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 _Spottiswoode & Co. Printers, New-street Square, London._ The Queen's Prime Ministers A SERIES OF POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY STUART J. REID. * * * * * * * * A Limited Library Edition of _Two Hundred and Fifty copies_, each numbered, printed on hand-made paper, parchment binding, gilt top, with facsimile reproductions, in some cases of characteristic notes of Speeches and Letters, which are not included in the ordinary Edition, and some additional Portraits. Price for the Complete Set of NINE VOLUMES, FOUR GUINEAS NETT. NO VOLUMES OF THIS EDITION SOLD SEPARATELY. * * * * * _VOLUMES ALREADY PUBLISHED._ THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G. BY JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, D.C.L. SEVENTH EDITION. With Photogravure Portrait. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._ 'There is something in Mr. Froude's account even of these years which will be new to Lord Beaconsfield's admirers as well as to his critics, and will contribute to the final estimate of his place in the annals of our generation.'--TIMES (Leader). 'We believe that Mr. Froude's estimate of Lord Beaconsfield, on the whole, will be the one accepted by posterity.... It is the man's character which interests us; and this, we think, Mr. Froude has exhibited in its true light, and in colours that will not fade.'--STANDARD. LORD MELBOURNE