Birth of Madame Royale.-Festivities of Thanksgiving.-The Dames de la
Halle at the Theatre.-Thanksgiving at Notre Dame.-The King goes to a Bal
d'Opéra.-The Queen's Carriage breaks down.-Marie Antoinette has the
Measles.-Her Anxiety about the War.-Retrenchments of Expense.
Mercy, while deploring the occasional levity of the queen's conduc