Chronology

ChronologyAll speeches unless otherwise stated were made in the House of Commons.1880.Feb.“Free trade, railways and the growth of commerce,”inNineteenth Century.Feb. 27. At St. Pancras on obstruction, liberal unity and errors of government.Feb. 27. On rules dealing with obstruction.March“Russia and England,”inNineteenth Century.March 5. On motion in favour of local option.March 11. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.March 15. Criticises budget.March 17. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on government's eastern policy.March 18. At Corstorphine on Anglo-Turkish convention.March 18. At Ratho on neglect of domestic legislation.March 19. At Davidson's Mains on indictment of the government. At Dalkeith on the government and class interests.March 20. At Juniper Green, and at Balerno, replies to tory criticism of liberal party. At Midcalder on abridgment of rights of parliament.March 22. At Gilmerton on church disestablishment. At Loanhead on the eastern policy of liberal and tory parties.March 23. At Gorebridge and at Pathhead.March 25. At Penicuik on Cyprus.March 30. At Stow on finance.April“Religion, Achaian and Semitic,”inNineteenth Century.April 2. At West Calder on liberal record and shortcomings of the government.April 5. Elected for Midlothian: Mr. Gladstone, 1579; Lord Dalkeith, 1368.April 7. Returns to Hawarden.April 28. Second administration formed.May. Anonymous article,“The Conservative Collapse,”inFortnightly Review.May 8. Returned unopposed for Midlothian.May 11. Publication of correspondence with Count Karolyi, Austrian ambassador.May 16. Receives deputation of farmers on agricultural reform.May 20. On government's Turkish policy.May 21. Moves reference to committee of Mr. Bradlaugh's claim to take his seat in parliament.May 25. On South African federation.June 1. On government's policy regarding Cyprus.June 10. Introduces supplementary budget.June 16. On reduction of European armaments.June 18. On resolution in favour of local option. Moves second reading of Savings Banks bill.June 22. On resolution that Mr. Bradlaugh be allowed to make a declaration.July 1. On Mr. Bradlaugh's case.July 5, 26. On Compensation for Disturbances (Ireland) bill.July 23. Explains government's policy regarding Armenia.July 30-Aug. 9. Confined to room by serious illness.[pg 566]Aug. 26-Sept. 4. Makes sea trip in theGrantully Castleround England and Scotland.Sept. 4. On government's Turkish policy.Nov. 9. At lord mayor's banquet on Ireland and foreign and colonial questions.1881.Jan. 6. On Ireland.Jan. 21. On annexation of Transvaal.Jan. 28. On Irish Protection of Person and Property bill.Feb. 3. Brings in closure resolution.Feb. 23. Falls in garden at Downing Street.March 15. Moves vote of condolence on assassination of Alexander II.March 16. On grant in aid of India for expenses of Afghan war.March 28. On county government and local taxation.April 4. Introduces budget.April 7. Brings in Land Law (Ireland) bill.April 26 and 27. On Mr. Bradlaugh's case.May 2. Resigns personal trusteeship of British Museum.May 4. Supports Welsh Sunday Closing bill.May 5. Supports vote of thanks on military operations in Afghanistan.May 9. Tribute to Lord Beaconsfield.May 16. On second reading of Irish Land bill.June 10. On the law of entail.June 24. On Anglo Turkish convention.July 25. On vote of censure on Transvaal.July 29. On third reading of Irish Land bill.Aug. 6. At Mansion House on fifteen months' administration.Aug. 18. On Mr. Parnell's vote of censure on the Irish executive.Oct. 7. Presented with an address by corporation of Leeds: on land and“fair trade.”At banquet in Old Cloth Hall on Ireland.Oct. 8. Presented with address by Leeds Chamber of Commerce: on free trade. Mass meeting of 25,000 persons in Old Cloth Hall on foreign and colonial policy.Oct. 13. Presented with address by city corporation at Guildhall: on Ireland and arrest of Mr. Parnell.Oct. 27. At Knowsley on the aims of the Irish policy.Nov. 9. At lord mayor's banquet on government's Irish policy and parliamentary procedure.1882.Jan. 12. At Hawarden on agriculture.Jan. 31. On local taxation to deputation from chambers of agriculture.Feb. 7. On Mr. Bradlaugh's claim.Feb. 9. On home rule amendment to address.Feb. 16. On the Irish demand for home rule.Feb. 20. Moves first of new procedure rules.Feb. 21. On local taxation.Feb. 21 and 22. On Mr. Bradlaugh's case.Feb. 27. Meeting of liberal party at Downing Street. On House of Lords' committee to inquire into Irish Land Act.Feb. 27. Moves resolution declaring parliamentary inquiry into Land Act injurious to interests of good government.March 3. On persecution of Jews in Russia.March 6. Supports resolution for legislation on parliamentary oaths.March 10. On proposed state acquisition of Irish railways.March 17. On British North Borneo Company's charter.March 21. On parliamentary reform.March 23. On grant to Duke of Albany.March 30. On closure resolution.[pg 567]March 31. On inquiry into ecclesiastical commission.April 17. Opposes motion for release of Cetewayo.April 18. On diplomatic communications with Vatican.April 24. Introduces budget.April 26. On the Irish Land Act Amendment bill.May 2. Statement of Irish policy, announces release of“suspects,”and resignation of Mr. Forster.May 4. On Mr. Forster's resignation.May 8. Moves adjournment of the House on assassination of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke.May 15. Brings in Arrears of Rent (Ireland) bill.May 19. On second reading of Prevention of Crime (Ireland) bill.May 22. On Arrears bill.May 24. On Prevention of Crime bill.May 26-June 1. On government's Egyptian policy.June 14. On Egyptian crisis.June 17. On Mr. Bright's resignation.July 12. On bombardment of Alexandria.July 21. On third reading of Arrears bill.July 24. Asks for vote of credit for £2,300,000.July 27. Concludes debate on vote of credit.July 28. On national expenditure.Aug. 8. On Lords' amendments to Arrears bill.Aug. 9. On suspension of Irish members, July 1.Aug. 16. On events leading to Egyptian war.Oct. 25-31, and Dec. 1. On twelve new rules of procedure.Oct. 26. Moves vote of thanks to forces engaged in Egyptian campaign.Nov. 24. Opposes demand for select committee on release of Mr. Parnell.Dec. 13. Celebrates political jubilee.1883.Jan. 6-16. Suffers from sleeplessness at Hawarden.Jan. 17. Leaves England for south of France.March 2. Returns to London.March 14. On Irish Land Law (1881) Amendment bill.March 16. On Boer invasion of Bechuanaland.April 3. On Channel tunnel.April 6. On increase in national expenditure.April 17. On local taxation.April 19. On Lords Alcester and Wolseley's annuity bills.April 26. On Parliamentary Oaths Act (1866) Amendment bill.May 2. At National Liberal club on conservative legacy of 1880 and work of liberal administration, 1880-1883.May 7. On Contagious Diseases Acts.May 25. On reforms in Turkey.May 29. Meeting of liberal party at foreign office: on state of public business.June 2. At Stafford House: tribute to Garibaldi.June 12. On revision of purchase clauses of Land Act.June 23. On withdrawal of provisional agreement for second Suez canal.July 27. On India and payment for Egyptian campaign.July 30. On future negotiations with Suez canal company.Aug. 6. On government's Transvaal and Zululand policies.Aug. 6-7. On British occupation of Egypt.Aug. 18. Protests against violent speeches of Irish members.Aug. 21. On work of the session.Sept. Italian translation of Cowper's hymn:“Hark my soul! It is the Lord,”inNineteenth Century.Aug. 8-21. InPembroke Castleround coast of Scotland to Norway and Copenhagen.Aug. 13. At Kirkwall: on changes during half century of his political life.