To Thomas Archer Hirst   Saturday Night

Queenwood, Saturday night¹

My Dear Boys–

I send you a number of our reporter which appeared today – the mechanical portion of it will perhaps interest you – the class to which the questions were proposed consists of boys from 12 to 15 years of age on this account the matter is purely elementary – might I request Jemmy² to make himself master of these 12 questions – in subsequent numbers we shall advance to more elaborate calculations – It is a long time since I heard from Halifax, I dont know what is going on there – have you any Chartist³ meetings in the Cattle Market? that affair in London passed off very peaceably – what a waspish little fellow Ernest Jones⁴ is – I have little faith in a movement whose materials are held in such red hot crucibles – I read some time ago a magnificent lecture from Mialè⁵ on State Education the general principles he laid down were excellent but I think he shot himself wide of his mark – all his arguments might be readily turned upon himself – – I shall be much obliged if you send me a long letter containing an abstract of your local history for the last 2 months – how is Lord?⁶ how is McArthur?⁷ – Tom Perkinton⁸ wrote me such a brief note⁹ some time ago that he actually froze the fluid on my steelnib – it will gush out upon him some of these fine days –

believe me dear | Tom and Jim¹⁰ | most truly yours | J. Tyndall | How are all my friends at Carlton Street?

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