Chapter XVIII: Sunday Relief (1849-50)

Sunday Labour in Post Office, 107--Bath Post Office, 108--Closing
of Money Order Offices, 109--Other Measures of Relief. "Forward
Letters," 110--Minute on Reduction of Sunday Labour, 111--Lord's
Day Society, 113--Treachery in the Camp, 115--Bishop of London,
116--City Meeting, 118--Publication of Minute, 121--No Compulsion.
Extracts from Private Journal, 123--Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke.
Insubordination, 128--Slanders of Lord's Day Society, 129--The
first Sunday on the new Plan, 131--Anonymous Letters, 134--Lord
John Russell, 135--Further Slanders of the Lord's Day Society,
136--Railway Sorting, 137--Suburban Sunday Delivery, 138--General
Thompson and Dr. Vaughan, 139--Meetings of Surveyors, 140--Further
Sunday relief, 141--Cabals, 143--Demand for total Abolition of
Sunday Labour, 144--Mr. Wallace. Visit to Greenock, 148--Mr.
Matthew Forster, 149--The _Times_, 151--Lord Ashley's Motion,
155--No Sunday Deliveries, 158--Commission on Sunday Labour, 160.

CHAPTER XIX.

PARTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN POSITION (1850-1).

The Word of a Minister, 163--Renewed Claim for Promotion, 164--Mr.
Warburton, 165--Mr. Cobden, 166--Mr. Hume, 167--Sir C. Wood,
169--Application for an Assistant-Secretary, 170--Mr. Frederic
Hill--his Services as an Inspector of Prisons, 171--Ministry in
Danger, 173--Increase of Salary, 174--Death of Mr. T. W. Hill. Mr.
Frederic Hill's Appointment, 176--Staff of Clerks, 177.

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XIX (1849-51).

Money Order Department, 178--Clerks divided into Classes,
179--Clerks in Charge. Prepayment, 180--Mail Trains _versus_ Mail
Carts, 181--Rural Distribution, 182--Postal Treaties, 183--Salaries
and Promotion, 184; Rectification of Accounts, 185--Mr. Cunard and
the West Indian Mails, 186--United States. India, 187--France.
Revenue, 188--Mail Robbery, 189--Improved Condition of Officials.
Source of Dishonesty, 190--"Household Words" and "Quarterly
Review," 191.

CHAPTER XX.

EFFORTS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN POSITION (1851-2).

The Railway Department, 193--Letter from Mr. Cobden. Visit to the
West Riding, 194--The two Secretaries, 195--Renewed Application
for Promotion, 196--Mr. Cobden, Mr. Hume, and Sir C. Wood, 198--A
Mysterious Allusion in Mr. Cobden's Letter, 199--Resignation of
the Liberal Ministry, 200--Lord Clanricarde's Minute. Statement of
Improvements, 201.

CHAPTER XXI.

LORD HARDWICKE (1852).

Lord Hardwicke Postmaster-General, 203--Two Kings in Brentford,
205--Mr. Warburton, 206--Court Dress. The Latch-key, 207--Chevalier
Bunsen, 208--Who is to be Subordinate? 209--Lord Hardwicke's
peculiar Spelling. An Election Job, 210--Resignation of Tory
Ministry, 211--East Indian Post Office, 212.

CHAPTER XXII.

LORD CANNING (1853-4).

Lord Canning, Postmaster-General, 213--Treaty with France,
214--Large Savings, 215--Letter to Lord Canning, 215--Promotion or
Resignation, 217--Lord Canning's Answer, 218--Dangerous State of
Health, 219--Commission for Revising Salaries, 221--Dinner at Lord
Canning's. Mr. Gladstone, 222--Mortality among Colonels, 223--Sole
Secretary, 224.

CHAPTER XXIII.

PROGRESS OF REFORM FROM THE MIDDLE OF 1851 TO THE END OF 1854.

Railway Legislation, 227--Acceleration of Northern Mails,
231--Limited Mails, 232--A Transformation Scene, 233--Silence
under Misrepresentation. Premiums for Punctuality, 235--Mail-bag
Apparatus, 236--Rectification of Accounts, 237--Packet
Service (Lord Canning's Commission), 238--Colonial Postage,
241--The _Times_, 243--Foreign Book Post. Chevalier Bunsen
and Lord Hardwicke, 244--Salaries and Promotion, 245--Report
of Commissioners for Revising Salaries, 246--Patronage,
248--Competitive Examinations, 249--Telegraphs, 251--Postal Reform
abroad, 252.

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXIII.

Money Orders. Article in "Household Words," 253--Hong-Kong
Post Office, 257--Prepayment. Early Deliveries, 258--Pillar
Letter-boxes. Number of Letters, 259--Increased Honesty, 260--Titus
Oates. Funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 261.