Preston, Saturday
My dear Father
Your last1 was received in proper time, it affords me much pleasure to find that you and my mother see things in their true light. I shall lose no time in profiting by the permission you have granted. With respect to going home, that’s quite out of the question, it should indeed be my last shift, and I am not put to the shift at all as yet.
With this I send you a number of the Illustrated News2 and a Supplement to the same. Its a beautiful production, as it is their anniversary number.3 Will you present it to Mrs Steuart with my respects?
How are the Carlow Repealers4 getting on? Is there any violence expected? From all I hear things have assumed a serious appearance in Ireland.5 The present Government have a hard card to play.
I’m pressed for time at present and therefore must conclude
Your affectionate son | John.
RI MS JT 1/10/3311
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Your last: letter missing.
the Illustrated News: the Illustrated London News; see letter 0187, n. 7.
their anniversary number: this was the number for Saturday 27 May 1843, which included a supplement entitled ‘A May Garland to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Illustrated London News’.
the Carlow Repealers: supporters of the Repeal Association which campaigned for the repeal of the Act of Union between Ireland and Britain.
things have assumed a serious appearance in Ireland: Daniel O’Connell declared that 1843 would be the ‘repeal year’, and from the spring he travelled across Ireland addressing mass meetings of Repealers. The Conservative government responded by passing the Irish Arms Act, which restricted the manufacture and importation of arms and ammunition, and dismissing magistrates who attended Repeal meetings.
Please cite as “Tyndall0210,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 4 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0210