The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-07 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S ILLNESS.

[FROM TIIE TIMES.]
The latest account which we yesterday gave
of the state of her MAJESTY'S health was up to
half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night. Soon
after that hour her MAJESTY enjoyed some little
repose; and throughout the night, though no
crisis had taken place, she appeared to be a little
more easy than she had been on any night since
the commencement of her indisposition. To-
Avaids morning her MAJESTY again enjoyed some
Sleep, and it was the opinion of her physicians,
that though not out of danger, the violence of
her complaint had somewhat abated. At an early
hour a considerable number of persons from
Hammersmith_ and its si`cinity, and several from
London, had assembled outside the lodge-gate,
anxious to learn how her Majesty had passed the
night. No official account had yet appeared, but
the verbal answer to the inquiries was, that her
Majesty seemed a little better.—At half-past ten
o'clock. the following bulletin was posted up at
the lodge :

• " 10 o'clock, Monday morning.
" 1-I n. Majesty has had some relief during the night,.and her
sate is more favourable than it has been."

" H. AINSLIE.
4‘ W. G. 3IATON.
" P. WARREN.
" H. HOLLAND."
The publication, of this account, as it afforded
some hope of her Majesty's ultimate recovery,
was received with unfeigned satisfaction, and was
rapidly circulated by those who attended to make
inquiries at the lodge. It is scarcely necessary
to add, that the pleasing intelligence was joyfully
greeted in Hammersmith and its neighbourhood,
and ultimately in London.
Soon after the bulletin was issued, Drs. Maton,
Warren, and Holland, left Brandenburgh-house
for London ; Dr. Ainslie alone remaining in at-
tendance on her Majesty. This was the first
occasion since the commencement of her Ma-
jesty's illness ou which so many of her medical
attendants were absent together, and the circum-
stance was looked upon as a proof at least that
no immediate danger was apprehended. At half-
past two o'clock Dr. Baillie arrived in a post-
chaise and four. A messenger had been dis-
patched for him on Sunday, who arrived at his
country-seat, Dunsborn, in Gloucestershire (about
90 miles distant from London), between two and
three o'clock yesterday morning. The Doctor
set off about five o'clock, and scarcely allowed
himself a moment's rest till he reached her Ma-
jesty's house. Immediately on his arrival he had
an interview with Dr. .Ainslie, and soon after, as
we were informed, was introduced to her Ma-
jesty's chamber. A short consultation took place
between the two physicians, but its result did
not then transpire. Dr. Ainslie soon after de-
parted for London, leaving Dr. Baillie in at-
tendance, who was joined in about an hour by
Dr. Holland and Mr. Thompson, her Majesty's
apothecary. It was expected that a bulletin
would he published by three o'clock, but no bul-
letin was issued. The verbal answer given to
the numerous inquiries at the lodge and the
Louse was, that no change had taken place in her
Majesty's complaint since morning.
Hay past Six o'clock, Monday evening.—Up to
this hour no bulletin has been published ; but the
answers at the house are, that the Queen is much
better. Dr. Baillie, who intended to remain at
Brandenburgh House for the night, has now
fixed half past eleven for his departure for town.
The whole of her Majesty's Household seem in
the highest spirits.
Nine o'clock.—Up to this hour no bulletin was
published ; but the accounts given at Branden-
burgh House continued to be favourable. Her
Majesty enjoyed some sleep in the course of the
afternoon, from which she appeared much re-
freshed. In the course of the day she was able
to take a small quantity of Indian arrow-root,
two or three times, and retained it on her sto-
mach : she was also enabled to take her medicine
iu the afternoon, and this she likewise retained,
which had not been the case hitherto. From the
commencement of her illness up to yesterday
morning, her Majesty seemed to be of opinion
that her disorder would prove fatal, but she on
every occasion spoke of her expected dissolution
with the most perfect resignation. Yesterday (as
we are told) for the first time she appeared to en-
tertain some expectation of her recovery, but
she still mentioned it as if in doubt.
On one occasion she observed, that she felt very
much relieved, and wished to be taken out of bed
for a short time and placed sitting up in an arm-
chair. Her wish was complied with by her at-
tendants, but it was not known at the time to
any of her physicians. Her Majesty was thus
Seated in her arm-chair when Dr. Baillie was in-
troduced, She did not, however, remain long out
of bed, but we were glad to learn that she suf-
fered no inconvenience from the exertion.—
Though the circumstances above mentioned
would denote a favourable change in her Ma-
jesty's complaint, yet, up to the hour at Which
this is dated, her medical attendants did not con-
sider her out of danger ; they had, however,
great reliance on the' strength of her Majesty's
constitution.

