tion of a Coalition
Government, 203;
her view of the Coalition Ministry, 208;
reply to letter from the Czar on the eve of the Crimean War, 230;
and the death of the Prince Consort, 309;
letter to Lord Russell on the death of Palmerston, 326;
opens Parliament (1866), 328;
letter to Lady Russell on the death of the Earl, 368

Vienna, revolt of (1848), 171;
Congress, 224;
second Congress, 259-262

Vienna Note, 224-228

Villafranca, Treaty of, 303

Villiers, Mr. Charles, 121, 208

Vittoria, battle of, 20

Vitzthum, Count, 217, 324

WALPOLE, Mr. Spencer, on the Arms Bill of the Russell Administration,
154;
retires from the Home Office on the introduction of Disraeli's
Reform Bill, 291, 330

Ward, Mr., and the Irish Church, 90, 95

Wellington, Duke of, Lord John Russell's first impressions of, 15,
16, 17;
described by Napoleon, 30, 50;
becomes Prime Minister, 52;
and Catholic Emancipation, 58, 59;
his declaration against Reform, 61, 65;
resignation, 62;
predictions on the Reform question, 69;
failure to form a Ministry, 83;
lament on the triumph of Reform, 85, 114;
opinion of Lord John, 123;
and the Anti-Corn-Law agitation, 136, 137;
and the demonstration on Kennington Common of 1848, 166, 167;
and Sir Robert Peel, 176;
death, 200;
and the Emperor Nicholas, 215

Wesley, influence of the preaching of, 24

Westminster School, its condition at the beginning of the century, 3;
Lord John's experiences at, 3-5;
some of its celebrated scholars, 3, 4

Westmoreland, Lord, 50

Wetherell, Mr., and the first Reform Bill, 69

Whitfield, influence of his preaching, 24

Wilberforce, William, 89

William IV., his accession, 61, 64;
receives a petition in favour of the Grey Administration, 80;
refuses his sanction for the creation of new peers, 83;
lampooned, 83;
urges the House of Lords to withdraw opposition to the Reform Bill,
84;
dismisses the first Melbourne Ministry, 100, 101;
his opinion of Lord John Russell, 101

Winchilsea, Lord, 57

Wiseman, Cardinal, 182, 183, 186, 187

Wolseley, Sir Charles, 38

Wood, Sir Charles, 141, 193, 258

Working classes, their condition and claims in 1848, 163-165

Wynn, Mr. Charles, 41

ZURICH, Treaty of, 303

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