Chapter 48

Walpole, Rt. Hon. Spencer, position of, iii. 397; Home Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, 451; clause in the Militia Bill, 449

Walter, John, Mr., returned for Nottingham, i. 391; succeeds to the 'Times,' iii. 64

Washington, the Treaty of, signed, ii. 101; discovery of a missing map, 102; attacked by Lord Palmerston, 101, 104-106; controversy kept up, 109, 111; dissatisfaction of Lord J. Russell at, 126; ratification of, 147

Wellington, Duke of, the, on operations in Canada, i. 37; on his Spanish campaigns, 37-41, 46; advice of, to the King of Hanover, 42; patriotism of, 45; on the Canada Bill, 53; comparison of, with Hannibal, 57; at the Waterloo dinner, 103; meets Marshal Soult, 105; and Mr. Croker, 105; equestrian statue of, 106; contrast to Lord Brougham, 111; panegyric on despatches of, 120, 121; with Lord Anglesey at Waterloo, 135; at Orthez, 135; at Salamanca, 136; lost his army, 136; interview of, with the Duke of Newcastle, 195; assurance of support to Lord Melbourne after moderation of the latter, 213; effect of speech of, 214; angry vein of, 225; at the Dover dinner, 237; Mr. Croker's anecdotes of, 248; serious seizure of, 267; on the Privilege Question, 270; altered appearance of, 271, 275; at Court, 278; instance of failing memory, 278; speech on the China question, 286; conversation with, 287; opposes the Canada Bill, 294; influence of, 296; on Eastern affairs, 300; illness of, 373; self-reliance of, ii. 34; irritability of, 43; chattels of, 59; delusions of, 61; meets the King of Prussia, 77; on events in Afghanistan, 89, 100, 137; at Exeter Hall, 97; opinion of Lord Ellenborough, 139; on the Duke of Marlborough, 192, 193; Talleyrand and Napoleon, 193; on the evils of the press, 220; deference shown to, at the Cabinet, 223; increasing irritability of, 223; correspondence with Lord Haddington, 224; at a review, 243; on the Corn Laws, 351; decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434; conversation with, iii. 55; reasons against taking office, 55; on the defence of the country, 76; on the Enlistment Bill, 76, 78; Wyatt's statue of, 91; failing powers of, 97; and Mr. Croker, 98; letter of, on the defence of the country, 107; preparations of, for the great Chartist meeting, 162; death of Mr. Arbuthnot, 362; sent for by the Queen, 388; death and character of, 474

Wells, visit to, iii. 207

West Indies, threatened emancipation of the, i. 84

West India question, the, iii. 175

West India Committee, iii. 187

West India Bill, iii. 193

Westminster Play 'Phormio,' ii. 216

Wharncliffe, Rt. Hon. Lord, Lord President in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37; management of the Privy Council Office, 212; contradicts the statement of the 'Times' on the repeal of the Corn Laws, 312-314; death of, 335

Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, in society, iii. 73

Wheatstone, Mr., i. 79

Whig Government, prospects of the, i. 180; state of the party, 193; split with the Radicals, 192; Government resigns, 199; defeat of the party at the general election (1841), ii. 21-23; negotiations with the Peelites (1851), iii, 383; possible coalition with the Peelites, discussed, 437-440

Wiesbaden, visits to, ii. 171, 285; theatre and society at, 172

'Wilberforce, Life of,' review of, in the 'Edinburgh Review,' i. 90

Wilberforce, Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), at the Grange, ii. 264

Wilde, Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice, dinner party at, iii. 125

Wilkie, David, picture of the Queen's First Council, i. 79, 82

William IV., H. M. King, as Duke of Clarence, i. 2; Lord High Admiral, 3; character of, 3; funeral of, 8

Wilton, visit to, i. 223

Windcliffe, visit to, i. 222

Windsor Castle, invitation to, i. 132; the Queen at, 146; Council at, 246; dinner at, 246; Mayor of Newport at, 249; anecdote of M. Guizot, 310; dinner in St. George's Hall, ii. 11; Council and dinner at, 44, 45

Wiseman, Dr., ii. 25; conversation on relations with the Pope,