The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)

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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

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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

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_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. 1. 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

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"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

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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. 1. 375

Garibaldi, vol. ii. 417

Garrick trained in careful habits, vol. i. 34; his house in the Adelphi, 223

Gas, streets lighted by, vol. 1. 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.