty on newspapers, 217; his “Letter on Pauper Education,” 218; becomes secretary to the South Australian Commission, 220; turns his mind towards postal reform, 223, 229; invents a printing-machine, 224; offered a partnership by Mr. Clowes, 230; corrects error of Miss Martineau’s, 239; devises a travelling post office, 241; examines the effects of reduction of taxation, 243; analyses postal accounts, 246; ascertains cost of conveying a letter, 248; the conclusions at which he arrives, 256; writes “Post Office Reform,” 262; lays it before Government, 263, 266; publishes it, 267, 276; examined before “Commission of Post Office Enquiry,” 268; proposes use of stamps, 270; appeals to the public, 275; present at a meeting of the Common Council, 280; his caution in statement, 286; parliamentary committee granted, 287; writes “Letters to Lord Lichfield”; mode of composition, 292; examined before parliamentary committee, 295, 316, 325; regards low postage as no tax, 311; assists in preparing committee’s report, 331; examines rival claims to the authorship of Penny Postage, 332; learns that Penny Postage is to be granted, 343; writes “On the Collection of Postage by Means of Stamps,” 345; “Facts and Estimates,” 347; present at the division, 352; letter to the Duke of Wellington, 354; in the “kitchen” of the House of Commons, 356; interview with Lord Melbourne, 357; present in House of Lords, 360; described by Miss Martineau, 361; testimonials, 363, 442; offered appointment in Treasury, 365; consults Mr. M. D. Hill thereon, 366; accepts appointment, 369; first visit to the Post Office, 371; hours of work, 374; inspects the French Post Office, 376; prepares for introduction of penny postage, 380; visits Mr. Baring, 385; learns who “My Lords” are, 386; first day of penny postage, 390; difficulties with the Stamp Office, 397; obliteration of stamps, 399; resists needless expenditure, 411; proposes to set up pillar-boxes, 417; wins Mr. Baring’s confidence, 422; detects errors in accounts, 429; meets with constant opposition at the Post Office; over-worked, 431; plan of rural distribution, 433, 451; sets a high value on statistics, 434; consulted about a twopenny rate, 435; applies for office of secretary to the Post Office, 437; alarmed by the change of ministry, 439; under Mr. Goulburn, 443; thwarted in his work, 444-447; investigates railway charges, 452; Lord Lowther’s hostility, 459; dismissal impending, 462; his mother’s death, 465; notice of dismissal, 466; correspondence with Sir Robert Peel, 469; question of publishing correspondence with Treasury, 473; offer of help from “the men of the League,” 477; cuts down personal expenditure, 480; interview with Mr. Stephen, 481; official publication of garbled correspondence, 482; petitions Parliament, 483; publishes all the correspondence, 484; select committee moved for, 487; committee granted, 492; letter to Sir G. Clerk, 493; publishes “State and Prospects of Penny Postage,” vol. ii. 1, 14; examined before the committee, 1-10; director and then chairman of the Brighton Railway Company, 16; resigns, 23; offered appointment on the South-Western Railway, 24; receives the national testimonial, 29; takes the longest holiday he had ever known, 38; offered appointment as secretary to the Postmaster-General, 39; letter to Mr. Hawes, 43; accepts the appointment, 45; enters upon office, 47; encounters obstructions, 49; snowed-up, 52; speech at Liverpool, 53; undertakes Money Order Department, 56; visits Bristol, 57; assists at the Treasury, 59; vexations tell upon his health, 60; encounters unpopularity in the office, 63; proposes a book post; also a system of promotion, 65; proposes railway legislation, 66; reforms Money Order Office, 70, 178; resists an offensive minute, 73; a special constable, 84; establishes book post, 87; claims promotion, 95-106; reduces Sunday labour, 108; his measure for transmission of “forward letters,” 110; receives deputation from Lord’s Day Society, 113; attacked by Sabbatarians; treachery in the Post Office, 115; objects to the use of compulsion, 120; slandered by Lord’s Day Society, 129; complete success of his measure, 135; device for railway sorting, 137; establishes meeting of surveyors, 140; reports on demand for total abolition of Sunday labour, 145; visits Glasgow and Greenock, 148; defended by the Times, 151; Lord Ashley’s motion, 155; health again failing, 163; claims promotion, 164; consults Mr. Cobden and Mr. Hume, 166; interview with Sir C. Wood, 169; asks for appointment of Mr. F. Hill as assistant-secretary, 170; his father’s death, 176; his limited staff of clerks, 177; proposes a commission for revising salaries, 184; manages the Railway Department, 193; seeks Mr. Cobden’s aid; visits towns in West Riding, 194; claims promotion, 196; consults his friends in Parliament, 198; “a mysterious allusion in Mr. Cobden’s letter,” 199; Lord Hardwicke Postmaster-General, 203; Court-dress, 207; discussion with Lord Hardwicke, 209; does not expose his lordship’s spelling, 210; Tory ministry thrown out, 211; Lord Canning Postmaster-General, 213; letter to Lord Canning, 215; promotion or resignation, 217; dangerous state of health, 219; meets Mr. Gladstone, 222; sole secretary, 224; proposes railway legislation, 227; accelerates northern mails, 231; replies to attacks, 235; his minute on the true revenue of the Post Office, 238; reduces Colonial postage, 241; his evidence before the Commission for Revising Salaries, 246; upholds promotion by merit; dislikes competitive examinations, 249; purchase of telegraphs, 251; accelerates