_the Fermeurs Generaux._ The _Fermiers-Généraux_ were the body of French
officials who, under the _Ancien Régime_, leased as a concession the
collection of taxes.
_Gen. Conway._ Henry Seymour Conway (1721-1795), second son of the first
Baron Conway; M.P. for Bury St. Edmunds; General; Governor of Jersey;
cousin and correspondent of Horace Walpole.