[pg 568]Sept. 18. Entertains the Emperor and Empress of Russia, the King and Queen of Denmark, at dinner on boardPembroke Castlein Copenhagen harbour.Dec. 22. At Hawarden, to deputation of liberal working men on reform of the franchise.1884.Jan. 5. At Hawarden on condition of agriculture.Jan 31. Receives deputations from Leeds conference, etc., on Franchise bill.Feb. 11 and 21. On Mr. Bradlaugh's attempt to take the oath.Feb. 12. On Egyptian and Soudan policy in reply to vote of censure.Feb. 13. On re-establishment of grand committees.Feb. 25. Moves resolution of thanks to Speaker Brand on his retirement.Feb. 28. Explains provisions of Representation of the People (Franchise) bill.March 3. In defence of retention of Suakin.March 6. On government's Egyptian policy.March 10-19. Confined to his room by a chill.March 19 to April 7. Recuperates at Coombe Warren.March 31. On death of Duke of Albany.April 3. On General Gordon's mission in Soudan.April 7. On second reading of Franchise bill.May 12. On vote of censure regarding General Gordon.May 27. On Egyptian financial affairs.June 10. Opposes amendment to Franchise bill granting suffrage to women.June 23. On terms of agreement with France on Egypt.June 26. On third reading of Franchise bill.July 8. On second reading of London Government bill.July 10. Meeting of the liberal party: on rejection of Franchise bill by House of Lords.July 11. On negotiations with Lord Cairns on Franchise bill.July 18. At Eighty club on relation of politics of the past to politics of the future.Aug. 2. On failure of conference on Egyptian finance.Aug. 11. On Lord Northbrook's mission to Egypt.Aug. 30. At Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, on Lords and Franchise bill.Sept. 1. At Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, in defence of his administration.Sept. 2. In Waverley Market on demand of Lords for dissolution.Sept. 26. Returns to Hawarden.Oct. 16. Cuts first sod on Wirral railway: on railway enterprise.Oct. 23. On Franchise bill.Oct. 28. Defends Lord Spencer's Irish administration.Nov. 4. Lays foundation stone of National Liberal club: on liberal administrations of past half century.Nov. 6 and 10. On second reading of Franchise bill.Nov. 21. On Mr. Labouchere's motion for reform of House of Lords.Dec. 1. Brings in Redistribution bill.Dec. 4. On second reading of Redistribution bill.1885.Feb. 23. On vote of censure on Soudan policy.March 26. Moves ratification of Egyptian financial agreement.April 9. Announces occupation of Penjdeh by Russians.April 16. In defence of Egyptian Loan bill.April 21. Asks for vote of credit for war preparations.April 27. On Soudan and Afghanistan.May 4. Announces agreement with Russia on Afghan boundary dispute.[pg 569]May 14. On Princess Beatrice's dowry.June 8. Defends increase of duties on beer and spirits.June 9. Resignation of government.June 24. Reads correspondence on crisis.July 6. On legislation on parliamentary oaths.July 7. On intentions of the new government.Aug. 8-Sept. 1. In Norway.Sept. 17. Issues address to Midlothian electors.Nov.“Dawn of Creation and of Worship,”inNineteenth Century.Nov. 9. At Albert Hall, Edinburgh, on proposals of Irish party.Nov. 11. At Free Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, on disestablishment.Nov. 17. At West Calder on Ireland, foreign policy, and free trade.Nov. 21. At Dalkeith on finance and land reform.Nov. 23. At inauguration of Market Cross, Edinburgh: on history of the cross.Nov. 24. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on tory tactics and Mr. Parnell's charges.Nov. 27. Elected for Midlothian: Mr. Gladstone, 7879; Mr. Dalrymple, 3248.1886.Jan.“Proem to Genesis: a Plea for a Fair Trial,”inNineteenth Century.Jan. 21. On government's policy in India, the Near East and Ireland.Jan. 26. In support of amendment for allotments.Feb. 3. Third administration formed.Feb. 4. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.Feb. 10. Returned unopposed for Midlothian.Feb. 22. On comparative taxation of England and Ireland. On annexation of Burmah.Feb. 23. On Ireland's contribution to imperial revenue.March 4. On condition of Ireland.March 6-12. Confined to his room by a cold.April 6. On death of Mr. W. E. Forster.April 8. Brings in Government of Ireland (Home Rule) bill.April 13. On first reading of Home Rule bill.April 16. Explains provisions of Irish Land Purchase bill.May 1. Issues address to electors of Midlothian on Home Rule bill.May 10. Moves second reading of Home Rule bill.May 27. Meeting of liberal party at the foreign office: on the Home Rule bill.May 28. Explains intentions regarding the Home Rule bill.June 7-8. Concludes debate on Home Rule bill.June 10. Announces dissolution of parliament.June 14. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.June 18. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on home rule.June 21. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on home rule.June 22. At Glasgow on home rule.June 25. At Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on home rule.June 28. At Liverpool on Ulster and home rule.July 2. Returned unopposed for Midlothian and Leith.July 20. Resignation of third administration.Aug. 19-24. On government's Irish, policy.Aug. 25. Leaves England for Bavaria.Aug 28.“The Irish Question: (1) History of an Idea; (2) Lessons of the Election,”published.Sept. 19. Returns to London.Sept. 20. On Tenants Relief (Ireland) bill.Oct. 4. At Hawarden. Receives address signed by 400,000 women of Ireland: on home rule.[pg 570]1887.Jan.“Locksley Halland the Jubilee,”inNineteenth Century.Jan. 27. Tribute to memory of Lord Iddesleigh.Jan. 27. On Lord Randolph Churchill's retirement and Ireland.Feb.“Notes and Queries on the Irish Demand,”inNineteenth Century.March“The Greater Gods of Olympus: (1) Poseidon,”inNineteenth Century.Match 17. To the liberal members for Yorkshire: on home rule.March 24. On the exaction of excessive rents.March 29. On Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) bill.April“The History of 1852-60 and Greville's Latest Journals,”inEnglish Historical Review.April 18. On second reading of Criminal Law Amendment bill.April 19. At Eighty club on liberal unionist grammar of dissent.April 25. Criticise Mr. Goschen's budget.May“The Greater Gods of Olympus: (2) Apollo,”inNineteenth Century.May 5. Moves for select committee to inquire into theTimesarticles on“Parnellism and Crime.”May 11. At Dr. Parker's house on Ireland.May 31. On Crimes bill at Hawarden.June Reviews Mr. Lecky'sHistory of England in the Eighteenth CenturyinNineteenth Century.June“The Great Olympian Sedition,”inContemporary Review.June 4. At Swansea, on Welsh nationality, Welsh grievances, and the Irish Crimes bill.June 6. At Singleton Abbey on home rule and retention of Irish members.June 7. At Cardiff on home rule.July“The Greater Gods of Olympus: (3) Athene,”inNineteenth Century.June 2. To the liberal members for Durham on Lord Hartington's Irish record.June 7. Moves rejection of Irish Criminal Law Amendment bill.June 9. Presented at Dollis Hill with address signed by 10,689 citizens of New York.June 14. On second reading of the Irish Land bill.June 16. At National Liberal club: on Ireland and home rule movement in Scotland and Wales.June 29. At Memorial Hall on the lessons of bye-elections.Aug.“Mr. Lecky and Political Morality,”inNineteenth Century.Aug. 16. Lays first cylinder of railway bridge over the Dee: on railway enterprise and the Channel tunnel.Aug. 25. On proclamation of Irish land league.Aug. 30. At Hawarden on Queen Victoria's reign.Sept.“Electoral Facts of 1887,”inNineteenth Century.Sept. 12. On riot at Mitchelstown, Ireland.Oct.“Ingram's History of the Irish Union,”inNineteenth Century.Oct. 4. At Hawarden on the absolutist methods of government.Oct. 18. At National Liberal Federation, Nottingham, on conduct of Irish police.Oct. 19. At Skating Rink, Nottingham, on home rule.Oct. 20. At Drill Hall, Derby, on Ireland.Nov.“An Olive Branch from America,”inNineteenth Century.Dec. 27. At Dover on free trade and Irish Crimes Act.Dec. 28. Leaves England for Italy.1888.Jan.“A reply to Dr. Ingram,”inWestminster Review.Feb.“The Homeric Herê,”inContemporary Review.