by Treasury Minute, dated 12th November, 1839, '40. 261, 263; average rates of, within the limits of the old twopenny district, since the penny postage, 42. 97. Postage reduction duties, petition for reduction of, '39. 200; reduction of, resolutions of the committee of the House of Commons relating to, '39. 107-112; debate, 40. 206, 207; penny proposed, and pledge of the House to make up deficiency, if any, id. 206; fourpenny comes into operation, 41. 253; penny comes into operation, id. ib. stamps, payment by, successful result of, '42. 95, 97. amount of, collected in several cities and towns of the United Kingdom, in the years ending 5th January, 1833 and 1834, 35. 192. amount of collected at principal cities and towns of the United Kingdom, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, 36. 179; same. in 1835, 37. 178; same, in 1836, '38. 196; same, in 1837, '39. 196; see also, POST OFFICE RE VENUE. of letters, particulars relating to, see LETTERS. duties in Great Britain and Ireland, Act amending laws (varying according to weight and distance), '28.151-155: German, reduced, '42. 238; Act empowering reduction of postage by Postmaster-General in certain cases (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 25), '36. 117; Postage Duties Act (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 34), 38. 141; altered as to packet-boats (1 and 2 Vict. c. 97.), 39. 162; Act for further regulation of the Duties on, &c. (2 and 3 Vict. c. 52), Penny Postage Act, '40. 155. 156; Duties Regulation Act (3 and 4. Vict. c. 96), '41. 166. North American, Act for regulating (4. W. IV. c. 7), 35. 129. of newspapers, to the colonies and foreign parts, Act regu lating (4. W. IV. c. 44), '35. 144 -146; on newspapers, by private ships, reduced, '36. 117; Act consolidating and amending the laws relating to (6 and 7. W. IV. c. 54), 1836, '37. 124, 125. Postage (Ireland), penny, establishment, and franking regulated (2 W. IV. c. 15), '33. 125, 126. Post-horse duty, produce of, in 1827, '29. 188; duties, '33. 168; stamp duty on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 178; duty and licenses, amount of, in 1837, id. 177; same, in 1838, 40. 173; duties, produce of, in years ending 5th January, 1839 and 1840, 41. 197; duties on, decrease in amount of, from 1838 to 1040, 42. 116; amount of, paid in the several quarters in the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, id. ib.; statement of amounts received in each excise collection of England and Scotland in 1839 and 1840, id. ib. 118; rate of, in 1548, '40. 62; in 1635, id. 63. Postmaster of England, the first, '40. 63. 63. foreign, established, '40. General, Marquis of Conynghain, '35. 258; Duke of Postmasters-General for Great Britain and Ireland, offices united (1 W. IV. c. 8), '32. 138. &c. clerks, &c., duty on, repealed (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 39), 34. 124. Post-office, history of the, '40. 6276; establishment of, in England, 38. 115; reforms of, progress of, accelerated by private individuals, '40. 63; Mr. Palmer's improvements in, id. 68-73; Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for reform of, id. 74, 75; an Act for the management of (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 33), 38. 140; Act for consolidating laws relative to offences against, and regulating the judi cial administration of (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 36), id. 144; description of the business of, and statement of its amount, &c., '30. 235, 236; effect of the arrangements of, on the number of letters, '41. 97-106; number of letters passing through, and through local post-offices in 1838, full particulars relating to, and amount and rate of postage, '40. 190-192; various tables shewing the number of letters transmitted through, and amount of postage received for, before and after the penny postage arrangement, '41. 97106; regulations in France to aid the transmission of letters to England, '30. 