——, by sea. (See Packet Service) Majority of 102 for Penny Postage Bill, 136 Manchester, 39, 65, 83, 84; number of letters equals that of all Russia, 252 _Manchester Guardian_, the, 117 “Manchester School,” the, 134 Mander, Mr J., 25 Manning, “The Queen's Ancient Serjeant,” 36 “Manual of Geography,” a, 5 Map of Europe, political changes in, 251 Marco Polo's travels: the posts, 72 Margate postmaster's report, 69 Marian martyr, a, 294 Married Women's Property Act, 118 Martineau, Harriet, 15, 34, 40, 41, 55, 60, 131, 162 Master of the Posts (Witherings), 73 “Matthew Davenport Hill,” by his daughters, 96 Mauritius post office reorganised, 244 Maury, Mr, 68 Mayer, Mr, 295 Mayor, the Lord, 113 Mazzini, 37, 114 M'Carthy, J., “History of Our Own Times,” etc., 75, 92, 133 M'Kinley, Mr P., 302 Mediterranean, postal rates to the, 56 Melbourne, Lord. (See Prime Ministers) Mellor, Mr Justice, 36 Mendi bridge, 54, 161 Mercantile Committee, the, 114, 135, 136, 137, 179, 190, 200, 296 —— houses and postal reform, 114 Mercury, a transit of, 291 Merit, promotion by, 257, 258, 262 Mexico, 14 Mezzofanti, Cardinal, 230 Miles, Mr Pliny, 230 Milford, 54 Mill, James and John Stuart, 34 Millais, Sir J. E., 7 Millington's hospital, 2, 4 Moffat, Mr Geo., M.P., 113, 134, 137, 181 Monckton, Sir G., 302 Money Order System, 140; how founded, unsatisfactory financial condition, 217; R. H. undertakes its management, it becomes self-supporting, increase of business, decrease of fraud, unclaimed money orders made use of, etc., 216-222; extension of system to colonies, 220 Monteagle, Lord, 175, 290. (See also Spring Rice) Morgan, Professor de, 272, 273 Morley, John, M.P., vii. _Morning Chronicle_, the, 56, 116 Morrison, Dillon, & Co., Messrs, 115 “Mother of Penny Postage, the,” 142 Mulready, W., R.A., 34; his envelope, 204, 205 Murray, R., postal reformer, 70, 74 My grandmother's brewings jeopardised, 10 Napier, Sir Wm., 1 Naples (the two Sicilies) adopts postal reform, 251 Napoleon, story of, 27, 28; the _détenus_, 35, 36, 260 Natal, 237 National Gallery, the, 33 Navigation Act, repeal of the, ix. Netherlands, the, adopts postal reform, 251 “New Annual Directory for 1800, The,” 53, 76 —— Brunswick postmaster, 199 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 77, 173, 253 Newgate, executions outside, 10 New Grenada adopts postal reform, 251 —— industries created, 169 —— meaning of the word “post,” 72 —— South Wales, 65 —— York, 68 Newsbearers, coaches as, 87, 88 Newspapers, 46, 47, 57-60, 97, 116, 117, 129; stamp duty on, 46, 47, 95. (See also Press) Newton, Sir Isaac, 104 Nicholson, Mr, inventor, 21 ——, Mr (Waverley Abbey), 267 Nightingale, Florence, 117 _Nineteenth Century_, the, x. Ninth part of a farthing, the, 104