deliveries in London district, 258, 272; arranges secretarial duties, 264; establishes conference of secretary and assistant-secretaries, 265; gives more power to the heads of departments, 266; opposes the Board of Works, 269; divides London into districts, 270; accelerates mails, 273; need of railway legislation, 276; proposes Government loans to railway companies, 278; a member of the Royal Commission on Railways, 283; in favour of contract work, 286; opposed to Panama route, 290; doubles the mail to India, 292; arranges scale of salaries, 296; upholds promotion by merit, 298; supports a system of life insurance in the office, 304; lectures on the eclipse of 1858, 308; encounters discontent in the office, 321; threatened with assassination, 327; approves of Mr. Sikes’s scheme of savings banks, 332; and of the volunteer corps, 334; attempts compulsory prepayment, 335; has for the first time to retrace a step, 336; his plan of tubular conveyance, 336; describes the lost labour of inventors, 339; controversy with Mr. R. Stephenson, 341; opposes the newspaper proprietors, 342; attacked by the Times, 344; his plan for the delivery of newspapers, 347; condemns official franking, 351; his account of the Postmasters-General from 1853-60, 353; his difficulty of composition, 355; his work limited to four days a week, 358; F.R.S., K.C.B., 359; peace in the office; dangerous illness, 360; has not the confidence of Lord Stanley of Alderley, 361; receives Mr. Gladstone’s support, 362; censures the management of the Post Office Savings Banks, 365; wishes to establish parcels post, 368; reforms the packet service, 369; upholds promotion by merit; appeals to the Treasury, 376; interviews with Lord Palmerston, 377; resigns, 379; his character described by Sir F. Baring, 388; receives copy of Treasury Minute, 390; asserts his claim to the sole authorship of Penny Postage, 393; receives a grant from Parliament, 399; made D.C.L., receives presents from Liverpool and Longton, and the Albert Gold Medal, 400; looks upon himself as happy among reformers; considers future postal reforms, 401; his character, 411-415; attends the Political Economy Club, 416; meets Garibaldi, 417; grieved by the state of the Post Office, 418; describes the state of his health, 419; suffers from the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 421; regularity of his household, 422; resources of his old age, 423; thoughtfulness for others, 424; death thins his family, 425; his son’s marriage, 426; not forgotten of men, 427; receives the freedom of the City, 428; death, 429; Westminster Abbey, 430 Hill, Sir Rowland: letters to Sir G. B. Airy, vol. i. 506; Duke of Argyll, vol. ii. 280, 330; Mr. E. Baines, vol. ii. 332; Sir F. Baring, vol. i. 440, 542, vol. ii. 85; a brother, vol. i. 206, 211; Lord Canning, vol. ii. 225, 460, 478; Mrs. F. Clark, vol. ii. 335; Lord Clanricarde, vol. ii. 437, 443, 453; Sir G. Clerk (a draft letter) vol. i. 493; Council of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. i. 515; Mr. Gladstone, vol. ii. 384, 393, 399; Mr. Goulburn, vol. i. 464; Sir B. Hawes, vol. ii. 43; Sir W. Hayter, vol. ii. 299; Lady Hill, vol. i, 201, 230; Mr. M. D. Hill, vol. i. 175, 179, 185, 191, 220, vol. ii. 417; “Journal of the Society of Arts,” vol. i. 525; Lords of the Treasury, vol. ii. 379, 492; Colonel Maberly, vol. i. 445; Sir R. Peel, vol. i. 471; Mr. Schuster, vol. ii. 285; Lord Stanley of Alderley, vol. ii. 385; Admiral Smyth, vol. i. 500; Mr. Warburton, vol. ii. 457; Duke of Wellington, vol. i. 354; Sir C. Wood, vol. ii. 168 Letters to him from Sir G. B. Airy, vol. i. 507, 509; Duke of Argyll, vol. ii. 356; Lord Ashburton, vol. i. 362; Sir F. Baring, vol. i. 369, 439, 475, vol. ii. 86; a brother, vol. i. 184; Lord Canning, vol. ii. 218; Lord Clanricarde, vol. ii. 40, 102, 445; Mr. Cobden, vol. i. 382, 477, 478, vol. ii. 31, 194, 198; Miss Edgeworth, vol. i. 421; Lord Elgin, vol. ii. 359; Mr. Gladstone, vol. ii. 362, 400; Mr. Goulburn, vol. i. 466; Captain Basil Hall, vol. i. 418; Lord Hardwicke, vol. ii. 207; Mr. T. W. Hill, vol. i. 173, 185, 213; Mr. M. D. Hill, vol. i. 176, 366, vol. ii. 417; Thomas Hood, vol. i. 479; Mr. Hume, vol. ii. 170; Miss Martineau, vol ii. 14; Mr. Moffatt, vol. i. 467; Sir R. Peel, vol. i. 469; Sir A. G. Spearman, vol. i. 228; Rev. Sydney Smith, vol. ii. 14; Lord Stanley of Alderley, vol. ii. 384; a sub-sorter, vol. ii. 455; Colonel Torrens, vol. i. 223; Sir C. E. Trevelyan, vol. ii. 301; Mr. Warburton, vol. i. 343, 344, vol. ii. 38 Hill, Lady, childhood, vol. i. 43; marriage, 182; devotion to her husband, 183; hears from her husband about his Vernier pendulum, 201, and his printing press, 230; congratulated by Mr. Wallace, 360; conversation with Sir F. Baring, 441; assists her husband in reducing his expenditure, 480; her twenty-second wedding-day, vol. ii. 115; her husband’s amanuensis, 327; proposed pension to her, 390; address to the Queen, 394; meets Garibaldi, 417; her husband’s death, 429 Hill, Thomas Wright (Rowland Hill’s father), hurt in the Birmingham riots, vol. i. 2, 34; unusual character, 7; relish of life, 8, 25; wish to be a lawyer, 9; knowledge of the Bible, 10; an astronomer, 11, 57, 498; under Priestley, 11; lectures on natural philosophy, 12, 55; on the formation of letter-sounds, 12; short-hand, 13; matchless benevolence, 13; character as a schoolmaster, 14-19, 62; a mathematician, 15, vol. ii. 177; love of theories, vol. i. 18; admirable as a father, 19, 55, 59; a staunch Liberal, 19; a student of Adam Smith, 23; scheme for representing minorities, 24, 69; imperfect