ey, Mr., i. 60

Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, birth of, ii. 51; question of promotion
for the officer on guard, 51; question of a baronetcy for the
Mayor of Chester, 52; armorial bearings of, 63; gazetted Duke
of Saxony, 65

Wales, North, excursion to, ii. 15-20; the inhabitants of, 19

Walewski, Count, mission of, i. 315; opinion of Lord Palmerston,
iii. 418

Walpole, Rt. Hon. Spencer, position of, iii. 397; Home Secretary
in Lord Derby's Administration, 451; clause in the Militia
Bill, 449

Walter, John, Mr., returned for Nottingham, i. 391; succeeds to
the 'Times,' iii. 64

Washington, the Treaty of, signed, ii. 101; discovery of a
missing map, 102; attacked by Lord Palmerston, 101, 104-106;
controversy kept up, 109, 111; dissatisfaction of Lord J.
Russell at, 126; ratification of, 147

Wellington, Duke of, the, on operations in Canada, i. 37; on his
Spanish campaigns, 37-41, 46; advice of, to the King of
Hanover, 42; patriotism of, 45; on the Canada Bill, 53;
comparison of, with Hannibal, 57; at the Waterloo dinner, 103;
meets Marshal Soult, 105; and Mr. Croker, 105; equestrian
statue of, 106; contrast to Lord Brougham, 111; panegyric on
despatches of, 120, 121; with Lord Anglesey at Waterloo, 135;
at Orthez, 135; at Salamanca, 136; lost his army, 136;
interview of, with the Duke of Newcastle, 195; assurance of
support to Lord Melbourne after moderation of the latter, 213;
effect of speech of, 214; angry vein of, 225; at the Dover
dinner, 237; Mr. Croker's anecdotes of, 248; serious seizure
of, 267; on the Privilege Question, 270; altered appearance of,
271, 275; at Court, 278; instance of failing memory, 278;
speech on the China question, 286; conversation with, 287;
opposes the Canada Bill, 294; influence of, 296; on Eastern
affairs, 300; illness of, 373; self-reliance of, ii. 34;
irritability of, 43; chattels of, 59; delusions of, 61; meets
the King of Prussia, 77; on events in Afghanistan, 89, 100,
137; at Exeter Hall, 97; opinion of Lord Ellenborough, 139; on
the Duke of Marlborough, 192, 193; Talleyrand and Napoleon,
193; on the evils of the press, 220; deference shown to, at the
Cabinet, 223; increasing irritability of, 223; correspondence
with Lord Haddington, 224; at a review, 243; on the Corn Laws,
351; decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434; conversation
with, iii. 55; reasons against taking office, 55; on the
defence of