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riage of; reappointment, 621; begins a
war, 622; his policy with regard to
Impey, 625; duel with Francis, 626;
victory at Porto Novo over Hyder Ali,
627; bribed by Cheyte Sing, 629; his
arbitrary conduct at Oude, 632; the
Begums of Oude, 633; summary of his
administration, 635; his difficulties,
talents, literary tastes, 636; capacity
for ruling, 637; goes to England, 638;
motion in the House of Commons con-
nected with him, 639; his advocates
and enemies, 640; enmity of Burke,
641;
his knowledge of India, 642;
steps towards Hastings' prosecution,
643; prospects of a title, 644; Hastings
impeached and brought before the bar
of the Peers, 646; trial, 647-652 ; diffi-
culties, 653; aid from the East India
Company, 653; amusements at Dayles-
ford, 654; death, burial, 655; trial of,
mentioned, 710.

Warwick, Earl of, and Lady, 758.

Waterloo, 687.

Watson, Admiral, 521, 523, 525.

Watson, Bishop, 90.

Watts, Mr., 524, 526.

Wat Tyler, 624.

Waverley, Scotticisms in, 732, 757.

Wedderburne, Solicitor General, 515, 639.
Wellington, Duke of, 636, 693, 738; re-
warded by foreign powers, 530.
Wesley, John, his life, by Southey, 139,
562.

Western, Squire, 756.

West Indian Slavery, Essay on, 861;
power of a slave owner; cruelty of
Hodge and Huggins, 862; fines on
manumission, 863; slavery an unmiti-
gated evil, 864; independence of
Hayti, 865; England menaced by the
state of the Colonies, 866.
Westminster, 673, 744; Abbey, 591, 594,
595, 655, 725, 749, 763; tombs in, 822;
Hall, 623, C46 (Strafford at, 647), 650,
654, 695, 897; school, Warren Hastings
at, 601.

Westmoreland, Lord, 736.

Westphalia, 656, 687.

Wharton, 740, 743, 744, 751.

Wheler, Mr., 620, 627.

Whig and Tory, 810; in the reign of

George I., 811.

"Whig Examiner," the, 748.

Whig party, the, 315, 368, 735; war, the
Spanish, 285, 286.

Whigs, the, 736, 739, 740, 741, 753, 843;
in Anne's reign, 287, 289; and George
III., 841.

Whitgift, 377, 559.
Wickliffe, John, 553.
Wieland, 731.

Wilberforce, William, 645, 852.
Wilhelemina, Margravine of Bareuth,
658; death of, 689.
Wilkie, 598, 722.

Wilkes, 545, 598; persecuted, 333; his
squint, 717, 921; insolence of, $25;
account of, 831; his Essay on Woman,
832; chosen Knight of the Shire for
Middlesex, 848.

Willes, Chief Justice, 303.
William, of Prussia, 684.
William Rufus, Hall of, 647.

William III., his reign, 181, 276; and

Louis XIV., 275; death, 277; helpless
situation, 302; mentioned, 563, 738,
754, 835.

Williams, Dean of Westminster, 399.

Williams, John (Pasquin), 703.

"Will's" Wits at, 749.

Wilmington, Earl of, 591.

Windham, Mr., 646, 651, 703, 710.

Windsor, 709.

Wolcot, 703.

Wolfe, General, 332, 533.
Woodfall, 613, 614.

Wordsworth, not dramatic, 101; Lis
genius, 700; produced by the Revolu
tion, 881.

"World," the, 295, 746.
Wurtemburg, Duke of, 680.
Wycherley, 572, 575, 578, 747.

XENOPHON, characteristics of his works,
77.

YAHOOS of fiction, Barère compared with
809.

York, Duke of, 455, 468, 817.
York House, 398.

Young, Sir William, 741, 827.
Yucatan, forests of, 734.

ZADIG, 550, 851.

Zaire, Voltaire's, 660, 661,

Zeuxis, 549.

Zoroaster, 618.

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