They were subjected to no delay at the Custom-house, but, before being allowed to go to an inn, were conducted by the gendarme to the Castle, to be examined by the _Landrath_, or magistrate.

While John Yeardley and William Seebohm were taken into the justice-chamber, Martha Savory and Martha Towell remained in the carriage, where they were presently surrounded by a crowd, who gazed with astonishment at their equipage, no such vehicle having been seen in the town for many years, and probably never any persons in such attire.

Being weary of waiting, and anxious to know the result of the examination, they left the carriage and ascended to the magistrate's room.

They were politely received, and arrived just as he had concluded the examination and was declaring the Friends entirely free from, the requisitions of the law.

The letters of recommendation which they presented were very helpful in procuring this result.