Walewski, Count Alexander, arrival of, in London, ii. 104
Walpole, Horace, letters to Sir Horace Mann, iii. 2
‘Wandering Jew, The,’ ii. 186
Warsaw, affair at, ii. 95;
taken by the Russians, 192
Warwickshire Election, iii. 353, 354
Wellesley, Marquis of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 31;
correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 103, 110;
resigns the White Wand, 258
Wellesley, Long, Esq., committed for contempt of court, ii. 166
Wellington, Duke of,
account of the battle of Waterloo, i. [39];
in Paris with Blücher, [41];
dispute with the King, [51];
on affairs of France and Spain, [67];
opinion of Bonaparte, [71];
mission to Russia, [78];
visit to the Royal Lodge, [102];
opinion of Mr. Canning, [107];
forms a Government, 1828, [124];
resolves to carry the Catholic Relief Bill, [143];
correspondence with Dr. Curtis, [148];
ascendency of, in the Cabinet, and over the King, [176];
hardness of character of, [191];
duel with Lord Winchelsea, [192];
conversation with, on King George IV. and the Duke of Cumberland,
[216], [218];
prosecution of the press, [233],
[258], [260];
business habits of, [262];
conversation with on the French Revolution, ii. 21;
qualities of, 41;
confidence in, 45;
declaration against Reform, 53;
Administration of, defeated, 61;
resignation of, 62;
suppresses disturbance in Hampshire, 75;
political character of, 81;
reported letter of advice to the King of France, 94;
correspondence with Mr. Canning, 103;
conduct towards the Government, 159;
objections to Mr. Canning, 170;
dinner at Apsley House, 188;
anti-Reform dinner at Apsley House, 197;
remarks upon, 204;
memorial to the King, 211;
correspondence with Lord Wharncliffe, 221;
obstinacy of, 234;
letter to Lord Wharncliffe, 248;
unbecoming letter laid before the King, 252;
reply to Lord Wharncliffe, 253;
speech on Irish Education, 272;
sent for by the King, 294;
efforts of, to form an Administration, 299;
inability of, to form an Administration, 300;
statement of his case, 302;
conduct of the Tory party, 302;
ill-feeling towards Peel, 325;
view of affairs, 1833, 363;
government of French provinces, 363;
respect evinced towards, 372;
defence of policy, 379;
Speech on the Coronation Oath, iii. 9, 10;
policy on the Irish Church Bill, 10;
on Portuguese affairs, 11, 26;
and the Bonaparte family, 26;
subsequent account of attempt to form a Government, 48;
compared with Lord Grey, 73;
speech on the admission of Dissenters to the University, 73;
presents the Oxford petition, 79;
and the Whigs, 82;
installed as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 95;
First Lord of the Treasury, and Secretary of State for the Home Office, 149;
arrangement for a provisional Government, 149;
at the public offices, 1834, 154;
account of crisis of 1834, 162;
inconsistencies of, 172;
on the division on the Speakership, 216;
on Lord Londonderry’s appointment, 227;
anecdote of Lord Brougham, 232;
on Spain, 270;
on the Walcheren expedition, 271;
policy of, on the Corporation Bill, 283;
letter to the Duke of Cumberland, 320;
speech in answer to Lord Lyndhurst, 362;
meeting of Tory Peers, 397;
crowned by the Duchess of Cannizzaro, 406;
quarrel with the Duke of Clarence, 406
Western, Lord, evidence of, iii. 112
West India Body, consternation of the, ii. 350;
deputation of the, 350
West India Bill, prospects of the, iii. 13.
