1856.

Feb. 29.On report of Crimean commissioners.
Apr. 11.Condemns government proposals for national education.
Apr. 24.On civil service reform.
May 6.On treaty of peace.
May 19.Criticises budget.
July 1.On differences with the United States government on recruiting for the British army.
July 11.Criticises County Courts Amendment bill.
July 23.Strongly opposes the Bishops of London and Durham Retirement bill.
Aug.'The War and the Peace' in Gentleman's Magazine.
Sep.'The Declining Efficiency of Parliament' in the Quarterly.
Sep. 29.At town hall, Mold, in support of Foreign Missionary Society; in the evening at Collegiate Institution, Liverpool, for Society for Propagation of the Gospel.

1857.

Jan.'Homer and His Successors in Epic Poetry,' and 'Prospects Political and Financial' in Quarterly.
Jan. 31.At Stepney, on duty of rich to poor.
Feb. 3.Criticises government's foreign policy and financial measures.
Feb. 5.In support of motion to appoint committee on the Hudson Bay Company. Nominated member of the committee.
Feb. 20.Condemns budget of Sir G. C. Lewis.
Mar. 3.Supports Mr. Cobden's resolution on China.
Mar. 6.Proposes reduction of tea duty, and condemns Sir G. C. Lewis's financial proposals.
Mar. 10.Moves resolution in favour of revising and reducing expenditure.
Mar. 27.Returned unopposed for Oxford University.
Apr.'The New Parliament and its Work' in Quarterly.
June 2.Speaks at Oxford at inauguration of Diocesan Spiritual Help Society.
July'The Bill for Divorce,' and 'Homeric Characters In and Out of Homer' in Quarterly.
July 9.At Glenalmond College on Christian and classical education.
July 16.On the Persian war.
July 17.Denounces war with China.
July 21.On Lord J. Russell's Oaths Validity Act Amendment bill.
July 22.Criticises and moves amendments to Burials Act Amendment bill.
July 24.Explains strong objections to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes bill.
July 29.Opposes Superannuation Act Amendment bill.
July 31.Opposes second reading of the Divorce bill.
Aug. 4.Criticises and moves amendments to Burials Act Amendment bill.
Aug. 7.Protests against unequal treatment of men and women in Divorce bill.
Aug. 12.Supports continuance of tea and sugar duties.
Aug. 14.On Balkan Principalities.
Aug. 14.Personal explanation regarding his connection with Lord Lincoln's divorce.
Oct. 12.At Chester, on duty of England to India.
Oct. 22.At Liverpool, urging closer connection between the great manufacturing towns and the universities.
Dec. 4, 7.Criticises the Bank Issues Indemnity bill.
Dec. 9.Protests against proposal to increase pension of Sir Henry Havelock.
Dec. 11.On appointment of select committee on Bank Act.

1858.

Feb. 19.Opposes Conspiracy to Murder bill.
Mar.Studies in Homer and the Homeric Age published.
Apr.'The Fall of the Late Ministry' in Quarterly.
Apr. 19.On Mr. Disraeli's budget statement.
Apr. 21, June 8.Criticises Church Rates Abolition bill.
Apr. 26, 30.On proposals for government of India.

May 3.On financial condition of the country.
May 3.On government of India.
May 4.Moves address on Danubian Principalities.
May 21.Defends Lord Canning in debate on the Oude Proclamation.
June 1.On the Suez Canal, condemning English interference with the project.
June 7, 14, 17.On government of India.
June 28.Supports Funded Debt bill.
July 1.On government of India.
July 1, 5.Proposes additional clause to Universities (Scotland) bill facilitating the creation of a national university.
July 6.Moves that the army of India be not employed beyond the frontiers of India without permission of parliament.
July 19.On Government of British Columbia bill.
July 20.On Hudson Bay Company.
Oct.'The Past and Present Administrations' in Quarterly.
Oct. 17.Address at Liverpool on university extension.
Nov. 8.Leaves England for Corfu, on appointment as lord high commissioner extraordinary of the Ionian Islands.
Dec. 3.Addresses Ionian Assembly.

1859.

Feb. 5.Presents new constitution to Ionian Chamber of Deputies.
Feb. 12.Returned unopposed for Oxford University.
Mar. 8.Returns to London.
Mar. 29.On Representation of the People bill.
Apr.'The War in Italy' in the Quarterly.
Apr. 18.On the state of Italy.
Apr. 29.Returned unopposed for Oxford University.
June 17.Letter to the provost of Oriel.
June 20.Appointed chancellor of the exchequer.
June 22.Presides at annual dinner of Royal Literary Fund.
July 1.Re-elected for Oxford University,—Mr. Gladstone, 1050; Marquis of Chandos, 859.
July 12.Supports bill enabling Roman catholics to hold office of chancellor of Ireland.
July 18.Introduces budget.
July 21.Replies to Mr. Disraeli's criticisms.
Aug. 8.In defence of government's Italian policy.
Oct.On 'Tennyson's Poems' in Quarterly.
Nov. 1.At Cambridge, in support of Oxford and Cambridge mission to Central Africa.
Nov. 12.Elected Lord Rector of University of Edinburgh,—Mr. Gladstone, 643; Lord Neaves, 527.
Dec.'Nelda, a Romance,' translated from Grossi, in Fraser's Magazine.