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on dissolution, ii. 81; statue, ii. 95, 123, _124_; Peninsular War medals, ii. 109, 113; on intervention in Portugal, ii. 123; on defence of England, ii. _141_; Queen's tribute to, ii. 219; Brevet promotions, ii. 227; Sir Charles Napier's resignation, ii. 259; views on formation of new Government, ii. 295; appeal to, ii. 308, 309; death, ii. _357_, 392; Queen's appreciation of, ii. 394; funeral arrangements, ii. 396; India's homage to, ii. 401; funeral, ii. 402

---- College, foundation stone, iii. 195

Welsh language, in schools, ii. 215

Wemyss, Earl of, _see_ Elcho

Wessenberg, Baron, ii. 197

Westbury, Lord, _see_ Bethell, Sir Richard

Westminster Abbey, the enthronisation, i. 121, 122

Westminster, Marquess of, K.G., iii. _227_

Westmorland, eleventh Earl of, Minister at Berlin, ii. 241, 250, 274; question of decorations, iii. 202

Weyer, Sylvain van de, Belgian Foreign Minister, i. 58, 61, 182, 205; visit to the Queen, i. 255; ii. 299, 362, 372; iii. 101, 109, 386

Whalley, Mr, M.P., iii. 402

Wharncliffe, first Baron, Lord President of the Council, i. 299, 309

Whateley, Richard, Archbishop of Dublin, i. 62

Wheeler, General Sir Hugh, mutiny at Cawnpore, iii. _238_

Whewell, Professor, i. 348

Whig Party, and the Royal Family, i. 5; power of, i. 20; weakness of, i. _43_, _209_; Ministry of, i. _56_, 66, _102_, 106; resignation of, i. 154; resume office, i. 171; Queen's opinion of, i. 213; verge of dissolution, i. 230; defeat, i. _253_; in jeopardy, i. 268; vote of censure, i. 289; dissolution, i. 301; Cabinet, i. 308; Corn Law debate, i. 465; unable to take office, ii. _30_, 58-63; and Protectionists, ii. _71_; take office, ii, _71_; Irish Coercion Bill, ii. 79, 81, 82; and Cobden, ii. 84; jealousies, ii. 86; Factory Act, ii. _115_; intervention in Portugal, ii. _123_; Poor Law Commission, ii. 130; repeal of Navigation Laws, ii. _208_, 219; case of Don Pacifico and Mr. Finlay, ii. _231_, 233-239, _243_, _244_, _247_; suggested rearrangement of offices, ii. 236; Foreign Policy defended, ii. 252; in difficulties, ii. _283_; Government defeat and resignation, ii. 288, 291; return to office, ii. 314; attempted fusion with Peelites, ii. 359; Militia Bill, ii. 368; resignation, ii. 368, 385; confusion of parties, ii. 403; defeat Government on House Tax, ii. 411, 412, 413, 423, 425; Lord Aberdeen forms a new Government, ii. 412-430; withdrawal of Reform Bill, iii. _16_, _23_; resignation of Lord John Russell, iii. 58, 61, _63_, 73-76; Lord Palmerston becomes Premier, iii. 76; Roebuck Motion, iii. 76, 78; and Lord John Russell, iii. 86; Government of 1855, iii. 97, 102; Cabinet, iii. 103, 108, _109_; Lord John Russell accepts the Colonial Office, iii. _109_; dissolution on Chinese debate, iii. _229_; return to power, iii. _307_

Whiteside, Mr, iii. 239

Whiting, page to Queen Victoria, i. 12

Wilberforce, Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), i. 333;