side, 24; death, 25, vol. ii. 176; marriage, vol. i. 32; children, 34; opens a school, 47; money difficulties, 52, 90; buys a horse, 64; not jealous of his sons, 88; described by his son, 142; chairman of Attwood’s Committee, 150; recommends spirit of co-operation, 185; consolation in his children, 197; discusses postal matters, 237, 241, 275; present at presentation of national testimonial, vol. ii. 32; remark on the first census, 260; letters to one of his sons, vol. i. 13, 24; his brother-in-law, 52; Mr. M. D. Hill, 20, 105, 127, 172, 177; Sir Rowland Hill, 185, 213 Hill, Sarah (Rowland Hill’s mother), girlhood, 7; character, 27; moves her husband to turn schoolmaster, 30, 47; economy, 30, 34, 52; marriage, 32; a “notable” woman, 43; described by her son, 142; death, 465 Hill Top. See School. Hillska Skola, vol. i. 173 Hinks, Rev. W., vol. ii. 30 Hinde, Mr., vol. i. 465 Hodgson, Mr. Joseph, attends R. H. in times of illness, vol. i. 177, vol. ii. 163, 219-221, 458 Hoffay, Mr., vol. ii. 221 Hogarth, William, vol. i. 39 Holgate, Mr., vol. i., 324 Holyhead, vol. ii. 275 Home Colonies, vol. i. 202 Honduras, vol. ii. 370 Hong-Kong Post Office, vol. ii. 257 Hood, Thomas, vol. i. 479 Horsehills, vol. i. 35, 45 Horsfall, Mr., vol. i. 429 “Household Words,” vol. ii. 48, 192, 253 Howard, John, vol. i. 4, 141, 196 Huish, Captain, vol. ii. 231, 232, 274 Hull, vol. i. 150 Hume, Mr. Joseph, vol. i. 171, 173, 341, 357, vol. ii. 225; visits Hazelwood, vol. i. 174; a supporter of postal reform, 263, 288, 342, 350, vol. ii. 38; consulted by R. H., vol. ii. 166, 167, 174, 198, 199; letter to R. H., vol. ii. 170 Hunt, Leigh, vol. i. 276 Huskisson, Mr., vol. i. 198, 242 Hutchinson, Mr., vol. ii. 279, 281 Hutt, Sir W., vol. i. 220, 482 I Income-Tax Commissioners, vol. ii. 30 India, postal reform in, vol. ii. 187, 212, 317; postage to, 242; book-post to, 245; mutiny, 292, 354, 478 Inglis, Sir Robert, vol. i. 355 Inventors, not men who merely make lucky hits, vol. ii. 339; described by Lord Brougham, 398; their common lot, 401 Ireland in 1821, vol. i. 160, 161; letters to (before 1840), 297; Sunday labour, vol. ii. 112, 154; mails to, 274, 338, 340; life insurance, 307; debts owing by postmasters, 313; early history of Post Office, 352 Isle of Wight, vol. i. 146, 168 J Jackson, Mr., vol. ii. 70, 77, 179 Jefferson, ex-President, vol. i. 174 Jeffrey, Lord, reviews “Public Education,” vol. i. 178 “Jerusalem Coffee-house,” vol. i. 303 Johnson, Dr., knew how to bind a book, vol. i. 54; reads aloud the “Vanity of Human Wishes,” 106; receives a packet from Lisbon, 276; rendering of a passage in Milton, vol. ii. 225; quotes Bentley, 235; to be read on the banks of the Wolga, 427 Johnson, Mr., vol. ii. 49, 74 Johnstone, Dr., vol. i. 64 Jones-Loyd, Mr. (Lord Overstone), evidence before committee (1838), vol. i. 310, 312; consulted by R. H., vol. ii. 43, 56, 216, 461 Jullien, M., vol. i. 174 K Kater, Captain, vol. i. 95, 499 Kean, Edmund, vol. i. 135 Keble, Mr., vol. i. 194 Kemble, John, vol. i. 143 Kennedy, Dr., vol. i. 55 Keswick, vol. i. 339 Kidderminster, vol. i. 156; R. H’s. birth-place, 1, 2, 34; his statue to be set up there, vol. ii. 428 King, Lord, vol. i. 362 Kingston-on-Thames, vol. ii. 141 Kington, vol. ii. 277 Knight, Mr. Charles, suggests stamped covers for newspapers, vol. i. 218, 265, 270, 377 Knowles, Sheridan, vol. i. 200 L Labouchere, Mr. (Lord Taunton), vol. i. 267, 268, vol. ii. 160 Land’s End to John O’Groat’s, vol. ii. 278 Laplace, vol. i. 59, 506 Lardner, Dr., vol. i. 173, 312, 322 Larpent, Sir George, vol. ii. 30 Lawrence, Mr. William, vol. i. 431 Lawrence, Mr. (of the Post Office), vol. i. 303 Lea, William, vol. i. 6 Lea, Bailie, vol. i. 7, 31, vol. ii. 148 Ledingham, Mr., vol. i. 374, 404, 448 Lee, Mr. James, vol. ii. 92 Leeds, vol. ii. 109, 194 Leeds Mercury, vol. ii. 150 Lees, Sir Edward, vol. i. 318 Leicester, vol. i. 366 Letters, postage rate before Penny Postage, vol. i. 238, 239, 247, 252, 276, 277, 281, 282, 295-297, 339, 381, vol. ii. 380, 396; charges by enclosures, vol. i. 238, 282, 295; effects of high rates on the poor, 239, 305-309, 342; taxing, 247, 283, 372; deliveries few and slow, 269, 281; in large districts no deliveries, 253, 324, 451, vol. ii. 381; illegal conveyance, vol. i. 238, 254, 300-304; number as stated by government, 279, 290, 298, 299; as stated by R. H., 298, 299; average weight of London mail, 319, 339; R. H.’s reforms; proposed sorting in coaches, vol. i. 241; actual cost of conveyance, 249, 280, vol. ii. 242, 493; cost of distributing, vol. i. 248, 354; uniform rate, 250, 312; primary and secondary distribution, 251, vol. ii. 406; rates suggested, vol. i. 251, 264, 269, 284, vol, ii. 404; charges by weight, vol. i. 264, 318, 376, 386; low postage no tax, 311; prepayment, 250, 314, 378, vol. ii. 180, 258, 335; uniform fourpenny rate, vol. i. 381, 384; penny rate begins, 390; number of letters after 1839, 395, 418, 435, 463, vol. ii. 86, 188, 190, 214, 259, 260, 314, 350, 382, 397; registration, vol. i. 410, 455-459, vol. ii. 7, 315, 367, 381; thefts, vol. i. 283, 410, 411, 455, vol, ii. 190, 315, 368; forward letters, vol. i. 457, vol. ii. 110; free delivery, vol. i. 252, vol. ii. 270, 381; returned letters, vol. ii. 314; increase of correspondence to distant places, vol. ii. 241, 371; effect of school boards on letter writing, 418. see also Penny Postage and Post Office. Letter-Boxes (hall door), vol. ii. 90. See Pillar Letter-Boxes. Letter carriers, union of two corps of, vol. i. 258, 373, 375, vol. ii. 100, 103, 247, 271; improved condition of, 190, 345, 