p of
Canterbury, 382, 383; letter-writing, iii. 2; animosity to the
French, 33; irritability of, 81; conduct of, 84; personal
feelings towards the members of Lord Melbourne's
Administration, 137; dismissal of Lord Melbourne, 144; speech
to the Tory Lords, 148; provisional appointments, 148; account
of difference with Lord Melbourne, 150; resolution of, to
support the Tory Government, 161; address to the new Ministers,
175; on the state of Persia, 184; whims of, 203; Island of St.
Bartholomew, 203; indignation of, at the affair of Lord
Londonderry, 231; distress of, 251; and the Ministers, 245;
personal habits of, 264; speech to Sir Charles Grey, 272;
audience to Lord Durham, 272; hostility towards Lord Glenelg
and the Ministers, 276; conduct to the Speaker, 279; scene with
Lord Torrington, 285; speech to the Bishops, 303; speech on the
Militia, 311; and the Duchess of Kent, 313; speech at dinner to
the Jockey Club, 351; Toryism of, 358; joke, 361; speech to the
Bishop of Ely, 363; proposes the health of the Princess
Victoria, 364; aversion to his Ministers, 364, 366; speech to
Lord Minto, 364, 366; rudeness to the Duchess of Kent, 366;
scene at birthday party, 367; reception of King Leopold, 370;
speech, 1837, 385; address to Lord Aylmer, 394; illness of,
399, 400; letter to the Princess Victoria, 399; dangerous
illness of, 401; prayers offered up for, 403; death of, 406;
kindness of heart of, 410

Williams, Sir John, Justice of the Common Pleas, iii. 71

Winchelsea, Earl of, duel of, with the Duke of Wellington, i.
192; incident of the handkerchief, 198

Winchester Cathedral, iii. 283

Windham, Right Hon. William, diary of, i. 231; conversation with
Doctor Johnson, 232

Windsor Castle, dinner in St. George's Hall, ii. 34, 42; dinner
during the Ascot week, 147

Windsor election, mobs at the, iii. 130

Woburn, party at, i. 23; riot at, ii. 77

Wood, Charles, on the Reform Bill, ii. 280

Wood, Matthew, returned to Parliament for the City of London,
iii. 188

Worcester, Marchioness of, death of the, i. 47

Worcester Cathedral, iii. 327; monument of Bishop Hough, 327

Wordsworth, William, characteristics of, ii. 120

Wortley, Right Hon. John, Secretary to the Board of Control, i.
271. _See_ Wharncliffe

Wrottesley, Sir John, motion of, for a call of the House, iii. 8,
13

Wynford, Lord, raised to the Peerage, i. 210; Deputy Speaker of
the