at Burghley iii.
315; health of, proposed by the King, 364; at Windsor, 367;
letter from the King, 400; seclusion of, 403; first Council of,
406; proclaimed QUEEN, 408; impression produced on all, 409

Villiers, Hon. Hyde, appointed to the Board of Control, ii. 145

Villiers, Hon. George, at the Grove, ii. 105; conversation with
the Duke of Wellington, 105; mission to Paris for a commercial
treaty, 219; Minister at Madrid, iii. 14, 20, 21; on prospects
in Spain, 69, 79; letters of, from Madrid, 321, 360, 365

Villiers, Hon. Charles Pelham, ii. 59

Virginia Water, ii. 25; visit to, 30

Walewski, Count Alexander, arrival of, in London, ii. 104

Walpole, Horace, letters to Sir Horace Mann, iii. 2

'Wandering Jew, The,' ii. 186

Warsaw, affair at, ii. 95; taken by the Russians, 192

Warwickshire Election, iii. 353, 354

Wellesley, Marquis of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 31;
correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 103, 110; resigns the White
Wand, 258

Wellesley, Long, Esq., committed for contempt of court, ii. 166

Wellington, Duke of, account of the battle of Waterloo, i. 39; in
Paris with Bluecher, 41; dispute with the King, 51; on affairs
of France and Spain, 67; opinion of Bonaparte, 71; mission to
Russia, 78; visit to the Royal Lodge, 102; opinion of Mr.
Canning, 107; forms a Government, 1828, 124; resolves to carry
the Catholic Relief Bill, 143; correspondence with Dr. Curtis,
148; ascendency of, in the Cabinet, and over the King, 176;
hardness of character of, 191; duel with Lord Winchelsea, 192;
conversation with, on King George IV. and the Duke of
Cumberland, 216, 218; prosecution of the press, 233, 258, 260;
business habits of, 262; conversation with on the French
Revolution, ii. 21; qualities of, 41; confidence in, 45;
declaration against Reform, 53; Administration of, defeated,
61; resignation of, 62; suppresses disturbance in Hampshire,
75; political character of, 81; reported letter of advice to
the King of France, 94; correspondence with Mr. Canning, 103;
conduct towards the Government, 159; objections to Mr. Canning,
170; dinner at Apsley House, 188; anti-Reform dinner at Apsley
House, 197; remarks upon, 204; memorial to the King, 211;
correspondence with Lord Wharncliffe, 221; obstinacy of, 234;
letter to Lord Wharncliffe, 248; unbecoming letter laid before
the King, 252; reply to Lord Wharncliffe, 253; speech on Irish
Education,