381; life insurance and burial fund, 304-307; discontents, 321; eligibility of their position, 309, 324; Christmas boxes, 325, 328; mutinous meeting, 326 Lewins, Mr. W. vol. ii. 367 Lewis, Sir G. C., passage in “Notes and Queries,” vol. i. 239; commission of inquiry into Sunday labour, vol. ii. 160; mail service to Kington, 277; R. H.’s device of government railway loans, 279-281; Post Office insurance fund, 305 Lewis, Dr. vol. ii. 303 Libraries, Post Office, vol. ii. 308 Lichfield, vol. i. 138, vol. ii. 191 Lichfield, Earl of, Postmaster-General; his Post Office Consolidation Act, vol. i. 281; opposed to penny postage, 279, 288, 293, 314, 325, 351, 427, vol. ii. 3; goes into a passion over it, vol. i. 359; R. H.’s letters to, 292, 293 Life insurance of Post Office staff, vol. ii. 304-307 Lines, Mr., vol. i. 74, 391 Liverpool, R. H.’s first visit, vol. i. 140; newspapers in 1834, 218; testimonials, 442, vol. ii. 400; speech at a public dinner, vol. ii. 53; committee of the town council, 54; district system, 272; mutual guarantee, 307; pneumatic tubes, 340 Lloyd, Mr. James, vol. ii. 387 Loans to railway companies. See Railways. Locke, Mr., vol. ii. 159, 281 London, R. H.’s early visits, vol. i. 58, 134-136, 145, 200; removal to, 180-182, 200; daily newspapers, 218; deliveries, 269, 282, vol. ii. 34, 258, 272; petition for Penny Postage, vol. i. 280, 289; number of Post Offices, 376, vol. ii. 314; amount of correspondence, vol. ii. 94, 270; Sunday agitation, 118; grant of its Freedom, 428; represented by its chief magistrate in Westminster Abbey, 430. See also Post Office. Londonderry, Marquis of, vol. ii. 91 Longton, vol. ii. 400 Lord’s Day Society, foolish deputation from, vol, ii. 113; its course of slandering, 129, 136, 154, 155; a proof of conscious weakness, 149; Professor Henslow’s reply to, 145 Lord Mayor’s English, vol. i. 144 Lords of the Treasury, vol. i. 386 Lowe, Mr. (Viscount Sherbrooke), vol. ii. 280, 347. Lowther, Viscount (Earl of Lonsdale), vol. i. 436, 439, 448, 462, 465, 492, vol. ii. 61; member of committee (1838), vol. i. 287; votes against Penny Postage, 327; Postmaster General, his cold and suspicious manner, 444, 458; his ignorance, 453, vol. ii. 10; plan of registration, vol. i. 455, 456, 459, 476; his pride offended, 459, 476; claims to the origination of Penny Postage, 488 Lyons, vol. ii. 311 M. Maberly, Lieut.-Colonel, vol. i. 374, 386, 424, 426, 428, 430, 444, 455, 487, 491, vol. ii. 48, 49, 55, 56, 58, 63, 64, 65, 71, 73, 75, 84, 89, 113, 120, 121, 122, 129, 177, 185, 201; examined before parliamentary committee of 1838, vol. i. 300, 302, 313, 314, 316, 323, vol. ii. 10; his opinion of Penny Postage, vol. i. 326, vol. ii. 10; examined before Committee of Enquiry, 1843, vol. ii. 1, 3, 5, 7, 10; question of his retirement, vol. i. 362, 427, 437, vol. ii. 41, 43, 74, 96, 98, 99, 103-105, 165-169, 194-200, 206, 209, 210, 215, 218, 219, 221, 437, 445, 457, 461; appointed to the Board of Audit, 224; his selection of heads of departments, 266 Macaulay, Lord, vol. i. 333, vol. ii. 151; a man of “imperfect sympathies,” vol. i. 199; an error in his history, 500; R. H. sends him a document about Titus Oates, vol. ii. 261; “defiance of Post Office regulations,” 315; funeral, 431, 432 Madeira, vol. ii. 318 Magistrate, School, vol. i. 110 Magna Charta, vol. i. 145 Mails. See Railways. Mail-bag apparatus, vol. ii. 237 Malmesbury, Earl of, vol. ii. 149 Maltby, Dr. vol. i. 173 Malthus, Mr., vol. i. 173, 188 Manchester in 1821, vol. i. 160; Chamber of Commerce, 301, 307; postage to Lyons, vol. ii. 311; pneumatic tubes, 340; correspondence equal that of Russia, 350 Map-making, vol. i. 79, 86 Marcet, Mrs., vol. i. 501 Margate, vol. i. 133-135 Marks, School, vol. i. 107 Marlborough, Duke of, vol. i. 38, vol. ii. 356 Marseilles, vol. ii. 294 Martineau, Miss, error in her History of England, vol. i. 239; passage in her Autobiography about Sydney Smith and Lord Monteagle, 361; describes R. H., 361, 390; letter to R. H., vol. ii. 14 Massey, Mr., vol. ii. 395 Matthews, Mr. William, vol. i. 73, 89 Maury, Mr., vol. i. 303 May, Sir Erskine, vol. ii. 91 Mayer, Mr., vol. i. 442 Mazzini, vol. ii. 28 McCulloch, Mr., vol. i. 245, 338 Mediterranean, vol. i. 281 Melbourne, Viscount, vol. i. 344, 416, 438; receives deputation, 341; adopts Penny Postage, 343, 346; R. H’s interview with, 357; on “moral-force men,” 358; moves second reading of Penny Postage Bill, 359 Menai Straits, vol. i. 297, 381 Mercantile committee. See Committee. Messengers, Post Office, vol. i. 425 Metropolitan Asylums Board, vol. ii. 421 Miles, Mr. Pliny, vol. ii. 319 Milford, vol. i. 297 Mill, James, vol. i. 180 Millington’s Hospital, vol. i. 4 Milton, John, quotation from his “Defensio Secunda,” vol. ii. 225; “Paradise Lost” read by R. H., 423 Minorities, representation of, vol. i. 24, 69, 223 Mitford, Miss, vol. ii. 319 Moffatt, Mr., vol. i. 277, 436, vol. ii. 225; supporter of Penny Postage, vol. i. 294, 342, 469, vol. ii. 389; corresponds with Duke of Wellington, vol. i. 353; letter to R. H., 467; consulted by R. H., vol. ii. 170, 198, 200; R. H.’s resignation of office, 384, 388, 389, 394 Money Order Office, similar institution in France, vol. i. 376; early State of English Office, vol. i. 377, 411, 454, vol. ii. 254, 398; reduction of charges, vol. i 411, vol. ii. 316; increase in business, vol. i. 411, vol. ii. 254, 286; mismanagement of, vol. i. 454, vol. ii. 70, 77, 439; frauds, vol. i. 454, vol. ii. 61, 76, 80; economies and improvements in, vol. ii. 56, 71, 76-78, 178, 216, 257, 286, 381, 399, 439, 458, 463; losses