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

Lump, 13° d;e Januarii, 1812.

The Right • Honourable CHAT:LES LING in the

Chair.

Dr. Sir HENRY HALFOXID, Bart.. called in, and

examined.

a. Is the state.of his Majesty's health such as to
render him incapable of coming. to person to his
Parliament, or rff atieniing to any kind of public
business .1( is such a, !_cr fender him incapable
of coming to his Parliament, or of attending to any
kind of public buiiness,
Q. What is the present state of his Majesty's
bodily. health ?—A. Not good, by any means.
Q. What is the present state of his Majesty's
mental health %---Extremely disordered:
Q. Adverting to the state of his Majesty's bodily
and mental bealth,.slice your' last examination be-
fore a Committee of the House of Commohs, are
you now of opinion that his Majesty's recovery is
probable or improbable ? A. Improbable..
Q. In what degree do-you consider it as impro-
bable Very imprObahle.
Q. Are you of opinion that his nijesty's reco-
very is hopeless ?—A. No.
Q. On what do you found the opinion that his
Majesty's recovery is not hopeless, though very im-
probable ?—A. It is very improbable, - from 'the
charaaer of his present s) mptotns ; horn the dura-
tion of the disorder, and from his Majesty's ad-
vanced period of life, but above all from the, in-
fluence of .his Majesty's peculiar situ tion and cir-
cumstances, upon. his irritable constituti,n : but his
Majesty's faculties of perception and memory are
not impa'red.

a. When► did. you -first fprm an opinion that the
recovery of his Majesty k‘as very improbable ?—A.
In the beginning of July last I thought it impro-
bable; and the continuance of his symptoms
since that time has made it very improbable in my
opinion.

Do you expe6l that his Majesty .will recover ?
—A. Ido not expe6l that he will recover. •
Q. Is his Majesty in a stale to converse upon
publid affairs ?—A. Certainly not:
Q. Has therebeen any period since your last ex.
arnination. when his Majesty's life has appeared in
immediate danger;—A. No.
Q. Is there any such danger existing now ?—A.
I think there was not when I left Windsor on Sa-
turday ; but Lhave,reaion to think that within the
last four and twenty hours the. King has not been so
well. • -

Q. Had any fresh accession of disorder taken
place before you left Windsor, on Saturday; or had
you reason to apprehend that it was coming on )---
A. His Majesty was under circumstances to make
one rather suspeef ►hat it 'was coming .on, than that
it h id established itself.

Q. Could you ascribe the aggravation of the symp-
toms that was cowing.on, to any particular ce.use ?
—A. No.

Q. Is his Majesty's bodily health more impaired
now than it was six months ago ?—A. I do not think

Q. Is his. Majesty in a worse state of .bodily
health than he was when you were last examined?
—A. No.

Q. Have you observed any signs of amendment
in his Majesty since the beginning of December ?
A. There have been several occasions on which the
violence of his Majesty's disorder appeared to be so
far abated, and mind seemed so far cleared up as
to admit of his detailing anecdotes of past times ac-
curately, but not to exercise a sound judgment on
present circumstances.
Q. Since the beginning of December, has big
Majesty shewn generally more disposition to convers-
ation ?—A. His Majesty has frequently shown him.
self rather more capable of conversation.
• Q. Has his Majesty, in any of those conversa-
tions to which you have referred, adverted to the
circumstances of his own situation ?—A. Yes. By
watching the, turn of his Majesty's thoughts, and the
remarkable energy of his expressions, it is obvious
that his mind has been deeply stricken 4 the super-
session of his authority. I think it is i nportant to
state this, because it has a greater weight in deter-
mining the opinion which I base fornled as to the
great improbability of his Majesty's recosery, than
the particular symptoms °flits complaint.
- • [Withdrew.