Manchester, 8 April 1860 

Dear Moor, 

During the last few days of my stay in Barmen'** the contract 

relating to the Manchester business has been subjected to 
thorough legal scrutiny. This convinced me that everything over 
here was hanging in the balance and that I must get back without 
a moment’s delay. I left on Friday morning at 6 o’clock and was 
back here by 12 noon yesterday, i.e. in 30 hours. * The thing was, 
we wanted to secure Charley.** This was accomplished yesterday 
evening, in so far as it was necessary, and now I shall have to wait 
and see what Gottfried” does. However, my base of operations is 
now secure. 

Under the circumstances, I shan’t be able to come to London 
until everything here has been settled. Until then I shall be up to 
my eyes in business matters and legal quibbles, and there’s nothing 
I can do about it. In the meantime I have learned from Gumpert 
and Siebel what they know. I’ve neither seen nor heard anything 
of my pamphlet.“ You might return me the copy you have, also 
the letter (presumably from Fischel?) G. sent you,’ so that I know 
what is going on. Open the letter if you haven’t already done so; 
this will save writing to and fro. 

G. told me that there had been some further unpleasantness at 
my lodgings; ’m moving out straight away. 

I neither saw nor heard anything of the Prussian police. No one 
demanded my passport or anything of that kind. The few 
policemen I ran into in Barmen gave me a murary sacute, that was 
all. 

Industry on the Rhine has developed enormously and_ the 
constitutional system has bitten deep into the citizenry. Things 
have changed vastly since 1848, though sufficient of the old leaven 
still remains. 

Still no reply from Weber‘? If it doesn’t arrive soon, there'll be 
nothing else for it but to get Ephraim Artful‘ to take him to task. 

4 Roesgen - b Ermen - © F. Engels, Savoy, Nice and the Rhine. - 4 See this volume, 
pp. 113-14, 133. - © ibid., p. 92. - § Lassalle 

Kindest régards to your wife and the young Lapis. Immediately 
I’ve sorted things out up here I shall come and see you. 
Your 
F. E. 
Will you also send the key to the lower bookcase. What is all this 

about the parcel of letters that was supposedly left in the 
bedroom, or so Gumpert maintains?