The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the

Map-making, vol. i. 79, 86
Marcet, Mrs., vol. i. 501
Margate, vol. i. 133-5
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
vol. i. 281
Mediterranean,
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,
421
Miles, Mr. Pliny, vol. ii. 319
Milford,
vol. ii.
vol. i. 297
Mill, James, vol. i. 180
Millington's Hospital, vol. i. 4
Milton, John, quotation from his "De-
"
Para-
fensio Secunda," vol. ii. 225 ;
dise 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,
INDEX.
76, 80 ; economies and improvements
in, vol. ii. 56, 71, 76-8, 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. 1 68
Montagu, Mr. Basil, vol. i. 43
Monteagle, Lord. See Rice.
Montrose, Duke of, vol. ii. 373, 374, 404
Morning Chronicle, vol. ii. I2O, 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, 226-30, 524, vol. ii. 238, 343,
466-73 ; reduced, vol. i. 218 ;
number of in 1834, 218 ; made to
serve for letters, vol. i. 240; privi-
lege of late posting, vol. ii. 62 ;
acceleration of news, 294 ; tubular
conveyance, 338 ; claims for lower
postal rate, 342-9; R. H.'s plan
for their distribution, 347, 484-91 ;
number sent by post, 382
Newman, Cardinal, vol. i. 194
Nicholson, Mr., vol. ii. 251
"North and South American Coftee-
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