and simple government, 227;
the ultimate authority, 227,
228; the "safety-valve" and
the "regulator," 229, 230;
choice of premier, 232; ex-
trinsic check on Parliament,
234; colonial governors, 234-
236; case of George III. and
American War, 238, 239;
action of William IV., 240,
241; probable action of power
to create peers, 243; example
in Queen Anne's reign, 246;
and in reign of William IV.,
247; growing spirit of matter-
of-factness, 248, 249;
Victor Emmanuel, 55, 83
Victoria, 97, 99
Voltaire, 195
WALMODEN, Mme. de, 72
Walpole, Sir Robert, 11, 49, 72, 95,
War Office, 206, 215
Washington, 26, 130
Ways and Means department, 217
Wellington, Duke of, xxv., xxvii.,
xxxiv., 100-104, 121, 122, 249
Wells, Mr., lxii., lxx., lxxi.
Wensleydale, Lord, 124
Westbury, Lord, 214
Whigs, the, 41, 42, 65, 68, 69, 151,
189, 240, 241, 243, 283, 284,
285
Whitehall, the Court at, 50
William III., 40, 55
IV., 11, 53, 83, 101, 240,
246, 247, 248
Willis's rooms, 64
Wilson, James, 216, 217
Wiltshire, 165
Working men, political power of,
xxii.; combination of, xxiii.;
danger of uneducated in-
fluence, xxix.; consideration
of in constitution, 37; Mr.
Bright and, 166; unrepre-
sented, 166, 174, 175
Würtemberg, 195
UNITED STATES, 3, 203, 221
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