Chapter V

Valves, balance valve for water works 1602,
four beat pump valve 1602.

Vapours, absorption of mixed 1596.

Varley, John _d._ 1842 water colour artist, pupil of 1046.

Vases, collection of 1531.

Vaudois valley in Piedmont, schools established in 217.

Venice, exhibition of pictures of 474,
state papers relating to English history 437.

Ventilators, Arnott’s 90.

Ventriloquists, Blitz 314,
Holland 1508.

Venus transit expedition 494, 597.

Vessels, _See_ Ships 1695.

Vestiges of natural history of creation 587, 774.

Victoria cross given to Anson 72,
Bourchier 349,
Buckley 464,
Goodlake 1174,
Hamilton 1305,
Heaphy 1408,
Hewett 1454.

Victoria, Queen _b._ 1819,
ancestry of 1106,
Cameron declines to become her piper 523,
controller of her household 567,
coronation cricket match 1266,
coronation, state band at 301,
Davis’ testimonial left to 829,
dramatic performances at Windsor 983, 1584,
Goode uses threatening language to 1172,
Hales the giant introduced to her 1279,
head engraved for postage stamp 1587,
hear the church, a sermon before 1526,
her cook 1097,
her drawing master 847,
her tutor 836,
Hughes’ circus performs before 1571,
John Brown 435,
knight, the first created by her 1321,
lecturer to her children 986,
lord chamberlain of household 71,
marriage 38,
opened Blackfriar’s bridge 779,
portraits of 28, 584, 1166,
royal private band 61,
Sir Arthur Helps edits Leaves of our life 1419,
statues of 408, 410, 534, 1141,
Victoria and Albert yacht 1057,
visits Abbotsford 1532,
visits Haddo 7,
visits Stowe 460,
visits Taymouth castle 388.

Village blacksmith, a song 1377.

Violins, account of 922,
collection of 1151.

Violinists,
Cooper 710,
Dun 928,
Ella 974,
Hayward 1403.

Virgil _d._ 19 B.C., an ardent student of his works 1432.

Vivisection, commission on 543.

Volunteers, clergyman a volunteer 441,
Elcho shield 1295,
Lancashire artillery volunteers 440,
lectures on 498,
royal Victoria rifle club 498.

Vulcanite invented 1315.

W

Waghorn, Thomas _d._ 1850 lieutenant, his express 851.

Wakefield, Edward G. _d._ 1862, a founder of Canterbury colony 1163,
his marriage case 1198.

Wakley, Thomas _d._ 1862 coroner, action against 708.

Wales, competitors at Eisteddfods 1572, 1575,
Cyfarthfa ironworks 756,
iron king of 756.

Wales, Caroline, princess of _d._ 1821 queen, chamberlain to 753.

Wales, prince of, _See_ Albert Edward _col._ 1621.

Walhalla near Ratisbon, Gibson’s statue in 1141.

Walhouse, Edward J. L. _d._ 1863 cr. Baron Hatherton 1376.

Walking machine called the steam horse 454.

Walking sticks and canes, collection of 1340.

Walks, long, London to Birmingham 49,
London to John O’Groats 491,
London to Land’s End 491,
one hundred miles 49,
one thousand miles 49,
Paris to Rome 598,
seventy two miles 1373,
through England 759.

Walkers, _See_ Pedestrians 1680.

Wallace, Alfred Russell, contest with Hampden on rotundity of globe
1311.

Walpole, Horace _d._ 1797 earl of Orford, gifts to Mary Berry 259.

Walsh, John Henry, umpire on rotundity of earth contest 1311.

War, secretaries at, Beresford 252,
Dalhousie 803,
Ellesmere 976,
Ellice 977,
Hardinge 1327,
Herbert 1437,
Herries 1446.

War, secretaries of state for, Aberdeen 6,
Cardwell 543,
Dalhousie 803,
Derby 863,
Glenelg 1157,
Herbert 1437,
Hobhouse 427,
Pakington 1312,
Palmerston 825.

Warburton, Eliot B. G. _d._ 1852 author, his friend 1182.