268; convention between Great Britain and France, '37. 60-62; convention signed in Paris, id. 253; convention, letters sent to, and received from, France, prior to, and after, '38. 197; proposed new twopenny post system (1837), id. 115120; stamps for letters proposed, id. 115, 119, 120; see also POSTAGE. Post-office, the new building for, nearly completed, '28. 173; progress of (1828), '29. 216; opened, '30. 264; description of, id. 233-237. revenue of, farming of, '40. 65; revenue of, in 1644, id. 64; revenue under the Protectorate, '30. 235; at various other times, id. ib revenue in 1653, 1663, 1674, 1718, 1724, 1749, 1774, 1799, 1824, and 1837, '40. 75; gross and net proceeds of, in 1838, id. 76; produce of, in 1827, '29. 188; gross receipts of, in 1827, '30. 235; revenue of, for year ending January 5, 1828, 29. 184, 188; produce of, in 1830 and 1831,232. 175; in 1831 and 1832, '33. 172; in Great Britain, in the years ended 10th October, 1832 and 1833, 34. 148; the same, for the year ended 10th October, 1834, 35. 166; net produce of, in 1834 and 1835, '36. 151; statement of the revenue of, and from what sources, in Great Britain, in the year ended 5th January, 1836, and same relating to Ireland, '37. 154; gross income of, in 1835 and 1836, '38. 171; gross and net produce of, in Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 5th January, 1838, '39. 179; gross receipt. charges of management, net receipt, and per centage rate of collection of, in Great Britain, each tenth year from 1758 to 1838, '40. 174; gross and net revenue of, for the year 1839, '41. 180; net produce of, in years ended 10th October, 1835 and 1836, 37. 153; the same, in 1836 and 1837, 38. 170; the same, in 1837 and 1838, '39. 175; the same, in 1838 and 1839, '40. 170; the same, in 1839 and 1840, '41. 178; gross and net revenue of, and cost of management of, in the years ending January 1839, 1840, and 1841, '42. 98; gross income of, on 5th January, 1841, id. 149, 152; revenue of, before and after the penny postage, '41. 104, 105; various statements and tables, shewing the beneficial operation of, '42. 92-100. Post-office, number of letters registered at 1s. in Great Britain, from January to May 1841, in England, Wales, and Scotland, 42. 170. in India, revenue and charges of, '33. 100. United States, expenses and other particulars of, for various years from 1789 to 1828, '32. 122; rates of, in 1831, id. 122. Postcomb Road Act, '39. 213. Potass, solution of, remedy against the poisonous effects of, '28. 117. Potato, its nutritious qualities, '29. 129; bread, mode of making, id. 130; pie, mode of making, id. ib. Potatoes, modes of cooking, '29.129; price of, in the reign of James 1., 34. 37; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183; export of, from Ireland, in 1825 and 1835, id. 189; spirit distilled from, in 1835, 37. Potocki, '31. 79; '32. 76. Potter, John, '31. 74; '32. 61. Potter, M. de, committed to prison, '31. 235; banished, id. ib. 236. Potteries, particulars relating to the, '35. 85. and Newcastle (Stafford), postage collected at, in 1832 and 1833, '35. 192; amount collected at, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, 36. 179; same, in 1835, '37. 179; same, in 1836, '38. 196; same, in 1837, '39. 196. Pottinger, Sir Henry, appointed to the command in China, '42. 238. Poulett Thomson, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Treasurer of the Navy, '31. 240; see SYDENHAM, LORD. Poultry, quantity of, shipped from Dublin (1830), '31. 111; domestic, '28. 33. Pound, penalties for keeping animals in the, without food, '36. 127. troy, standard, '28. 98. Pouqueville, F. C. H. L., dies, '40. 141. Pouse, a Bengalee month, '30. 26. Povey, Mr., his post suppressed, '38. 116. Power, definition and sign of a, '28. 106. Mr. Tyrone, supposed loss of, in "the President," 42. 238. - of attorney, agent unlawfully selling stock under, or misappropriating the produce of, punishment for, '28. 137, 138. looms, when generally adopted, '34. 