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* WALES. 258 WALKE. heir to the crown of Ireland the Prince of Wales bears the title of Earl of Dublin, created in 1849. WALES, UxiVEESiTT OF. An institution of higher education, established in 1893 by the union of the three colleges of Aberystwick, Ban- gor, and Cardiff. These colleges had been found- ed, originally, in 1872, 1883, and 1885, and previous to their unification gave no degrees, though their work was accepted as partially equivalent for the degrees in English, Scotch, and Irish universities. Aberystwith was founded and is largely patronized by the dissenting churches. The two others are free and give no theological work. Instruction for women is provided. The administration of the university is in the hands of a council composed of repre- sentatives from various county political and educational board.* of Wales, and of a senate consisting of members of the instructing staff. The senate recommends to the council, with whom the chief control lies. There was a com- bined faculty in 1903 of 130 and an attendance of 1400. WALES, Pimip Skinxek (1837—). An American naval surgeon. He was born at An- napolis, and educated for his profession in the universities of Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was commissioned full surgeon in the nav.y in 1861 and served through the Civil War at the Naval Hospital and on board the United States ship Fart Jackson of the North Atlantic and Western Gulf Squadrons. He became chief of the Bureau of Jledicine and Surgery in 1880, and Surgeon-General and Medical Director in 1881. In the last capacity he was on duty until 1884 and was then detailed to special service in Washington (1884-87). He was one of the first in attendance on President Garfield when he was shot by Guiteau. His career was interrupted by the discovery of frauds in his department, and although acquitted of actual responsibility, he was suspended from office for five years, and afterwards resided abroad. WALEWSKI, va'lef 'ske', Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna. Count and Duke (181008). A French statesman. He was the son of Napo- leon I. and the Polish Countess Walewska, and was born at Walewice, in Poland, May 4, 1810. When the revolt of 1830 broke out in Poland he joined the Polish army, and after the capitula- tion of Warsaw (September, 1831) he went to France. He served for a short time in the French ami}', where he held a captaincy, but he soon gave up the army for literature and politics. He was sent to Egypt on a diplomatic mission ; held appointments under the (iuiziit Ministry; was charge d'affaires in .Argentina in 1848; then held the posts of envoy at Florence and Naples, and in 1854 at London. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 185.'), and as French plenipotentiary presided over the sessions of the Congress of Paris in the following year. He was apiiointed Minister of State in ISfiO, and retired in 1803. He was made a duke in 1800 and was president of the Legislative Assembly in 1800-07. He died at Strassburg, September 27, 1808. His published writings include Uii mot sur la question d'Afriquc (1837), L'allianre uni/laise(iS',iH), and a drama, Jj'icole (III iiionde (l!S40). WALFISH ( wc-.l'f ish ) BAY. A possession of Great Britain on the west coast of Africa, form- ing a part of Cape Colony, but situated as an enclave in German Southwest Africa, 400 miles north of the mouth of the Orange River. It is named from the bay on which it borders (ila|i: Cape Colony, A 1 ) . It consists of a small penin- sula, and a sandy stretch of territory on the mainland. Area, 430 squai'e miles. It has a harbor, which is a free port, and is the best on the coast of Damaraland and Namaqualand. Population, in 1891. 708. chiefly Hottentots. The chief settlements are Sandfontein and Schepp- mansdorf. The territory was acquired by Great Britain in 1878. WALFORD, wal'ferd, Mrs. LrcT Bethia (184.J — ). An English novelist, the youngest daughter of John Colquhoun, born at Portobello, near Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1869 she mar- ried Alfred Saunders Walford of Cranbrooke Hall, in Essex. She began her long series of excellent novels with ilr. Smith (1874). Among others are Pauline (1877); Covsins (1879); Troiihlesome Daughters (1880); A Stiffnecked Generation' (1888); The Mischief of Monica (1891); The Matchmaker (1893); Iva Kildare (1897); The Archdeacon (1899); One of Our- sclrex (inOO) ; and Charlotte (1902). WALHALLA, val-hal'la (Icel. vaUioU. hall of the slain). In Scandinavian mythology, the hall of the fallen in battle. It stood in Glads- heim, and in front of it was the grove Glasur, the trees of hich bore golden leaves. Before the house, which was so high that its summit could scarcely be seen, a wolf was hung, as a symbol of war. over which sat an eagle. The hall itself, ornamented with shields, and wainscoted with spears, had 540 doors, through each of which 800 heroes could walk abreast. Every morning they marched out at the crowing of the cock, and fought furiously with one another; but at mid- day all wounds healed, and the heroes assembled to the feast under Odin's presidency. The guests ate of the bacon of the boar Sahrimmer, and re- freshed themselves with beer and mead, which flowed in abundance from the udder of the goat Heidrun, while the attendant Valkyries handed them the drinking-horns, under Freyja's direc- tion. See Odin ; Valkyrie.s. The name Walhalla is also given to a Ger- man temple of fame, situated about seven miles east of Regensburg, Bavaria, on the heights above the Danube Valley. This singularly beau- tiful and imposing structure was erected under Louis I. It was designed by Klenze, and was completed in 1842. It is built of gray marble, in close imitation of the Partlienon. and is 246 feet long. Fifty-lwo Doric colunms siirround it. Tlie interior is Ionic. Sch want baler, Wagner, and Kauch had charge of the decorative features. The number of busts of eminent Germans is 101. WALKE, wak. Henry (1808-90). An Ameri- can naval officer, born in Princess Anne County, Va. He entered the navy as a miilshipman in 1827, was commissioned lieutenant in 1839. and served in the bomb-brig Vesiirius in the Mexi- can War. At tlie outbreak of the Civil War he escaped from the Pensacola Navy Yard; trans- ported the garrison of Barancas to Fort Pickens, which he supplied with provisions; and assisted ill dismantling l''orts Barancas and IMacRea. lu