FOOTNOTES:
[1] Morning Post, Jan. 7, 1800.
[2] Annual Register, Jan. 25, 1800.
[3] “Parliamentary History,” vol. xxxv. pp. 25, 26
[4] By Colley Cibber.
[5] By James Cobb.
[6] Silver medals in commemoration of the King’s escape were struck by order of Sheridan. The Obverse represents Providence protecting the King from the attempt upon his life, figuratively displayed by a shield and shivered arrows, portraying the Sovereign’s safety; and encircled are the words “GOD SAVE THE KING.” On the Reverse is the British Crown in the centre of a wreath of laurel, the radiant beams of glory spreading their influence over it, with the words, “Preserved from Assassination, May 15, 1800;” and on the knot of the wreath, “Give God Praise.” Hadfield died in Bedlam.
[7] The barrels and locks of the muskets of that date were bright and burnished. Browning the gun-barrels for the army was not introduced till 1808.
[8] Annual Register, vol. xlii. p. 94.
[9] A comb is four bushels, or half a quarter.