Franks, number of, in 1839, 75.
Fraser, J. M., Esq., C.E., upon British railway tunnels, 370.
Free trade has developed the present commercial grandeur of England, 151;
America takes a different view, note, ib.;
free trade and the railway, the twin sisters of progress, 165.
Freemason, Miss Aldworth, the lady, note, 210.
Fremont, General, 17.
Frere, Sir Bartle, his views on Indian railway extension, note, 262.
Frith, W. P., Esq., R. A., his pictures “The Derby Day” and “The Railway Station,” 212.
Fucinus, Lake, ancient tunnel from, 365
Fuel for Indian railways, 284.
Furies, the, and the officials of St. Martin’s-le-Grand, 146.
Gammond, M. Thome de, his subway between France and England, 398.
Gauge of railways, note, 110.
Gauges, the battle of the, 4.
Genevre Mont, the, 8;
height of, note, 319.
Germany, locomotive building establishments in, 192;
railways in, note, 297;
railway tunnels in, 377.
Ghaut, the Bhore, 252;
the Thull, 254.
Gibraltar, height of summit, note, 9.
Gibson, Rt. Hon. Milner, the author of the abolition of stamps on newspapers, 80.
Giovi incline, the 344.
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Wm., speech of, on King Iron, note, 51;
gratitude due to him for establishing Post Office Savings Banks, 100.
Glasgow, rainfall in, note, 281.
Gloucestershire, production of coal in, note, 49.
Glover, Colonel, his memorandum on Indian telegraphs, note, 280.
Glyn, George Carr, Esq., M.P., 74.
Gold, discovery of, in California, 17.
Goods conveyed on British railways, 40, 47;
cost and speed of conveyance in the last century, 65;
contents of first goods train on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 66;
slow development of goods traffic on British railways, 66;
increase in subsequent years, ib.
Government Insurance and Annuities Act, the, 101;
transmission of documents which its establishment renders necessary, ib.
Gradients, the early, on English railways, 4;
maximum at present, 5;
explained, 322;
on the Mont Cenis Railway, 331;
on mountain road, 343;
that engines can ascend, 344.
Grand Junction Railway incorporated, 2;
opened, ib.;
used by the Post Office as soon as opened, 73.
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, the, begun, 302;
its length and cost, 305;
Victoria Bridge upon, 391.
Great Britain, mountains of, note, 9.
Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the, its course and works, 252;
receipts, 254;
its liability to heavy working charges, 255;
its net earnings exceed the government guarantee, 277;
working expenses, 289.
Great Southern of India Railway, the, 274;
working expenses, 289.
Great St. Bernard, 8;
height of, note, 319.
Great Vallon Mountain, the, the Tunnel of the Alps carried through it, 401.
Great Western Railway has the fastest train in England, 110;
its gauge, note, ib.
Great Western Railway of Canada, the, 302;
its length and cost, 305.
Greece, mountains in, note, 8.
Gregory, Charles Hutton, Esq., C.E., Post Office Arbitrator, 132, 144.
Gretna Green pace, the, 187.
Griffiths, Mr. Darby, M.P., chances of his Post Office Bill passing, 132.
Grove, George, Esq., Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 359.
Guarantee, the, of the Indian Government to railways, 275;
impossible to construct railways in India without it, 278.
Guernsey, no railways in, 314.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 304;
its magnificent harbour, 306.
Hamburg, postage stamps in, how called, note, 142.
Hand books, continental, 317.
Hannibal, his army crosses the Alps, 6.
Hanover, postage stamps in, how called, 142.
Harrow School, 216;
distinguished men educated there, 217.
“Haste, post haste,” defined, note, 158.
Hatton, Sir Christopher, note, 324.
Hauenstein Tunnel, the, its ventilation, 415;
cold, how excluded, 416.
Haupt, General, his tunnel boring machine, 385.
Hawkshaw, John, Esq., C.E., his tunnel under the Mersey, 393;
his borings between Calais and Dover, 398.
Haywood, William, Esq., engineer of the Corporation of London, 322.
Head, Sir Francis, Bart., quotations from his “Stokers and Pokers,” 196, 197, 198, 224.
