rial Hall on Eastern Question at conference of 400 London
nonconformist ministers.

May 21. Protests against use of Indian troops in Europe without consent of
parliament.

May 23. Receives deputation of Scotch Presbyterian ministers: on the
Eastern Question.

May 27. Protests against despatch of Indian contingent to Malta.

June "Liberty in the East and West" in _Nineteenth Century_.

June 13. On treaties of 1856 and 1871.

June 18. On a motion to appoint select committee on Scotch Church
Patronage act, 1874.

July Contributes paper to symposium,--"Is the popular judgment of politics
more just than that of the higher orders?" in _Nineteenth Century_.

July 6. On Homer at Eton.

July 11. In London on spendthrift administration of charity.

July 15. Supports Irish Intermediate Education bill.

July 20. At Bermondsey on Anglo-Turkish convention.

July 23. Moves address that proceedings under Indian Vernacular Press Act
be reported to parliament.

July 30. Criticises action of British plenipotentiaries at Berlin
Congress.

Aug. 6. Criticises Sir S. Northcote's finance.

Aug. 15. On art-labour at Hawarden.

Sept. "England's Mission" in _Nineteenth Century_.

Oct. "The Sixteenth Century arraigned before the Nineteenth: a Study on
the Reformation" in _Contemporary Review_.

Oct. 1-7. Visits Isle of Man.

Oct. 31. At Rhyl on the political situation.

Nov. "Electoral Facts" in _Nineteenth Century_.

Nov. 11. At Buckley on books.

Nov. 30. At Greenwich on liberal organisation. At Woolwich on Afghan war.

Dec. 10. On Afghan war and policy.

Dec. 16. Protests against charging Indian revenues with expenses of Afghan
war.

Dec. Publishes a Literary Primer on _Homer_.

1879.

Jan. "The Friends and Foes of Russia" in _Nineteenth Century_.

Feb. 10. At Hawarden on Life and Labours of Dr. Hook.

March "On Epithets of Movement in Homer" in _Nineteenth Century_.

April 21. At Mentmore on liberal party and foreign policy.

April 28. On increase in national expenditure.

May "Probability as the Guide of Conduct" in _Nineteenth Century_.

May 2. In favour of enabling Irish tenants to purchase their holdings.

May 5. In explanation and defence of his financial policy in 1860.

May 13. Opposes resolution protesting against government's abuse of
prerogative of the crown.

May 19. On church home missions at Willis's Rooms.

June. "Greece and the Treaty of Berlin" in _Nineteenth Century_.

June. 11.