London, 16 April [1859] 

Dear Engels, 

I trust that by the time you get this note your toothache will 
have gone. It’s a fiendish thing. 

Meanwhile I have made arrangements which, within a short time, 
will double my income and thus put an end to the habitual misery. 
Friedlander, Lassalle’s cousin (sometime editor along with Elsner 
and Co. of the Neue Oder-Zeitung), present editor of the Presse in 
Vienna (which, en passant, has 24,000 subscribers), offered, in 
January 1858, to appoint me correspondent to his paper.” I 
turned this down at the time because he stipulated that only 
Bonaparte, not Palmerston, be attacked. Now he has renewed the 
offer, ALL Conditions LAID aside. Since, however, this will as a rule 
involve only 1 article (20 frs) per week, it is comparatively 
unimportant. But I am at the same time to be their despatcher of 
telegrams (in French), 10 frs per telegram, and this, though 
time-consuming, is lucrative. 

The only point that remains to be settled is that of instructions 
to a banking house in London, since telegraphing necessitates 
considerable expenditure. Negotiations—before the terms were 
settled— extended over 3 weeks. It was only yesterday that I sent a 
definite answer to a letter received the same day from Vienna. So 
it will be 8-10 days before the thing gets under way. 

a F, Engels, ‘Chances of the Impending War’ - > Not too much zeal! (The dictum is 
attributed to Talleyrand.) 

MEANWHILE the interest on our most valuable silver, watches, etc., 
is due for payment next Tuesday. By private TRANsactions with the 
PAWNBROKER my Wife has already put off the date of foreclosure for 
3 weeks, but Tuesday is the ultimus terminus. So my request that 
you send me a few pounds goes hand in hand with the hope that 
this will definitely be the last time and the tax upon you will cease 
for good. 

Be so kind as to send 1 copy* for me. As soon as you are in 
possession of several, Freiligrath and Pfander ought each to have 
one. 

Salut. 

Your 
K. M.