[133] Malmesbury, who did not take the overture seriously, says—‘He came to me avec des projets insensés.’

[134] A. F. iv. 1329.

[135] Probably Letourneur’s Edition.

[136] F. 7, 1672.

[137] Hamburg was fined four millions by Napoleon for this act.

[138] Times, February 25, 1803.

[139] Kirwan in Fraser’s Magazine, 1860; Fitzpatrick, Secret Service under Pitt.

[140] Année, Livre Noir, 1829.

[141] Dublin Review, April 1890.

[142] F. 7, 1671.