[pg 578]Feb. 8. Returns to London.Feb. 17. On coercion in Ireland.March“Further Notes and Queries on the Irish Demand,”inContemporary Review.March 23. On perpetual pensions.April 9. On the budget.April 11. At National Liberal club on the budget and Local Government bill.April 23. Moves an amendment in favour of equalising the death duties on real and personal property.April 25. On second reading of County Government (Ireland) bill.May.“Robert Elsmere, and the Battle of Belief,”inNineteenth Century.May. A reply to Colonel Ingersoll on“Christianity,”inNorth American Review.May 1. On government control of railways.May 2. Opens Gladstone library at National Liberal club: on books.May 9. At Memorial Hall on Irish question.May 26. At Hawarden condemns licensing clauses of Local Government bill.May 30. Receives deputation of 1500 Lancashire liberals at Hawarden.June 18. On death of German Emperor.June 26. Condemns administration of Irish criminal law.June 27. On Channel Tunnel bill.June 30. At Hampstead on Ireland and the bye-elections.July“The Elizabethan Settlement of Religion,”inNineteenth Century.July 6. On payment of members.July 18. To liberal members for Northumberland and Cumberland on Parnell commission and retention of Irish members.July 23. On second reading of Parnell Commission bill.July 25. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone presented with their portraits on entering on fiftieth year of married life.July 30. On composition of Parnell commission.Aug. 20. Receives deputation of 1500 liberals at Hawarden: on conservative government of Ireland.Aug. 23. At Hawarden on spade husbandry and the cultivation of fruit.Sept.“Mr. Forster and Ireland,”inNineteenth Century.Sept. 4. At Wrexham on Irish and Welsh home rule.Sept. 4. At the Eisteddfod on English feeling towards Wales.Nov.“Queen Elizabeth and the Church of England,”inNineteenth Century.Nov. 5. At Town Hall, Birmingham, on liberal unionists and one man one vote.Nov. 6. To deputation at Birmingham on labour representation and payment of members.Nov. 7. At Bingley Hall, Birmingham, on Irish question.Nov. 8. To deputation of Birmingham Irish National club on Irish grievances.Nov. 19. On Irish Land Purchase bill.Dec. 3. On Mr. Balfour's administration of Ireland.Dec. 15. At Limehouse Town Hall on necessary English reforms and the Irish question.Dec. 17. On English occupation of Suakin.Dec. 19. Leaves England for Naples.1889.Jan.“Daniel O'Connell,”inNineteenth Century.Feb. ReviewsDivorceby Margaret Lee inNineteenth Century.Feb. 20. Returns to London.March 1. On conciliatory measures in administration of Ireland.March 29. On death of John Bright.April ReviewsFor the RightinNineteenth Century.April 4. On £21,000,000 for naval defence.April 9. On Scotch home rule.[pg 572]May“Italy in 1888-89,”inNineteenth Century.May 15. On second reading of Welsh Education bill.May 16. Moves amendment to Mr. Goschen's proposed death duties on estates above £10,000.June 5. At Southampton on lessons of the bye-elections.June 7. At Romsey on Lord Palmerston.June 8. At Weymouth on shorter parliaments and Ireland.June 10. At Torquay on Ireland.June 11. At Falmouth and Redruth on Ireland.June 12. At Truro, St. Austell, and Bodmin on Ireland, one man one vote, the death duties, etc.June 14. At Launceston on dissentient liberals.June 14. At Drill Hall, Plymouth, on home rule.June 17. At Shaftesbury and Gillingham on the agricultural labourer.July“Plain Speaking on the Irish Union,”inNineteenth Century.July 6. Presented with freedom of Cardiff; on free trade; on foreign opinion of English rule in Ireland.July 25. Golden wedding celebrated in London.July 25. Speech on royal grants.Aug.“Phœnician Affinities of Ithaca,”inNineteenth Century.Aug. 22. At Hawarden on cottage gardens and fruit culture.Aug. 26. Celebration of golden wedding at Hawarden.Sept. 7. Entertained in Paris by Society of Political Economy.Sept. 23. At Hawarden on dock strike and bimetallism.Sept.“The Triple Alliance and Italy's Place in it,”by Outidanos, inContemporary Review.Oct. ReviewsJournal de Marie BashkirtseffinNineteenth Century.Oct. 23. At Southport on Ireland.Oct. 26. Opens literary institute at Saltney, Chester.Nov.“The English Church under Henry the Eighth,”inNineteenth Century.Nov.“The Question of Divorce,”inNorth American Review.Dec. ReviewsMemorials of a Southern PlanterinNineteenth Century.Dec. 2. At Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on liberal unionists and foreign policy.Dec. 3. In Free Trade Hall on government of Ireland.Dec. 4. At luncheon at Town Hall on city of Manchester.1890.Jan.“A Defence of Free Trade,”inNorth American Review.Jan.“The Melbourne Government: its Acts and Persons,”inNineteenth Century.Jan. 9. At Hawarden on the effect of free trade on agriculture.Jan. 22. At Chester on Ireland.Feb. 5. At Oxford Union on vestiges of Assyrian mythology in Homer.Feb. 11. On motion declaring publication byTimesof forged Parnell letter to be breach of privilege.March“On Books and the Housing of Them,”inNineteenth Century.March 3. On report of Parnell commission.March 24. At National Liberal club on report of Parnell commission.March 26. At Guy's Hospital on the medical profession.April 24. On second reading of Purchase of Land (Ireland) bill.May 2. On disestablishment of church of Scotland.May 12. On free trade at Prince's Hall, Piccadilly.May 15. On Local Taxation Duties bill.May 16. At Norwich on Parnell commission, land purchase and licensing question.May 17. At Lowestoft on Siberian[pg 573]atrocities and the agricultural labourer.April 27. Receives 10,000 liberals at Hawarden: on Mitchelstown, Irish Land bill, and Licensing bill.June 5. On Channel Tunnel bill.June 13. On Local Taxation Duties bill.June 18. To depositors in railways' savings banks: on thrift.July 17. At Burlington School, London, on the education of women.July 24. On Anglo-German Agreement bill.July 30. To Wesleyans at National Liberal club on Maltese marriage question, and Ireland.Aug. 21. At Hawarden on cottage gardening and fruit farming.July 30.“Dr. Döllinger's Posthumous Remains,”in theSpeaker.Sept. 12. At Dee iron works on industrial progress.Oct. 21. At Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, on government's Irish administration.Oct. 23. At West Calder on condition of working classes and Ireland.Oct. 25. At Dalkeith on home rule for Scotland and Ireland.Oct. 27. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on retention of Irish members, procedure and obstruction.Oct. 29. At Dundee on free trade and the McKinley tariff. Opens Victorian Art Gallery: on appreciation of beauty.Nov.“Mr. Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth,”inNineteenth Century.Nov. 24. Letter to Mr. Morley on Mr. Parnell and leadership of Irish party.Dec. 1. Publishes reply to Mr. Parnell's manifesto to Irish people.Dec. 2. On Purchase of Land (Ireland) bill.Dec. 11. At Retford on Mr. Parnell and the home rule cause.PublishesThe Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture, a reprint of articles inGood Words.Landmarks of Homeric Study, together with an Essay on the Points of Contact between the Assyrian Tablets and the Homeric Text.1891.Jan. 27. Supports motion to expunge from journals of the House the Bradlaugh resolution (1881).Feb.“Professor Huxley and the Swine-Miracle,”inNineteenth Century.Feb. 4. Moves second reading of Religious Disabilities Removal bill.Feb. 13. Opens free library in St. Martin's Lane: on free libraries.Feb. 16. Condemns action of Irish executive in Tipperary trials.Feb. 20. On disestablishment of church in Wales.Feb. 27. On taxation of land.March 3. On registration reform.March 14. At Eton College on Homeric Artemis.March 17. At Hastings on Mr. Goschen's finance, Irish policy, and the career of Mr. Parnell.May“A Memoir of John Murray,”inMurray's Magazine.June 19. At St. James's Hall, at jubilee of Colonial Bishoprics Fund, on development of colonial church.July 4. Death of W. H. Gladstone.July 15. At Hawarden on fifty years of progress.Sept.