followers not ejected by the
Church, ib.; his allegiance thereto,
ib.; temporary character of Wes-
leyanism, 86; prospects of union
with the Church, 87; his influ-
ence not confined to Wesleyans,
ib.
Wesleyans, marriages of, in Ireland,
cxxx. 281; effects of the Code of
1844, ib.
their past services to the
Church of England, cxxxvii. 215
Wessenberg (Ignaz, Heinrich von,
b. 1774), Vicar-General of Con-
stance, cxxxvii. 553; his charac-
ter and career, ib. 559
Westbury (Lord, 1800-1873), his
speech in 1863 on Statute Law
Revision, cxxvi. 361
Westcott (Mr.), his article on 'Canon'
in the Dictionary of the Bible,
cxx. 291
West Indies, policy of William III.
respecting, cxv. 12; conditions of
labour in, 44; prosperity of negroes,
48; defence of, 125
Westminster Abbey, over-crowding
of statues in, cxv. 547
Dean Stanley on its claims to
reverence, cxxix. 175; fortunes
of, during the Civil War, 181;
illustrious burials in, 183; mural
monuments in, 196, 197
Westminster Assembly (1645), its
presbyterian scheme of Church
government, cxxviii. 266
'Westminster Manifesto,' the, cxiii.
464
Westminster Review, the, article in,
on 'Essays and Reviews, cxiii. 466
foundation of, by Bentham,
cxxxix. 106; pecuniary sacrifices
of its projectors, 107; attack in
No. II. on the Edinburgh Review,
108; J. S. Mill's articles in, ib.
109; his fellow-contributors, ib. ;
editorship of Dr. Bowring, 110
Westminster School, abuse of fag-
ging system at, cxx. 184; the
Head Master's defence of fagging
as a preventive of bullying, 186
Westphalia (treaty of, 1648), Papal
protest against, cxii. 124
its effects on the German
Empire, cxxxiii. 465; its inter-
national character, 477; stipula-
tions of, recently reversed by
Prussia, 480
Weyer, Van de (M.), Belgian
emissary in 1830, cxxxiii. 302
Whately (Richard, Archbishop of
Dublin, 1787-1863), his incom-
plete idea of liturgical revision,
cxiii. 30
his proposal of an entrance
examination at Oxford, cxx. 187-
372; his Commonplace Book,'
373; character of his religious
views, 374; his last words, 375;
his connexion with the Tractarian
Movement, 376; his 'Historic
Doubts respecting Napoleon Buo-
naparte,' ib.; his argument on
the credibility of human testi-
mony on miracles, 377; effect of
his Letters of an Episcopalian,'
ib.; his relations with Dr. New-
man at Oxford, 378; his devotion
to Truth, ib.; on the perversion of
the word 'Church,' 381; on chil-
dren's education, 382; denounces
the Romish tendencies of the
Tractarians, ib.; on the credibility
of ecclesiastical miracles, 385;
his natural tendency to the Super-
natural, 386; his reputation at
Oxford, ib.; his separation from
Newman, 387; causes of his ap-
pointment to the Archbishopric,
ib.; agitation against him, 388;
his independent demeanour, 389;
his vigorous promotion of national
education, 390; his labours there-
on defeated, 391; longevity of
his family, ib.; his reflections on
forgiveness, 392; his exertions in
Poor Law Reform, 393; his ar-
guments against penal transporta-
tion, 393, 395; his intellectual one-
sidedness, 395; his charge on the
visitation of the sick by Protes-
tants, 396; his love of chopping
logic, 397; anecdotes, 398; on
the lobster' style of argument,
399; his want of poetical feeling,
ib.; on the habit of self-conscious-
ness, 400; compared to Dr. John-
son, 401; his personal oddities,
ib.; on the Lord-Lieutenancy of
Ireland, 402; on the mental dif-
ferences of the sexes, 404; his
generosity and self-denial illus-
trated, 405, 406
Whately (Richard, Archbishop of
Dublin, 1787-1863), on the neglect
of national schools by Protestants
in Ireland, cxxviii. 346; on a Ro-
man Catholic university at Dublin,
ib.; apothegms of, told by Mr.
