The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the

O.
GATES, Titus, his slanders paralleled,
vol. ii. 1 17; 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,
2IO, 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, 369-75,
402, 466-73. See also Post Office
and Commission.
Page, Mr. Edward, vol. ii. 283, 341
vol. i.
Palmer, John, his postal reforms,
237, 257, 289 ; defrauded by govern-
ment, 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, 395-8
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.
to the
243, 287, 327, 344 ; secretary
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.
Parsons, Mr.,
16
vol. i. 401
INDEX.
Partnership, articles of, vol. i. 187
Patronage, vol. ii. 61, 184, 191, 211,
247-50, 287, 299, 364, 403, 405
Patten, Mr. Wilson (Lord Winmarleigh),
vol. ii. 388, 389
Pattern post, vol. ii. 368
vol. i. 218
Pauper education,
Peacock, Mr., vol. i. 327
302, 325, vol. ii.
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 ; mis-
states 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, 392-4, 493 :
accepted by government, vol. i.
343-5 ; obstacles to its full success,
347 included in the ;
budget, 348-53 ;
Bill passes the House of Commons,
355-6 ; the House of Lords, 359-60 ;
plans for collecting, 381, 387 ; to
begin on January loth, 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.
400-2
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