An assembly of German students held in 1817, to commemorate the tercentenary of the Reformation. The occasion was utilised for the formation of a league of students to promote liberal ideas in politics and national unity.
Washington, Treaty of.
See Ashburton Treaty.
Washington, Treaty of, 1871.
A treaty between England and the United States, signed in 1871, providing for the submission to arbitration of the Alabama and the San Juan questions, and arranging a modus vivendi on the Canadian Fishery Question. Both the arbitrations went against Great Britain.
Watch and Ward, Statute of.
A statute passed in 1285 (13th Edward I), providing for the policing of the streets of London.
Waterboer, Treaty with.
The first treaty signed in South Africa with a native chief. Waterboer was a Griqualand chief, and by this treaty, signed in 1834, he undertook to maintain order within his territories and protect the colonial border from marauders passing through his country, in return for which he was to receive £100 per annum, and two hundred muskets and ammunition.