Letter from James Masterton Smith (Admiralty) to Sir William Tyrrell conveying WSC's request that a letter from the astrologer R G Hickling [see CHAR 2/62/42] be shown to Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon].

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on the effect of astrological conditions on the search for a settlement of the Balkans question, and on the safety and fortunes of the King [George V].

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Carlton Terrace, Surrey Street, Norwich [Norfolk]) to WSC claiming that he has been successful at predicting events during the Boer War through astrology and advising WSC to act to conciliate both sides [in the railway and dock strikes] because of the movement of Jupiter to an aspect of the sun. Signed manuscript.

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich [Norfolk]) to WSC congratulating him for succeeding in resolving the [railway] strike, and promising to provide future [astrological] information. He asks that his earlier letter [see CHAR 12/12/38] be shown to King George V. Signed manuscript.

Letter from [Edward Marsh] to Mrs Robert Jenney reporting that WSC would be glad to hear of any further communications [from dead British statesmen] which Mrs Jenney might receive. Typescript copy.

Duplicates for CHAR 2/123/72-96. Carbon copies.

Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (2150 Vista del Mar, Hollywood, California, [United States]) to WSC on spiritualist messages received by her for WSC.

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC commenting on the settlement of the dock strike and giving advice about the best astrological conditions for actions such as an address in Canada or the launching of a battle ship. Annotated with comment by WSC about the accuracy of Hickling's prediction about the ending of the dock strike.

Note by WSC circulated to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Oxford and Asquith], Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] and the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George]: "my astrologer is in full accord with the policy of HMG" Refers to CHAR 2/62/104-105.

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC stating that astrological conditions are inauspicious for a settlement [in Ireland] but that they will improve.

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC asserting that astrological conditions will bring a troublesome period in December (mentions industrial unrest in the Post Office) but that next summer Britain's prestige can be greatly enhanced.

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC giving astrological advice on the best dates for him to go abroad, a dangerous period for the King [George V] in January and February, and the great enhancement of British prestige in the following summer.

Note from WSC to Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] stating that if he (WSC) left after the end of September he would "hit off the auspicious dates" [identified by the astrologer, R G Hickling] and that he [Hickling] has been right every time so far. With reply in Latin by Asquith.

Letter from Edith K Harper (56 Wiltshire Road, London) to WSC (Board of Trade) enclosing a supposed message from Lord Randolph Churchill communicated through "'automatic writing'" [see CHAR 2/39/21-22].

Fragment of a supposed message from Lord Randolph Churchill communicated through "automatic writing". Sent with CHAR 2/39/20.

Copy of a supposed message (communicated through "automatic writing") from Lord Randolph Churchill warning WSC against a certain course of action. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/39/20.

Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (Box 91, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) to WSC passing on a message from Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lady Randolph Churchill warning that it would be dangerous for WSC to go to Ireland.

Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (Box 91, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) to WSC conveying messages to WSC from Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lady Randolph Churchill, George Meredith and Mary Shelley on the Irish question, increasing German influence in Canada, the nature of the after-life, and other matters. Encloses CHAR 2/123/12-35 and asks WSC to try to get it published.

"A song of Italy": a work purporting to be by Percy Bysshe Shelley allegedly received by psychic means and written down by Shirley Carson Jenney of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Sent with CHAR 2/123/3-10.

Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (Box 91, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/123/72-96 and conveying supposed messages from Lady Randolph Churchill and others on British policy in Egypt.

"Fragments written in a garden": a religious work purporting to be by Percy Bysshe Shelley allegedly transmitted by "clairaudience" and written out by Shirley Carson Jenney. Sent with CHAR 2/123/68-71. Duplicates at CHAR 2/123/224-248.

Letter from "Asphodel" to [WSC] reporting a prophecy made 38 years previously by "two witnesses of the Apocalypse" that WSC would be Prime Minister at about 45 years of age and that "this war will not end quite as you would wish". Mentions that the same witnesses were aware (by psychic means) of the existence of five of the moons of Jupiter before they were discovered by science.