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LEFT WAINWRIGHT 267 WAKEFIELD logy and was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1818; settled in New York City in 1819; and was there rector of Grace Church in 1821-1834. Three years later he was made assistant in charge of St. John's Chapel, and re- mained there till November, 1852, when he was consecrated provisional bishop of New York. He v/as one of the founders of the University of New York, and was deemed one of the most eloquent pulpit orators of his time. His publications in- clude "Four Sermons on Religious Edu- cation" (1829) ; "Lessons on the Church" (1835); "The Pathway and Abiding places of Our Lord, Illustrated in the Joui'nal of a Tour Through the Land of Promise" (1851); "The Land of Bond- age: being the Journal of a Tour in Egypt" (1852); etc. He died in New York City, Sept, 21, 1854. WAINWRIGHT, RICHARD, an American naval officer, born in Wash- ington, in 1849. He was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868, having previously served in the Civil War as ensign. He was promoted to be lieutenant commander in 1894, com- mander in 1899, captain in 1903, and rear admiral in 1908. He served in vari- ous bureaus and in command of several vessels, and from 1887 to 1890 was on duty at the Naval Academy. In 1896- 1897 he was chief of the Intelligence Office and was executive officer of the Maine until she was blown up at Havana harbor, on February 15, 1898. During the Spanish-American War he took part in the destruction of Admiral Cervera's squadron off Santiago, Cuba, July 3, 1898. For his service in this and other engagements, he was advanced ten num- bers in rank. From 1900 to 1902 he was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. He was a member of the General Board, from 1904 to 1907. He commanded the 2d division of the Atlantic Fleet in 1908-1909, and of the 3d division, in 1909-1910. In the latter year he was appointed aid for operations to the Secretary of the Navy. He was retired by operation of the law in the following year. WAIT, one of a body of minstrels or musical watchmen attached to the house- holds of kings and other great persons, who paraded an assigned district sound- ing the hours at night. Many cities and towns, both English and foreign, en- couraged and licensed their waits, Exeter among other places having a regular company as early as the year 1400. As a plural, the word was sometimes used to describe those who ^cted as the town musicians, but did not do duty as watch- men, and any company of performers when employed as serenaders. The in- struments used were a species of haut- boys, called also shawms, and from their use "waits." Also one of a band of persons who promenade the streets dur- ing the night and early morning about Christmas or New Year, performing music appropriate to the season. WAITE, MORRISON REMICH, an American jurist; born in Lyme, Conn., Nov. 29, 1816; was graduated at Yale University in 1837; studied law and practiced in Ohio; member of the Ohio legislature 1849-1850; in 1871 was ap- pointed one of the attorneys to represent the United States before the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva; nominated by President Grant to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874, and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. He died in Washington, D. C, March 23, 1888. WAITZEN, a town of Hungary, comitat of Pest, on the Danube; 23 miles N. of Pest. It is an episcopal see; has a cathedral built in 1761-1777 on the model of St. Peter's at Rome; four other Catho- lic churches and one Protestant. WAKATIPU, a picturesque lake in the South Island of New Zealand; area, 112 acres. Queenstown and Glenorchy, on the borders of the lake, are favorite tourist resorts, on account of the mag- nificent mountain scenery in the vicinity. WAKE, a term corresponding orig- inally to vigil, and applied to a festival held on the anniversary of the day on which the parish church was consecrated and dedicated to a saint. A lyke or lich wake (Anglo-Saxon, lie, a corpse) is the watching of a dead body by night by the relatives and friends of the deceased. The practice, once general, is now con- fined to the lower Irish classes, and fre- quently accompanied by scenes much out of keeping with the sad occasion. WAKEFIELD, the capital of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the Calder at a convergence of railways, 9 miles S. S. E. of Leeds, 27 S. S. W. of York, and 19 N. W. of Doncaster. In 1888 it was constituted the seat of a bishopric. Its cathedral, formerly the fine Perpendicular parish church, en- larged and reconsecrated in 1329, and again enlarged about 1470, was restored in 1857-1886 from designs by Sir G. G. Scott, and has a tower and spire 227 feet high. On the eight-arch bridge over the Calder is an interesting chapel founded in 1357 by the townsmen of Wakefield, a building in the beautiful flowing Decorated style; it also was re-