London, 9 March 1854

I 9 March, 1854.  
28, Deanstreet, Soho.  

Dear Engels,

I have not written for a long time because I am having a great deal of trouble in the house, so that I have not even read the newspapers properly and therefore do not know whether anything by you has already appeared in the Daily News and how this whole affair stands.

With my Palmerston I have still come to nothing, i.e. to not a farthing of money, and there seems to me to be no prospect of this either. Mr Trübner himself told me that, quant à lui, it is his principle never to pay for the things he publishes. Besides, the matter is au moment outdated.

On Tuesday I shall send the last trial article to the Cape (so you must get something ready for me for the Tribune. Perhaps the Greek revolution?) Tuesday is the last time that the regular correspondence to the Cape goes, as they have fallen out with the government over the price conditions.

It is sickening to foresee that I shall again go through the same chronic pressure the coming spring and summer as in previous ones, since with the mere income from the Tribune it is not possible for me to work off the past liabilities. I get wild from time to time that the shit never ends.

You have not sent back Lassalle’s letter, as you indicate in your last letter. I do not need it, but I must only know that it has not got lost in the post or fallen into the wrong hands. |

I have received an invitation from the Labour Parliament to sit as an Honorary Delegate in Manchester (Nadaud and Louis Blanc as well.) I sent them a letter of thanks today and made a few phrases which, depending on how one reads them, can be understood as very extreme or very mild. I sent Jones your office address today.

The great Rüge intends to found a university (free) in America, and, as Heinzen indicates, 150 dollars have already been raised for this noble purpose.

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The great Franz Siegel has become Dulon’s son-in-law. What else has happened in this gang, you will see from a parcel that will be on your neck in a few days.

Urquhart yesterday has a military (?) article in the Advertiser, in which he asserts that the Turks ought to have sent their main army into the Dobruja and from there set upon the Russians. Refers to General Valentini. I shall see that I send you the issue.

I have written to Lassalle and expect further communications from him.

Tschirner was here, did not meet me, is off to America because of a money affair with his 80-year-old mother, and then settles here. Claims already to know you, as Imandt tells me.

Yours,  
K. M.