Chapter IX: Colonel Henry Bishop obtains the Farm--Who he was 249

His burial-place--Some conditions of the Farm 250

Clement Oxenbridge's influence at the Post Office 251

Scramble for places at the Restoration 252

Some petitions 253

Disaffected staff in the Post Office 256

Number of officers 258

Letters first stamped 260

Charges against Bishop 262

Bishop ceases to be Farmer 264

Colonel Dan. O'Neale succeeds to the office 266

O'Neale's previous career 267

Attempts to put down irregularities 269

Independence of the Edinburgh Deputy 271

Profits of Post Office settled on Duke of York 272

CHAPTER X

Music at the Post Office 273

The Plague of London 277

Petition of James Hickes 280

The Great Fire of London 282

Locations of the Post Office 283

Labels or post-boys' way-bills 284

Stages from London to Berwick 286

Times of transit of Continental Mails 287

News collected through the Post Office 287

Rate of travelling by post-boys in 1666 291

Notice taken of neglects 291