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;