Piracy practised by Packet officers, 22–25; the case of Captain Hammond, 26–28; prevented by decreasing armaments, 37, 38. Plague at Malta, 245, 246. Plymouth, 16; Packet station removed to, 216, 217; the disadvantages of, 217, 218. “Portland,” two actions fought by, 63–67; capture of, 74. Portugal, Napoleon’s demands from, 173; her ports closed against British ships, 174; seizure of British subjects in, 175. Postmaster General, the office held jointly by two ministers, 4_n_; on bounties to wounded sailors, 20; and the Quaker merchants, 41, 42; rewards the crew of the “Antelope,” 50, 51; on absentee captains, 57; conference with the West India merchants, 73, 74; on the surrender of the “Duke of York,” 102. Post-Office headquarters, lax administration in, 32; influence of the merchants upon, 36, 37. _See_ Packet Service. Post-Office Packet Service. _See_ Packet Service. Press-gangs, Packetsmen seized by, 201. “Prince Adolphus,” 207, 208; capture and redemption of, 77–79. “Prince Edward” captured, 73. “Prince Ernest” captured, 74; her fight with a privateer, 193–196. “Prince of Orange,” 113–117. “Princess Amelia” captured, 89, 225, 226. “Princess Augusta” burned, 53. “Princess Charlotte” captured, 89. “Princess Elizabeth” captured, 70. “Princess of Wales” captured, 77. “Princess Royal,” her fight with a privateer, 79–82; captured, 88. Privateers, American, formidable character of, 224; Packets captured by, 226, 232, 251, 270, 300. Privateers, French, 43, 44, 69; Packets captured by, 61 _passim_; armaments of, 71, 74; number captured by British ships, 76; formidable antagonists, 130–132. Quaker merchants and the arming of their ships, 41, 42. “Queen Charlotte,” 236–239. Quick, Captain John, 243, 244. Railways, results of the growth of, 12. Rapp, Count, quoted, 159, 160. Records of the Packet Service neglected, 2, 239, 303, 304. Riots among the Packetsmen at Falmouth, 209, 210. “Roebuck” captured, 74. Rogers, Commodore, 241, 242. Rogers, Mr. William, 187–192. “Rossie,” 225, 226. Routes of the Falmouth Packets, 8, 19, 178. Russell’s wagons, 11. “Sandwich” captured, 70. “Saratoga,” 252. Saverland, Mr., 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 254, 255. Scheveningen, 150. Schultz, Mr., 166, 167. Seamen, number of, employed in the Packet Service, 8; their wages, 104, 200, 206, 207, 210. Servante, Captain, 84; quoted, 74, 75. Skinner, Captain John, 79, 80, 81, 88. Slade, Captain, 208, 209. Smuggling, in the Packet Service, 28, 29; on the Continent during the war, 264–266. Spain, mail communication with, 14, 15, 16. “Speedy,” mutiny of her crew, 290, 291. Stevens, Captain, 254; how he escaped a privateer, 235, 236. Surgeons, Packet, 192, 193. Sutton, Captain, 297–300. “Swallow” captured, 70, 74. Taylor, Mr. N., 63–67. Thornton, Mr., 158. “Thynne” captured, 61. “Tom,” 227, 228.