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Letter from Edward Marsh, PS to J H Thomas, Dominions Office, to WSC, sending note on the financial arrangements between the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State [later Ireland] Governments.

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Letter from Thomas Macnamara [Financial Secretary to the Admiralty] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with a report on his visit to the naval base on Haulbowline Island [County Cork, Ireland].

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Letter from [?] Augustine Birrell [Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland] (Dublin Castle), to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting a rumour that 5 tons of small arms ammunition had been removed from HMS Pathfinder (one of the ships sent to protect the Irish coast), by Orangemen during an "entertainment" on board.

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Letter from Augustine Birrell [Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on rumours of an impending coup in Ulster, stating that it was unlikely that the Third Reading of the Home Rule Bill would pass without some "theatricality".

Scope and Contents Minute from Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore [3rd Sea Lord] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the report by Augustine Birrell [Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland] on the rumour that 5 tons of small arms ammunition had been taken from HMS Pathfinder by Orangemen in Northern Ireland. Moore rejects calls for an official enquiry. Also includes WSC's reply, commenting that the captain of HMS Pathfinder had "shown much less than usual naval dignity and self restraint", but that...

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Letter from WSC to an unknown correspondent [? Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the possibility of him speaking to Liberals in Sheffield [Yorkshire], rather than in Dundee [Angus, Scotland]. WSC also comments on Conservative opposition to Irish Home Rule. [Typescript copy].

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Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, Ramsey Abbey Huntingdon, to WSC, congratulations on obtaining Infantry Cadetship, also on the progress of the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords.

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Letter from Elizabeth, Lady Kenmare (66 Cadogan Square, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on Sir Alexander Henderson's plan for the financing of the Irish Land Purchase Act and related newspaper cuttings [see CHAR 2/36/9-11].

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Memorandum by Sir Alexander Henderson on the financing of the Irish Land Purchase Act. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/36/7.

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Cutting: correspondence between 5th Lord Kenmare [earlier Lord Castlerosse], chairman of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Land Purchase Association, and George Wyndham on the rate of progress under the Irish Land Purchase Act of 1903. Sent with CHAR 2/36/7.

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Cutting on Sir Alexander Henderson's scheme for financing of the Irish Land Purchase Act. Sent with CHAR 2/36/7 2 papers.

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Letter from John Redmond (Aughavanagh, Aughrim, County Wicklow, [Ireland]) to WSC (Board of Trade) enclosing a letter from him to Lord Morley [earlier John Morley] [see CHAR 2/39/114] and stressing the gravity of the situation in Ireland.

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Letter from John Redmond to Lord Morley [earlier John Morley] urging the Government to declare soon in favour of Irish Home Rule. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/39/113.

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Letter from C P Scott (The Guardian Office, Manchester) to WSC approving a proposal [? on the veto of the House of Lords] but fearing that Irish MPs would oppose it fearing its application to a Home Rule Bill. Hopes the "anti-Lords combination" can be kept together.

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Letter from Stephen Gwynn MP (Irish Press Agency, 2 Great Smith Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on a leaflet issued by the Agency on books about Ireland [see CHAR 2/46/30]. Note paper printed with quotation by Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] on self-government for the colonies.

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Propagandist literature on the Home Rule Question: bibliography issued by the Irish Press Agency. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/46/29. 4p.

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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Carlton Club, Pall Mall, [London]) to Lord Hartington on his and Joseph Chamberlain's misgivings about the proclamation of the Irish National League. Typescript copy, c.1910.

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] praising him for his leadership during the general election campaign and considering the present political situation. He asserts that the restriction of the House of Lords' veto must be the pre-requisite for any co-operation between the Government and the Tories on reform of the Lords and any other issue, and that the Government should have no hesitation in creating 500 new peers if necessary. After the veto has been...

Scope and Contents Letter from W H Shaw, port steward of the British Yukon Navigation Company (White Horse, Yukon Territory, Canada) to WSC praising him, David Lloyd-George and the Government generally for their measures "for the benefit of the struggling masses." He describes: the poor living conditions he experienced in Huddersfield [Yorkshire] before leaving about 27 years earlier and their bad effects on morality and on the fitness of men enlisting for the Army; his approval of the Government's land reform...

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Memorandum from G Wallace Carter (21 Abingdon Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC reporting on the formation, structure and proposed activities of the Home Rule Council, of which Wallace has been appointed the general secretary. Annotated typescript.

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Letter from WSC ("in the train") to "Alick" [Alexander Murray, the Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] stating that as a result of a conversation with Robert Harcourt he has decided not to address any meetings on Home Rule before Parliament meets again. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

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Letter from G Wallace Carter, general secretary of the Home Rule Council (Parliament Chambers, Great Smith Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) reporting that the Master of Elibank [Alexander Murray, later Lord Murray of Elibank] agrees with the Council's "secret plan of campaign". Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC: "I agree generally with the cogent reasons by wh. he supports his proposals.".

Scope and Contents Letter from ? (Grand Hotel Chateau Bellevue, Sierre, Switzerland) to WSC on: the proposed meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] to be addressed by WSC and John Redmond; the doubtful usefulness of platform speeches before the details of the Government's proposals on Home Rule are known; the difficulties of the Irish Nationalists' position; the advisability of WSC attending the Belfast meeting alone if John Redmond and Joseph Devlin are unable to attend; his belief that in Ulster if the...

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Letter from Lord Curzon (Hackwood, Basingstoke, [Hampshire]) pledging that he and his friends will not charge WSC with inconsistency or illogicality on women's suffrage but questioning his distinction between that measure and others such as Home Rule and pointing out the problems connected with a referendum. Signed typescript.

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Telegram from Alexander Murray [the Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] (Cap Martin) to Edward Marsh (Admiralty) referring to [?the announced intention of 6th Lord Londonderry of preventing WSC's Home Rule meeting in Belfast and suggesting that WSC defer his decision on whether or not to go.] Typescript.