Senior, 348
Wheat, superiority of Australian,
cxviii. 315 note
Wheaton (Mr.), his paper on the
Paul Jones prizes, cxiv. 584
Wheatstone (Professor, 1802-1875),
first suggested a cable between
England and France, cxiii. 124
on the application of the
electric spark to metallic bodies,
cxvi. 306
experiments in 1837 with his
patented telegraph, cxxxii. 210;
his automatic instrument, 217
Wheedling,' early use of the word,
cxi. 463
Whewell (Dr., 1795-1866), defects in
his translation of Grotius, cxii. 388
on the influence of Force and
Time in geology, cxviii. 298
Whigs, alleged causes of their fall
in 1841, cxi. 138
their policy after the Resto-
ration, cxv. 214; fatal blurder of
the Coalition, 225; their conduct
regarding the Regency, 231
ascendency of, in 1866, cxxiv.
| Whigs, their principles not confined
to a few great families, cxxix. 291
their alleged sympathy with
the Pretender, cxxxii. 531
their true principles of Con-
servatism, cxxxvii. 581
past and future of the party,
cxxxix. 544; the centre of gravity
of liberal politics, 557; their
principles opposed to extremes,
558; their services to the oppressed,
ib.; present dearth of statesmen
among, 571; prospects of reorga-
nisation, 572. See Parliament
the moderate, and therefore
the national party, cxl. 584
White (Gilbert, 1720-1793), his
burial-place, cxxxiv. 390; services
of his 'Selborne' to country pur-
suits, 391
White (Miss, of Bath), her institu-
tion for idiots in 1846, cxxii. 43
Whiteboys, the, origin of, in Ireland,
cxxxix. 482
Whitefield (George, 1714-1770),
his field-preaching with Wesley,
CXXXV. 69,
Whitefriars, origin of, in London,
cxxxi. 166
Whitehall, town-house of the duke
of Buckingham at, cxxxi. 177;
partiality of Charles II. for, 184
Whitgift (John, Archbishop of Can-
terbury, 1530-1604), his character,
cxv. 589; his Orders to the
Church,' 590; evil consequences
of his policy, 595
his complaint to Elizabeth
of Parliamentary interference with
Convocation, cxl. 435
Whitworth (Mr.), his contrivance to
obviate effects of windage in
muzzle-loaders, cxix. 491; his
experiments with shells applied
to heavy ordnance, 518; has at-
tempted too much with the same
gun, 521
Wight (Isle of), derivation of the
name, cxi. 361
Wightman, burnt for heresy, cxxxvii.
184, 186
Wigs, royal use of, cxxiv. 365; high
price of, in former times, 368
Wigton Martyrs, the, story of, ex-
amined, cxviii. 17, 33
Wilberforce (William, 1759-1833),
his first efforts against the slave
trade, cxvi. 134
Wilberforce (Samuel, Bishop of
Oxford, afterwards of Winchester,
1805–1873), his charge on Ritual-
ism, cxxv. 467
Wilde (Dr.), on ancient crannoges'
in Ireland, cxvi. 174
Wilkes (John, 1727-1797), impar-
tial spirit of justice displayed at
his trials, cxviii. 538
his North Briton,' cxxxiv.
192
Wilkins (W. Walker), his collection
of political ballads of England,
cxiii. 87; overstates the value of
his contents, 89; his neglect of
verification, 91; want of principle
in his selection, 92
Wilkinson (John), the 'father of the
iron trade,' cxvi. 207; his iron
boat, 216
Will, the, considered as an element
of force, cxxxiii. 154
William the Conqueror (1027-1087),
dispute as to his title of Con-
quæstor,' cxxi. 7,
his character,
17-21; his claim to the crown
disproved, 22-26; gradual charac-
ter of his conquest, 27, 28; his
tolerant policy, 29
William Rufus (1060-1100), his
good qualities, cxxi. 17; Sir F.
Palgrave's masterly portrait of.
