Nov. “The County Franchise and Mr. Lowe thereon” in Nineteenth Century.
Nov. 7. Presented with freedom of Dublin: on Irish questions. Entertained at luncheon by corporation of Dublin: on Irish municipalities.
Nov. 12. At Holyhead on Eastern Question.
Nov. 15. Elected Rector of Glasgow University,—Mr. Gladstone, 1153; Sir Stafford Northcote, 609.
Nov. 23. At Hawarden on Russians, Turks, and Bulgarians.
1878.
Jan. “The Life of the Prince Consort” in Church Quarterly Review. “Last words on the County Franchise” in Nineteenth Century.
Jan. 17. Comments on Sir S. Northcote's explanation of the government's Eastern policy.
Jan. 30. At Corn Exchange, Oxford, on the vote of credit for six millions. At Palmerston Club dinner on Canning, Palmerston, and liberal party.
Feb. “The Peace to Come” in Nineteenth Century.