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on Palmerston's defence, ii. 364; _Endymion_, ii. _376_; Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 381; debate on dissolution, ii. 382, 384; Militia Bill, ii. 385, 386, 387; speech on Duke of Wellington, ii. 401; Free Trade, ii. 402, 403; and Gladstone, ii. 405; Budget speech, ii. 406; loss of office, ii. 415, 427; apology for his speech, ii. _428_; attack on the Government, iii. _38_; Roebuck Motion, iii. 76, 79, 106; formation of Government of 1855, iii. 81, 84; attack on Lord John Russell, iii. _131_; preparation for war, iii. 192; attack on the Budget, iii. _224_, 226; China War debate, iii. 228, 229; speech on Indian Mutiny, iii. 239; return to office, iii. _261_; Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265; Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. 272; reports of the debates, iii. 274, 275, 277, 278; India Bill, iii. 279; Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_, _292_; and Lord Stanley, iii. 301; debate on the address, iii. 340; defeat of Government, iii. 341; and the Pope, iii. 358; and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. 429

Dissenters and Church Rates, iii. 323

Dissolution, prerogative of, ii. 91

Divorce Bill, iii. _224_, _231_

---- Court, Queen's objection to publication of proceedings in newspapers, iii. 378

Doabs, Eastern, disarmament of Sikhs, ii. 217

Dorset, Duke of, Master of the Horse, i. 12

Dost Mahommed, _see_ Afghanistan, Ameer of

Douglas, General Sir Howard, iii. _175_

---- Lord (afterwards Duke of Hamilton), marriage, i. 439

Douglas, Rev. Hon. A. (afterwards Bp. of Aberdeen and Orkney), iii. 102

Douro, Marchioness of, i. 486; ii. 5, 322

Doyle, Richard, i. _152_

Drayton Manor, Queen's visit to, i. 509

Dresden, ii. _219_

Dreux, ii. 159

Drummond, Edward, assassination of, i. 455, 456

---- Castle, Queen's visit to, i. 430

---- Henry, Member for West Surrey, iii. 76, 276

Druses, iii. _380_

Dublin, Archbishop of (Richard Whateley), Queen's opinion of, i. 62

---- fear of outbreak at, ii. 169; Queen's visit to, ii. 224

Duels, military, i. _450_, _485_

Dufferin, Marquess of, and story of Mrs Norton and the _Times_, ii. _48_

Duffield, Walter, ii. 41

Dumas, General, ii. 159

Duncannon, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Bessborough), Lord Privy Seal, afterwards Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 99, 133, 281, 308, 344; ii. 93; death, ii. 122

Duncombe, Thomas, M.P., Finsbury, iii. 79; Roebuck Committee, ii. 106

Dundas, Vice-Admral Sir James, Commander of Mediterranean Fleet, ii. _452_; iii. _1_, _116_

---- Rear-Admiral Richard, commands expedition to the Baltic, iii. _116_

---- Mr (afterwards Lord Melville), i. 357

---- Sir David, Convention of Cintra, iii. _175_

Dundonald, Earl of (formerly Lord Cochrane), iii. _9_

Dunfermline, Lord (formerly James Abercromby), Speaker, i. 98; iii. 230

Dungannon, Viscount, i. _133_

Dunkeld, Queen's visit to, i. 429

Dunmore, Countess of, Lady-in-Waiting, i. 384

---- Earl of, death, ii. 43

Durham, first Earl of, High Commissioner in Canada, i. _102_, 103, 104; rash conduct, i. 128, 133, 137; resignation, i. 137; i. _142_, 144, 155, 234

Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 437, 441-444, _449_, _452_-471; declaration of war with Russia, iii. _1_, 12, 13, _20_; Turkish success, iii. _36_; battle of the Alma, iii. _43_, 49; Inkerman, iii. _53_; Four Points negotiations, iii. _63_, 65; terms of settlement and final evacuation of the Crimea, iii. _158_, 182

East India Company, recall of Lord Ellenborough, ii. _1_, 9, 11; giving medals, ii. 200; Sir Charles Napier, ii. 259; position of Indian princes, iii. 47, 219; Mutiny, iii. _223_, 234, 237-248, 252; future Government of India, iii. 257

Eastlake, Sir Charles, Keeper of National Gallery, i. 338

Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, ii. _232_, 279, 281, _283_, 313, 314

Eckerforde, ii. 218

Eden, Lt.-Gen. John, C.B., iii. 39

Edinburgh, Queen's visit, i. 429

Education, Bullock's work on, ii. 214; committee on, ii. 390

Edwardes, Major, ii. 200

Egypt (_see_ also Ali, Mehemet) and the Four Powers, i. 227, 232, 242, _252_

Elchingen, Duc de, i. 83

Elcho, Lord (afterwards Earl of Wemyss), Government of 1855, iii. 98; new Foreign Office, iii. 443

Election, general 1836, i. _56_; on death of William IV., i. 80, 89;