Murray travelled south and was captured in Tweeddale. On August 27, 1746, when in the Tower, he wrote to an English official, ‘last time I had the honour to see you, I offered to lay my hand upon the 15,000 _louis d’or_, and am still certain I can do so, but as the season is now advancing, and the parties will probably soon be called in, it is not in that event impossible but the money may be raised.’ (It was ‘raised’ by Dr. Cameron.) In his Examination (August 13, 1746) Murray had already betrayed the secret of the casks of gold. But the English could never discover the treasure. Elsewhere, in a paper of accounts, Murray tells, in defence of his pecuniary honesty, all about the disposition of the _louis d’or_. He accounts for various sums, including 40_l._ to Lochiel, who, like the gallant gentleman he was, had given every penny in his possession ‘to his own people about.’ Mr. Murray ‘chided him for being too easy to give money to whoever asked it.’ A sum of 3,868_l._ was buried in the garden of Mrs. Menzies of Culdairs. This, we presume, was the bulk of the 5,000 louis reserved. Murray corroborates (as in his tract) an anonymous informant’s story, presently to be given, about the stealing of a cask of money, and restitution made after confession to Father Harrison. The penitent however, an Irishman, kept 700_l._, as stated in the anonymous information. Murray reckons at 15,000_l._ a sum buried near Loch Arkaig, by Dr. Archibald Cameron, Young Macleod of Neuck, Sir Stewart Threipland, and Major Kennedy. There were fifteen bags containing 1,000_l._ each; one parcel was put under a rock, in a burn, and two in holes, near at hand, dug by the four gentlemen. Another sum of 12,000_l._, in two parcels, was carried by Dr. Cameron and Mr. Macleod, from Lochiel’s house of Achnacarry, and buried near the _lower_ end of Loch Arkaig. Lochiel received 1,520_l._ for the Prince’s immediate needs, and the rest is scrupulously accounted for the unhappy Secretary. His stories are consistent throughout.[72] Another description of the arrival and burial of the gold has never been published. It is from the Cumberland Papers, and must have been written about 1749-1750. This is proved by the writer’s mention of Barisdale as still alive, and in prison. Now young Barisdale (Archibald) is not meant, for he was not taken till 1753.[73] His father, Coll Macdonnell of Barisdale, on the other hand, was taken in March 1749, and died in Edinburgh Castle on June 1, 1750.[74] We now offer this anonymous intelligence of 1749-1750, as to the arrival, burial, and later fortunes of the French gold. ‘_Intelligence sent to Col. Napier from Scotland about Seven Casks of Money for the Rebels_ Cumberland Papers. Memoir for Col. Napier.