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,
iii. 108; manifesto of, 369

Woburn, visit of the Queen to, ii. 26; visit to, 46, 47; party
at, 76; fire at, 76; management of the estate, 110; contrasted
with Bretby, 416

Wolfe, General, anecdote of, ii. 120

Wolff, Dr., i. 88

Wood, Right Hon. Sir Charles, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii.
405; income-tax difficulty, iii. 146

Wood, Mr., President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce,
dismissal of, i. 165

Wood, James, Mr., will case of, ii. 28

Worms, visit to, ii. 287

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