“Electoral Facts, No. III.,”inNineteenth Century.Oct.“On the Ancient Beliefs in a Future State,”inNineteenth Century.Oct. 1. At jubilee of Glenalmond College on study of nature and the clerical profession.Oct. 2. At Newcastle on the liberal programme.[pg 574]Nov. 3. At Newcastle on local self-government and freedom of trade.Nov. 28. At Wirral on home rule. At Sunlight Soap works on profit-sharing and cooperation.Dec. 11. At Holborn Restaurant to conference of labourers on rural reforms.Dec. 15. Leaves London for Biarritz.1892.Feb.-May“On the Olympian Religion,”inNorth American Review.Feb. 29. Returns to London.March 3. Opposes grant of £20,000 for survey of Uganda railway.March 16. On Welsh Land Tenure bill.March 24. On Small Agricultural Holdings bill.March 28. On Indian Councils Act (1861) Amendment bill.April ReviewsThe Platform, its Rise and Progress, inNineteenth Century.April 28. On Church Discipline (Immorality) bill.May 24. On Local Government (Ireland) bill.May 31. At Memorial Hall on London government.June“Did Dante Study in Oxford?”inNineteenth Century.June 5. At Dalkeith on Scotch home rule and disestablishment.June 16. Receives deputation from London trades council on Eight Hours bill.June 18. To nonconformists at Clapham on Ulster and home rule.June 21. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.June 25. Struck in the eye by piece of gingerbread in Chester. At Liberal club on the general election, the appeal to religious bigotry, and disestablishment.June 30. At Edinburgh Music Hall on Lord Salisbury's manifesto, home rule, and retention of Irish members.July 2. At Glasgow on Orangeism and home rule.July 4. At Gorebridge on labour questions.July 6. At Corstorphine on government's record.July 7. At West Calder on protection, the hours of labour and home rule.July 11. At Penicuik on conservative responsibility for recent wars, finance, disestablishment, and Irish question.July 13. Elected for Midlothian: Mr. Gladstone, 5845; Colonel Wauchope, 5155.Aug. 9. On vote of want of confidence.Aug. 15. Fourth administration formed.Aug. 24. Returned unopposed for Midlothian.Aug. 29. Knocked down by heifer in Hawarden Park.Sept. 5. A paper on Archaic Greece and the East read before Congress of Orientalists.Sept. 12. At Carnarvon on case of Wales.Oct.“A Vindication of Home Rule: a Reply to the Duke of Argyll,”inNorth American Review.Oct. 22. Cuts first sod of the new Cheshire railway: on migration of population and mineral produce of Wales.Oct. 24. Delivers Romanes lecture at Oxford on history of universities.Dec. 3. Presented with freedom of Liverpool: on history of Liverpool and Manchester ship canal.Dec. 21. Leaves England for Biarritz.1893.Jan. 10. Returns to England.Jan. 31. Replies to Mr. Balfour's criticisms on the address.Feb. 3. On Mr. Labouchere's amendment in favour of evacuation of Uganda.[pg 575]Feb. 8. On amendment praying for immediate legislation for agricultural labourers.Feb. 11. On motion for restriction of alien immigration.Feb. 13. Brings in Government of Ireland (Home Rule) bill.Feb. 28. On motion for international monetary conference.March 3. Receives deputation from the miners' federation on Eight Hours bill.March 20. On Sir Gerald Portal's mission to Uganda.March 27. Meeting of the liberal party at foreign office: on programme for session.March 27. On Mr. Balfour's motion censuring action of Irish executive.March 28. Receives deputations from Belfast manufacturers and city of London merchants protesting against home rule.April 6. Moves second reading of Home Rule bill.April 19. Receives a deputation from the miners' National Union on Eight Hours bill.April 21. Replies to criticisms on Home Rule bill.May 1. On the occupation of Egypt.May 2. Receives a deputation of the Mining Association in opposition to Eight Hours bill.May 3. On second reading of Miners' Eight Hours bill.May 11. Replies to Mr. Chamberlain's speech on first clause of Home Rule bill.May 23. Opens Hawarden institute: on the working classes.May 29. At Chester on Home Rule bill.June“Some Eton Translations,”inContemporary Review.June 16. On arbitration between England and United States.June 22. Statement regarding the financial clauses of Home Rule bill.June 28. Moves resolution for closing debate on committee stage of Home Rule bill.July 12. Announces government's decision regarding the retention of Irish members at Westminster.July 14. Moves address of congratulation on marriage of Duke of York.July 21. Moves a new clause to Home Rule bill regulating financial relations.Aug. 5. At Agricultural Hall, Islington, on industry and art.Aug. 30. Moves third reading of Home Rule bill.Sept. 27. At Edinburgh on House of Lords and the Home Rule bill.Nov. 9. On Matabeleland and the chartered company.Dec. 19. On naval policy of the government.1894.Jan. 13. Leaves England for Biarritz.Feb. 10. Returns to England.March 1. On the Lords' amendments to Parish Councils bill.March 3. Resigns the premiership.March 7. Confined to bed by severe cold.March 17. At Brighton. Letter to Sir John Cowan—his farewell to parliamentary life.May“The Love Odes of Horace—five specimens,”inNineteenth Century.May 3. At Prince's Hall on life and work of Sir Andrew Clark.May 24. Right eye operated on for cataract.July 7. Announces decision not to seek re-election to parliament.Aug.“The Place of Heresy and Schism in the Modern Christian Church,”inNineteenth Century.Aug. 14. On cottage gardening at Hawarden.Aug. 16. Receives deputation of 1500 liberals from Torquay at Hawarden.[pg 576]Sept.“The True and False Conception of the Atonement,”inNineteenth Century.Dec. 29. Receives deputation from the Armenian national church at Hawarden.1895.Jan. 7. Presented with an album by Irish-Americans: in favour of Irish unity.Jan. 8. Leaves England for south of France.March PublishesThe Psalter with a concordance.Jan.“The Lord's Day,”inChurch Monthly; concluded in April number.Jan. 23. Returns to England from France.Jan. 15. At Hawarden to a deputation of Leeds and Huddersfield liberal clubs: on English people and political power, and on advantages of libraries.June 12-24. Cruise inTantallon Castleto Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Kiel.July 1. Farewell letter to Midlothian constituents.Aug. 5. At Hawarden on small holdings and his old age.Aug. 6. At Chester on Armenian question.Nov.“Bishop Butler and his Censors,”inNineteenth Century; concluded in December number.Dec. 28. Leaves England for Biarritz and Cannes.1896.Feb. PublishesThe Works of Bishop Butler.March 10. Returns to England from Cannes.March 28. At Liverpool on the development of the English railway system.April“The Future Life and the Condition of Man Therein,”inNorth American Review.April Contributes an article on“The Scriptures and Modern Criticism”to thePeople's Bible.MaySoliloquium and Postscript—a letter to the Archbishop of York, published.June“Sheridan,”inNineteenth Century.June 1. Letter on Anglican Orders published.Aug. 3. At Hawarden horticultural show on rural life.Sept. 1. At fête in aid of Hawarden Institute on progress of music.Sept. 2. At Hawarden fête on Welsh music.Sept. 24. At Hengler's circus, Liverpool, on Armenian question.Oct.“The Massacres in Turkey,”inNineteenth Century.Oct. 16. At Penmaenmawr in praise of seaside resorts.1897.Jan. 29. Leaves England for Cannes.March 19. Letter to the Duke of Westminster on the Cretan question published.March 30. Returns to England from Cannes.May 4. At Hawarden on the condition of the clergy.June 2. Opens Victoria jubilee bridge over the Dee at Queensferry.Aug. 2. At Hawarden horticultural show on small culture.Nov. 26. Leaves England for Cannes.1898.Jan. 5.“Personal Recollections of Arthur H. Hallam,”inDaily Telegraph.Feb. 18. Returns to London from Cannes.Feb. 22. Goes to Bournemouth.March 22. Returns to Hawarden.May 19. Death of Mr. Gladstone.May 26, 27. Lying in state in Westminster Hall.May 28. Burial in Westminster Abbey.

