To make a further proof, I sent two bundles of yarn to two different places to bleach; it is now returned of a very good color and perfectly strong, though it has been in blenching only a month and two or three days, and although the greater part of the Fifth Month has been unfavorable for bleaching.  As to any risk of the yarn being tendered, it is quite out of the question; it seems to be done by the operation that nature points out.  I have found a very convenient place For the purpose of making trial; there is plenty of good clear water.  There is a prospect of having honest workpeople, and at very reasonable wages—­not more than 6_d_. or 8_d_. a day; there are many honest creatures to be had at these wages who have nothing in the world to do.

From the first of my leaving England, I had no expectation of being liberated from this country before the expiration of about four years, and I have always been desirous that something should turn up that would afford me support by suitable employment; so that what I have now in view does not seem to clash with my former prospects.  It is (he adds with affectionate feeling) a source of great consolation that I can always unbosom my mind so freely to thee; and I consider it among the greatest blessings I enjoy, that thou hast never yet failed of being made an instrument of support to me, and my prayer is that thou mayst never lose thy reward.

Pyrmont is one of the oldest watering-places north of the Alps.  The inhabitants are very much dependent on the visitors who resort thither during the three summer months, and amongst whom may frequently be reckoned some of the first families in Europe.  This year, 1823, the Prince and Princess of Prussia (the present Regent of Prussia and his consort) were there, and one Fourth-day morning attended the Friends’ Meeting.  The meeting-house stands in one of the allees, and although its position is not central, it is sufficiently public to be an object of attraction to the curiosity of strangers.  A memorandum under date of the 18th of the Sixth Month records the royal visit, and John Yeardley’s spiritual exercise on the occasion.

6 mo. 18.—­To-day the young prince and Princess of Prussia, with the Princess their mother, and the Hofmeister, have been at our Fourth-day meeting.  They entered with such seriousness on their countenances that I felt my spirit suddenly drawn towards them in love, and a secret prayer was raised in my heart for their everlasting good.  Feeling the influence of divine love to increase, I believed it right to kneel down, and in brokenness of spirit I expressed what had opened on my mind, which afforded me peace; and I hope good to others was imparted, although I may say through the unworthiest of instruments.  For truly I have for some time been as in a state of death and darkness, owing to my unwatchfulness.  O what would I give for more circumspection, that I might be more prepared to receive the word,