1 60 Humboldt's Letters. 



80. 



FOUR NOTES OP FREDERICK WILLIAM THE FOURTH 

 TO HUMBOLDT. 



I. 



23D DECEMBER, 1836 (at Night}. 



THE quasi nameless number* may expect the mildest 

 of sentences. It will, doubtless, be commuted to six 

 months, and three years' incapacity to hold office. You 

 may therefore send some comfort, at least as a Christmas 

 present, to the faithful Crefeld. Perhaps !!?!!! shall 

 succeed in procuring the full pardon of this list. It is, 

 however, revolting and horrible to let the poor boy 

 languish so long in a loathsome hole. Leaving the 

 respectability of his parents out of the question, had 

 they been fools or knaves, it could scarcely be excused. 

 Shall we see each other to-night ? 



FE. W. 



II. 



CHERISSIME HUMBOLDT, you are acquainted with all 



* Humboldt had supplicated for a politically-prosecuted young 

 man, who is alluded to under that designation. Tr. 