and profits, 78, 179, 257, 286; Sunday business, 108; clerks classified, 179; salaries, 245; amount yearly transmitted, 286, 383, 397; contract work, 286; extended to colonies, 316; foreign countries, 404; described in “Household Words,” 253 Monopoly, Post Office, vol. i. 238, 246, vol. ii. 405 Monsell, Mr. (Lord Emly), vol. ii. 284 Monsoons, premature setting in of the, vol. i. 168 Montagu, Mr. Basil, vol. i. 43 Monteagle, Lord. See Rice. Montrose, Duke of, vol. ii. 373, 374, 404 Morning Chronicle, vol. ii. 120, 122 Morning Post, vol. i. 449, vol. ii. 76, 116 Mortleman, Mr., vol. ii. 349 Mudge, Colonel, vol. i. 94, 96 Mulready envelope, vol. i. 393, 419 Murchison, Sir Roderick, vol. ii. 359 N. Napier, Messrs., vol. ii. 148 Neate, Mr., vol. ii. 398 Netley Abbey, vol. i. 145 New South Wales, vol. ii. 290, 481 New York, vol. i. 206, 303, vol. ii. 93, 187 New Zealand, vol. ii. 290, 480 Newcastle, vol. i. 452, 465, vol. ii. 340 Newspapers, stamp duty on, vol. i. 217, 226-230, 524, vol. ii. 238, 343, 466-473; reduced, vol. i. 218; number of in 1834, 218; made to serve for letters, vol. i. 240; privilege of late posting, vol. ii. 62; acceleration of news, 294; tubular conveyance, 338; claims for lower postal rate, 342-349; R. H.’s plan for their distribution, 347, 484-491; number sent by post, 382 Newman, Cardinal, vol. i. 194 Nicholson, Mr., vol. ii. 251 “North and South American Coffee-House,” vol. i. 303 “Notes and Queries,” vol. i. 239 Northcote, Sir Stafford, vol. ii. 334; commissioner on Post Office salaries, vol. ii. 221; commissioner on packet service, 239 Nottingham Shoemakers’Society, vol. i. 308 Numbering of streets, vol. ii. 311 O. Oates, Titus, his slanders paralleled, vol. ii. 117; pensioned, 261 Ocean Penny Postage, vol. ii. 241, 319, 371 O’Connell, Daniel, vol. i. 278; on the deputation to Lord Melbourne, 342 O’Connell, Mr. M. J., vol. i. 287, 327 Oliphant, Mrs., vol. i. 500 Orthography, vol. ii. 418 Ostend and Dover mail packet, vol. ii. 349 Overstone, Lord. See Jones-Loyd. Owen, Robert, interested in Hazelwood, vol. i. 173; R. H.’s visit to him at New Lanark, 175, 206; description of New Harmony, 206; his plan, 206, 210, 214 Oxford, University of, vol. ii. 400, 422 Oxford, vol. ii. 181 P. Pacific Ocean, vol. ii. 291 Packet service. Admiralty versus Post Office, vol. ii. 5, 183, 238, 288, 369-375, 402, 466-473. See also Post Office and Commission. Page, Mr. Edward, vol. ii. 283, 341 Palmer, John, his postal reforms, vol. i. 237, 257, 289; defrauded by government, vol. ii. 9; Surveyor General, 40 Palmer, Mr., vol. i. 426 Palmerston, Viscount, vol. ii. 399; letter to Lord Elgin, 359; R. H.’s interviews with, 377; notice in House of Commons on a pension to Lady Hill, 390, 394; deputation to him, 395; brings up message from the Queen, 395; speech in House, 395-398 Panama route, vol. ii. 290, 481 Parcels Post, vol. ii. 65, 336, 369, 403 Paris, R. H.’s visits to, vol. i. 176, 376; number of post offices in 1839, 376 Parker, Mr. (M.P. for Sheffield), vol. i. 243, 287, 327, 344; secretary to the Treasury, vol. ii. 38, 59, 98 “Parker Society,” vol. i. 462 Parkes, Mr. Joseph, vol. ii. 388, 394 Parnell, Sir H., vol. i. 245 Parr, Dr., vol. i. 172 Parris, Dr., vol. i. 504 Parsons, Mr. J. M., vol. ii. 16 Parsons, Mr., vol. i. 401 Partnership, articles of, vol. i. 187 Patronage, vol. ii. 61, 184, 191, 211, 247-250, 287, 299, 364, 403, 405 Patten, Mr. Wilson (Lord Winmarleigh), vol. ii. 388, 389 Pattern post, vol. ii. 368 Pauper education, vol. i. 218 Peacock, Mr., vol. i. 302, 325, vol. ii. 327 Pearson, Mr. Joseph, vol. i. 42, 279 Peel, Sir Robert, vol. i. 289, 343, 436, 445, 473, 482, vol. ii. 14, 23; gives qualified support to Penny Postage, 350, 351; opposes immediate adoption, 351, 355; supports abolition of franking, 355; does not intend to advance penny rate, 449; misstates postal revenue, 449, 460, 485, vol. ii. 5; R. H. appeals to him, vol. i. 469, vol. ii. 36; his reply, vol. i. 469; R. H.’s rejoinder, 471; speech on motion for committee of enquiry, 491; subscribes to R. H.’s testimonial, vol. ii. 32, 36; resigns, 37; the “Peelites” compensate R. H. for his injustice, 226; squanders force, 412 Penalties, enforcement of, vol. i. 90, vol ii. 19 Peninsular and Oriental Company, vol. ii. 292, 293 Penny postage; claimants to invention of, vol. i. 332, vol. ii. 51, 392-394, 493; accepted by government, vol. i. 343-345; obstacles to its full success, 347; included in the budget, 348-353; Bill passes the House of Commons, 355-356; the House of Lords, 359-360; plans for collecting, 381, 387; to begin on January 10th, 1840, 386; first day of, 390; question of twopenny rate, 435, 436; last attack on, vol. ii. 350; results of, 380, 438; ocean Penny Postage, 241. See also Letters and Post Office. Perkins, Messrs. vol. i. 402, 407 Perpetual motion, vol. i. 45 Persian Ambassador, vol. i. 172 Petitions in favour of Penny Postage, vol. i. 280, 288, 289, 307, 339, 349, 356; R. H.’s petition, 483; mercantile committee’s, 484 Phillips, Professor John, vol. i. 503 Phillips, Professor Richard, vol. i. 400-402 Pickford, Messrs., vol. ii. 3 Pillar letter-boxes, first used in France, one set up at Allahabad, vol. i. 417; R. H. introduces them into England, 417, vol. ii. 259; number of, 314 Piron, M., vol. i. 341, 377, vol. ii. 94, 188, 225 Pitt, William, vol. i. 19, 200 Place, Mr. Francis, vol. i. 277 Playfair, Dr. Lyon, vol. i. 210 Plymouth, vol. ii. 129, 133 Political economy, discussions on, vol. i. 23, 198 Political Economy Club, vol. ii. 416 Polk, President, vol. ii. 93 Polytechnic Institution, vol. i. 