Council, Privy, at Windsor, i. 107; Privy Council, licenses issued by, for export of stores to neutral ports, 153; meeting to consider question of trade with Russia, 193; meeting of, to appoint Day of Humiliation, 122 Cowley, Lord, Ambassador at Paris, conversation of, with French Emperor, i. 105; correspondence of Clarendon with, on Louis Napoleon's letter to the Czar, 137; anecdote of, with Walewski, 311; views of Paris Congress, ii. 24, 25; enlightens French Emperor on Russian intrigue, 62; coldness of Emperor to, at Paris, 69; mission to Vienna, 223 Crimea, landing in, of British forces, i. 187 Crimean war, new light on causes of, i. 55; anecdote connected with, ii. 202 Croker, Rt. Hon. J. W., death of, ii. 120 D'Aumale, Duc, at the Grove, ii. 273 Delane, Mr. John, editor of 'Times,' letter to, from Lord Aberdeen, i. 74; conversation of, with Lord Aberdeen, 111; with Mr. Greville, 202; urges the building of wooden houses for the troops, 202 Delhi, capture of, ii. 130 Denison, Rt. Hon. Sir E., elected Speaker, ii. 106 Derby, Rt. Hon. the Earl of, resignation of, i. 15; Liberal negotiations thereon, 15, 16; speech of, on Canada Clergy Reserves Bill, 61; scene in House, 61; sent for by the Queen, fails in forming a Government, 234; attacks the Government on China question, ii. 91; readiness of, to join with Gladstone, 95; sent for by the Queen, 165; forms a Ministry, 172; Liberal programme of, 175; helped by Mr. Greville, 179; resolves to remain in office, 184; on defeat of Reform Bill, to dissolve, 240; speech of, 240; speech of, at Mansion House, 244; defeat of, and resignation, 251; opposition of, to the Paper Duties Bill, 308 Devonshire, the Duke of, death of, ii. 154 Disraeli, Rt. Hon. Benjamin, Budget of, public opinion on, i. 14; on his own Budget, comments of, and on the Irish brigade, 32; bitter attack of, on the Government, Charles Wood, and Graham, 41; effect of, on his own party, 42; agrees to attack and vilify Peel, 44; tries to force debate on Eastern question, 73; attacks Lord J. Russell, 162; his motion on Ward debate defeated, 259; reviews the session, ii. 51; triumph over Palmerston on Paris treaty, 85; waning influence in the country, 94; speech on outbreak in India, 116; political chat with Mr. Greville, 143; suggests a fusion of parties, 155; becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, 172; sanguine views of, 176; attacked by Bernal Osborne, 177; proposes his Budget, 187; violent speech at Slough, 198; his Reform Bill, 226; opposition to, 228; continued opposition to, by Liberals, 229; Reform Bill thrown out, 237 Drouyn de Lhuys, French Ambassador in London, i. 254; cause of his visit, 255; his resignation, 261; Ellesmere, Lord, death of, and character, ii. 88, 91