For debates on the, see[Commons, House of]
West Indies, Lord Chandos’s motion on the state of the, ii. 116;
project of emancipation, 347;
alarm in the, 352;
difficulties attending emancipation, 360;
committee on affairs of the, iii. 266;
decision on the office of Secretary of the Island of Jamaica, 279
Westmeath, Marchioness of, pension, i. [157],
[160]
Westmeath v. Westmeath, appeal before the Judicial Committee,
iii. 119, 124;
decision in, 140
Westminster election, 1818, contest, i. [3];
in 1819, [17], [19];
in 1833, ii. 370;
in 1837, iii. 398
Wetherell, Sir Charles, account of, i. [194];
speech on the Reform Bill, ii. 123;
supports Sir E. Sugden’s motion, 314
Wharncliffe, Lord,
interview with Radical Jones, ii. 200;
overtures for a compromise on the Reform Bill, 211;
character of, 213;
draws up a declaration for signature in the City, 214;
disappointment of, 218;
final interview of, with Lord Grey, 220;
correspondence of, with the Duke of Wellington, 221;
interview of, with the King on the proposed new Peers, 231, 233;
memorandum laid before the King, 252;
as chief of a party, 289;
in communication with Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Ellenborough, 290;
defends his policy, 292;
paper on the Tory party, 343;
on the prospects of the country, iii. 54;
joins the Peel Government, 175;
on the prospects of the session, 341
Whately, Richard, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, iii. 280
Whig party, state of the, iii. 159;
tactics of the, 216;
union with O’Connell, 219;
symptoms of disunion in the, 221;
meeting at Lichfield House, 224;
prospects of the, 235
Wicklow, Earl of, attack on the Government, iii. 110
Wilberforce, William, speech of, i. [16];
negotiation with Mr. Canning, ii. 125
William IV., King, accession of, ii. 1;
dislike of, to the Duke of Cumberland, 5;
behaviour of, 6, 9;
at the House of Lords, 11;
personal anecdotes of, 11, 12, 13, 14;
dinner at Apsley House, 14;
at Windsor, 25;
pays the racing debts of the Duke of York, 50;
speech on the change of Government, 72;
levee, 74;
health of, 106, 108;
mobbed on returning from the theatre, 117;
in mourning for his son-in-law, 133;
in the House of Lords, 136;
dissolves Parliament, 136;
conduct to his Ministers, 138;
at Ascot, 147;
opens Parliament, 153;
at Windsor, 179;
and the Bishops, 185;
divides the old Great Seal, 188;
crowned at Westminster, 190;
levee, 192;
toasts at dinner at St James’s, 193;
interview with Lord Wharncliffe on creation of new Peers, 233;
health of, 282;
reluctance of, to make Peers, 283;
adverse sentiments towards the Whigs, 298;
dinner to the Jockey Club, 301;
levity of, 302;
letter to the Peers, 303;
character of, 307;
struck by a stone, 307;
country dance, 341;
anecdotes of, 342;
state of mind of, 364;
letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 382, 383;
letter-writing, iii. 2;
animosity to the French, 33;
irritability of, 81;
conduct of, 84;
personal feelings towards the members of Lord
Melbourne’s Administration, 137;
dismissal of Lord Melbourne, 144;
speech to the Tory Lords, 148;
provisional appointments, 148;
account of difference with Lord Melbourne, 150;
resolution of, to support the Tory Government, 161;
address to the new Ministers, 175;
on the state of Persia, 184;
whims of, 203;
Island of St. Bartholomew, 203;
indignation of, at the affair of Lord Londonderry, 231;
distress of, 245;
and the Ministers, 251;
personal habits of, 264;
speech to Sir Charles Grey, 272;
audience to Lord Durham, 272;
hostility towards Lord Glenelg and the Ministers, 276;
conduct to the Speaker, 279;
scene with Lord Torrington, 285;
speech to the Bishops, 303;
speech on the Militia, 311;
and the Duchess of Kent, 313;
speech at dinner to the Jockey Club, 351;
Toryism of, 358;
joke, 361;
speech to the Bishop of Ely, 363;
proposes the health of the Princess Victoria, 364;
aversion to his Ministers, 364, 366;
speech to Lord Minto, ib.;
rudeness to the Duchess of Kent, 366;
scene at birthday party, 367;
reception of King Leopold, 370;
speech, 1837, 385;
address to Lord Aylmer, 394;
illness of, 399, 400;
letter to the Princess Victoria, 399;
dangerous illness of, 401;
prayers offered up for, 403;
death of, 406;
kindness of heart of, 410
Williams, Sir John, Justice of the Common Pleas, iii. 71
Winchelsea, Earl of,
duel of, with the Duke of Wellington, i. [192];
incident of the handkerchief, [198]
Winchester Cathedral, iii. 283
Windham, Right Hon. William, diary of, i. [231];
conversation with Doctor Johnson, [232]
Windsor Castle, dinner in St. George’s Hall, ii. 34, 42;
dinner during the Ascot week, 147
Worcester Cathedral, iii. 327;
monument of Bishop Hough, 327
Wordsworth, William, characteristics of, ii. 120
Wortley, Right Hon. John, Secretary to the Board of Control,
i. [271].
See[Wharncliffe]
Wrottesley, Sir John, motion of, for a call of the House, iii. 8, 13
Wynford, Lord,
raised to the Peerage, i. [210];
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, [210]
Wynn, Right Hon. Charles,
President of the Board of Control, i. [95];
resignation of, ii. 124
York, H.R.H. the Duke of, character of, i. [5];
management of racing establishment, [44];
dislike to the Duke of Wellington, [48],
[62];
duel with the Duke of Richmond, [62];
anecdotes of King George IV., [73];
illness of, [83], [85];
death of, [84];
funeral of, [89];
letter to Lord Liverpool on the Catholic question, ii. 104
York, H.R.H. the Duchess of, character of, i. [5];
portrait of, [8];
illness of, [27];
death of, [34]
Young, Thomas, private secretary to Lord Melbourne, iii. 126