he Premiership on the resignation of Lord Palmerston,
290;
resignation, 293

Devonshire, Duke of, 49

Dickens, Charles, his tribute to Lord Russell, 354

Disraeli, Benjamin, and the 'poisoned chalice,' 135;
attacks Peel on the proposal to repeal the Corn Laws, 138;
and the Coercion Bill, 140, 141, 160;
and 'Sybil,' 166;
and the dismissal of Lord Palmerston, 180, 181;
on Lord John Russell's position after the issue of the Durham
Letter, 188;
his Budget of 1852, 199, 210;
leadership of the Conservative party, 201;
resolution condemning the Palmerston Ministry, 264;
on the exclusion of Lord John from Lord Grey's Cabinet, 273, 290;
his Reform Bill, 291, 292;
on the Prince Consort, 309;
his 'diabolical cleverness,' 333 _n._

Dissenters. _See_ Nonconformists

'Don Carlos,' by Lord John Russell, 279

'Don Pacifico' affair, the, 175

Dufferin, Lord, 327, 363

Duffy, Sir Gavan, on Irish landowners, 149

Duhamel, General, his scheme for the acquisition of India by Russia,
218

Duncannon, Lord, 67, 91, 92;
appointed Home Secretary, 99. _See also_ Bessborough, Lord

Dunkellin, Lord, 329, 331

Durazzo, Madame, 37

Durham, Lord, his advanced opinions and popularity with the Radicals,
66, 164;
and the preparation of the Reform Bill, 67, 68;
and the scene in the House of Commons during the introduction of the
bill, 69, 89;
resigns office, 92;
appointed Governor-General of Canada, 110;
defended by Lord John Russell, 111;
popularity, 164

Durham Letter, the, 184-189, 191

EAST INDIA COMPANY, 89, 288, 289

East Retford, 51

Ebrington, Lord, 75;
moves a vote of confidence in Lord Grey's Government, 79;
moves a second vote of confidence, 83, 91, 92

Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, 191-193

'Edinburgh Letter,' the, 133

Edinburgh Speculative Society, 13

-- University, Lord John Russell at, 11-14;
and the influence of Professors Dugald Stewart and John Playfair,
12;
and the Speculative Society, 13

Education at the beginning of the century, 24;
Roebuck's scheme, 89;
Bill of 1839, 114, 115;
measure for providing competent teachers for elementary schools,
159;
Lord John Russell's scheme of National Education, 284;
Mr. Forster's measure, 285

Egypt, war between Turkey and, 119

Elcho, Lord, 329