Part 71

Walsingham, Earl of (16th century), ii. 93.

War, Art of, Machiavelli's, i. 175.

War, adaptability of a people to, i. 151. In Greece, 152. In the Middle Ages, 153. With mercenary troops, 154.

War of the Spanish Succession, Lord Mahon's, review of, ii. 128-186. See Spain.

Warburton, Bishop, his views on the ends of government, ii. 605. His social contract a fiction, 659. His opinion as to the religion to be taught by government, 664.

Way of the World, Congreve's, iii. 94.

Wedderburne, Alexander, his able defence of Lord Clive, ii. 756, 757. Urges Clive to furnish Voltaire with the materials for his meditated history of the conquest of Bengal, 758.

Weldon, Sir A., his story of the meanness of Bacon, ii. 420.

Wellesley, Marquess, his eminence as a statesman, ii. 555.

Wendover, its recovery of the elective franchise, ii. 15.

Wentworth, Thomas. See Strafford.

Wesley, John, Southey's Life of, i. 500. His dislike to the doctrine of predestination, ii. 653.

Whately, Richard, Archbishop of Dublin, his work on logic, ii. 481.

Wheler, Mr., appointed Governor-General in India, iii. 160. Obliged to be content with a seat in the Council, 163.

Whigs, their unpopularity and loss of power in 1710, ii. 176, 177. Their position in Walpole's time, 242-244. Their violence in 1679, 325. The king's revenge on them, 327, 328. Revival of their strength. 329. Their conduct at the Revolution, 343. After that event, 352. Doctrines and literature patronized by them during the seventy years they were in power, 353, 354. Mr. Courtenay's remark on those of the 17th century, 499. Compared with the Tories, iii. 592. Power of, injured by the fall of Walpole, 594. Their power under the Pitt-Newcastle coalition, 599. Influential members of the party, 600. Their animosity excited by Bute, 624.

Whig and Tory, inversion of the meaning of, ii. 177.

Whitgift, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, his character, ii. 372. His Calvinistic doctrines, 653.

Wilberforce, William, describes Pitt's speech against Hastings, iii. 219.

Wilkes, John, compared to Mirabeau, ii. 125, 126. Attacks the princess dowager in print, iii. 626. Persecuted by Grenville's government, 639, 642. Flees to France, 643. Trouble over his election from Middlesex, 678.

Wilkie's Epigoniad, compared with Fénelon's Telemachus, ii. 116.

William III., only one to derive glory from the Revolution, i. 366. Perfidy of statesmen under, 368. His feeling in reference to the Spanish Succession, ii. 140. Unpopularity of his person and measures, 150. Suffered under a complication of diseases, 151. His death, 152. Compact with the Convention, 343. His habit of consulting Temple, 588.

Williams, Dean of Westminster, his services to Buckingham, and counsel to him and the king, ii. 423, 424, 427.

Williams, Sir Charles, his lampoons, ii. 195.

Williams, Sir William, Solicitor-General, his character as a lawyer and his view of the duty of counsel in conducting prosecutions, ii. 394.

Wimbledon Church, Lord Burleigh hears mass at, ii. 67.

Windham, William, his opinion of Sheridan's speech against Hastings, iii. 220. His argument for retaining Francis in the impeachment against Hastings, 222. His appearance at the trial, 226. His adherence to Burke, 233.

Witt, John de, power with which he governed Holland, ii. 525. His interview with Temple, 529. His manners, 533. His confidence in Temple and deception by Charles's court, 538, 539. His violent death, 542.

Wolfe, General, Pitt's panegyric upon, ii. 249. His conquest of Quebec, and death, 276. Monument voted to him, 277.