The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the

5 i6 INDEX.
Wallace, Mr. Robert, vol. i. 272, 330,
331, 334, 337, 338, 360, 361, 436,
480 an ; early Postal Reformer, 245,
246, 257-60 ; to, 260, 529,
national testimonial
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. II. 's
acceptance of office, vol. ii. 37, 43,
45, 56, 164, 1 66, 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
own Postal Service, 317
Westminster Abbey, vol. ii. 430
Weymouth,
its
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. L
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
House of Commons),
the
vol. i. 352
Wilson, Mr., vol. ii. 213, 280, 293
Wolseley, Sir Charles, vol. i. 149
Wolverhampton, vol. i. 34-8, 42,
140, 282 ; testimonial from, 363
46,
Wood, Sir Charles (Viscount Halifax),
vol. ii. 37, 43, 57, 73, 75, 87, 113,
114, 118, 121, 142, 155, 156, 157,
173, .175, 176, 184, 213, 214, 215 ;
question of R. H.'s promotion, 72,
97, 165, 166, 168, 194, 196, 197,
200 ; unreasonable demands, 100,
103, 104, 132
Wood, Mr John, vol. i. 315, vol. ii.
214
Wrottesley, Lord, vol. ii. 244
Y.
YATTON, vol. i. 307
Yorke, Hon. and Rev. Grantham, vol.
ii. 128
Yorkshire Penny Bank, vol. ii. 365
Young, Mr. Thomas, vol. ii. 96