426 Porter, Mr., vol. ii. 187 Portugal, its gross postal revenue, vol. ii. 252; its slowness to reform, 318 Post cards, vol. ii. 382 “Post Circular,” vol. i. 339 Postmaster-General, office should be permanent, vol. ii. 404 Postmasters, emoluments of, vol. i. 433, vol. ii. 245; should be empowered to appoint their clerks, 247; appointment of, 248, 299, 405; in arrear with accounts, vol. i. 454, vol. ii. 313 Postage. See Letters. Post Office Consolidation Act, vol. i. 281; number of offices, 376, vol. ii. 313, 314; London district offices, vol. i. 258, 269, 376, vol. ii. 62, 100, 258, 271, 381; rural offices, vol. i. 430, 433, 451, 486, vol. ii. 182, 260, 381; “a vast machine,” vol. ii. 53, 233, 271; errors in accounts, vol. i. 249, 298, 429-430, 448, 449, 475, 490, vol. ii. 5, 50, 78, 87, 186, 187; errors as regards packet-service accounts, vol. i. 449, 460, 485, vol. ii. 4, 185, 238, 402; audit, vol. i. 454, vol. ii. 186, 313; statistics, vol. i. 414, 434, vol. ii. 55, 65; chief office, vol. ii. 216, 268-270; widows’and orphans’fund, 306; mutual guarantee, 307; libraries, 308; volunteer corps, 334; revenue (before 1839), vol. i. 244, 256, 283, 286, 534, vol. ii. 382; (after 1839), vol. i. 416, 432, 459, 460, 464, 468, vol. ii. 5, 33, 85, 188, 295, 297, 382, 392, 397, 417; causes of increased expenditure, vol. i. 411-413, 419, 427, vol. ii. 295; R. H.’s calculations as to recovery of revenue, vol. i. 256, 325, 347, 396, vol. ii. 214, 297; true mode of arriving at net revenue, vol. ii. 237, 298, 466; every branch ought to be self-supporting, 371, 402; postal union, 404; monopoly, vol. i. 238, 246, vol. ii. 405; effect of school boards on the revenue, 417; “Post Office reform,” vol. i. 262, 276, 283 Postage of government departments, vol. i. 355, 388, vol. ii. 351 “Postal Guide” and “Postal Official Circular,” vol. ii. 329 Pratt, Mr., vol. i. 352 Prepayment. See Letters. Pressly, Sir Charles, vol. i. 400, 429 Priestley, Dr., T. W. Hill one of his congregation, vol. i. 11; his house destroyed by rioters, 33; his greatest-happiness principle, 193 Prince Consort. Gift to the Post Office Library, vol. ii. 308 “A Princess Royal,” vol. i. 420 Prince of Wales presents Albert Gold Medal to R. H., vol. ii. 400 Printing-machine, vol. i. 224-230, 525-528, vol. ii. 76 Pritchard, Mr., vol. i. 280 Pritchard, Professor, vol. i. 504 Promotion, vol. ii. 65, 184, 191, 246-251, 298-302, 321, 376 Prussia, postal reform in, vol. ii. 35, 252, 406; treaty with, 208 “Public Education,” written by M. D. H. and R. H. vol. i. 103; preface to it, 105; makes Hazelwood famous, 130, 170, 178; read in M.S. by Miss Edgeworth, 165; praised by Bentham, 171; reviewed by Jeffrey and De Quincey, 174, 178 Punctuality—school, vol. i. 89, 113, 120; premiums offered to railway companies for, vol. ii. 235, 273; to steam-ship companies, 292; R. H.’s household, 422 Q. “Quarterly Review,” vol. i. 377; vol. ii. 192 Queen Victoria—abandons her privilege of franking, vol. i. 388; disapproves of Lord Ashley’s motion, vol. ii. 158; her “Drawing Room,” 245; confers a K. C. B. on R. H. 359, 422; Lady Hill’s address to her, 394; message to the House of Commons, 395 R. Radcliffe, Mrs. vol. i. 79 Radnor, Earl of, vol. i. 346, vol. ii. 344 Railways—cost of conveyance of mails, vol. i. 329, 412, 452, vol. ii. 181, 182, 189, 257, 296; examination of officers, vol. ii. 18; enforcement of penalties, causes of accidents, 19; variety of signals, 20; excursion and express trains, 21; “railway mania,” 23; Parliament and the railways, 25; competition, 26; need of legislation, 66, 227-231, 276, 282; Commission of 1865, 69, 283, 491; notices, 91; to be brought into the heart of London, 217, 464; committee of 1853, 228; acceleration of mails, 58, 231-237, 273; premiums for punctuality, 235, 273; general contracts, 275; Government loans, 278-282, 474; Government purchase, 283; arbitration, 284; true interests, 22, 23, 285; London and Brighton, vol. i. 90, vol. ii. 16-26, 52, 60, 285; South-Eastern, 23, 25; South-Western, 24, 276; North-Western, 176, 232, 274; Great Northern, 182, 232; North British, 273; Gloucester and Hereford, 277; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 277 Rathbone, Mr., vol. ii. 92 Rea, Mr. Edward, vol. ii. 318 Record, The, vol. ii. 115 Registration. See Letters. Reports, Postmaster-General’s Annual, vol. ii. 264, 267, 310, 351 Revenue (General) uninjured by judicious reductions of taxation, vol. i. 242, 244, 255, 535; postal revenue. See Post Office. Ricardo, Mr. J. L., vol. ii. 83 Ricardo, Mr. Moses, vol. ii. 337 Rice, Mr. Spring (Lord Monteagle), vol. i. 218, 220, 267, 278, 289, 348, 365, 460, vol. ii. 188, 469; R. H.’s interview with, vol. i. 263, 265; includes Penny Postage in the budget, 348, 351, 355; described by Miss Martineau, 361 Richmond, Duke of, vol. i. 288 Rintoul, Mr., vol. i. 278 Robbery, Attempted, of a letter-carrier, vol. ii. 79; of a Western mail, 189. See also Letters. Robinson, Mr. H. C., vol. i. 36 Robinson Crusoe, vol. i. 10, 51 Rochefoucauld, La, vol. i. 192 Roebuck, Mr. J. A., early friendship with R. H., vol. i. 214; on the Sunday question, vol. ii. 129; official franking, 351 Roman road, vol. i. 98 Romilly, Sir Samuel, his sole inheritance, vol. i. 2; effect of the French Revolution, 21; reform of the criminal law, vol. ii. 35 Romilly, Mr. Edward, vol. ii. 224 Rousseau, J. J., vol. i. 124 Roy, General, vol. i. 94 Royal Observatory, vol. i. 95 Royal Society, vol. ii. 359, 420 Rugby School, vol. i. 100, 115 Ruling Machine, vol. i. 53 Russell, Lord John (Earl Russell), vol. i. 278, 355, 400, vol. ii. 