Paper-duty, the, 97; stamps for “the American Colonies,” 188 Parcel post recommended, 270 Paris, 56, 155-158, 186, 221 Parker, Mr, M.P., 212 ——, Mr, M.P. (Sheffield), 120 —— Society, the, 168 Parricide and matricide, 226 Parsons, Mr, 206 ——, Mr J. M., 183, 184 Patent Office, the, 21 Patronage, relinquished, 246 Pattern post introduced, 270 Pattison, Mr J., 115 Peabody: American philanthropist, 188 Peace of Amiens, the, 35, 88 Peacock, Mr, Solicitor to the P.O., 121, 126, 265 Pearson, Alex., 27, 28; Caroline, (see Hill); Clara, 26; Joseph, 23-26 Pease, Mr, M.P., 120 Peculation rife under old system, 63 Peel, Sir Robert, 48, 138, 144. (See also Prime Ministers) Peelites and Conservatives, 247 _Pegasus_, wreck of the, 5 Penny postage proposed in Budget of 1839, 135; passes in Commons, 138; in Lords, 142; established, 162; education encouraged, severed ties reknit, 166, 167; beneficial effect on trade, etc., 168, 169; other than inland, 230; and Garibaldi, 227, 228; two Jubilee celebrations, 302 —— posts, Dockwra's, 74, 75; other local, 33, 76, 83, 84 Perkins, Bacon, & Co., Messrs, 198, 200, 201, 206, 207 Peru adopts postal reform, 251 “Peter Plymley's Letters,” Sydney Smith, 89 Petitions in favour of penny postage, 113, 124 Phillips, Professor, 207 Pickford, Messrs, 168 Pictures from Liverpool, 300 Pillar and wall letter-boxes. (See Street letter-boxes) Pirate States and pirate raids, 14, 15 Piron, M., _Sous Directeur des Postes aux Lettres_, 157, 158, 187, 188 Place, Mr, and “Post Office Reform,” 110 Plampin, Admiral, 27 Plymouth, 20, 77; the postmaster of, 225 Pneumatic tubes, 93 Poerio, 37 Political Economy Club, the, 19, 120 —— heads of P.O. no drones, 284 Poole, Mr S. L., “The Barbary Corsairs,” 15 “Poor Law Official Circular, The,” 166 Poor sufferers from dear postage, 42, 55, 59-62, 123 Pope, Alex., 55, 71 “Popular Tales,” Miss Edgeworth, 35 Portugal adopts postal reform, 251; postal revenue smaller than that of Edinburgh, 252 Post, new meaning of the word, 72 Postcards, 293 _Post Circular_, the, 190, 191 Post Office—account-keeping, 62-64, 105, 106; authorities oppose reform, 120-122, 125, 126, etc.; Money Order system during Crimean war, 140 (see also Money Order system); becomes servant to entire nation, 144, 209; only department not showing deficiency of revenue, 176; P.O. _versus_ Stamp Office, 202; Widows' and Orphans' Fund, 220; transference of appointments to, 246; unjust accusations against, 272 “Post Office Directory, The,” 301 —— ——, Indian, self-supporting, 253 —— —— Library and Literary Association, the, 266 “Post Office of Fifty Years Ago, The,” 39, 47, 56, 65, 66, 145