All speeches unless otherwise stated were made in the House of Commons.

1880.

Feb.“Free trade, railways and the growth of commerce,”inNineteenth Century.

Feb. 27. At St. Pancras on obstruction, liberal unity and errors of government.

Feb. 27. On rules dealing with obstruction.

March“Russia and England,”inNineteenth Century.

March 5. On motion in favour of local option.

March 11. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.

March 15. Criticises budget.

March 17. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on government's eastern policy.

March 18. At Corstorphine on Anglo-Turkish convention.

March 18. At Ratho on neglect of domestic legislation.

March 19. At Davidson's Mains on indictment of the government. At Dalkeith on the government and class interests.

March 20. At Juniper Green, and at Balerno, replies to tory criticism of liberal party. At Midcalder on abridgment of rights of parliament.

March 22. At Gilmerton on church disestablishment. At Loanhead on the eastern policy of liberal and tory parties.

March 23. At Gorebridge and at Pathhead.

March 25. At Penicuik on Cyprus.

March 30. At Stow on finance.

April“Religion, Achaian and Semitic,”inNineteenth Century.

April 2. At West Calder on liberal record and shortcomings of the government.

April 5. Elected for Midlothian: Mr. Gladstone, 1579; Lord Dalkeith, 1368.

April 7. Returns to Hawarden.

April 28. Second administration formed.

May. Anonymous article,“The Conservative Collapse,”inFortnightly Review.

May 8. Returned unopposed for Midlothian.

May 11. Publication of correspondence with Count Karolyi, Austrian ambassador.

May 16. Receives deputation of farmers on agricultural reform.

May 20. On government's Turkish policy.

May 21. Moves reference to committee of Mr. Bradlaugh's claim to take his seat in parliament.

May 25. On South African federation.

June 1. On government's policy regarding Cyprus.

June 10. Introduces supplementary budget.

June 16. On reduction of European armaments.

June 18. On resolution in favour of local option. Moves second reading of Savings Banks bill.

June 22. On resolution that Mr. Bradlaugh be allowed to make a declaration.

July 1. On Mr. Bradlaugh's case.

July 5, 26. On Compensation for Disturbances (Ireland) bill.

July 23. Explains government's policy regarding Armenia.

July 30-Aug. 9. Confined to room by serious illness.

Aug. 26-Sept. 4. Makes sea trip in theGrantully Castleround England and Scotland.

Sept. 4. On government's Turkish policy.

Nov. 9. At lord mayor's banquet on Ireland and foreign and colonial questions.

1881.

Jan. 6. On Ireland.

Jan. 21. On annexation of Transvaal.

Jan. 28. On Irish Protection of Person and Property bill.

Feb. 3. Brings in closure resolution.

Feb. 23. Falls in garden at Downing Street.

March 15. Moves vote of condolence on assassination of Alexander II.

March 16. On grant in aid of India for expenses of Afghan war.

March 28. On county government and local taxation.

April 4. Introduces budget.

April 7. Brings in Land Law (Ireland) bill.

April 26 and 27. On Mr. Bradlaugh's case.

May 2. Resigns personal trusteeship of British Museum.

May 4. Supports Welsh Sunday Closing bill.

May 5. Supports vote of thanks on military operations in Afghanistan.

May 9. Tribute to Lord Beaconsfield.

May 16. On second reading of Irish Land bill.

June 10. On the law of entail.

June 24. On Anglo Turkish convention.

July 25. On vote of censure on Transvaal.

July 29. On third reading of Irish Land bill.

Aug. 6. At Mansion House on fifteen months' administration.

Aug. 18. On Mr. Parnell's vote of censure on the Irish executive.

Oct. 7. Presented with an address by corporation of Leeds: on land and“fair trade.”At banquet in Old Cloth Hall on Ireland.

Oct. 8. Presented with address by Leeds Chamber of Commerce: on free trade. Mass meeting of 25,000 persons in Old Cloth Hall on foreign and colonial policy.

Oct. 13. Presented with address by city corporation at Guildhall: on Ireland and arrest of Mr. Parnell.

Oct. 27. At Knowsley on the aims of the Irish policy.

Nov. 9. At lord mayor's banquet on government's Irish policy and parliamentary procedure.

1882.

Jan. 12. At Hawarden on agriculture.

Jan. 31. On local taxation to deputation from chambers of agriculture.

Feb. 7. On Mr. Bradlaugh's claim.

Feb. 9. On home rule amendment to address.

Feb. 16. On the Irish demand for home rule.

Feb. 20. Moves first of new procedure rules.

Feb. 21. On local taxation.

Feb. 21 and 22. On Mr. Bradlaugh's case.

Feb. 27. Meeting of liberal party at Downing Street. On House of Lords' committee to inquire into Irish Land Act.

Feb. 27. Moves resolution declaring parliamentary inquiry into Land Act injurious to interests of good government.

March 3. On persecution of Jews in Russia.

March 6. Supports resolution for legislation on parliamentary oaths.

March 10. On proposed state acquisition of Irish railways.

March 17. On British North Borneo Company's charter.

March 21. On parliamentary reform.

March 23. On grant to Duke of Albany.

March 30. On closure resolution.

March 31. On inquiry into ecclesiastical commission.

April 17. Opposes motion for release of Cetewayo.

April 18. On diplomatic communications with Vatican.

April 24. Introduces budget.

April 26. On the Irish Land Act Amendment bill.

May 2. Statement of Irish policy, announces release of“suspects,”and resignation of Mr. Forster.

May 4. On Mr. Forster's resignation.

May 8. Moves adjournment of the House on assassination of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke.

May 15. Brings in Arrears of Rent (Ireland) bill.

May 19. On second reading of Prevention of Crime (Ireland) bill.

May 22. On Arrears bill.

May 24. On Prevention of Crime bill.

May 26-June 1. On government's Egyptian policy.

June 14. On Egyptian crisis.

June 17. On Mr. Bright's resignation.

July 12. On bombardment of Alexandria.

July 21. On third reading of Arrears bill.

July 24. Asks for vote of credit for £2,300,000.

July 27. Concludes debate on vote of credit.

July 28. On national expenditure.

Aug. 8. On Lords' amendments to Arrears bill.

Aug. 9. On suspension of Irish members, July 1.

Aug. 16. On events leading to Egyptian war.

Oct. 25-31, and Dec. 1. On twelve new rules of procedure.

Oct. 26. Moves vote of thanks to forces engaged in Egyptian campaign.

Nov. 24. Opposes demand for select committee on release of Mr. Parnell.

Dec. 13. Celebrates political jubilee.

1883.

Jan. 6-16. Suffers from sleeplessness at Hawarden.

Jan. 17. Leaves England for south of France.

March 2. Returns to London.

March 14. On Irish Land Law (1881) Amendment bill.

March 16. On Boer invasion of Bechuanaland.

April 3. On Channel tunnel.

April 6. On increase in national expenditure.

April 17. On local taxation.

April 19. On Lords Alcester and Wolseley's annuity bills.

April 26. On Parliamentary Oaths Act (1866) Amendment bill.

May 2. At National Liberal club on conservative legacy of 1880 and work of liberal administration, 1880-1883.

May 7. On Contagious Diseases Acts.

May 25. On reforms in Turkey.

May 29. Meeting of liberal party at foreign office: on state of public business.

June 2. At Stafford House: tribute to Garibaldi.

June 12. On revision of purchase clauses of Land Act.

June 23. On withdrawal of provisional agreement for second Suez canal.

July 27. On India and payment for Egyptian campaign.

July 30. On future negotiations with Suez canal company.

Aug. 6. On government's Transvaal and Zululand policies.

Aug. 6-7. On British occupation of Egypt.

Aug. 18. Protests against violent speeches of Irish members.

Aug. 21. On work of the session.

Sept. Italian translation of Cowper's hymn:“Hark my soul! It is the Lord,”inNineteenth Century.

Aug. 8-21. InPembroke Castleround coast of Scotland to Norway and Copenhagen.

Aug. 13. At Kirkwall: on changes during half century of his political life.

Sept. 18. Entertains the Emperor and Empress of Russia, the King and Queen of Denmark, at dinner on boardPembroke Castlein Copenhagen harbour.

Dec. 22. At Hawarden, to deputation of liberal working men on reform of the franchise.

1884.

Jan. 5. At Hawarden on condition of agriculture.

Jan 31. Receives deputations from Leeds conference, etc., on Franchise bill.

Feb. 11 and 21. On Mr. Bradlaugh's attempt to take the oath.

Feb. 12. On Egyptian and Soudan policy in reply to vote of censure.

Feb. 13. On re-establishment of grand committees.

Feb. 25. Moves resolution of thanks to Speaker Brand on his retirement.

Feb. 28. Explains provisions of Representation of the People (Franchise) bill.

March 3. In defence of retention of Suakin.

March 6. On government's Egyptian policy.

