i. 235;
death of, ii. 117; abilities of, _ib._
Thynne, Rev. Lord John, visit to, iii, 207
'Times,' the, on the Corn Laws, i. 158; on Lord Durham's report, 163; on the Eastern Question, 324; and Lord Palmerston, 362; death of Mr. Barnes, ii. 2; Mr. Delane appointed editor, 3; communications with the Government, 200; Mr. Henry Reeve's article on the Duc de Bordeaux, 216; article announcing the repeal of the Corn Laws, 309; contradiction, 312, 314; supports Lord J. Russell's Administration, 406; anecdote, iii. 75; on Lord Palmerston's breach of neutrality, 261, 272; letter of 'Carolus,' 272, 274, _see_ Appendix B, vol. iii., letter to Cobden, Appendix A, vol. iii.
Tintern Abbey, visit to, i. 221
Tocqueville, M. de, letter of, i. 362; attacked by Lord Brougham, ii. 150; on the state of parties in France, iii. 41
Torrington, Viscount, attack on, iii. 269; defence of, 402
Tory-Radical, a, i. 19
Tower of London, fire at the, ii. 51
Treason, High, cases of, i. 289
Treaty, July 15, 1840, for settling the affairs of the East, i. 297 (_for results of_ Treaty, _see_ Eastern Question)
Trench, Sir Frederic, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington, i. 106
Troy House, visit to, i. 219; built by Duke of Beaufort, 1689, 219
Tuileries, reception at the, iii. 35
Turton, Mr., appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110; appointment criticised, 158; debate on, in House of Lords, 170
Underwood, Lady Cecilia, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. 278; created Duchess of Inverness, 282; at a ball at Lansdowne House, 282
Urquhart, Mr., and Lord Palmerston, i. 117; account of, 119; the 'Portfolio,' 158
Usk Castle, visit to, i, 220
Usk salmon, i. 220
Ventura, General, ii. 100
Victoria, Her Majesty Queen, accession of, i. 2; praise of, 14, 20; audience to Princesse Lieven, 15; interview of, with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham, 20; visit to Queen Adelaide, 21; cordiality to Lord Melbourne, 22; picture of first Council of, 83; at a ball at the Palace, 91; Coronation of, 105, 106; two sermons, 116; and Lord Melbourne, 130; life at Windsor, 146; resignation of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet, 200; the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-206; declaration of marriage of, 247; opens Parliament (1840), 253; Marriage of, 266; goes to the Ancient Concert, 275; at a ball at Lansdowne House, 282; shot at, 288; on the Eastern Question, 323; visit to Nuneham and Oxford, ii. 13; visit to Chiswick, 14; visit to Woburn, 26; council for appointing ministers in Sir R. Peel's Administration, 37; admirable behaviour of, 38; appointments in the Household (1841), 42, 43; reception of the new Ministers, 44; birth of the Prince of Wales, 51; the new Ministers, 84; shot at, 96; first visit to Scotland, 108; visit to the Ch‚teau d'Eu, 196, 200; visit to Chatsworth, 215; fancy ball, 283; absence in Germany, 292; sends for Lord J. Russell, 317; Lord J. Russell's audience, 322, 323; letter on Lord Palmerston's despatch, 424; decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434; good order of private affairs of, iii. 67; correspondence on the Spanish marriages, 168; visit of the Prince of Prussia to, 179; affection of, for the Orleans Royal family, 186; annoyance of, at Lord Palmerston's conduct, 289; visit to Ireland, 295; life at Balmoral, 296; on Lord Palmerston's conduct of foreign affairs, 317; sends for the Duke of Wellington, 388; on the crisis, 390
'Victoria and Albert,' the, Royal yacht, ii. 196
Vienna, outbreak at, iii. 158
Villiers, Right Hon. Charles P., correspondence with Cobden, ii. 349
Villiers, Hon. Edward, death and character of, ii. 208, 209
Visconti, Madame, i. 365
Wakefield, Mr. Edward Gibbon, appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110
Wakley, Mr., i. 60
Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, birth of, ii. 51; question of promotion for the officer on guard, 51; question of a baronetcy for the Mayor of Chester, 52; armorial bearings of, 63; gazetted Duke of Saxony, 65
Wales, North, excursion to, ii. 15-20; the inhabitants of, 19
Walewski, Count, mission of, i. 315; opinion of Lord Palmerston, iii. 418
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,