sayings of, quoted, 116 note1 222 note1;
and Manners Sutton, 134;
duel, 201;
mentioned, 32, 67, 85
Wensleydale, Lord,
see Parke
Wentworth, Lord,
95 note1
Wessex, Gemot of,
2,
3
Westbury, borough of,
44,
45
Westbury, Lord Chancellor, puns,
101 note1
Westcote, Lord,
95 note1
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 note1;
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 note1;
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 note1
White's Club,
11
Whitty, E. M., book of,
44 note1
"Who Goes Home?"
52 and
note2
Widdrington, Sir Thomas, Speakership,
233
Wilberforce, Bishop, attack on Lord Derby,
194 note2
Wilkes, John,
59,
286;
North Briton, 66, 188, 281;
sayings of, quoted, 112 note1;
duel 200;
speeches, 210
William I.,
4,
81
William II., and Westminster Hall,
60,
61,
65 note3
William III., reign,
8,
14,
55;
the Party principle, 14;
Cabinets, 83;
statutes of, 123;
bills quashed, 248;
newspapers, 278
William IV.,
33,
note2,
197;
Chancellors, 118;
the King's Speech, 156
Williams, Bishop,
104
Williams, John, pilloried,
66
Wilmington, Lord,
133,
143,
167
Winchelsea, Lord, duel,
201
Winchester,
60
Windham,
178
Windsor,
66
Windsor Royal Park,
132
Wingfield,
197
Winnington, on the freedom of the Press,
281
Witan, the,
2
Witenagemot,
2,
39,
81;
property qualification, 4;
presence of women, 268 note2
Wolsey, Cardinal,
53,
104;
appearance in the Commons, 189