March 10-19. Confined to his room by a chill.

March 19 to April 7. Recuperates at Coombe Warren.

March 31. On death of Duke of Albany.

April 3. On General Gordon's mission in Soudan.

April 7. On second reading of Franchise bill.

May 12. On vote of censure regarding General Gordon.

May 27. On Egyptian financial affairs.

June 10. Opposes amendment to Franchise bill granting suffrage to women.

June 23. On terms of agreement with France on Egypt.

June 26. On third reading of Franchise bill.

July 8. On second reading of London Government bill.

July 10. Meeting of the liberal party: on rejection of Franchise bill by House of Lords.

July 11. On negotiations with Lord Cairns on Franchise bill.

July 18. At Eighty club on relation of politics of the past to politics of the future.

Aug. 2. On failure of conference on Egyptian finance.

Aug. 11. On Lord Northbrook's mission to Egypt.

Aug. 30. At Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, on Lords and Franchise bill.

Sept. 1. At Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, in defence of his administration.

Sept. 2. In Waverley Market on demand of Lords for dissolution.

Sept. 26. Returns to Hawarden.

Oct. 16. Cuts first sod on Wirral railway: on railway enterprise.

Oct. 23. On Franchise bill.

Oct. 28. Defends Lord Spencer's Irish administration.

Nov. 4. Lays foundation stone of National Liberal club: on liberal administrations of past half century.

Nov. 6 and 10. On second reading of Franchise bill.

Nov. 21. On Mr. Labouchere's motion for reform of House of Lords.

Dec. 1. Brings in Redistribution bill.

Dec. 4. On second reading of Redistribution bill.

1885.

Feb. 23. On vote of censure on Soudan policy.

March 26. Moves ratification of Egyptian financial agreement.

April 9. Announces occupation of Penjdeh by Russians.

April 16. In defence of Egyptian Loan bill.

April 21. Asks for vote of credit for war preparations.

April 27. On Soudan and Afghanistan.

May 4. Announces agreement with Russia on Afghan boundary dispute.

May 14. On Princess Beatrice's dowry.

June 8. Defends increase of duties on beer and spirits.

June 9. Resignation of government.

June 24. Reads correspondence on crisis.

July 6. On legislation on parliamentary oaths.

July 7. On intentions of the new government.

Aug. 8-Sept. 1. In Norway.

Sept. 17. Issues address to Midlothian electors.

Nov.“Dawn of Creation and of Worship,”inNineteenth Century.

Nov. 9. At Albert Hall, Edinburgh, on proposals of Irish party.

Nov. 11. At Free Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, on disestablishment.

Nov. 17. At West Calder on Ireland, foreign policy, and free trade.

Nov. 21. At Dalkeith on finance and land reform.

Nov. 23. At inauguration of Market Cross, Edinburgh: on history of the cross.

Nov. 24. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on tory tactics and Mr. Parnell's charges.

Nov. 27. Elected for Midlothian: Mr. Gladstone, 7879; Mr. Dalrymple, 3248.

1886.

Jan.“Proem to Genesis: a Plea for a Fair Trial,”inNineteenth Century.

Jan. 21. On government's policy in India, the Near East and Ireland.

Jan. 26. In support of amendment for allotments.

Feb. 3. Third administration formed.

Feb. 4. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.

Feb. 10. Returned unopposed for Midlothian.

Feb. 22. On comparative taxation of England and Ireland. On annexation of Burmah.

Feb. 23. On Ireland's contribution to imperial revenue.

March 4. On condition of Ireland.

March 6-12. Confined to his room by a cold.

April 6. On death of Mr. W. E. Forster.

April 8. Brings in Government of Ireland (Home Rule) bill.

April 13. On first reading of Home Rule bill.

April 16. Explains provisions of Irish Land Purchase bill.

May 1. Issues address to electors of Midlothian on Home Rule bill.

May 10. Moves second reading of Home Rule bill.

May 27. Meeting of liberal party at the foreign office: on the Home Rule bill.

May 28. Explains intentions regarding the Home Rule bill.

June 7-8. Concludes debate on Home Rule bill.

June 10. Announces dissolution of parliament.

June 14. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.

June 18. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on home rule.

June 21. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on home rule.

June 22. At Glasgow on home rule.

June 25. At Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on home rule.

June 28. At Liverpool on Ulster and home rule.

July 2. Returned unopposed for Midlothian and Leith.

July 20. Resignation of third administration.

Aug. 19-24. On government's Irish, policy.

Aug. 25. Leaves England for Bavaria.

Aug 28.“The Irish Question: (1) History of an Idea; (2) Lessons of the Election,”published.

Sept. 19. Returns to London.

Sept. 20. On Tenants Relief (Ireland) bill.

Oct. 4. At Hawarden. Receives address signed by 400,000 women of Ireland: on home rule.

1887.

Jan.“Locksley Halland the Jubilee,”inNineteenth Century.

Jan. 27. Tribute to memory of Lord Iddesleigh.

Jan. 27. On Lord Randolph Churchill's retirement and Ireland.

Feb.“Notes and Queries on the Irish Demand,”inNineteenth Century.

March“The Greater Gods of Olympus: (1) Poseidon,”inNineteenth Century.

Match 17. To the liberal members for Yorkshire: on home rule.

March 24. On the exaction of excessive rents.

March 29. On Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) bill.

April“The History of 1852-60 and Greville's Latest Journals,”inEnglish Historical Review.

April 18. On second reading of Criminal Law Amendment bill.

April 19. At Eighty club on liberal unionist grammar of dissent.

April 25. Criticise Mr. Goschen's budget.

May“The Greater Gods of Olympus: (2) Apollo,”inNineteenth Century.

May 5. Moves for select committee to inquire into theTimesarticles on“Parnellism and Crime.”

May 11. At Dr. Parker's house on Ireland.

May 31. On Crimes bill at Hawarden.

June Reviews Mr. Lecky'sHistory of England in the Eighteenth CenturyinNineteenth Century.

June“The Great Olympian Sedition,”inContemporary Review.

June 4. At Swansea, on Welsh nationality, Welsh grievances, and the Irish Crimes bill.

June 6. At Singleton Abbey on home rule and retention of Irish members.

June 7. At Cardiff on home rule.

July“The Greater Gods of Olympus: (3) Athene,”inNineteenth Century.

June 2. To the liberal members for Durham on Lord Hartington's Irish record.

June 7. Moves rejection of Irish Criminal Law Amendment bill.

June 9. Presented at Dollis Hill with address signed by 10,689 citizens of New York.

June 14. On second reading of the Irish Land bill.

June 16. At National Liberal club: on Ireland and home rule movement in Scotland and Wales.

June 29. At Memorial Hall on the lessons of bye-elections.

Aug.“Mr. Lecky and Political Morality,”inNineteenth Century.

Aug. 16. Lays first cylinder of railway bridge over the Dee: on railway enterprise and the Channel tunnel.

Aug. 25. On proclamation of Irish land league.

Aug. 30. At Hawarden on Queen Victoria's reign.

Sept.“Electoral Facts of 1887,”inNineteenth Century.

Sept. 12. On riot at Mitchelstown, Ireland.

Oct.“Ingram's History of the Irish Union,”inNineteenth Century.

Oct. 4. At Hawarden on the absolutist methods of government.

Oct. 18. At National Liberal Federation, Nottingham, on conduct of Irish police.

Oct. 19. At Skating Rink, Nottingham, on home rule.

Oct. 20. At Drill Hall, Derby, on Ireland.

Nov.“An Olive Branch from America,”inNineteenth Century.

Dec. 27. At Dover on free trade and Irish Crimes Act.

Dec. 28. Leaves England for Italy.

1888.

Jan.“A reply to Dr. Ingram,”inWestminster Review.

Feb.“The Homeric Herê,”inContemporary Review.

Feb. 8. Returns to London.

Feb. 17. On coercion in Ireland.

March“Further Notes and Queries on the Irish Demand,”inContemporary Review.

March 23. On perpetual pensions.

April 9. On the budget.

April 11. At National Liberal club on the budget and Local Government bill.

April 23. Moves an amendment in favour of equalising the death duties on real and personal property.

April 25. On second reading of County Government (Ireland) bill.

