March 17. At Brighton. Letter to Sir John Cowan—his farewell to parliamentary life.
May “The Love Odes of Horace—five specimens,” in Nineteenth 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,” in Nineteenth 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,” in Nineteenth Century.
Dec. 29. Receives deputation from the Armenian national church at Hawarden.