of seamen on board the packets,83;of certain postmasters in England,50,293, and in Scotland,117;of mail-guards,263Waghorn, Thomas,409Wainwright, postmistress of Ferrybridge, her original mode of supplying an omission,159Walcot, John, secretary to the Post Office in Ireland, terms of his agreement with Barham, packet agent at Dover,222Walpole, Sir Robert, maintains an office for the opening of letters,170Walpole, Galfridus, postmaster-general from 1721 to 1725.SeePostmasters-General, Part IV.Walpole, Horace, precautions taken by, to secure his correspondence against inspection,172Walsingham, Thomas, Lord, postmaster-general from July 1787 to July 1794.SeePostmasters-General, Parts VI. and VII.Warwick, Robert, Earl of, acquires Witherings's patent and claims possession of the letter office,21;attempts to obtain it by force,22;continues to assert his claim,23Warwick, course of post to, altered in 1695,57Waterhouse, Benjamin, Secretary to the Post Office,131noteWatson, Sir Charles,296Way letter, meaning of term,147Weights to be attached to sea-borne mails,82Wellesley, Sir Arthur, sets aside objections to improving communication with Ireland,390West Indies, packets to the, established,78;amount of correspondence in 1705,80;service discontinued in 1711,109;resumed in 1745,173;improved arrangements for disposing of the West Indian mails,310Westmorland, John, Earl of, postmaster-general from September 1789 to March 1790,266Weston, Henry, secretary to the Post Office, harsh treatment of,152Weston brothers, trial of,290Wetherall, Robert, master of shipAlbinia, proceedings against, for refusing to take mails on board,362noteWeymouth, constituted a packet station,313Whinnery, Thomas, postmaster of Belfast, his revolving "alphabet,"375;his mode of delivery,375Whitworth, Richard,192Wildman, Colonel John, postmaster-general from July 1689 to March 1690,44Willatt, Dame, postmistress of Manchester in 1792,292;granted a pension,301Willes, Doctor, Dean of Lincoln, afterwards Bishop of St. Davids; the "chief Decypherer,"171Willes, Mr. Justice, his judgment upon the question of free delivery,200William III., confers a pension upon Dockwra,41;refuses to exempt postmasters from the quartering of soldiers,51;is unwilling to prosecute for the illegal conveyance of letters,54;his opinion as to the requirements of a mail packet,75;the soundness of that opinion confirmed,76Williamson, Peter, sets up an office for the delivery of letters in Edinburgh,300Willimott, Receiver-General,398noteWilson, mail-coach contractor, his exorbitant bill for horsing the King's coach,251Witherings, Thomas, succeeds De Quester as foreign postmaster,14;is commissioned to examine into the inland posts,14;suggests a scheme of reorganisation,16;introduces postage,17;contemplates posts being self-supporting,17;but not, apparently, a source of revenue,19;becomes postmaster for both inland and foreign letters,20;his appointment is sequestered,21;assigns his patent,21Wolters, Dirick, a suspected person, to be searched for at Harwich,88Worthing, course of post from London to, in 1666,34Wren, Sir Christopher, surveys the Post Office premises in Lombard Street,71York, salary of postmaster in 1792,293