The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-16 00:00:00

Dr. W. HEBERDW called in, and examined.

Q. Is the state of his Majesty's health such as to
render him incapable of coming in person to his
Parliament, or of attending to any public business ?
—A, It such as to render him incapable of.corn-
ing in person to his Parliament, or of attending to
any public business:

.. • Q. What is the present state -of his Majesty's
bo'dtly healtli.A. It is very little removed from
his Majesty's natural state of health.
• What is the present state•of his Majesty's
mental health ?—A. His Majesty's state of mind is.
very much disordered.

Q. Adverting to the state of his 1113jesty's men-
tal and bodily health since your last examination be-
fore a Committee of the House of Commons, ale,
you-noW of opinion that his Majesty's recovery is
probable'or improbab!of—A. Improbable.
Q. In what degree d-0 you consider it as impro-
bable ?—A. It is highly improbable,.but not 'in an
extreme degree:

Q. Are you of opinion that his Majesty's re-
covery is hopeless ?—No.

CL Is it your- opinion that the prospeet of his
Majesty's recovery is but hopeless I—A. No.
His Majesty, from the middle of July last till about
the Second ;leek of li'cember, appeared to me to
be more uniformly dis Ordered in his mind' than he
has:been since that period ; had the ssme degree of
disorder still continued, I might perhaps consider,.
his Majesty's condition as almost hopeless, but the
subsequent imprmiement, slight as it km been,,
makes me think altogether mure fi'Vourably of, the
.termination. •

.Q. In what has that slight improvement cpn:-
si;ited It consists in a greater power•ot con-
vertition, an in having hid aside some erroneous
notions with whichAis Majesty had ben before
po•sessed..

Q. Is,it to be.understOod that his Majesty's mind
is not as much impressed-with the et rots which thid
pssession of it before, ..as he was in the middle of
he month of July last The ei rors to which

allude had grown up in his Majesty's mind be-
weer the middle of July and the end of August;
from the second week in December his Mdiesty's
n&lnd has appealed to rue to be clearer, and freer
from error, than it had beenin the latter part of
August. •

Q. ,Do.the errors which existed in his Majesty's
mind before the middle of July last still continue to
exist in the same degree that they did formerly ?
A. The errors and general bhar.ider of his 1144jes_-
ty's- disorder, since the middle of Jttly, have ap-
peared to me altogether ditlerent from what they
we in any previous part of his Majesty's illness;
and though some 'deal may still remain, which pos.
sensed his Majesty's mind early in his disorder, the
g,-eater part of them have grown up since the middle
of July.

Q. You are understood to say, that those errors

that have possessed the mind Qt 'the King; between
the middle of July and the second week in De-
cember; were quite distind from those that h3d
possessed it previously to the middle of July ?
A.• Yes.

And you are understood to say, that those
errors were removed, or very (wadi diminiihed at
lease—A. Schutt of ithem have heen removed.

. Q.. State whether the errors which -pOsseied his
Majesty's mind before the middle of July; still con-

tinue to- possess it I believe I
US t go into
some history Of his Majesty's complaint.,- from as
long ago as February laSt to the end of April : his
Majesty had appeared to be getting materially better,
in the months of April, May, and June, there was
yery little of disorder exhibited ; early in July the're
seetnetho be a fresh accession of disorder, .so dis-
. .

tin& in its charmer, from his Majesty's previous
state, that I look upon 'it as, itidet.l, a new coin:
plaint.

Q. Did ,the old complaint continue to subsist
along with the new complaint ; or, when The new
complaint manifested itself in the mitsd, did the old
complaint seem to he extinguished ?—A. • When the

new complaint arose early,in July,- though
Ma-
jesty was not well from his former disorder, yet lam
not Conscious that there were any particular errors,
'that at that timu rested upon his mind. ~
0.. Do any of the errors that possessed his Ma-
jesty's mi4k.l before the middle of last July, now pos-
sess if Majsty's mind is still possessed
with the same sort of false
,reasoning ; but I am not
aware, that for soma time previous to the corn-
niaencemeat of the present disorder in duly, there
were nay false fadts upon his Maj,sty's mind.
Q. When his Majesty's mind runs upon those
subjeas, on which you say it was principally- engag-
ed, is it snbject no v to the Jame false reasoning tt
was then ?—A. Yes.

Q. Then the error of 41.i.5, Majesty's mind, as you
are 'understood to state; previouslo July, was merely
t)ilt of false reasoning; ate, you• to be understood
that th4tiwas'i he. sole error of his nijesty's mind,
pret'iOui to that ?—A. I thijoc, for two of three.
months previous to July; that had been the state of
M ljesty's mind.
(-4... Does that propensity- of the mind still con-.
lime ?—A,

Q..llid that. false reasoning extend itself to many
subjects, or did it confine itself to a few'?--A. It
was principally confined to a few ; tent there were
many subjects upon which. his Majesty's judgment
could not be trusted.

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Q. Does his Majesty's mind continue to be en%
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gaged upon those particularsuh.jeas, on whiCk you ,
say it was principally engaged at fiat period
A. Yes, , •

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Q. You haye said that, xou considei• hii Majes-
ty's recovery as highly improbable; hake you ester.
.known.any person circ,,thstanced io metttat health,
as 016 king is now' eii-cumStanceit, aril of the same
trj.,,e as l is. klajesty, .recover from ati illness such a 4..
his Majesty's ?—A. t ne'er knety at-if. person Un.s.er.
the same circumstances of disorde.r a 0.1 afte of hii
Mak,Sty.
Q, How long hare You been of opiniOn' that leis
Maje.sty,'s ';recovery ;was highly improbable
Perhaps rrom the latte.r end of August. •
[Withdrew,