V.

Vices of the eighteenth century, 9 _et seq._

Villeroy, Magdaleine de, Duchesse de Boufflers, libertinism of, 171.

Voltaire sings the praises of Christian VII., 131.

W.

Waldegrave, lord, 30.

Wales, Augusta princess of, 1; state of society at the time of her husband's death, 13; her family, _ib. et note_; her income, 14; delivered of a princess, Caroline Matilda, 15; libels on, _ib._; Melcombe's anecdotes of, 16 _et seq._; her encouragement of native industry, 26; anecdote of, 26, 27; her unbounded sway over the king, 31; her departure for the continent, 246; her meeting with the King and Queen of Denmark, 248; coldness between her and her daughter, _ib._; her return to England, 249.

Wales, Frederick prince of, his death, 1; his character, 2; retrospect of his life, 2 _et seq._; his reply to the city addresses on the birth of his son, 2; to whom his bad qualities were attributable, 5; his visit to Pope, _ib._; his extravagance, _ib._; satirical epitaph on, 6; influenced by the manners of the age, 7; state of society at the time of his death, 7-13; his widow and family, 13 _et note_; Walpole's account of, 26 _et seq._; court intrigues in his family, 29. (See GEORGE, PRINCE of).

Walpole, Horace, his biographical sketches and anecdotes, 15, 16, 19; his account of Frederick prince of Wales, 26 _et seq._; his satirical sketches of King Christian's visit to London, 137 _et seq._; his character of the king, 157.

Warnstedt, chamberlain von, 211, 227, 230; his treatment at Petersburg, 298; his dismissal, 318; Sir R. M. Keith's notices of, _ib. note_.

Wasmer, von, dismissed, 318.

Wegener, lieutenant-colonel von, made intendant of the court, 317.

Weilburg, princess of, 47.

Wessel, Peter, appointed assessor of the new court at Copenhagen, 327.

Whitehead, Mr., the poet-laureat, 48.

William III. governed by his men, 4, _note_.

Wolfenbüttel, Princess Juliana Maria of, married to Frederick V. King of Denmark, 53; marriage of her sisters to Frederick, and Prince Augustus William, of Prussia, _ib._; her character, 53, 54; suspicions against her, 55, 56.

Woodford, Mr., British minister in Lower Saxony, 249.

Worsley, lady, suit against, for divorce, 10, 11; her vicious propensities, 11.

Wraxall, Mr., of Bristol, his letter to his son respecting the queen, 36.

Y.

"Yellow Horse," the, 319, _note_.

York, duke of, Caroline Matilda's letters to, 94-96; his death, 101, 102.

Z.

Zeeland, oppressed state of, 193.

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