The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the

ABBOTT, Mr., vol. ii. 300
Aberdeen, Earl of, vol. ii. 217, 218,
222-5, 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,
Algeria,
157
vol. ii. 311
Algerine ambassador, vol. i. Allen, Ralph,
172
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. 6l, 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 ; pro-
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visionally 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,
Armstrong,
128
Sir W., vol. i. 242
Armstrong, Mr., vol. ii. 49, 72
Arnold, Dr., vol. i. 100,
vol. i. 210
101, 115, 124
Arnott, Dr.,
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. 57-9, 68, 69, 495-508
Attwood, Mr., vol. i. 150
Auditing, Post Office, vol. i. 454,
vol. ii. 1 86, 313
Australia, colonisation, vol. i. 217, 219;
correspondence, 485, vol. ii. 10, 396;
mails, 242, 289-92, 310, 373, 480;
postage charges, 243, 310, 371
Austria, postal reform, vol. ii. 35, 252
Ayr, vol. ii. 230
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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, 45i, 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
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trust in him, 422, 423, 437-41, 490,