Refers to Mayo's letter of 23 May; since civil service are apparently satisfied with decision on pensions, acquiesces in non-publication of despatch explaining it since Mayo states it would cause offence, but Argyll believes it will be necessary at some stage to make grounds of decision public; c...
Refers to Mayo's letters of 14 and 23 July regarding latter's wish to remove Sir R Temple from Finance membership; accepts that loss of Mayo's confidence is reason in itself; discusses and dismisses popular arguments against him; believes whole objection to him stems from objection to Income tax;...