[622] “Parl. Hist.,” xxv, 1348–56; Wraxall, iv, 304–6.
[623] Pitt MSS., 103. For other references see the King’s letters to Pitt in “Pitt and Napoleon Miscellanies.”
[624] The King altered this to “written message.”
[625] Pitt MSS., 105.
[626] W. H. Wilkins, op. cit., i, 161.
[627] This letter refutes the statement of Huish (op. cit., i, 169) that Pitt was as pertinacious as the King in refusing to help the Prince.
[628] “Dropmore P.,” i, 362.
[629] Major-General Smith, M.P., was twice unseated for bribery. His nickname was “Hyder Ali.”
[630] “Cornwallis Corresp.,” i, 374, 375. Payne was a confidential friend of the Prince, who made him Comptroller of his Household and Lord Warden of the Stanneries in Cornwall.
[631] “Buckingham P.” i, 363, 364.