The National Register.
London, England, 1815-09-10 00:00:00

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talised these innocent victims in his poem of ‘• pity," and
and his beautiful verses will ever remain engraven in the
memory tho,e• possessed of taste and sensibility. The
crime of these voting ladies consisted in their having offered
fioweis and sweat newts to the King of Prussia—all were
condemned to death-56 suffered punishment, two only
escaped. being ui der the age prescribed by law—they were
trot f .11 rter n. Theo runishment was commuted to a public
exposition of six hours, and an imprisonment of twenty
years. By good lo 'tine the imprisonment lasted.only tvien-
ty-eight months; eircuir)stances put an end to it. One of
these interesting females last year wrote a letter to the King
of Prussia, when that Monarch was at Paris, These are the
two letters which she received in answer:—

*, Vow lever of the 25.41 of sbly has reminded toe of one of the
Meiancholy events in the French Revolution. A crime, the rentern-
trance of which filled with bitterness the heart of tl,e lute King, my
ftther. I thought it my duty to eive the victim who survived this
eliockine ,nitrage, a testimony of the interest with which she inspires
e. I intend to send you Irons Berlin a jewel, which may remind you
e f the interest I have taken in your unhappy fate, and that of your
Odfortunete companions.
(Signed) 4' FRDERICK WILLIAM.
lira quarters at Paris, June t, 1814."

" The terms which have so rapidly succeeded each other, prevent-
ed me from early fulfilling the promise I made you, Madame, in my
letter of the ted June, 1814. I pray you in accept the accompanying
aweet•meat boa, my cypher, as a proof of the. interest I have felt
in the suileiCigs you endured during the year 179'2.
(4.ig0.-‘1) " FREDERICK WILLIAM."
•• Paris, Aug. ‘.!l, 1815."

The Journal General de France, in an article upon the
Electoral Colleges, asks who have they chosen as deputies ?
•' Creatures of Buonaparte, lovers of anarchy and disorder ?
Rio; hut wise and quiet men, flicnds of their King and
count, y--men whose sentiments are pure and principles cer-
tain."

The sweet-meat box which accompanied this letter, was
a-dorned with twenty magnificent diamonds, forming the
Kim's cypher.
The Prussians say, " when the French visited their coun-
try, they lovred themselves; but now, as the French in-
vited them, they have a right to shake free, and help them-
selves to what they like best." This return of hospitality
the Parisians do not seem to understand.

The joy of a Frenchman is the happiest and easiest thing
imaginable Lie rejoices when a King is turned out, and.
lie rejoice.; wilco he comes back—he rejoices when he de-
yours the go, d things of other countries, and he rejoices
v7;ten the inhabitants of other countries devour him.

Amongst the many causes which Iluonaparte will leave be-
hind him for posterity to curse his memory, is the total demo-
fal;:t7t ion of Fiance. At present not the smallest respect for
honour or religion is found amongst the inhabitants; but
sql..h the ptofession of brigandisin they have adopted all the
licentious and ',it-barons manners of a country without law;
or, if there can he any thing more profligate, that of com-
mitting b.alhatiticc u d I. the name of religion.
In the course of Ihe debates in the Commons lalt
on the Catholic Question, Mr. Secretary Peel made kite of
some strong expressions regarding the motives of the Ca-
tholic 1 aders, which Counsellor OlConnel having taken to
liimself personally, rausrd him to remark at a late Aggregate
Meeting of the Catlnlics, " that Mr. Peel would not nAttr.,
Iu his presence. or in any place where he was liable to per-
oat account, to use a single expression derogatory to his

..terest or his honour." In ccolerptence of these remarks,
Sir Charles Saxton called upon Mr. O'Cnnnel, to declare on
the part of Mr. Pet!, that he unequivocally avowed and held
hittmlf for any thing he might have Said, and

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