correspondence with the Queen, iii. 38, 39, 45-48, 53;
desires to retire, iii. 114;
retirement of, iii. _159_, 179;
reported failure to suppress insubordination in India, iii. _180_;
Lord Canning succeeds him, iii. 179;
iii. 292

Dalkeith, Queen's visit to, i. 430

Dalmeny, Lord, i. 489

Danish Law of Succession, ii. _358_; iii. 280

Darmes, attempts King Louis Philippe's life, i. _243_

D'Aubigny, Mons., ii. 20

Davis, Jefferson, President of the Southern States, iii. _421_

Davys, Rev. George, Dean of Chester, afterwards Bishop of Peterborough,
instructor of Queen, i. 15, 38, 64

Dawes, Richd., Dean of Ripon, iii. 206

Dawson, Hon. Thomas Vesey, death at Inkerman, iii. 55

Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, iii. 277

Defences, national, ii. 396, 398-400; iii. 37

De Grey, Earl, Lord-Lieut, of Ireland, i. 309

Delane, John T., editor of the _Times_, ii. 263;
and Germany, iii. 462

De la Warr, Elizabeth, Countess, i. 310

Delhi, revolt at, iii. _224_, 236;
capture of, iii. 236

Democracy, progress of, ii. 385

"Democratic," definition of the term, i. 107

Denison, J. E., ii. 273;
Speaker, iii. _223_

Denman, Lord, i. 469

Denmark, and Morocco, ii. 4;
and Holstein, ii. 171, 222, 223, 249, 251, 270;
peace concluded with Prussia, ii. 254, 255;
Danish succession, ii. 320, 358

---- King of, letter to Queen Victoria, ii. 254

Derby, Earl of, _see_ Stanley

Despatches, method of dealing with, ii. 221, 222

Devonshire, Duke of, ii. _14_; iii. 202

Dhuleep Singh, Maharajah, Queen's impression of, iii. 39, 47, 54;
iii. 219;
Indian Mutiny, iii. 248, 252

Dietz, Mons., Governor of Prince Ferdinand, i. 54, 131

Dilke, Sir C. W., Baronet, iii. 477

Disbrowe, Sir Ed., British Minister at the Hague, i. 145, 409, 417

Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380

Disraeli, Benjamin, "Young England," ii. 16;
"poisoned chalice," ii. _59_;
protectionist, ii. _71_;
attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. 79, 80;
leader of Opposition, ii. _208_, 216, 248;
motion on agricultural distress, ii. 285;
protection, ii. 287;
ii. 291, 301, 303, 363;
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 hi