“We dined at the Princess William’s with several of the royal family.  The Queen came afterwards and appeared much pleased at my delight on hearing that the King had stopped religious persecutions in the country, and that several other things had been improved since our last visit.  It is a very great comfort to believe that our efforts for the good of others have been blessed.  Yesterday we paid a very interesting visit to the Queen, then to Prince Frederick of Holland and his Princess, sister to the King of Prussia; with her we had much serious conversation upon many important subjects, as we also had with the Queen....  Although looked up to by all, they appear so humble, so moderate in everything.  I think the Christian ladies on the Continent dress far more simply than those in England.  The Countess appeared very liberal, but extravagant in nothing.  To please us she had apple dumplings, which were quite a curiosity; they were really very nice.  The company stood still before and after dinner, instead of saying grace.  We returned from our interesting meeting at the Countess’s, about eleven o’clock in the evening.  The royal family were assembled and numbers of the nobility; after a while the King and Queen arrived, the poor Tyrolese flocked in numbers.  I doubt such a meeting ever having been held anywhere before,—­the curious mixture of all ranks and conditions.  My poor heart almost failed me.  Most earnestly did I pray for best help, and not unduly to fear man.  The royal family sat together, or nearly so; the King and Queen, Princess William, and Princess Frederick, Princess Mary, Prince William, Prince Charles, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, young Prince William, besides several other princes and princesses not royal.  Your uncle Joseph spoke for a little while, explaining our views on worship.  Then I enlarged upon the changes that had taken place since I was last in Prussia; mentioned the late King’s kindness to these poor Tyrolese in their affliction and distress; afterwards addressed these poor people, and then those of high rank, and felt greatly helped to speak the truth to them in love.  They finished with a hymn.”

Her last brief visit to the Continent was paid in 1843, and spent wholly in Paris.  Mrs. Fry was particularly interested in French prisons, as well as in the measures designed to ameliorate the condition of those who tenanted them.  Reformation had become the order of the day there as in England; the Duchess of Orleans, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, M. Guizot, the Duc de Broglie, M. de Tocqueville, M. Carnot, and other high and noble personages were much interested in the subject.  A bill to sanction the needful reforms was introduced to the Chamber of Deputies by the Minister of the Interior, and ably supported by him in a speech of great lucidity and power.  Said he, when laying it before the Chamber:  “Our subject is not entirely to sequestrate the prisoner nor to confine him to absolute solitude.  Some