Helvellyn, the highest mountain in England, note, 9.
Henry VI., founder of Eton College, note, 216.
Hermit, winner of the Derby, 1867, 186.
Hibbert, the late Mrs., “Generalissima,” note, 227, 228.
High Peak Railway, Mr. Fell’s experiments upon the, 338.
Highgate, intended tunnel through, 369.
Highland Railway, the, note, 237, 238.
Hill, Mr. Frederick, Assistant-Secretary of the Post Office, supports his brother’s views respecting purchase of railways;
his ignorance of their working, 118;
his anticipations if the State purchase British railways, 123;
his assertions answered, 124;
differences between Mr. Hill and Postmaster-General’s Reports, 130;
Mr. Hill believed to be the writer of them, 131;
his evidence before the Committee on Postal and Telegraph Communications with the East, note, 266.
Hill, Mr. M. D., his article on the Post Office, in Fraser’s Magazine, note, 98, 137.
Hill, Sir Rowland, K.C.B., appointed on the Royal Commission on Railways, 115;
dissents from report, his reasons, 117;
the chief witnesses in his support, 118;
real reasons for his recommendations, 118;
what they are, 132.
Hilmer, Mr. B., his subway between France and England, 398.
Hofer, Andreas, 12.
Holborn, past and present, note, 323.
Holborn Viaduct and Embankment, the, described, 321, 328.
Holland, postage stamps in, how called, note, 142.
Holyhead and Kingstown, the magnificent steamers between, note, 95.
Holyhead Mail, the old and the new compared, 46.
Honduras railway, the, 312.
Hooghley, the river, importance of a railway bridge across, 247.
Hoosac Tunnel, the, 385.
Hora di Roma, note, 158.
Horse boxes, their use in railway traffic, 46.
Horse, the, and the locomotive compared, 186;
its power of ascending elevations, 321.
Horses, numbers required for mail coaches in 1839, 93;
number required if the Post Office reverted to mail coaches, 94.
Hotel accommodation required at Bombay, note, 259.
Howell, Mr., Secretary of the Peninsular and Australian Navigation Company, 95.
Humber, the, proposed railway tunnel under, 394.
Ice, conveyance of, by railway, 156.
Imperial railway train for the Emperor Napoleon, 33.
Inchicore locomotive and carriage establishment, 209.
Inclines, the Oldham, Lancashire, and Yorkshire Railway, note, 5.
India, population of, British exports to, 53;
railways in, 245, see Railways;
marvellous development of, 297;
its debt, note, 298;
cotton imported from, 299;
what quantity produced, note, ib.;
army that must be maintained there, note, 300.
Indus River, the, how it must be crossed at Attock, note, 278.
Indus steam flotilla, the, 262.
Indus Valley Railway, the, 262.
Insurance Act, the Post Office, 101.
Intercolonial Railway, the proposed, 304.
Ireland, Cairn Tual, the highest mountain in, note, 9;
population of, note, 34;
railways in, 43;
railway animosity in, 44;
probable reduction of high fares, 45;
production of coal in, note, 49;
sums paid by Post Office to railways in, 108;
railway gauge in, note, 110;
report of royal commissioners upon, 116;
dissentients, 117;
absence of locomotive manufacturers in, 192;
canal navigation of, 368;
Iron, British coal consumed in the manufacture of, 51;
King Iron, note, ib.;
how he should be heard at St. Stephen’s, 208.
Isle of Man Railway prospects, 314.
Isle of Wight Railway, the, 314.
Isthmus of Suez Railway, 95;
canal, note, ib., note, 265.
Italy, mountains of, note, 8;
postage stamps in, how called, note, 142;
mileage of railways in, note, 297;
ancient tunnels in, 364;
railway tunnels, 380;
its railway system, 427.
Jamaica Railway, the, 311.
Jeddo, distance from St. Francisco, 22.
Jerrold, Blanchard, one of the workman’s best friends, 228.
Jersey, no railway at present in, 314.
Jerusalem, explorations in, 360.
Kensington, its frequent use in London street nomenclature, note, 36.
