A further source of income that would go towards Indemnifying the official outlay might be found in a toll levied on the purchaser of 2d.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
The Premier and the Foreign Secretary, Lord Hawkesbury, were led by the French political agent in London, M. Otto, to believe that, in the ensuing negotiations at Amiens, every facility would be given by the French Government towards its retrocession to us, and that this act would be regarded as the means of Indemnifying Great Britain for the heavy expense of supporting many thousands of French and Dutch prisoners.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
And his eastern rival, who then plaintively sued for Austria's aid, now showed a desire to establish Russian control over all the Polish lands, Indemnifying Prussia for losses in that quarter by the acquisition of Saxony.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose