Autograph Letter Signed to E[dward]. J[ohn]. Broadfield.

Poet and miscellaneous writer (1817-90), called 'the Lancashire Burns'. The recipient Broadfield (1831-1913) was a Mancunian worthy. Two pages, 12mo. Very good, with four stubs from previous mounting adhering to blank verso of second leaf of bifoliate. He thanks Broadfield for his letter 'anent that quaint invader of the House of Lords. I will call at the office when I come to Manchester, and get the particulars of the story from Mr. Lang. | You mention our old friend, S. P. Robinson. I am glad to hear that he is still "to the fore." I had an impression, somehow, that he was laid up. I should like to see the sturdy old Leaguer once more, before the curtain falls. | The late storm did much damage here. Doors, windows, slates, and chimney pots were all "on the spree;" and some of the houses on high ground rocked to and fro, like drunken men; and thousands of were driven across the highway, aand into the streets of the village. I saw the Life Boat return from the wreck of the "", leaving 31 poor souls clinging to the rigging, and crying for help; and I saw the same boat ordered back to the wreck again, only to find when they got there that the poor wretches had all perished. | The weather is beautiful here, to-day'.