Bavaria adopts postal reform, 251 Baxter, Richard, 300 Beaumaris, 297 “Bedchamber Difficulty,” the, 144 Belated letter, a, 148 Belgians, King of the, 278 Belgium, 109; adopts postal reform, 251, 252 Bennett, Sir J., 302 Bentham, Jeremy, 13, 34 Bentinck, Mr, M.P., 211 Bernadotte, 14 Bertram, Mr, “Some Memories of Books,” 59 Bianconi, “the Palmer of Ireland,” 88 Bible, the, 72 Birmingham, 7, 8, 10, 11, 66, 67, 84, 88, 113, 133, 162, 274 Blackstone on our criminal code, 9 Black wall, 75 Blanc, Louis, 38 “Blind man,” the, in England and France, 298 Blue Books, 100, 102; a model one, 129 Blue Coat School, the, 1 Board of Stamps and Taxes (Inland Revenue), the, 119, 188, 197 —— Trade, 268 —— Works, 249, 250, 256 Bodichon, Mme. B. L. S., 36, 118 Bokenham, Mr, Head of the Circulation Department, 164, 275, 276 Bolton-King, Mr, 114 “Bomba,” King, 37 Bonner, post official, 84 ——, A. and H. B., 195 Book post, the, 272, 273 Boswell's “Life of Johnson,” 112 Bourbons, the, 114 Bowring, Sir J., 35 Boythorn, Mr, 277 Brandram, Mr, 18 Brawne, Fanny, 29 Brazil adopts postal reform, 251 Breakdown prophesied, a, 122 Bremen adopts postal reform, 251 Brewin, Mr, 41, 42, 67 Bridport, 130, 213 Brierley Hill, 50 Bright, John, 143 Brighton, 30, 182-184, 249, 250 Brindley, Jas., 260, 261 Bristol, 84, 124, 297 British Linen Co., the, 66 “British Postal Guide,” the, 251 Brobdingnagian and Lilliputian letters, 116 Brock, Thos., R.A., 301 Brodie, Wm., R.S.A., 301 Brompton, 57 Brookes, Mr, 167 Brougham, Lord, 36, 80, 139, 140 Brown, Sir Wm., 39, 124 Browning, Eliz. Barrett, 163 Bruce Castle, 14, 16, 18, 95 Brunswick adopts postal reform, 251 Budget of 1839, penny postage proposed in the, 135 Building and correspondence, relative sizes of, 121 Bull-baiting, etc., 25 Burgoyne, Sir J., 44 Burke, Edmund, 35 Burritt, Elihu, 229 Busy day, a, 289, 290 Butler, S., “Hudibras,” 5 Cabful of Blue Books, a, 100 Calais, 56 Calverley, 22 Cambridge, 19 ——, Duchess of, 164; Princess Mary of, 164 Campbell-Bannerman, Lady, 141 Campbell, Lord, 85, 241 Canada, postal rates to, 56; extension of Money Order System to, 220 Canals and Railway charges, 230, 231 “Candling” letters, 52, 54, 64, 105 Canning, Lord. (See Postmasters-General) Cape of Good Hope, Steamship Co., 236, 237, 238 Carlyle, Thos., 114 Carrick-on-Shannon, 77 Carriers and others as smugglers, 66-69 “Carroll, Lewis,” 179 Carter, Rev. J., 25 “Castle Rackrent,” etc., 34 Catholic Emancipation, 26, 81, 88 —— gentleman despoiled, a, 88 Causton, Mr R. K., M.P., 302 Caxton Exhibition, the, 22 Celestial and other postal arrangements, 278 Census return (1841), 166 “Century of progress,” the, 91 Chadwick, Sir E., 28 Chalmers, Mr, M.P., 120