49; importance of, id. ib.; number of, employed, in 1820 and 1830, id. 50; number of, in use in districts visited by the factory inspectors (1836), '37. 183. Prætors, at Rome, '28. 52. Prague, German university at, '28. 58. peace of, '31. 47. Prairial, month of, '30. 20. Prati, Dr., and Mr. R. Owen, controversy between, '35. 253. Pratt, Mr., his sea-couch for preventing sea-sickness, account of, '28. 181. Pratt, Mr. John Tidd, his history of savings banks referred to, 31. 136+; his summary of the savings' banks of England, Wales, and Ireland (1831), '33. 113, 114; his summary of the length of the highway roads in England and Wales, and expenses of maintaining same, '42. 122. Major, captures the Bogue Forts at Canton, '42. 235. Pravadi, battle of, '30. 262. Prayer-book and Homily Society, '30. 152. Precious stones, measure of, weight of, '29. 114. "Predestination, on," '32. 63. Predictions, early inserted in almanacs, '29.7; forbidden in France, id. ib. Pregnancy, protracted, considered, '36. 31; cases frequently fatal in female hospitals, '39. 29. Prescription, period of, in certain cases shortened (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 71), '33. 156, 157; (tithes) period of, shortened (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 100), id. 164. Preliminary observations to the Companion for 1829, '29. 3, 4. Premium, rate of, payable at the life assurance offices in London, in 1831, '31. 86, 100-105. Presbourg, peace of, '28. 63; '31. 56. Prescot, population of, '33. 66; Small Debts Act, '42. 195. Presentations, clerk of the, office abolished, '34. 175. Presents, above a certain amount, forbidden to be taken by servants of the East India Company, '32. 30. "President," steam-ship, supposed loss of, '42. 238. President of the United States, his authority, &c., '32. 110, 111. President's message (1830), '32. 235; December 6th, 1831, '33. 228; December 4th, 1832, id. 233; speech to congress, '35. 252; message, '42. 239. Press, suppression and restriction of, ordinances for, in France, '31. 237. paper, duty on, '40. 146. Pressley, Mr., his suggestion to prevent the forgery of post-office stamps, 38. 120. Pressure of air, Torricelli, '29. 63; Pascal, id. ib.; of fluids, Archimedes, id. 61. Prestbury Small Debts Act, '37. 221. Presteign, population of, '33. 81. Preston, population of (1821), '29. 82; population and representation of, 33. 66; difference of time between, and London, 31. 17; postage collected at, in 1832 and 1833, '35. 192; amount collected at, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, '36. 179; same, in 1835, '37. 179; same, in 1836, '38. 196; same, in 1837, 39. 196; Gas Light Act, '40. 214; Water Works Act, '33. 210; St. Ignatius Catholic Church at, 37.232. and Bolton Railway Act, '38. 213; Extension Act, '39. 214; railway, particulars of, '41. 80; its total length and extent opened up to 1841, '42. 57; further particulars of same, id. 71. and Lancaster Junction Railway Further Act, '41. 221; railway, account and progress of, id. 88; particulars of, id. 78. and Longridge Railway Act, '37. 223; further Act, '42. 197; railway, account of, '41. 88; particulars of, id. 78. and Wigan Railway Company, and Wigan Branch Rail. way Company Union Act, '35. 223; railway, particulars of, '41. 70. and Wyre Railway Act, '36. 209; railway, further account of, '41. 90, 91. Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour, &c., Amendment Acts, '40. 217; railway and harbour, account of, '38. 61; '41. 72. Prestwich-cum-Oldham and Middleton Small Debts Act, '40. 215. Presumption of survivorship, Beck's rules for the, '36. 31, 32. Prévenus, number and punishment of, in France (1826), 29. 90. Prevesa, consul-general at, 31. 182. Prevost, Professor P., dies, '40. 141. Prezer, G., dies, '41. 138. Price, Dr., his error concerning the amount of the population of Great Britain, '40. 95, 96. R., '31. 76; '32. 62. "Prices Current," lists of, exempt from newspaper stamp duty, '37. 137. Prices, wages and, dissertation on, and historical inquiry into, '34. 