[London,] 23 October 1860 

Dear Lassalle, 

You will forgive me for writing no more than a few lines. Apart 
from my usual preoccupations, I am just now snowed under with— 
proof-sheets.* 

I should be greatly obliged if you could let me have such money 
as you are able to send by the beginning of November, since I 
have given the printer (as a matter of fact, printers in London are 
paid by the week) an I.0.U. payable at the beginning of November. 

Today I received a final nonsuit from the Supreme Tribunal, It 
reads: 

‘Your appeal of August 23 of this year against the ruling on July 11 of this year 
of the Criminal Senate of the Royal High Court in the action for libel brought by 
Dr. K. Marx against Dr. Zabel, editor of the National-Zeitung, is hereby dismissed 
as without foundation after consideration of the relevant documents. For the Royal 
High Court did not find an objective defamation of the plaintiff in the two leading 
articles of the Nat.-Zeit. in question, nor did it find that there was an “intention to 
insult the plaintiff. It was right, therefore, to refuse permission to proceed with the 
proposed action for libel. 

‘The question whether there is an objective act of defamation, or an intention to 
insult, essentially pertains to matters of fact and the conclusions regarding them 
can only be disputed by an appeal to the Royal Supreme Tribunal if the decision of 

« of Herr Vogt 

the Appeal judge is based on an error in law. However, such an error is not 
evident in the present instance. The costs, etc.’ 

How is your health? Mine is still pretty precarious. 
Salut. 

Your 

K. M.