Waldegrave, Sir Richard, 144 Wales, Prince of, at the opening of Parliament, 153 Walgrave, Bill of, 243 _note^2_ Wallace, William, trial, 63 Waller, the poet, 53 Walpole, Horace, on the functions of the House of Lords, 28; Pitt's reply to, 54 _note^2_; _cited_, 63, 64; "Letters," _quoted_, 90 _note^3_, 128 _and note^2_, 186 Walpole, Sir Robert, on corruption, 10, 12; expulsion and re-election, 58, 59, 188; ministry, 84, 86, 90 _and note^3_, 91, 96, 100, 154, 227, 253; refusal of Downing Street, 87; and William Shippen, 149 _note^1_; on Townshend, 193; a story of, 206, 207; first speech, 212; on Fox, 217; Pulteney and, 256 Wanklyn, Colonel, case of, 174, 175, 197 Ward, punishment, 179 _and note^2_ Wars of the Roses, 40 Waterloo Station, 137 Waveney, Lord, 167 _note^1_ Wedderburn, _see_ Loughborough, Lord "Weekly Political Register," 284 Welbeck Abbey, unpublished manuscripts, 95 _note^1_ Wellesley, Lord, 85; threatened impeachment, 124 Wellington, Duke of, and the rotten boroughs, 12; and the Corn Law, 29; on the Reformed House of Commons, 42; sayings of, _quoted_, 116 _note^1_ 222 _note^1_; and Manners Sutton, 134; duel, 201; _mentioned_, 32, 67, 85 Wensleydale, Lord, _see_ Parke Wentworth, Lord, 95 _note^1_ Wessex, Gemot of, 2, 3 Westbury, borough of, 44, 45 Westbury, Lord Chancellor, puns, 101 _note^1_ Westcote, Lord, 95 _note^1_ Westminster Abbey, 100, 227, 236; coronations in, 64 Westminster Hall, inundation, 61; the Law Courts removed from, 64; trading within the precincts, 64, 65; structural alterations, 65,66; the fire of 1834 ... , 70-72; Hastings' trial, 205 Westminster, Palace of, history, the seat of Parliament, 60-62; the Lord Great Chamberlain's duties, 62 _note^1_; historic scenes, 63, 64; Court of Requests, 70; Court of Bankruptcy, 70; fire of 1834 ... , 70-72; Victoria Tower, 72; the new houses of Parliament, 72, 73, 73 _note^1_; Speaker's residence, 132; searching the vaults, 135, 136 Wetherell, Sir Charles, sayings of, _quoted_, 168, 169; speeches, 221 Wherry-men, 269 "Whig Examiner," the, 278 Whigs, the, origin, 13; principles, 14, 269 Whips, parliamentary, 254-258 Whitehall, 8, 17, 62, 84, 137; the banqueting room, 226 _note^1_ White's Club, 11 Whitty, E. M., book of, 44 _note^1_ "Who Goes Home?" 52 and _note^2_ Widdrington, Sir Thomas, Speakership, 233 Wilberforce, Bishop, attack on Lord Derby, 194 _note^2_ Wilkes, John, 59, 286; _North Briton_, 66, 188, 281; sayings of, _quoted_, 112 _note^1_; duel 200; speeches, 210 William I., 4, 81 William II., and Westminster Hall, 60, 61, 65 _note^3_ William III., reign, 8, 14, 55; the Party principle, 14; Cabinets, 83; statutes of, 123; bills quashed, 248; newspapers, 278