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-