Transcriber's note: For this version, text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). THE LIFE OF SIR ROWLAND HILL K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., ETC. AND THE HISTORY OF PENNY POSTAGE. BY SIR ROWLAND HILL AND HIS NEPHEW GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L. AUTHOR OF "DR. JOHNSON: HIS FRIENDS AND HIS CRITICS," ETC. _IN TWO VOLUMES._ VOL. II. LONDON: THOS. DE LA RUE & CO. 110, BUNHILL ROW. 1880 (_The right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved._) PRINTED BY THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW, LONDON. CONTENTS OF SECOND VOLUME. BOOK II. (_Continued._) CHAPTER XII. COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY (1843). "State and Prospects of Penny Postage," 1--Examined before the Committee, 2--The "Fallacious Return," 4--Charge for the Packet Service, 5--Treaty with France, 6--Colonel Maberly's Evidence, 7--Dockwra, Allen, and Palmer, 9--Australian Letters and India, 10--Committee's Report, 12--Spain and Russia, 13--Letters from Sydney Smith and Miss Martineau, 14. CHAPTER XIII. RAILWAY DIRECTION (1843-6). Director and then Chairman of the Brighton Railway Company, 16--Examination of Railway Officers, 18--Enforcement of Penalties, 19--Three Codes of Signals. Safety of the Line, 20--Excursion and Express Trains, 21--Postal facilities for Brighton, 22--Value of Shares. Resignation of Chairmanship, 23--Offer from the South-Western Company, 24--Parliament and the Railways, 25. CHAPTER XIV. NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL (1844-6). United States, 27--Mazzini and Sir James Graham, 28--"A Penny Post," by John Hill, 29--Subscriptions to the Testimonial, 29--Income Tax Commissioners, 30--Mr. Cobden and the Anti-Corn Law League, 31--Presentation of Testimonial, 32. CHAPTER XV. APPOINTMENT TO POST OFFICE (1846).