38, 98, 103, 171, 174; extract from his “Recollections,” vol. i. 343; announces adoption of Penny Postage, 345; the Sunday question, vol. ii. 111, 118, 121, 127, 133, 135, 147, 156, 157, 159 Russia, vol. ii. 118; postal reforms, vol. ii. 13, 35, 252; number of letters (1855), 350 S. Sabden, vol. i. 324 Salaries—demand for increase of, vol. i. 413, 450, vol. ii. 55, 63, 321, 326, 327; statistics for arriving at, vol. i. 414, 433, vol. ii. 65; scale of, vol. ii. 89, 245, 296; commission for revision of, vol. ii. 89, 184, 221, 246-249; salaries of higher officers, 333; of Postmaster-General and Secretary, 345; of officers generally, 345 Sargant, Mr. W. L., his account of Mr. T. W. Hill, vol. i. 15, 16; of Hazelwood School, 93, 123 Säve, Professor, vol. i. 173 Savings Banks, vol. ii. 331, 364-367, 383 Scholefield, Mr., vol. i. 339 School, opened at Hill Top, vol. i. 47; Hazelwood, built, 128; opened, 129; on fire, 151; “a sucker from it,” 180; Bruce Castle opened, 181; Hazelwood, given up, 202; moral tone, 15; teaching, 15-18, 63, 65-67, 91-94, 127, 212; theatre, 77; surveying, 85, 94; system of government 87, 100-128; punctuality, 89, 120; “exhibitions,” 91, 113, 127, 170; benevolent society, 109; band of music, 112, 122; “a little world,” 113; magazine, 116, 171; “school fund,” 119; described by Mr. Sargant, 15, 16, 93, 123; by Captain Basil Hall, 122; becomes famous, 130, 170-174, 178; its fame excessive, 174; number of pupils, 178 School Boards, vol. ii. 417 Schuster, Mr., vol. ii. 285 Scotland, charge on letters to, vol. i. 238, 249, 297, 381; Sunday labour, vol. ii. 109, 112, 148, 157; mails, 232-234, 273, 338; life insurances, 307; early history of Post Office, 352 Screw steamboat, vol. i. 84 Scudamore, Mr., vol. ii. 312, 333 Severn, the, vol. i. 131 Seymour, Lord (Duke of Somerset), vol. i. 268, 287, 327-330, vol. ii. 185 Shakespeare corrected, vol. i. 91 Shaw-Lefevre, Sir J., letter to R. H., vol. i. 209; South-Australian commissioner, 220; his account of Mr. Goulburn, 443 Shoemakers’Society, vol. i. 308 Short-hand, vol. i. 13 Shrewsbury, vol. i. 4, 131, 132, 140, 141 Sibthorpe, Colonel, vol. i. 352, 467, vol. ii. 98 Sikes, Mr. C. W., the originator of Post Office Savings Banks, vol. ii. 331, 364, 366; his disinterestedness, Mr. Gladstone’s letter to him, 332 Small-pox, vol. i. 305 Smith, Adam, vol. i. 23, 198 Smith, Mr. Egerton, vol. i. 442 Smith, Mr. John, vol. i. 180 Smith, Mr. Robert, vol. i. 272, 385, vol. ii. 139, 258 Smith, Dr. Southwood, vol. i. 214, vol. ii. 76 Smith, Rev. Sydney, ridiculed Penny Postage, vol. i. 361; letter to R. H., vol. ii. 14 Smyth, Admiral, vol. i. 498 Social Community, scheme for a, vol. i. 207, 210 Society, Mutual Improvement, vol. i. 68, 72; literary improvement, 69; philosophical, 80; one founded by Sir J. Shaw-Lefevre and R. H., 209, 226 Society of Arts, vol. ii. 336, 400 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, vol. i. 201, 219 Soldiers’letters and remittances, vol. ii. 253, 310, 316 South-Australian Association and Commission, vol. i 216, 219-224; vol. ii. 426; mail service, 289 Southey, Robert, hatred of Bonapartism, vol. i. 19; description of the Charter House, 101; Pantisocracy, 213 Spain, Postal reform in, vol. ii. 13, 35, 252; treaty with, 318 Spearman, Sir Alexander, vol. i. 228, vol. ii. 279, 333 Spectator, The, vol. i. 278 Spencer, Earl, advice on publication of correspondence with Treasury, vol. i. 474, 477 St. Germans, Earl of, vol. ii. 99 St. Priest, M., vol. ii. 93 Stamps—Newspaper stamps impressed at the Stamp Office, vol. i. 226; first suggested by Mr. Knight, 265; for letters proposed by R. H., 265, 270, 345; adhesive, 271, 346; stamped covers, 271, 383, 393; objection to use of stamps, 314, 316, 378, 382, 396, vol. ii. 86; devised in France, vol. i. 377; machinery for manufacture of, 392, 406-409; prepayment by stamps begins May 6th, 1840, 396; supply insufficient, 397; forgery and frauds, 399-401; obliteration, 399-404; number issued, 407; electrotype imitations, 426; introduced into Spain and Russia, vol. ii. 13 Stamps, general distribution of, by Post Office, vol. i. 429 Stamping, illegibility, vol. ii. 330; Mr. Pearson Hill’s machine, 331 Standard, The, vol. ii. 120 Stanley of Alderley, Lord, vol. ii. 281; R. H. has not his confidence, 361, 362, 376, 378, 412; disapproves of contract system, 364; not deficient in courage, 368, 371; establishes pattern post, 368; letter to R. H. on his resignation, 384; R. H.’s answer, 385; letter to Treasury, 385; speech in House of Lords, 386 “State and Prospects of Penny Postage,” vol. ii. 1, 13 “States,” letters for Government, &c., vol. ii. 107 Stationers, deputation of, vol. i. 348 Statistics, Postal, vol. i. 414, 434, vol. ii. 55, 65 Steamboat, plan for working one by a screw, vol. i. 84; by the hydrogen of sea water, 210; R. H.’s first sight of, 135; run only in the summer, 160, 168 Stephen, Sir James, vol. i. 443, 481; R. H.’s opinion of, 482 Stephenson, George, vol. i. 242, vol. ii. 250 Stephenson, Robert, controversy with, vol. ii. 341 Sterling, life of, vol. i. xii., vol. ii. 411 Stonehenge, vol. i. 131, 146 Stourbridge, vol. i. 57, 133 Street nomenclature, vol. ii. 311 Sunday observance agitation, vol. ii. 107-161, 305, 446-456 Surveying, Land, vol. i. 85 Survey, Trigonometrical, vol. i. 94, 175, 221 Survey of mail-packets, Admiralty, vol. ii. 370 Surveyors, Meeting of Post Office, vol. ii. 140; reports from, 267 Sweden slow to adopt postal reform, vol. ii. 252 Swinford, vol. i. 413 Switzerland, vol. ii. 252, 406 Symonds family, the, vol. i. 1, 4, 141 Symonds, Mr. Arthur, vol. i. 