May.“Robert Elsmere, and the Battle of Belief,”inNineteenth Century.

May. A reply to Colonel Ingersoll on“Christianity,”inNorth American Review.

May 1. On government control of railways.

May 2. Opens Gladstone library at National Liberal club: on books.

May 9. At Memorial Hall on Irish question.

May 26. At Hawarden condemns licensing clauses of Local Government bill.

May 30. Receives deputation of 1500 Lancashire liberals at Hawarden.

June 18. On death of German Emperor.

June 26. Condemns administration of Irish criminal law.

June 27. On Channel Tunnel bill.

June 30. At Hampstead on Ireland and the bye-elections.

July“The Elizabethan Settlement of Religion,”inNineteenth Century.

July 6. On payment of members.

July 18. To liberal members for Northumberland and Cumberland on Parnell commission and retention of Irish members.

July 23. On second reading of Parnell Commission bill.

July 25. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone presented with their portraits on entering on fiftieth year of married life.

July 30. On composition of Parnell commission.

Aug. 20. Receives deputation of 1500 liberals at Hawarden: on conservative government of Ireland.

Aug. 23. At Hawarden on spade husbandry and the cultivation of fruit.

Sept.“Mr. Forster and Ireland,”inNineteenth Century.

Sept. 4. At Wrexham on Irish and Welsh home rule.

Sept. 4. At the Eisteddfod on English feeling towards Wales.

Nov.“Queen Elizabeth and the Church of England,”inNineteenth Century.

Nov. 5. At Town Hall, Birmingham, on liberal unionists and one man one vote.

Nov. 6. To deputation at Birmingham on labour representation and payment of members.

Nov. 7. At Bingley Hall, Birmingham, on Irish question.

Nov. 8. To deputation of Birmingham Irish National club on Irish grievances.

Nov. 19. On Irish Land Purchase bill.

Dec. 3. On Mr. Balfour's administration of Ireland.

Dec. 15. At Limehouse Town Hall on necessary English reforms and the Irish question.

Dec. 17. On English occupation of Suakin.

Dec. 19. Leaves England for Naples.

1889.

Jan.“Daniel O'Connell,”inNineteenth Century.

Feb. ReviewsDivorceby Margaret Lee inNineteenth Century.

Feb. 20. Returns to London.

March 1. On conciliatory measures in administration of Ireland.

March 29. On death of John Bright.

April ReviewsFor the RightinNineteenth Century.

April 4. On £21,000,000 for naval defence.

April 9. On Scotch home rule.

May“Italy in 1888-89,”inNineteenth Century.

May 15. On second reading of Welsh Education bill.

May 16. Moves amendment to Mr. Goschen's proposed death duties on estates above £10,000.

June 5. At Southampton on lessons of the bye-elections.

June 7. At Romsey on Lord Palmerston.

June 8. At Weymouth on shorter parliaments and Ireland.

June 10. At Torquay on Ireland.

June 11. At Falmouth and Redruth on Ireland.

June 12. At Truro, St. Austell, and Bodmin on Ireland, one man one vote, the death duties, etc.

June 14. At Launceston on dissentient liberals.

June 14. At Drill Hall, Plymouth, on home rule.

June 17. At Shaftesbury and Gillingham on the agricultural labourer.

July“Plain Speaking on the Irish Union,”inNineteenth Century.

July 6. Presented with freedom of Cardiff; on free trade; on foreign opinion of English rule in Ireland.

July 25. Golden wedding celebrated in London.

July 25. Speech on royal grants.

Aug.“Phœnician Affinities of Ithaca,”inNineteenth Century.

Aug. 22. At Hawarden on cottage gardens and fruit culture.

Aug. 26. Celebration of golden wedding at Hawarden.

Sept. 7. Entertained in Paris by Society of Political Economy.

Sept. 23. At Hawarden on dock strike and bimetallism.

Sept.“The Triple Alliance and Italy's Place in it,”by Outidanos, inContemporary Review.

Oct. ReviewsJournal de Marie BashkirtseffinNineteenth Century.

Oct. 23. At Southport on Ireland.

Oct. 26. Opens literary institute at Saltney, Chester.

Nov.“The English Church under Henry the Eighth,”inNineteenth Century.

Nov.“The Question of Divorce,”inNorth American Review.

Dec. ReviewsMemorials of a Southern PlanterinNineteenth Century.

Dec. 2. At Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on liberal unionists and foreign policy.

Dec. 3. In Free Trade Hall on government of Ireland.

Dec. 4. At luncheon at Town Hall on city of Manchester.

1890.

Jan.“A Defence of Free Trade,”inNorth American Review.

Jan.“The Melbourne Government: its Acts and Persons,”inNineteenth Century.

Jan. 9. At Hawarden on the effect of free trade on agriculture.

Jan. 22. At Chester on Ireland.

Feb. 5. At Oxford Union on vestiges of Assyrian mythology in Homer.

Feb. 11. On motion declaring publication byTimesof forged Parnell letter to be breach of privilege.

March“On Books and the Housing of Them,”inNineteenth Century.

March 3. On report of Parnell commission.

March 24. At National Liberal club on report of Parnell commission.

March 26. At Guy's Hospital on the medical profession.

April 24. On second reading of Purchase of Land (Ireland) bill.

May 2. On disestablishment of church of Scotland.

May 12. On free trade at Prince's Hall, Piccadilly.

May 15. On Local Taxation Duties bill.

May 16. At Norwich on Parnell commission, land purchase and licensing question.

May 17. At Lowestoft on Siberian[pg 573]atrocities and the agricultural labourer.

April 27. Receives 10,000 liberals at Hawarden: on Mitchelstown, Irish Land bill, and Licensing bill.

June 5. On Channel Tunnel bill.

June 13. On Local Taxation Duties bill.

June 18. To depositors in railways' savings banks: on thrift.

July 17. At Burlington School, London, on the education of women.

July 24. On Anglo-German Agreement bill.

July 30. To Wesleyans at National Liberal club on Maltese marriage question, and Ireland.

Aug. 21. At Hawarden on cottage gardening and fruit farming.

July 30.“Dr. Döllinger's Posthumous Remains,”in theSpeaker.

Sept. 12. At Dee iron works on industrial progress.

Oct. 21. At Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, on government's Irish administration.

Oct. 23. At West Calder on condition of working classes and Ireland.

Oct. 25. At Dalkeith on home rule for Scotland and Ireland.

Oct. 27. At Music Hall, Edinburgh, on retention of Irish members, procedure and obstruction.

Oct. 29. At Dundee on free trade and the McKinley tariff. Opens Victorian Art Gallery: on appreciation of beauty.

Nov.“Mr. Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth,”inNineteenth Century.

Nov. 24. Letter to Mr. Morley on Mr. Parnell and leadership of Irish party.

Dec. 1. Publishes reply to Mr. Parnell's manifesto to Irish people.

Dec. 2. On Purchase of Land (Ireland) bill.

Dec. 11. At Retford on Mr. Parnell and the home rule cause.

PublishesThe Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture, a reprint of articles inGood Words.

Landmarks of Homeric Study, together with an Essay on the Points of Contact between the Assyrian Tablets and the Homeric Text.

1891.

Jan. 27. Supports motion to expunge from journals of the House the Bradlaugh resolution (1881).

Feb.“Professor Huxley and the Swine-Miracle,”inNineteenth Century.

Feb. 4. Moves second reading of Religious Disabilities Removal bill.

Feb. 13. Opens free library in St. Martin's Lane: on free libraries.

Feb. 16. Condemns action of Irish executive in Tipperary trials.

Feb. 20. On disestablishment of church in Wales.

Feb. 27. On taxation of land.

March 3. On registration reform.

March 14. At Eton College on Homeric Artemis.

March 17. At Hastings on Mr. Goschen's finance, Irish policy, and the career of Mr. Parnell.

May“A Memoir of John Murray,”inMurray's Magazine.

June 19. At St. James's Hall, at jubilee of Colonial Bishoprics Fund, on development of colonial church.

July 4. Death of W. H. Gladstone.

July 15. At Hawarden on fifty years of progress.

Sept.“Electoral Facts, No. III.,”inNineteenth Century.

Oct.“On the Ancient Beliefs in a Future State,”inNineteenth Century.

