The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 3, 1854-1861

Chapter 144

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Order of Black Eagle conferred, i. 372; christening, i. 376, 380; education, i. 463, 475; Grand Cross of St Andrew, ii. 17; present from the King of the French, ii. 27; Duke of Cornwall, ii. 100; Irish title, ii. 224; opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. _228_; Foreign Orders, ii. 390; confirmation, iii. 278; visit to Napoleon at Cherbourg, iii. _296_; visit to Rome, iii. 306, 311, 321; tour in Canada and United States, iii. _380_, _411_, 413, 414; visit to Coburg and Gotha, iii. _396_; visit to Ireland, iii. _420_, 452; goes to Cambridge, iii. _433_; death of Prince Consort, iii. 476

---- tollbar disturbances, i. _450_, 483, 492

Walewski, Madame, iii. 333

---- Count, ii. _133; coup d'état_, Paris, ii. _334_, 339, 344, 347, 407; proposed marriage of Louis Napoleon, ii. _410_, 422, 429; Eastern Question, ii. 442; Prince Albert's visit to Louis Napoleon, iii. 42; want of transports, iii. 51; curious letter, iii. _85_, _154_; Treaty of Peace, iii. _160_, _213_, 215; right of asylum despatch, iii. _261_, _266_, 276; and war with Austria, iii. 333, _333_; resignation, iii. _383_

Walker, Colonel, iii. 410

Wallachia, iii. _262_

Walmer Castle, i. 436; Queen's visit to, i. 438, 443

Walpole, Spencer, ii. 374; Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388; on education, ii. 390, _391_, 428; iii. 76; Home Secretary, iii. 272, 278; withdraws from Ministry, iii. _307_

---- Sir Robert, i. 358

War, Secretary at, duties of, i. 100; power to appoint Commander-in-Chief, ii. _393_

Warburton, Mr, Corn Law debate, i. 218

Ward, Mrs Horatia, daughter of Lord Nelson, iii. 41; pension for her children, iii. 40, 41

---- Rev., Dean of Lincoln, ii. 46

Warre, Lieut.-Gen., Sir Wm., i. 423

Wasa, Princess Caroline Stéphanie of, ii. 408

Washington, Prince of Wales's reception at, iii. _405_

Waterford, Queen's visit to, ii. 225

---- Marquess of, i. 388

Watson, Dr (afterwards Sir Thomas), Prince Consort's last illness,