Union, speech of O’Connell on the repeal of the, iii. [80]
Unions, proclamation against the, ii. 215;
procession of trades, iii. [79]
Urquhart, Mr., Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople, iii. [405]
Van de Weyer, Sylvain,
Belgian Minister to the Court of St. James, ii. 180
Vaudreuil, M. de,
French chargé d’affaires in London, on French affairs, ii. 24
Vaughan, Right Hon. Sir Charles, special mission to Constantinople, iii. [405]
Vaughan, Right Hon. Sir John, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 155
Venice, i. 405;
sights of, 406, 408, 410
Vernet, Horace, at Rome, i. 325
Verona, Congress of, i. 65;
visit to, 413
Verulam, Earl of, petition to the King, ii. 231
Vesuvius, ascent of, i. 350
Vicenza, i. 412
Victoria, H.R.H. the Princess,
at a child’s ball, i. 209;
first appearance of, at a drawing-room, ii. 119;
at Burghley iii. [315];
health of, proposed by the King, [364];
at Windsor, [367];
letter from the King, [400];
seclusion of, [403];
first Council of, [406];
proclaimed Queen, [408];
impression produced on all, [409]
Villiers, Hon. Hyde,
appointed to the Board of Control, ii. 145
Villiers, Hon. George, at the Grove, ii. 105;
conversation with the Duke of Wellington, 105;
mission to Paris for a commercial treaty, 219;
Minister at Madrid, iii. [14], [20], [21];
on prospects in Spain, [69], [79];
letters of, from Madrid, [321], [360], [365]
Villiers, Hon. Charles Pelham, ii. 59
Virginia Water, ii. 25;
visit to, 30
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
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]
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, [251];
and the Ministers, [245];
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, [364], [366];
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
Wood, Matthew, returned to Parliament for the City of London, iii. [188]
Worcester, Marchioness of, death of the, i. 47
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]