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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," in _North 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 Reviews _The Platform, its Rise and Progress_, in _Nineteenth 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?" in _Nineteenth 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," in _North American Review_.
Oct. 22. Cuts first sod of the new Ches.h.i.+re 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 s.h.i.+p ca.n.a.l.
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.