39, 40; his opposition to Anselm
discussed, 40
William III. (of England, 1650-
1703), his passion for a standing
army, cxiv. 308; his conduct re- |
specting the Partition Treaty, 313;
death-bed scene described by Ma-
caulay, 316; his policy to the
Church in Scotland, 418; inter-
view with Carstairs, 419
William III. (of England, 1650-
1703), his policy with regard to the
West Indies, cxv. 12
his military genius criticised
by de Bostaquet, cxxi. 511; re-
pulsed from England by a storm,
512; his skilful landing, ib.; his
tactics at the Boyne, 515
his opportunities of Cresarism
in 1688, cxxiv. 409; his constitu-
tional character, 410
William IV. (of England, 1765-
1837), his correspondence with
Earl Grey, edited by Henry, Earl
Grey, cxxv. 516; his character
therein during the Reform Minis-
try, 521; his letters dictated, 522;
their literary excellence, 524; re-
lations with Lord Brougham in
1831, 526; his letter to Lord Grey
agreeing to dissolve, 528; his con-
duct described, 529-532; cold fit
after the dissolution, ib.; anger
with Colonel Napier, 534; on the
Bristol riots, 535; conduct regard-
ing political unions, ib. 536; first
proposal to create peers made to
him, 539; his refusal, 542; he
grants permission, 544, 545; Mr.
Roebuck's improbable story, ib.;
his assent to the Bill, 547
his letter to Lord Lyndhurst
on the Coronation Oath, cxxxiii.
316; his violent language in 1836,
319, 322; his last illness, 324
his memorandum on the
change of government in 1834,
cxxxvi. 390
William the Lion (of Scotland, d.
1214), his connexion with Angus,
CXX. 320
William I. (King of Prussia, after-
wards Emperor of Germany, b.
1797), his weakness of character,
cxxiv. 287; his military policy, ib.
averse from the Austrian
War of 1866, cxxv. 364
William I. (King of Prussia, after-
wards Emperor of Germany, b.
1797), his accession as Prince Re-
gent of Prussia, cxxx. 423; dis-
missal of Manteuffel, 426; early
projects of army reform, 427; oppo-
sition of the House of Deputies, 428;
disputes on the Budget, 430; the
Polish Convention, 431; conflict
between the House and ministers,
434; suspension of the liberty of
the press, 435; interview with
Francis Joseph at Gastein, 436;
the Diet dissolved, 437; Conven-
tion of Gastein, 444; reconciliation
with Austria, ib.; his scruples
against war with Austria, 448
assumes command of the
German forces in 1870, cxxxii.
514. See Franco-German War
takes the title of Emperor at
Versailles, cxxxiii. 461; promises
to restore the German Empire, ib.
463; his obsolete ideas of divine
right, 485
William of Malmesbury (d. 1148),
his merits as an historian, cxxi.
15; his Norman partisanship, 34
William of Poitiers, his 'Gesta Gu-
lielmi' criticised, cxxi. 13
Williams (Sir Charles Hanbury),
first political ballad-writer of
merit, cxiii. 93; originator of the
mock-heroic style of wit, 105
Williams (Dr. Charles J. B.), his
valuable treatise on Pulmonary
Consumption, cxxxvi. 239; on
'phthinoplasm,' ́ib.; advocacy of
cod-liver oil, 242
Williams (Dr.), prosecution of, before
the Privy Council, cxx. 272; his
alleged heresy as to 'imputed
righteousness,' 274, 301
Williams (Matlieu), his work 'Fuel
of the Sun,' cxl. 419; on the planet
Jupiter, 421
Williams (Clement), his journey
through Burmah to Western
China, cxxxvii. 295
Williams (Miss Helena), her edition
of imaginary letters of Louis XVI.,
cxxiii. 439
Willis (Professor R.), his 'Archi-
tectural History of the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre,' cxii. 423
Willoughby (John), letters of, in
the Trevelyan Papers, cxxxviii.
22, 25
Willoughby (Mr. J. Pollard), ap-
pointed political, agent in Cutch,
cxix. 408; his report on infanti-
cide, ib.
Wills, original object of, cxiv. 480
Wilmington (U.S.), capture of, by
the Federals, cxxiv. 224
Wilson (Professor), his doubts on the
real existence of Buddha, cxv. 398
Wilson (Alexander, 1766-1813), the
weaver-poet of Paisley, cxxxii.
255; his acquaintance with Audu-
bon, ib.
Wilson (Mr.), his minute of 1859 on
a paper-currency in India, cxii. 13
Wilson (Mr. Cracroft), Judge of
Moradabad, his courageous ser-
vices during the Indian mutiny,
cxxxiii. 96
Wilson (Rev. Mr.), his written state-
ment on appeal in the Essays and
Reviews' case, cxx. 271
Wimpey (Mr.), his exposure of the
fallacies of a sinking-fund, cxvi.
