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,