THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY 459 



Von Feinagle, Professor Gregor, lec- 

 tures on Mnemonics, &c. , 229 



Von Haller, Albrecht, x; Bibliotheca 

 Botanica of, 173 



Von Rumford. See Rumford 



Wade, John (chemist), 144 



Wade, R. C, 290, 350 



Wade, Dr. Walter, professor and 



lecturer in botany, 160, 187, 194, 



355 ; lectures in rural economy by, 



339 ; the Flora Dublinensis of, 189 ; 



papers by, in the Society's Trans- 

 actions, 359 ; mentioned, 187, 224, 



228, 245, 357 

 Waldron, William, 118 

 Walker, Alderman, 60 

 Walker, Dr. David, notes on the 



zoology of McClintock's Expedition, 



366 

 Walker, Thomas, 245 

 Wallace, Thomas, 177 

 " Wallace," a lion in a Dublin mena- 

 gerie, model for pupils of drawing 



school, 129 

 Waller, John Francis, Hon. Sec. and 



V.-P., 285,292, 382,384 

 Wallis, John, Vice-President, 115, 219, 



38i 

 Walsh, Andrew, premium for planting 



old Danish forts, 74 

 Walsh, Edward, premium for velvet 



and silk, 68 

 Wand of the hall porter, the, 224 

 Warburton, Richard, premium for 



planting old Danish forts, 74 

 Warburton, cited, 142 

 Ward, Michael, 6, 7 

 Ward, Philip, 24 

 Ware, [Harris'], cited, 20 

 Ware, James, 46 

 Waring, Henry, premium for osiers and 



willows, 68 

 Waring, Major, 115, 383 

 Warner, Rev. Ferdinando, his works, 



&C, 172 and n. 

 Watchplates, premium for, 65 

 Waterford, glass manufacture in, 74 

 Waterford county, mineralogical survey 



in, 154 

 Watkins, Bartholomew, premium for 



landscapes, 126 and n. 

 Watkins, B. Colles, artist, 126 n. 

 Watson, William, presents to the 



Society King's Warrant for the 



charter, 76 ». 

 Watson's Almanac, 1741-2 ... 58 

 Watts, Mr., assistant professor in the 



veterinary establishment, 160, 338 

 Weaver.Thomas, mineralogist, 157, 163 



Weavers, corporation of, petition to 



Parliament, 198 

 Weavers, silk, 198, 202 ; petition the 

 Society for aid against unemploy- 

 ment, 199 

 Webster, Joseph, 202 

 Weekly Observations, Dublin Society's, 



34 et sea. ; 37 and n. 

 Weld, Rev. Dr. Isaac [son], 44-5, 246 

 Weld, Isaac [great grandson], Hon. 

 Sec. , appreciation of, 246 ; survey of 

 county of Roscommon by, 183, 184 ; 

 mission to the Treasury, 249 ; evi- 

 dence before House of Commons 

 Select Committee, 259, 325. Obser- 

 vations on the Royal Dublin Society, 

 and its existing Institutions (1831), 

 by, 249 ; otherwise mentioned, 132, 

 149, 165, 176, 177, 258, 280, 285, 363, 

 382, 383 ; memoir of, contributed to 

 the Journal, 365 

 Weld, Rev. Nathaniel [father], 46, 246 

 Weld, Dr. Richard, 85 

 Weld cultivation, premiums for, 390,408 

 Wellington trophy, 97 and n. 2 

 Werner, [A. J.J, cited, 156, 163 

 West, Francis R. [son], 120 n. % 

 West, Robert [father], {master of figure 

 drawing), 109 ; drawing academy of, 

 in George's Lane, taken over by the 

 Dublin Society, 109 ; mentioned, no, 

 in, 116, 117, 118, 120 «. 2 , 131, 132 

 West, Robert L. [grandson], 120 and 



n. % , 122, 130 

 West, Mr. (of Clontarf), 163 

 Westropp, Dudley, cited, 146 

 Wexford county, mineralogical survey, 



Wheat, special competitions for, 58 ; 



premiums for, 59, 60, and n. , 387, 399 

 White, Annie C, Taylor prize, 135 

 White, Henry Conner, Registrar of 



the Society, 283, 384 

 White House, Washington, stated to 



have been modelled on Leinster 



House, 103 

 White, John, Glasnevin, 191 

 White, Luke, 229 

 White, Major-General Sir Henry, 



bequest, 128 and n. 

 Whitecombe-Whetcombe, Rev. Dr. 



John, 6, 8, 21, 383 

 Whitefoord, Caleb, 120 

 Whiteings, premiums offered for curing, 



418 

 Whitelaw and Walsh, History of Dublin 



cited, 96, 194 

 Whitton, Benj., premium for scythes, 



&c,S7 



Wicklow, county, gold mines, 359 



