Respectfully, but firmly declining the kind and very pressing invitation to have "only just one drop with old Short." We left Mr. John Morgan to take care of himself for the day and to be sure to meet us on the next morning in Barnard's Inn at 10 o'clock--sharp. At length the wishful morrow came, also ten of the clock, but not so Mr. John Morgan, nor did he call at any hour during the day. But soon after 11 o'clock the next day he made his appearance, but being so stupidly drunk we gave him some money and told him to call again to-morrow. And he did, but still so muddled that we could make nothing out of him, so we somewhat curtly dismissed him and returned to Brighton. The next day the letter--of which we give a _verbatim et literatim_ copy--was received and then forwarded on to us. 90 Great Peter Street Westminister, S.W. Saturday the 5th of March 1870. My Dear and Kind Sir:--I return you my most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the Kindness I received from you and deeply I regret if I caused you any displeasure the fact is I have been greatly put about And you having been so kind as to give me refreshments it overpowered me I fell and hurt myself. And I am now destitute without a penny in the world or a friend to help me. I feel as though I offended you I hope not I think by the Little conversation we had I may be able to please you I have been considering in my doleful moments matters of importance if my kind and good friend you can favour me with a Line this Saturday Evening I will be most grateful I shall not go out waiting to hear from you I am placed in a most Sad position accept my thanks write Me a Line in answer to this Befriend me if it is possible And I will make all right and with gratitude, Anxiously waiting your kind and I trust favourable reply. [Signature: Your Hum{ble} Servt John Morgan] Charles Hindley, Esq 6 Barnard's Inn Holborn W.C. Having no desire to incur the expense of another journey to London in the matter, and believing that we had obtained sufficient information on the subject, we published, in the year 1871, a limited number of copies of our work under the title of:-- CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE: COMPRISING "COCKS," OR "CATCHPENNIES," A Large and Curious Assortment of STREET DROLLERIES, SQUIBS, HISTORIES, COMIC STORIES IN PROSE AND VERSE, BROADSIDES ON THE ROYAL FAMILY, POLITICAL LITANIES, DIALOGUES, CATECHISMS, ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, STREET POLITICAL PAPERS. A VARIETY OF "BALLADS ON A SUBJECT," _DYING SPEECHES AND CONFESSIONS_, TO WHICH IS ATTACHED THE ALL-IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY AFFECTIONATE COPY OF VERSES, AS "Come, all you feeling-hearted Christians, wherever you may be, Attention give to these few lines, and listen unto me; It's of this cruel murder, to you I will unfold, The bare recital of the same will make your blood run cold."