Ward, Artemus _i.e._ Charles Farrer Browne _d._ 1867, in England 1482,
his works 1483.

Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd _d._ 1834 colonel, life of 914.

Warehouseman, Groucock 1252.

Warwick, Birmingham industrial exhibition at Bingley house 36.

Wasp stinging a person in carotid artery 754.

Watches,
English watch co. 378,
first engine turned case 1254,
watches made by machinery 378,
watches stolen, rescued from the Thames 1417.

Water,
chalk water to soften 628,
fresh distilled from the sea 1206,
instrument for purifying 578,
tests for 628,
sea water, composition of 1596.

Water beds invented 90.

Waterford, Sir Henry de la Poer _d._ 1859, 3rd marquis, at Eglinton
tournament 970.

Waterford and Lismore, bishop of 1075.

Waterton, Charles _d._ 1865 naturalist, his friend 1489.

Weare, William _murdered_ 1823 by Thurtell 1592.

Weather, daily forecasts of 1064.

Weatherhead, Hume, an author 793.

Weaver, Duncan 930.

Wedding, golden, Howitt 1559.

Weights and measures, uniform throughout the world 438.

Wellington, Arthur, duke of _d._ 1852,
anthem for his funeral 1187,
death of 582,
duel with earl of Winchelsea 1328,
funeral car made 155,
his physician 1586,
his private sec. 1239,
letter to from Joseph Ady 26.

Welsh scholars,
Edwards J. 966,
Edwards L. 966,
Edwards R. 967,
Edwards T. 967,
Evans E. 1002,
Evans J. 1004,
Griffiths 1246,
Hughes 1575.

West Indies, Jamaica, great sea light at Morant point 1176.

Westmeath lord lieutenant 1239.

Westminster,
cartoon exhibition 639,
clock in Westminster palace 861,
hospital 768,
school, arms over doorway 844.

Westminster abbey,
burials in 657, 873,
registers 605,
stone arches painted 650.

Weybridge, Surrey, mortuary chapel of Orleans family 856, 1106.

Whale fisheries, establishment 1360,
harpoon gun used 1425.

Wharfingers,
Farncomb 1022,
Humphery 1586.

What to eat, drink and avoid 782.

Whately, Richard _d._ 1863 archbp. of Dublin, edited The Cautions for
the Times 1060.

What’s in a name 489.

Wheat improved 1488.

Wheatstone, Sir Charles _d._ 1875 physicist, partner with Cooke 705,
1383,
the maker of his electrical apparatus 1429.

Wheel, invention of a friction 382.

Whewell, William _d._ 1866 master of Trinity coll. Cambridge, his
bequest to the coll. 1310.

Whist, blue peter or call for trumps invented 248,
laws of 550, 640.

Whist players,
Baldwin 640,
Barnes 173,
Bentinck 248,
Bowyer 363,
Brittain 404,
Buckle 463,
Clay 640,
Hood 1524,
Hughes 1578.

White, Arthur, attempted to shoot Charles Buxton 503.

White, Henry Kirke _d._ 1806 poet, Much in sorrow, oft in woe 685.

Wigan, Lancashire, cotton mill the first 800.

Wilberforce, Robert Isaac _d._ 1857 of Oriel coll., resigned fellowship
1388.

Wilhelm, Guillaume L. B. _d._ 1842 composer, method of teaching music
1581.

William iv. _d._ 1837,
Mrs. Jordan 853,
his dau. Sophia 853,
sham baronet presented to 1588,
sons 1056, 1057 _bis._

Wills, in prerogative office Dublin, index to 263,
longest on record 779.

