A pretender to the Russian throne, who appeared in Poland, and obtained the support of the Jesuits in 1591. He claimed to be the Demetrius Ivanovitch who was supposed to have been murdered by the usurper Boris. After the death of Boris, the Pretender, aided by the Poles, entered Moscow, and ascended the throne, but the Muscovites soon discovered the fraud and put him to death. Democrats (U.S.A.). _See_ Republicans. Deogam, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and the Rajah of Berar, at the close of the second Mahratta War in 1803. The Rajah surrendered Katak and Balasore, and all his territory west of the Wardha, and assented to the conditions of the Treaty of Bassein. Deposition, Bull of, 1535. A Bull of Pope Paul III, dated in 1535, and issued in the following year, excommunicating and deposing Henry VIII. It was the Pope’s reply to the Act of Supremacy and the execution of Fisher and Sir Thomas More. Deposition, Bull of, 1569. A Bull issued by Pius V, declaring Queen Elizabeth to have forfeited her right to the throne, and freeing her subjects from their allegiance. Derby Dilly. A name given to a section of the Tory party in 1835, which followed Lord Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby. Despard’s Plot. A conspiracy, headed by Colonel Despard, a retired army officer, who had become imbued with the principles of the French Revolution, to assassinate George III, 1802. His accomplices were almost all men of the labouring classes. The conspirators were seized, and Despard and some others hanged. Des-ri. The king or political ruler of Thibet, to whom the functions of government are handed over by the Dalai Lama. Destiny, Man of. Napoleon I was so-called, owing to his firm belief in his lucky star. Devil’s Parliament. A Parliament summoned by Henry VI at Coventry in 1459. It passed a Bill of Attainder against the Yorkist leaders. Devil’s Wall. The wall which in ancient times separated England from Scotland. Devolution, Law of. An ancient local custom in certain fiefs of Brabant, whereby, upon the death of one parent the fief passed to the children. Diamond, Battle of. The name given to an affray in 1795, at Diamond, a village near Armagh, between the Defenders and the Peep o’ Day Boys, in which the latter were victorious. Diamond Necklace.