210, 281 T. Talma, vol. i. 144 Taxation, reduction of. See Revenue. Telegraph brought to the Post Office, vol. ii. 83; Government purchase, 251, 418; pneumatic tube service, 340; female labour, 403 Testimonials to R. H. from Wolverhampton, vol. i. 363; Glasgow and Cupar-Fife, 442; Liverpool, 442, vol. ii. 400; Longton, 400; national, 27 Thayer, M., vol. ii. 94 Theatre, School, vol. i. 75, 77, 91 Theodolite, improved use of, vol. i. 95 Thiers, M., vol. i. 410 Thomas á Becket, vol. i. 136 Thompson, General, vol. i. 477, vol. ii. 139 Thornley, Mr., vol. i. 287, 327, vol. ii. 185, 198 Thornton, demanded wager of battle, vol. i. 86 Thrale, Mrs., vol. i. 54, 106 Tilley, Mr. (Sir John), vol. ii. 119, 122, 125, 134, 139, 181, 185, 193, 203, 331, 374, 453; his duties as assistant-secretary, 264; mentioned in Sir C. E. Trevelyan’s letter, 301; interested in life assurance of officials, 304; gave R. H. earnest support up to 1860, 360; managed Savings Bank Department, 364 Timm, Mr., vol. i. 401 Times, The, vol. ii. 76; strong support to Penny Postage, vol. i. 331, 334, 340; Sunday agitation, vol. ii. 116, 117, 120, 132, 151; colonial postage, 242; competitive examinations, 249; attack on R. H., 344; reduction of postage on newspapers, 345-347; R. H.’s resignation, 389 Torrens, Colonel, chairman of South Australian Commission, vol. i. 220, 224; an intimate friend of R. H., vol. ii. 426; a gallant soldier, 427 Trafalgar, vol. i. 39 Travelling post office, vol. i. 205, 241, vol. ii. 137, 236 Tremenheere, Mr., vol. ii. 31 Trevelyan, Sir Charles, vol. i. 447; friendliness towards R. H., vol. i. 445, 457, vol. ii. 30; one of the Treasury Commission on salaries, vol. ii. 221, 301; letters from, 224, 301 Tripolitan Ambassador, vol. i. 172 Trollope, Mr. Anthony, vol. ii. 288 Truro, First Lord. See Sir T. Wilde. Truro, Second Lord, vol. ii. 386 Tubular conveyance, vol. ii. 337-340, 402, 489 Tunis, Bey of, vol. ii. 350 Turner, J. M. W., vol. i. 135 U. United States, Contraband letters to, vol. i. 303; postal reform in, 336, vol. ii. 27, 35, 93, 187, 319; negotiations with, 92, 244, 318; mail-packet charges, 310; unjustly blames England, 319 Uriconium, vol. i. 141 Uxbridge, vol. i. 282 V. Vallance, Mr., vol. ii. 337 Valayer, M. de, vol. i. 377 Vaughan, Rev. Dr., vol. ii. 139, 144 Vernier pendulum, vol. i. 201, 517 Vickers, James, vol. ii. 312 Villiers, Mr. C. P., describes R. H.’s “great disinterestedness,” vol. i. 263; a supporter of Penny Postage, 263, 467, vol. ii. 166; a member of the committee of 1838, vol. i. 287; present at the funeral, vol. ii. 431 “Violet” mail-packet, wreck of, vol. ii. 349 Voluntary work, vol. i. 116 Volunteer Corps, Post Office, vol. ii. 334 Von der Heydt, Mr., vol. ii. 252 W. Waghorn, Lieutenant, vol. ii. 59 Wakefield, Mr. E. G., vol. i. 216, 219, 278 Wallace, Mr. Robert, vol. i. 272, 330, 331, 334, 337, 338, 360, 361, 436, 480; an early Postal Reformer, 245, 246, 257-260; national testimonial to, 260, 529, vol. ii. 147; moves for committee, vol. i. 278, 287; chairman of committee, 295; his casting vote carries uniform rate, 328; never claimed authorship of Penny Postage, 332, 344, 446, vol. ii. 493 Walliker, Mr., vol. ii. 178 Walsall, vol. i. 301 Warburton, Mr. Henry, a supporter of Postal Reform, vol. i. 263, 288, 299, 327, 477; writes report of committee of 1838, 333, 337; his house, 333; deputation to Lord Melbourne, 342; “a moral-force man,” 358; presides at presentation of testimonial, vol. ii. 32; communicates with the Government about R. H.’s acceptance of office, vol. ii. 37, 43, 45, 56, 164, 166, 170, 198, 200, 206, 460; letters to R. H., vol. i. 343, 344, vol. ii. 38; R. H.’s letter to him, vol. ii. 457 Warwick, vol. i. 42, 150 Water-clock alarum, vol. i. 83 Water-wheel, vol. i. 44 Waterloo, illumination for, vol. i. 135 Watson, Mr., vol. i. 403 Watson, Sir Thomas, vol. ii. 377 Watt, James, vol. i. 23, vol. ii. 433 Wellington, Duke of, vol. ii. 25, 30, 250; letter to Mr. Moffatt, vol. i. 353; R. H.’s letter to, 354; votes for Penny Postage Bill, 359; urges adoption of R. H.’s plan as a whole, vol. i. 359, 362, vol. ii. 9; funeral, 261; maintains that soldiers are not given to letter-writing, 310 West, Benjamin, vol. i. 136 West Indies, packet service, vol. ii. 288; each Government manages its own Postal Service, 317 Westminster Abbey, vol. ii. 430 Weymouth, vol. ii. 87 Wheatley, Mr. Henry B., vol. ii. 29 Wheatstone, Professor, vol. i. 210 Whitmore, Mr., vol. i. 220 Wight, Isle of, vol. i. 145, 146, 168 Wilberforce, Mr., vol. i. 4, 172 Wilberforce, Bishop, vol. ii. 149 Wilde, Sir Thomas (Lord Truro), vol. i. 467; undertakes R. H.’s case before Parliament, 469, 480, 482, 483; moves for Select Committee, 487; congratulates R. H., vol. ii. 225 Wilkes, John, vol. i. 40 William the Third, vol. ii. 261 Williams, Mr., “a tradesman and a scholar,” vol. i. 52 Williams, Mr. (door-keeper to the House of Commons), vol. i. 352 Wilson, Mr., vol. ii. 213, 280, 293 Wolseley, Sir Charles, vol. i. 149 Wolverhampton, vol. i. 34-8, 42, 46, 140, 282; testimonial from, 363 Wood, Sir Charles (Viscount Halifax), vol. ii. 37, 43, 57, 73, 75, 87, 113, 114, 118, 121, 142, 155, 156, 157, 173, 175, 176, 184, 213, 214, 215; question of R. H.’s promotion, 72, 97, 165, 166, 168, 194, 196, 197, 200; unreasonable demands, 100, 103, 104, 132 Wood, Mr. John, vol. i. 315, vol. ii. 214 Wrottesley, Lord, vol. ii. 244 Y. Yatton, vol. i. 307 Yorke, Hon. and Rev. Grantham, vol. ii. 128 Yorkshire Penny Bank, vol. ii. 365 Young, Mr. Thomas, vol. ii. 96

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