Wills proved for large amounts.
£50,000 _col._ 275.
£59,000 _col._ 1428.
£70,000 _col._ 12.
£80,000 _cols._ 1070, 1418.
£100,000 _col._ 188.
£140,000 _cols._ 108, 649.
£160,000 _cols._ 284, 299.
£180,000 _cols._ 80, 715, 1213.
£200,000 _cols._ 505, 732, 1222.
£250,000 _cols._ 48, 427, 433, 480, 504, 525, 578, 622, 648, 863,
941, 1073, 1151, 1272, 1411, 1556.
£280,000 _col._ 792.
£283,000 _col._ 198.
£300,000 _cols._ 8, 76, 217, 227, 477, 753, 786, 1122, 1531.
£344,023 _col._ 1257.
£350,000 _cols._ 96, 205, 217 _bis._, 318, 575, 971, 974, 1146, 1226,
1407, 1502, 1512.
£370,000 _col._ 420.
£400,000 _cols._ 83, 94, 110, 221, 1167, 1457, 1497.
£483,000 _col._ 1138.
£500,000 _cols._ 698, 931, 942, 1450, 1526, 1546, 1606.
£503,000 _col._ 1043.
£542,000 _col._ 707.
£588,000 _col._ 1444.
£600,000 _cols._ 192, 218, 987, 1051.
£700,000 _col._ 733.
£800,000 _cols._ 83, 407, 773, 1138.
£900,000 _col._ 441.
£910,000 _col._ 457.
£1,000,000 _col._ 779.
£1,026,000 _col._ 923.
£1,098,000 _col._ 197.
£1,100,000 _cols._ 1256, 1261.
£1,190,000 _col._ 134.
£1,200,000 _col._ 756.
£1,300,000 _col._ 1043.
£1,500,000 _col._ 162.
£1,700,000 _col._ 949.
£2,000,000 _cols._ 134, 756.
£3,200,000 _col._ 384.
£3,540,000 _col._ 867.

Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas _d._ 1849 general, escape of Lavalette 897.

Wiltshire lord lieutenant 31.

Wimpole hall, Cambridgeshire, frescoes at 498.

Winchester,
Cranbury cricket ground 586,
Cranbury stables 586,
St. Cross hospital and earl of Guildford 1255.

Winchelsea, Sussex, history of 712.

Wind instruments, catechism of 632.

Windmills, self regulating sails invented 779.

Window tax repealed 535.

Windsor castle, governor of 38.

Windsor, Old, novitiate at Beaumont lodge 635.

Wines,
British largest maker of 289,
Douro river, survey of 1083,
port, a word or two on 1083,
Hungarian introduced 1233,
wine flagon system 1233.

Wine merchants,
Gassiot 1130,
Gilbey 1146,
Hooper 1528,
Husenbeth 1602,
Max Greger 1233.

Wire drawing, drilled gems used in 406.

Wire walker, Diavolo 870.

Wiseman, Nicholas P. S. _d._ 1865 cardinal, his coadjutor archbp. 995,
his godson 1439.

Wizards, _See_ Conjurors 1634.

Wolff, Joseph _d._ 1862 missionary, teaches Hebrew 1547.

Wood carver, Davy 835.

Woods and Forests, etc., first commissioner of, Canning 536,
Carlisle 548,
Fitzroy 1063,
Hobhouse 427,
Howard 1552.

Woodward, Samuel _d._ 1838 of Norwich, his manuscripts 1261.

Wool,
broker 1167,
buyer 1518,
grower 230.

Woollen manufacturers,
Ellis 985,
Forster 1086,
Foster 1089,
Goodman 1174,
Heyworth 1458.

Women,
doctor 114,
employed to make cigars 715,
enamelling of their faces 770,
flogged by Haynau 1400,
influence on progress of knowledge 463,
marrying an uncle 12,
passing for a man 181,
women of England by S. Ellis 985.

Words and idioms, collection of 674.

Wordsworth, William _d._ 1850 poet, Cottle’s connection with 728,
his friend 1150.

Worcestershire lord lieutenant 1073.

Workhouse system, inquiry into 75.

Wort-cunning 661.

Wren, Sir Christopher _d._ 1747,
his churches 642.

Wrestlers,
Cann 536,
Graham 1198,
Gundry 1258,
Hurst 1602,
Polkinghorne 536,
Warren 536.

Wright, Fanny _d._ 1852,
socialist 818.

Wright, Mr. opened first circulating library 1607.

Writings, ancient, decipherer of 1535.