drafted (undated) a request to the King of Poland for leave to bring
his wife, the Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, into Polish territory.
{69} We may imagine His Polish Majesty's answer. Of course, the
marriage did not take place.

Charles had other secrets. On February 3, 1749, he wrote to Waters
about the care to be taken with certain letters. These were a
correspondence with 'Thomas Newton,' (Major Kennedy), at Mr.
Alexander Macarty's, in Gray's Inn, London. Newton was in relations
with Cluny Macpherson, through a friend in Northumberland. Cluny,
skulking on his Highland estates, was transmitting or was desired to
transmit a part of the treasure of 40,000 louis d'or, buried soon
after Culloden at the head of Loch Arkaig. {70a} Of this fatal
treasure we shall hear much. A percentage of the coin was found to
be false money, a very characteristic circumstance. Moreover, Cluny
seems to have held out hopes, always deferred, of a rising in the
Highlands. Charles had to be ready in secrecy, to put himself at the
head of this movement. There was also to be an English movement,
which was frowned on by official Jacobitism. On February 3, 1749,
Charles writes from Avignon to 'Thomas Newton' (Kennedy) about the
money sent south by Cluny. He repeated his remarks on March 6,
giving no place of residence. But probably he was approaching Paris,
dangerous as such a visit was, for in a note of March 6 to Waters, he
says that he will 'soon call for letters.' {70b} His noms de guerre
at this time were 'Williams' and 'Benn'; later he chose 'John
Douglas.' He was also Smith, Mildmay, Burton, and so forth.

There should have been no difficulty in discovering Charles. Modern
police, in search of a person who is 'wanted,' spy on his mistress.
Now the Princesse de Talmond, when out of favour at Versailles, went