PLUTOCRAT, education of the, by painters, as prophesied by Rossetti, 359; the prophecy fulfilled, 359. POOR, ignorance respecting the condition of the, 71; the brothers Mayhew and the London, 71; the Greenwoods and the casual ward, 72; Leighton, Hicks-Beach and Denison, their work amongst the, 73; the Dilke Commission for inquiry into the housing of, 389. POOR-LAW, under the Act of 1834, 87; the Unions under the Act, called the New Bastilles, 87; marked improvement in condition of working class since, 87. POPULAR, constituencies organised by Reform Bill of 1832, 238; franchises, a few abolished by Bill, 239; meetings, displacement of great parliamentary speeches by, 257. POPULATION, increased, 30 per cent. during last sixty years, 234; comparison of, with increased means of subsistence, 235. PRE-RAPHAELITE, the, revolution in art, 360; its effect on English art, 360. PRESBYTERIANISM and the Free Kirk of Scotland, 404. PRESS, the, anonymous system of, modified by various agencies, 384; enlarged staffs employed on, 384; amateurs and others, 384; proprietorship of the newspaper, a fashion, 266; a reflex of English thought and life, 266; reptile of Germany, unknown in England, 266; connection of leading men with special portions of, 267; competition of periodicals with the newspaper, 267; result of Gladstone's Irish policy on the, 383; political independence of, affected by that policy, 383. PRESTON, strike at, the first great struggle between labour and capital, 24.