Chapter XXV: Appendix: (Vide page 309.) (4)

Whig Interest, alluded to in parliament, in regard to the Duke of
Cumberland, in 1751, i. 10;
young Whigs gain a parliamentary victory on the Westminster
petition, 16;
their conduct in support of party, 21;
defeat the Tories in bringing Murray on his knees at the bar, 29;
in favour of general naturalization, 45;
change of politics on that bill, 55;
take offence at Pitt, 60;
proceedings on a breach of privilege, 95;
their feelings on the dismissal of the Bedford party from power,
through the Pelham intrigues, 196;
political anecdotes of Scottish Whigs, 276;
interference in the education of the prince of Wales, 291;
affair of the pretended memorial respecting the education of the
Prince of Wales, written by Horace Walpole, 298;
political difficulties on the death of the premier Pelham, 379;
first opposed by the Tories, as a party, in a political point of
view distinct from the question of the Stuart succession,
ii. 12.

Whitehead, Paul, anecdote and character of, i. 201.

Whitefield, the methodist, iii. 97.

Willes, Lord Chief Justice, character and anecdotes of, i. 89.

Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, witticism on Speaker Onslow, i. 21;
witticism upon Lord Anson, 194;
his foreign diplomacy, 205;
persuades Fox to refuse the seals, but is never forgiven by him for
it, 385;
epigram by, on the Sackville family, 442;
biographical notice of, ii. 393, 394, 395;
character of the court, politics, and military force of the Elector
of Saxony, 396, et seq.

Wills, royal, anecdote of burning, i. 175; iii. 308, 309, 313,
vide _Appendix to vol. iii._

Wilmington, Lord, his bon-mot on the Duke of Newcastle, i. 163;
character and anecdotes, 178.

Wilmot, Judge, his character, and appointment as a commissioner of
the great seal, ii. 273.

Winchelsea, Earl of, excellent political character, i. 173;
brings forward a bill to commute transportation to working in the
dock-yards, i. 255;
behaves with true spirit, iii. 32.

Window tax in Scotland, its inefficiency, i. 262.

Wine licence office abolished, ii. 375.

Winnington, Thomas, character and anecdotes, i. 174.

Wolfe, General, first employed in the war, in the expedition to
Rochfort, iii. 50;
patronized by Pitt, 75;
goes to America second in command, 91;
expedition to Quebec, 171;
difficulties of the siege, 217;
takes Quebec, but falls in the moment of victory, 219;
monument voted by parliament, 229.

Worcester, Bishop of (Dr. Maddox), speech on the Regency Bill, i. 120.

Words, parliamentary meaning of, whimsically misinterpreted by Henley
and Murray, both state lawyers, i. 345.

Yarmouth, Countess of, anecdotes and character, i. 177;
prudent refusal to interfere in foreign politics, iii. 12.

Yonge, Sir W., anecdotes and character of, i. 22, 23, 24;
proposes that offices on the prince’s establishment shall vacate
seats in the House, 116;
seconds a motion for repeal of the Bribery Oath, i. 369.

Yorke, Charles, speech on the Regency Bill, i. 125;
parliamentary sparring with Fox on the Marriage Bill, 343.

Yorke, Colonel (Lord Dover), resident at the Hague, receives an
extraordinary memorial from the French court, ii. 150.

Yorkshire, riots on the Militia Bill, from fears of foreign service,
iii. 41.

Yvory, House of, bibliographical anecdote of, i. 37. _Note._

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INDEX OF NAMES:
Amelie: ‘305, 7, 315’ replaced by ‘305, 307, 315’.
Amherst: ‘287, 8, 9.’ replaced by ‘287, 288, 289.’.
Bute: reference to page 438 in vol ii list moved to vol i list.
Devonshire: ‘372, 8, 9,’ replaced by ‘372, 378, 379,’.
Egmont: ‘387, 8, 9;’ replaced by ‘387, 388, 389;’.
Guilford: entry replaced by ‘Guildford’.
Hartington: ‘385, 387, 9.’ replaced by ‘385, 387, 389.’.
Hutton: ‘iii. 107; ii. 374.’ replaced by ‘ii. 374; iii. 107.’.
Mansfield: ‘363, 364, 5;’ replaced by ‘363, 364, 365;’.
Moore: ‘361, 364, 5;’ replaced by ‘361, 364, 365;’.
Newcastle: ‘386, 7, 9, 390;’ replaced by ‘386, 387, 389, 390;’.
Poland, Augustus: ‘410, 11, 12.’ replaced by ‘410, 411, 412.’.
Sackville (Lord George): ‘6, 7, 8, 9,’ replaced by ‘266, 267,
268, 269,’.
Tyrconnel: ‘l. 204.’ replaced by ‘i. 204.’.
Wolfenbuttle: ‘308,’ replaced by ‘308, 309.’.

INDEX OF MATTERS:
Anecdotes (of the Princess of Orange): ‘206, 7;’ replaced by
‘206, 207;’.
Anson (character): ‘194, 5;’ replaced by ‘194, 195;’.
Barrington: ‘ii. 141, 2;’ replaced by ‘ii. 141, 142;’.
BEDFORD (objects): ‘186, 7;’ replaced by ‘186, 187;’.
Bishops: ‘148, 9.’ replaced by ‘148, 149.’.
Bolingbroke: ‘222, 3;’ replaced by ‘222, 223;’.
Chesterfield: ‘177, 8;’ replaced by ‘177, 178;’.
Cobham: ‘134, 5;’ replaced by ‘134, 135;’.
Coke: ‘27, 8;’ replaced by ‘27, 28;’.
COMMONS (Gin Bill): ‘66, 7;’ replaced by ‘66, 67;’.
COMMONS (Walpole): ‘232, 3;’ replaced by ‘232, 233;’.
Harcourt: ‘appointed govornor’ replaced by ‘appointed governor’.
Isle d’ Aix: entry replaced by ‘Isle of Aix’.
Legge: ‘190, 191’ replaced by ‘i. 190, 191’.
Orleans: ‘289.’ replaced by ‘i. 289.’.
Oxford University: ‘413;’ replaced by ‘i. 413;’.
Pitt (of Rochefort also): ‘Rochefort’ replaced by ‘Rochfort’.
Quakers: ‘the Marriag Bill’ replaced by ‘the Marriage Bill’.
Sackville (arrest): ‘iii. 265;’ replaced by ‘265;’.
Smollett: ‘the Crititical Review’ replaced by ‘the Critical Review’.
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