[46a] See Le Secret du Roi, by the Duc de Broglie.

[46b] Tales of the Century, p. 25.

[46c] Pol. Corresp. of Frederick the Great, v. 114. No. 2,251.

[46d] Ibid. vi. 125. No. 3,086.

[49a] D’Argenson, v. 417. March 19, 1749. D’Argenson knew more than the police.

[50a] Stuart Papers. Browne, iv. p. 51.

[51a] Mémoires, v. 417.

[51b] Tales of the Century, ii. 48, ‘from information of Sir Ralph Hamilton.’

[51c] ‘Information by Baron de Rondeau and Sir Ralph Hamilton.’

[52a] S. P. France. No. 442.