Venezuela, dispute as to Boundary of, 183.

Victoria, Princess, 3, *4, *6, *7.

Victoria, Queen, portraits of, *2, *4, *6, *7, *8, *19, *27, *34, *49, *52, *59, *80, *93, *107, *120, *124, *127, *139, *175, *177, *180, *191, *192;
Accession, 3, 7, *8;
first Council, 4;
youth of, 5;
her name, 7;
prorogues Parliament (1837), 7;
impressions as to her character, 8;
Coronation, 10;
confidence in Lord Melbourne, 18;
sends for Duke of Wellington, 21;
Bedchamber Question, 22;
attends review at Windsor, *25;
betrothal, 26;
opens Parliament (1840), 27;
marriage, *28;
fired at, 28, 52;
receives Louis Philippe, *41;
growing popularity, 52;
visits Ireland, 52;
on Papal Titles, 58;
on opening of Great Exhibition, 62;
on Napoleon’s coup d’état, 63;
invests Napoleon with Garter, *88;
distributes medals, *89;
visits France, *90, *91;
at Aldershot, *116;
in the Highlands, *117;
on Prince Consort’s last writings, 120;
at Osborne, *127;
proclaimed Empress of India, 144, *145;
Jubilee, 172, *173;
opens Imperial Institute, *173;
influence of character, 189, 192.

Victoria, H.M.S., *65.

Victoria Cross pictures, *82, *87, *89, *98.

Victoria, Australia, views in, and statistics of, *125.

Vienna, Conferences of Ambassadors at, 75.

Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. P., *17, 21, 35, *112.

Volunteer movement, 111;
uniforms, *110.

Wales, Prince of, portraits, *48, *79, *107, *124, *144, *175, *191;
christening of, *37;
marriage, 122, *123;
illness, recovery, and thanksgiving, *140;
visits India, 144;
organizes Jubilee Institute, 173;
hand of, *192.

Wales, Princess of, *124, *175;
marriage, 122, *123.

War correspondents, 82.

Warrior, H.M.S., *69.

War-ships. See Navy.

Waterloo Bridge, *147.

Wellington, Duke of, *5, *25;
at the Coronation, 10;
declines Premiership, 21;
moves amendment to address on Queen’s betrothal, 27;
as Cæsar’s Ghost, *36;
on Corn Laws, 38;
advises recall of Lord Russell, 59;
presents casket to Prince Arthur, *59;
death, 67;
funeral, *67, *68.

West Australia, statistics of, *128.

Who? Who? Ministry, 67.

William IV., death of, 3.

William Fawcett Steamship, *21.

Windsor Castle, *3;
Throne Room, *19.

Winnipeg City Hall, *116.

Wolseley, Sir Garnet, afterwards Viscount, portrait, *160;
in Ashanti, 140;
in South Africa, 149;
in Egypt, 160, *161, 165.

Wood, Sir Charles, *112.

Woolwich Arsenal, *70.

Wordsworth, William, *110.

York, Duke of, *175;
marriage of, *181.

York, Prince Edward of, *180.

Zulu War, 148.

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