Oct. 1. At jubilee of Glenalmond College on study of nature and the clerical profession.

Oct. 2. At Newcastle on the liberal programme.

Nov. 3. At Newcastle on local self-government and freedom of trade.

Nov. 28. At Wirral on home rule. At Sunlight Soap works on profit-sharing and cooperation.

Dec. 11. At Holborn Restaurant to conference of labourers on rural reforms.

Dec. 15. Leaves London for Biarritz.

1892.

Feb.-May“On the Olympian Religion,”inNorth American Review.

Feb. 29. Returns to London.

March 3. Opposes grant of £20,000 for survey of Uganda railway.

March 16. On Welsh Land Tenure bill.

March 24. On Small Agricultural Holdings bill.

March 28. On Indian Councils Act (1861) Amendment bill.

April ReviewsThe Platform, its Rise and Progress, inNineteenth Century.

April 28. On Church Discipline (Immorality) bill.

May 24. On Local Government (Ireland) bill.

May 31. At Memorial Hall on London government.

June“Did Dante Study in Oxford?”inNineteenth Century.

June 5. At Dalkeith on Scotch home rule and disestablishment.

June 16. Receives deputation from London trades council on Eight Hours bill.

June 18. To nonconformists at Clapham on Ulster and home rule.

June 21. Issues address to electors of Midlothian.

June 25. Struck in the eye by piece of gingerbread in Chester. At Liberal club on the general election, the appeal to religious bigotry, and disestablishment.

June 30. At Edinburgh Music Hall on Lord Salisbury's manifesto, home rule, and retention of Irish members.

July 2. At Glasgow on Orangeism and home rule.

July 4. At Gorebridge on labour questions.

July 6. At Corstorphine on government's record.

July 7. At West Calder on protection, the hours of labour and home rule.

July 11. At Penicuik on conservative responsibility for recent wars, finance, disestablishment, and Irish question.

July 13. Elected for Midlothian: Mr. Gladstone, 5845; Colonel Wauchope, 5155.

Aug. 9. On vote of want of confidence.

Aug. 15. Fourth administration formed.

Aug. 24. Returned unopposed for Midlothian.

Aug. 29. Knocked down by heifer in Hawarden Park.

Sept. 5. A paper on Archaic Greece and the East read before Congress of Orientalists.

Sept. 12. At Carnarvon on case of Wales.

Oct.“A Vindication of Home Rule: a Reply to the Duke of Argyll,”inNorth American Review.

Oct. 22. Cuts first sod of the new Cheshire railway: on migration of population and mineral produce of Wales.

Oct. 24. Delivers Romanes lecture at Oxford on history of universities.

Dec. 3. Presented with freedom of Liverpool: on history of Liverpool and Manchester ship canal.

Dec. 21. Leaves England for Biarritz.

1893.

Jan. 10. Returns to England.

Jan. 31. Replies to Mr. Balfour's criticisms on the address.

Feb. 3. On Mr. Labouchere's amendment in favour of evacuation of Uganda.

Feb. 8. On amendment praying for immediate legislation for agricultural labourers.

Feb. 11. On motion for restriction of alien immigration.

Feb. 13. Brings in Government of Ireland (Home Rule) bill.

Feb. 28. On motion for international monetary conference.

March 3. Receives deputation from the miners' federation on Eight Hours bill.

March 20. On Sir Gerald Portal's mission to Uganda.

March 27. Meeting of the liberal party at foreign office: on programme for session.

March 27. On Mr. Balfour's motion censuring action of Irish executive.

March 28. Receives deputations from Belfast manufacturers and city of London merchants protesting against home rule.

April 6. Moves second reading of Home Rule bill.

April 19. Receives a deputation from the miners' National Union on Eight Hours bill.

April 21. Replies to criticisms on Home Rule bill.

May 1. On the occupation of Egypt.

May 2. Receives a deputation of the Mining Association in opposition to Eight Hours bill.

May 3. On second reading of Miners' Eight Hours bill.

May 11. Replies to Mr. Chamberlain's speech on first clause of Home Rule bill.

May 23. Opens Hawarden institute: on the working classes.

May 29. At Chester on Home Rule bill.

June“Some Eton Translations,”inContemporary Review.

June 16. On arbitration between England and United States.

June 22. Statement regarding the financial clauses of Home Rule bill.

June 28. Moves resolution for closing debate on committee stage of Home Rule bill.

July 12. Announces government's decision regarding the retention of Irish members at Westminster.

July 14. Moves address of congratulation on marriage of Duke of York.

July 21. Moves a new clause to Home Rule bill regulating financial relations.

Aug. 5. At Agricultural Hall, Islington, on industry and art.

Aug. 30. Moves third reading of Home Rule bill.

Sept. 27. At Edinburgh on House of Lords and the Home Rule bill.

Nov. 9. On Matabeleland and the chartered company.

Dec. 19. On naval policy of the government.

1894.

Jan. 13. Leaves England for Biarritz.

Feb. 10. Returns to England.

March 1. On the Lords' amendments to Parish Councils bill.

March 3. Resigns the premiership.

March 7. Confined to bed by severe cold.

March 17. At Brighton. Letter to Sir John Cowan—his farewell to parliamentary life.

May“The Love Odes of Horace—five specimens,”inNineteenth Century.

May 3. At Prince's Hall on life and work of Sir Andrew Clark.

May 24. Right eye operated on for cataract.

July 7. Announces decision not to seek re-election to parliament.

Aug.“The Place of Heresy and Schism in the Modern Christian Church,”inNineteenth Century.

Aug. 14. On cottage gardening at Hawarden.

Aug. 16. Receives deputation of 1500 liberals from Torquay at Hawarden.

Sept.“The True and False Conception of the Atonement,”inNineteenth Century.

Dec. 29. Receives deputation from the Armenian national church at Hawarden.

1895.

Jan. 7. Presented with an album by Irish-Americans: in favour of Irish unity.

Jan. 8. Leaves England for south of France.

March PublishesThe Psalter with a concordance.

Jan.“The Lord's Day,”inChurch Monthly; concluded in April number.

Jan. 23. Returns to England from France.

Jan. 15. At Hawarden to a deputation of Leeds and Huddersfield liberal clubs: on English people and political power, and on advantages of libraries.

June 12-24. Cruise inTantallon Castleto Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Kiel.

July 1. Farewell letter to Midlothian constituents.

Aug. 5. At Hawarden on small holdings and his old age.

Aug. 6. At Chester on Armenian question.

Nov.“Bishop Butler and his Censors,”inNineteenth Century; concluded in December number.

Dec. 28. Leaves England for Biarritz and Cannes.

1896.

Feb. PublishesThe Works of Bishop Butler.

March 10. Returns to England from Cannes.

March 28. At Liverpool on the development of the English railway system.

April“The Future Life and the Condition of Man Therein,”inNorth American Review.

April Contributes an article on“The Scriptures and Modern Criticism”to thePeople's Bible.

MaySoliloquium and Postscript—a letter to the Archbishop of York, published.

June“Sheridan,”inNineteenth Century.

June 1. Letter on Anglican Orders published.

Aug. 3. At Hawarden horticultural show on rural life.

Sept. 1. At fête in aid of Hawarden Institute on progress of music.

Sept. 2. At Hawarden fête on Welsh music.

Sept. 24. At Hengler's circus, Liverpool, on Armenian question.

Oct.“The Massacres in Turkey,”inNineteenth Century.

Oct. 16. At Penmaenmawr in praise of seaside resorts.

1897.

Jan. 29. Leaves England for Cannes.

March 19. Letter to the Duke of Westminster on the Cretan question published.

March 30. Returns to England from Cannes.

May 4. At Hawarden on the condition of the clergy.

June 2. Opens Victoria jubilee bridge over the Dee at Queensferry.

Aug. 2. At Hawarden horticultural show on small culture.

Nov. 26. Leaves England for Cannes.

1898.

Jan. 5.“Personal Recollections of Arthur H. Hallam,”inDaily Telegraph.

Feb. 18. Returns to London from Cannes.

Feb. 22. Goes to Bournemouth.

March 22. Returns to Hawarden.

May 19. Death of Mr. Gladstone.

May 26, 27. Lying in state in Westminster Hall.

May 28. Burial in Westminster Abbey.

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