366 INDEX 



Pack-horses, i. 106-9, 111, 118; partly rei)laced l)y -waggons about 

 1730, i. 117 ; i)ack-horse trains, ii. 124 



Palmer, John, Post Oftice reformer, account of, i. 148-80 (Appendix, 

 Vol. I., p. 3")9) ; proposes a service of mail-coaches, i. loo ; plan 

 for, matured 1782, i. 156 ; establishes first mail-coach, 1784, 

 i. 158 ; proposes to extend system to France, i. 163 ; aj)pointed 

 Comptroller-General 1786, i. 164 ; contentions with Postmasters- 

 General, i. 165-72 ; his character, i. 166 ; betrayed by Bonnor, 

 i. 168 ; dismissed, i. 172 ; grant to, i. 173 ; death of, i. 174 ; 

 ancestry of. Appendix, Vol. L, p. 359 ; descendants, 359 



"Parliamentary Horse," the, i. 218 



" Patent Safety " coaches, i. 309-16 ; ii. 109 



Pepys, Samuel, sets up a carriage, 1668, i. 11 ; in travelling, often 

 loses the road, i. 112 



" Pickaxe " team, i.e. three horses, ii. 270 



Pickford k Co., i. 139 ; ii. 123-43, 208 

 „ Matthew, ii. 125-7 

 „ Thomas, ii. 125-7 



Poor people, how they travelled, i. 115, 131-3, 139 ; find it cheaper to 

 go by rail, i. 144 



Postboys, i.e. mail-carriers, i. 146, 152 ; went toll-free, ii. 5 



Postes, Master of the, i. 14 



Post-horses, State monopoly of, i. 14-23 ; monopoly abolished, 1780, 

 i. 23 ; mileage charges for, i. 15 ; increased, i- 18 



Postmaster-General, office of created, 1657, i. 18 



Postmasters, i.e. keepers of post-horses, i. 15-18, 147 



"Post Office of England" created, 1657, i. 17; re-established, 1660, 

 i. 22 



Post Office, General, i. 14-19, 20, 22-4, 46-180 ; declines Hancock's 

 offer to convey mails by steam-carriage, ii. 268 



Railways : — 



Mails first carried by, 1830, ii. 16 ; authorised to convey mails, 

 1838, ii. 16 ; run York coaches off road, 1840, ii. 39 ; run 

 waggons off, ii. 138 ; threaten coaching, ii. 208 ; projected 

 railways criticised, 1838, ii. 209 ; ruin the early steam- 

 carriages, ii. 268 ; ridiculed, 1837, ii. 268 ; cut up the coach 

 routes, ii. 270-74; bad service of trains, 1838, ii. 274 ; insolence 

 of officials, ii. 274-7 ; public dissatisfaction with, 1838, ii. 

 274-7 ; tube railways foreshadowed by George Eliot, ii. 

 282-5 



Grand Junction, ii. 141, 274 



Highland, ii. 40 



Liverpool and Manchester, ii. 16, 96, 138 



J.ondon and Birmingham (now London and North-Western), ii. 

 141, 208, 222-.-), 273, 278 



