Manchester, 16 April 1869 

Dear Moor, 

Enclosed returned the 2 Ludlows and the 2 ‘knavish tricks’.* 
From Wilhelm you sent only the few lines for me, not those to you 
to which you refer.**? If Wilhelm can’t do more than this, then it is a 
miracle he did not do even worse in Barmen.*"* In a few days I shall 
send you reports in Zukunft about the general assembly,° which 

a See this volume, p. 260. - > Correspondence, 1839-1841, relative to the affairs of the 
East, and the conflict between Egypt and Turkey, in 4 parts. - © Der Social-Demokrat - 4 See 
this volume, p. 263. - © Die Zukunft, Nos. 76, 79, 80 and 86; 2, 6, 7 and 14 April 
1869. 

appeared very late and show that the ground had already been well 
prepared in Schweitzer’s association, and that the rebellion would 
have broken out even without Wilhelm. 

The Ludlow correspondence very useful. 

Many thanks for the Rameau,*? which will give me much 
pleasure. At the moment I am reading almost nothing, in order 
finally to get my eye back on the right track; I have also cut down 
on my work at the office. 

Wilhelm is badly mistaken if he thinks I would send him the 
Peasant War” on the basis of such vague promises, so he could 
subsequently pop up and yell that, if I did not send the sum of 
umpteen pounds, it would be impossible to print the final sheets. 
His letter is real twaddle, and his calm assumption that you should 
pay his fees is impudent. 

Fowler, the stipendiary MAGISTRATE here, who had the Fenians 
brought into court shackled to one another, has relinquished his 
post. Leaving behind his wife and 2 children, he has eloped with 
the wife of Milne, the chairman oF QUARTER sessions (daughter of 
the late Brooks, the rich banker, and worth £80,000 IN HER OWN RIGHT), 
who, for her part, left 5 children with her beloved husband. Great 
consternation amongst the philistines. 

Salut. 

Your 
F. E. 

This final story can only be explained etymologically; Frow:er 
from row.= Vogel.“