137
Windage. See Rifled Ordnance
Windham (Sir William), Boling-
broke's review of his political
conduct in his letter to, cxviii.
431; his fancy picture of a corrupt
minister levelled at Walpole, 434
Windham (William, 1750-1810),
Miss Wynne's impression of, exix.
308; conjectured Gibbon to be the
author of Junius,' ib.
diary of, edited by Mrs.
Baring, cxxiii. 557; his eloquence
in debate, ib.; his secondary rank
in public interest, 558; his bril-
liant private qualities, ib.; his
character by Lord Brougham,
559;
Lord Holland's estimate of,
ib. 560; his vacillation of purpose,
ib.; editor's account of her mate-
rials, 561; his intimacy with Dr.
Johnson, ib.; history of his diary,
562; his process of self-examina-
tion, 564; his diary not intended
for publication, 565; his affection
for the Lukin family, ib.; friend-
ship with Sir Philip Francis, 567 ;
life at Felbrigg, 568; his self-
diffidence, 569; instances of his
courage, ib. 570; his conduct under
fire, 571; his passion for literature,
572; criticisms on authors, 573;
his hypochondriasm, 574; visits
Scotland with Burke, ib.; his
weariness of travel, 575; his love
of a fight, ib.; extracts thereon,
576;
his speech in defence of bull-
baiting, 577; his painful habit of
self-anatomy, 578; sudden mental
improvement, 582; his relations
with Dumouriez, 584
Windham (William, 1750-1810),
his speech at Hastings' impeach-
ment, cxxxix. 192; his hostility
to Jacobinism, 200 note; letter
to Mrs. Crewe in 1793, ib.; first
conference with Pitt, ib.
'Windlace,' Shakspeare's use of the
word, in Hamlet, cxxx. 92
Window-tax, claim of the Scottish
clergy to exemption from, cxiii. 179
Winds, effects of, on sand-tracts and
on vegetation, cxxii. 433
their direction and force ex-
plained, cxxiv. 55; their influence
on the weather, 57; three typical
classes of, ib.; study of, applied to
forecasts, 68; charts of, by the
Hydrographical Department, 76
Windward and Leeward Islands,
consolidation of, cxxi. 193
Wine, incalculable supply of, on the
Continent, cxi. 305; artificial dear-
ness of, 306; consumption of, in
England, 309
Wine, enormous consumption of, in
England in the 14th century,
cxxvi. 55
Wine and the wine-trade, cxxvi.
179; evils of legislative restric-
tions in England, 180; Select
Committee of 1852, ib.; Mr. Glad-
stone's proposals, ib.; success of
his experiment, 181; claret once a
popular wine in England, ib.; the
Methuen Treaty of 1703, 182;
first port-wine introduced, ib.; so-
called 'natural wine,' 183; infu-
sion of spirit, 184; evils of alco-
holic adulteration, 185; diverse
statements in consular reports,
186; elderberries in port, ib.;
anecdote, 187; absurd price of
port at hotels, ib.; manufactured
sherry, ib.; varieties of pure
sherry imported, 188; alleged
necessity of over-fermentation,
189; question of natural acidity
in wines, ib. 190; adulterations by
small publicans, ib.; 'old brown
sherry' so-called, 191; mixture of
wines in vats at the docks, ib.;
frauds of shippers, ib.; advertise-
ment in the Times,' 192; 'Ham-
bro' sherry,' ib.; vitiated taste for
artificial wines, 193; plentiful
supply of natural wines in Spain,
ib.; Hungarian wines introduced,
ib.; great natural strength of
Greek wines, ib.; varieties there-
of, 194; popular use of vin ordi-
naire in England, ib.; sale of
light wines in London, 195;
grocers turned vintners, ib. ; ficti-
tious champagne, ib. 196; French
exports of champagne, ib.; experi-
ments in heating wines, 197; the
'pig-dung stink' in old port, 198:
odours of grape lost in fermenta-
tion, ib.; clumsy mode of stamp-
ing on the grape, ib.; effects of
bad seasons, 199; Burgundy made
from grape-skins, ib.; adulterations
at Cette, 200; early use of sherry
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