Kilometres, how to convert into English miles, 331.
Kingstown and Holyhead, magnificent steamers between, note, 95.
Kurhurbali Coal-field, 287.
Kurrachee Harbour, its present unfitness as a harbour, note, 264.
La Vallée, M. Charles, “Les Chemins de Fer en France,” 30.
Labouchere, Mr., his speech upon railways, 1838, 74.
Labuan, coal prospects in, 288.
Ladies’ dogs carried on railways, note, 171.
Lancashire, production of coal in, note, 49.
Lange, Daniel A., Esq., English representative of the Suez Maritime Canal Company, note, 95, note, 265.
Lanslebourg, the Mont Cenis village of, 332.
Lardner, Dr. Dionysius, Treatise on Railway economy, 61.
Late trains, 166.
Lawyers at Crewe, 204.
Layard, H. A., Esq., M.P., his opinion upon a railway through Persia, &c., to India, 300;
upon Assyrian antiquities, 359.
Leeds, rainfall in, 281.
Leicestershire, production of coal in, note, 49.
Letter postage, low as contrasted with high newspaper postage; its effects; necessity of its reduction upon local letters, note, 81.
Letter writing among the working classes, 205.
Letters, number of, in 1839 and 1840, 75;
number circulating in France, note, 81;
transmission alone gives them value, 141.
Lewins, William, “Her Majesty’s Mails,” 103.
Liechtenstei, the smallest state in the World, note, 34.
Life boats, the, of the National Association, their great use in saving life, 183.
Liffey, the, proposed railway tunnel under, 394.
Lille, population of, note, 31.
Limited mail, the, its speed, 109, 237.
Linsdale Tunnel, 220.
Little St. Bernard, the, crossed by Hannibal’s army, 7;
easiest Alpine pass, 8.
Live stock conveyed on British railways, 40, 47.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened, 2;
“Rocket” engine tried upon, 5;
contents of first goods train conveyed upon it, 66;
used by the Post Office as soon as opened, 73;
speed upon, 109.
Liverpool, its postal arrangements with Manchester, note, 124;
rainfall in, note, 281.
Local letters, the most profitable to the Post Office, note, 81;
history of their development in London since 1800, note, 82.
Locke, the late Joseph, M.P., 4, 195.
Locomotive engine and the horse compared, 186;
ride upon one from London to Stafford and back, 210.
Locomotive engines, number of, on British railways, 45.
London and Birmingham Railway incorporated, 2;
opened, ib.;
immediately used by the Post Office, 73.
London and North-Western Railway, length, 23;
cost, 28;
passenger traffic, 33;
rolling stock and train mileage in 1847, 38;
in 1866, 39;
receipts, ib.;
its London coal traffic likely to diminish, 48;
its locomotive establishment at Crewe, 194;
carriage establishment at Wolverton, 199;
waggon establishment at Earlestown, 200;
its minor repairing shops, 201;
rail manufactory at Crewe, 201.
London, Chatham and Dover Railway, 15;
Workman’s trains, 63;
its locomotive and carriage establishment, 209.
London (City), mortality in, note, 35.
London General Omnibus Company, passengers carried by the, 35.
London, population of, 34;
street nomenclature, note, 36;
dependent upon railways for its food supply, 70;
carriage accidents in, note, 181;
rainfall in, note, 281.
Long Hedge locomotive and carriage establishment, 209.
Lubeck, postage stamps in, how called, note, 142.
Lukmainer Alpine Pass, the, 10;
proposed tunnel through, 409.
Luxemburg, the Duchy of, inconveniences if annexed to France, note, 143.
Lyons, population of, note, 31;
the Croix Rousse Railway, 32.
Lytton, Lord, obtained the reduction of the Newspaper duty in 1836, note, 80.
Madras, population of, 259.
Madras Railway, its course, 255;
traffic, 256;
small amount of its working expenses, 289;
freedom from accidents to passengers, 291.
Madrid, its magnificent water supply, 384.
Mail bags, 90;
conveyance of by ordinary trains, 139, 463.