33-61. and wages, observations on, '41. 125, 126. Prickly acacia, '31. 37. Prideaux, Edmund, his improvements in the post-office system, '40. 64, 65. Priestley, Joseph, '31. 76; '32. 62. Priests, forbidden to marry, '28.56. Prima Vista, '30. 94. Primidi, a French revolutionary day, '30. 20. Primrose, the, '28. 33; '29. 31. Prince, Colonel, his conduct in Canada censured, '40. 203. Edward's Island, period of settlement of, how governed, population, imports and exports, and tonnage inwards and outwards (1831), '32. 104, 105; value of imports and exports into and from, in 1833, '37. 164; vessels, number and tonnage of, belong⚫ing to, in 1838, '40. 185. Prince's Dock, Liverpool, Further Act, '42. 197; see also, LIVER POOL. street, Bank, intended statue of William IV. near, '42. 204. Princess Royal, made Princess of Wales, '28. 57. Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria, born, '41. 256. Princess's Theatre, Oxford-street, account of, '41. 241, 242; the sale of same, '42. 242. Principal in second degree, punishment of, '28. 140; punishable as principal, id. 145. "Principia," 32. 60; published, '29. 59. Pringle, Thomas, dies, '36. 238. Priuos verticillatus, '29. 66. Prinsep, M. Macaire, his remarks on the autumnal colouring of leaves, referred to, '30. 44, 45. Printed calicoes, &c., regulations concerning (1 W. IV. c. 17), '32. 138, 139. goods, amount produced by duties on, in 1827, 29. 187; duty on (1829),'30. 203; amount of duties on, from 1814 to 1829, and drawbacks on exportation thereof, '32. 183; amount of duty on, in 1830, 1831, and 1832; 34. 164. papers, privilege, protection, debates on, '41. 203. Printers, average age of, 39. 30; Act requiring name of, on every paper and book printed, in penalty of 201. (2 Vict. c. 12), '40. 144. Printers' Pension Society, '30. 148; '31. 138. Printing, invented, '28. 58; brought into England, id. ib.; in England, uselessness of the works originally printed, '37. 27; parliamentary papers, bill for, debates on, '41. 203; press, for printing periodical works, may be entered at stamp-office, '37. 136; when first erected in Russia, '32. 76 †. Prints, duty on (1829), '30. 205. copyright, law of, extended to Ireland (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 59), '37. 127. Prior, Matthew, '31. 74; '32. 61. Prismatic colours on angular glass, Seneca, '29. 62. Prison discipline, Society for the improvement of, '30. 150. Prisons, inspectors of, appointment of, and their powers, '36. 122; expenses of, in 1836, 38. 187. regulation of, resolutions of the Committee of the House of Lords on, '36. 60-62. and prisoners, expenses of, in England and Wales, in 1792 and 1832, 37. 176. Regulation Act (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 38), '36. 121, 122; further Act, relating to Scotland (2 and 3 Vict. c. 42), '40. 151, 152; Act for the better ordering of, in England and Wales (2 and 3 Vict. c. 56), id. 157, 158; Act amending same (3 and 4 Vict. c. 25), '41. 147. and prison discipline, in Scotland, Act to improve (2 and 3 Vict. c. 42), '40. 151, 152. Ireland, Act relating to (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 51), '37. 123; Act amending 7 G. IV. c. 74 (3 and 4 Vict. c. 44), '41. 153, 154. West Indies, Act relating to (1 and 2 Vict. c. 67), '39. 157. Prisoners, classification of, recommended by the House of Lords, 1831,'36.49+; (criminal) average number of, in gaols, in England and Wales, '40. 110. for debt, number of, in the several gaols of London, in 1828, '30. 214 Prisoners' Counsel Bill, debate on, '37. 191; passes the Commons, id. 195; read a third time in the Lords, id. 210; debates on, Lords' amendments agreed to, id. 215, 216. Act (6 and 7 W. Conveyance (Ireland) Act (1 Vict. c. 6), '39. 144. Private banks, aggregate amount of notes of, circulated in England and Wales, at various times, in 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836, 37. 158; and joint stock banks, in IV. c. 114), '37. 147. |