Mail coaches, their speed, 56, 109;
passengers carried by them in 1837, 57;
their numbers, weights they carried, 93;
numbers required if Post Office now resorted to conveyance by them, 93, 94, 95;
more costly proportionately than railways, 137;
that formerly left London each evening, 443;
payments to, 457;
dimensions for postal purposes, 466.
Mail Contract Packets, excluded from expenses of Post Office until 1860, 94.
Mails, weight of, 92;
prices paid to railways for conveyance of, 95, 106, 446;
day, 106.
Man, his power of ascending elevations by steps, 321.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway, 4.
Manchester, its postal connection with Liverpool, note, 124;
the city described, note, 125;
rainfall in, note, 281.
Manners, Lord John, his tardy mode of doing business, note, 242.
Marseilles, from Paris, time of journey in 1672, 1;
the Liverpool of the Mediterranean, 24;
population of, note, 31;
from Edinburgh to, 157;
distance to Alexandria, 429;
its growth and development, 497.
Matheson, Alexander, Esq., M.P., his efforts to establish the Dingwell and Skye Railway, note, 239.
Mauritius Railway, the, 313.
Meat, imports of, 71;
conveyance of, by American railways, note, 156.
Merchandise conveyed on British railways, 40, 47.
Merchant Tailors’ School, note, 217.
Mersey, the, Mr. Hawkshaw’s tunnel under, 393.
Messina, the Straits of, 434;
marvellous bridge across, ib.;
mail steamers between Marseilles and Malta to go through the Straits, note, 432.
Metre, the, its equivalent in English measure, 331.
Metropolitan District Railway, the, described, 389.
Metropolitan Railway, passengers conveyed in, 35;
its workman’s trains, 62;
described, 387;
character of the atmosphere in it, 419;
cause of the pungent smell in it, 422;
efforts made to ensure the best ventilation, 423;
excellent health of the employés, 424.
Midland Railway incorporated, 3;
present length, ib.;
its importance for the conveyance of coal to London, 48.
Mileage, British Postal, on Railways, 38, 105, 138;
variety of its cost for all modes of conveyance, 123.
Mileage, train, of British Railways, 40, 47.
Minerals conveyed on British railways, 40, 47;
their rapid increase in recent years, 69.
Mining, tunnels connected with, 396;
shafts ditto, note, 411.
Mississippi, proposed sub-aqueous bridge for, 395.
Monadnock on free trade, note, 151;
his arguments refuted, note, 153.
Money Orders, documents connected with them, that pass through the Post Office, 87;
absence of complete information respecting them, note, 98;
amount of, in 1865, 98.
Moniteur des Interets Materiels, 32.
Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, 8.
Mont Cenis, height above sea level, 319;
its height described, 321;
gradients of, 331;
Mr. Fell’s experiments upon, 339;
Captain Tyler’s trials, 340;
concession for the railway, 349;
the works described, 350;
level crossings, 351;
the railway at Susa, 352;
Zig-zags, 353;
protection from snow and avalanches, ib.;
stations, 355;
the engines for working the line, 356;
its great rival, 358.
Morley, Professor Henry, his description of Englishmen, note, 167.
Mormons, head quarters, 19;
their contributions to the Union Pacific Railroad, 21.
Mountains, early desire to construct railways over them, 5;
height of, throughout the world, note, 8.
Mousell, the Right Hon. Wm., appointed on the Royal Commission on Railways, 115;
dissents from Report, 117.
Munich, distance from London, 15.
Murray’s Hand Books the best published, 317.
Nantes, population of, note, 31.
Naples, distance from London, viâ Brenner Pass, note, 15;
viâ Mont Cenis, 437.
Napoleon I. crossed the Great St. Bernard, 9;
narrow escape from death there, ib.
Napoleon III., Imperial Railway Train for, 33;
his appreciation of the Centre Rail System, 349;
Extract from his Vie de Cæsar, 365.
Natal Railway, the proposed, 313.
National Debt, the, 151;
compared with capital invested in railways, ib.
National Life Boat Institution, the great benefit it confers, 183.
Nederschindermanderscheid, a Luxemburg postal town, note, 144, 194.
Nevada, State of, 19.