In consequence of the precarious state in:which
her Majesty was still considered to be, Mr. Wilde
delayed his departure for his circuit, and during
the whole of yesterday remained at Branden-
burgh-house ; but his carriage was kept in readi-
ness for setting out as soon as a favourable change
in her Majesty's disorder should be ascertained.
The inquiries respecting her Majesty's health
at Brandertburgh-house, and at her Majesty's
town residence, throughout the whole of yester-
day, were very numerous, and the names included
some of the highest rank and fashion in town.
Eleven o'clock.—At a little after 9 o'clock the
whole of the physicians had assembled, and after.
a consultation, they agreed upon the following
bulletin, which, though dated at 10 o'clock, was
mg published till a quarter to eleven

"jer Majesty's symptols still continue favourable.
" M. BAILLIE.
" H. AINSLIE.
" W. G. MATON.
" PELHAM WARREN.
" HENRY HOLLAND.
" Brandenburgh House, Aug. 6, 10 o'clock p. m."
-Immediately after the bulletin was agreed to,
Drs. Baillie, Maton, and Holland, left the

Queen's house for London. As we were inform-
ed, it was intended that Drs. Warren and Ainslie
should remain for the night in attendance on her
Majesty. Though the above official account does
not declare her Majesty out of danger, yet this
was generally believed to be the case by the
whole of her Majesty's Household : but in a
complaint of such a nature as that with which
her Majesty is afflicted, nothing.short of absolute
recovery can warrant a declaration that the pa-
tient is out of danger.

• The anxiety to obtain intelligence regarding
the state of her Majesty's health was as intense
yesterday as upon any day since the commence-
ment of her unfortunate illness. The first
bulletin that was published in the course of the
day, gave unfeigned pleaSnre to the inhabitants
of the metropolis, as it held out hopes to them
that the crises of her Majesty's disorder was past.
Still the public mind was not entirely relieved
from the fears by which it had been oppressed,
owing to the despondent tones of the bulletins
which had been previonsliiSsued. Numbers of
well-dressed and respectable people, whose occu-
pations prevented them from making personal
inquiries at Brandenburgh4hoiise, kept hourly
calling at Cambridge-house and the Mansion-
house, in order to obtain as-,early as possible the
latest information respecting her -Majesty. In
order to allay the, Intense •anxiety under which
all classes of people evidently laboured, the fol-
lowing placard was posted.on the doors of her
Majesty's residence in.. South Audley-street, at
4 o'clock in the afternoon :---
4' her Majesty is not worse, but .continues in the same state
as in the morning." •

And shortly afterwards the.following. brief
Notice was exhihited•at the Mansion House:—
" Extract of a note just received from Lord Hood, dated
Brandenburgh House, 3 o'Clock :%f. 6th Aug.:-
" There will be no Bulletin until the evening, but the Queen
is going on favourably.'
(Signed) " JOHN TROS. THORP, Mayor.
" Mansion House, 6 o'Clock, Aug. 6."
About nine o'clock in the evening Cambridge-
house was surrounded -by a gre.at number of re-
spectable persons, who were waiting for the pub-
lication of the promised bulletin. The steps to
the house were then crowded. by several well-
dressed individuals, and we were told that some
of them had been sitting there fin. two hours pre-
viously, and had expressed their determination to
remain till it was published. This circumstance,
though trivial in itself, may serve to show how
warmly attached the people still are to her Ma-
jesty, in spite of all the efforts which have been
made to deprive her of their affections.

" Several unauthorized Bulletins purporting to have been
signed by the . Physicians having appeared in the Newspapers,
it should be understood that-none are authorized but such as
have the names of the Physicians actually annexed to them.
" Brandenburgh House, Aug. 6. .44 HOOD."

FOR THE STSN.

ror the Sim's beams, another " mote."

Ma. EDITOIL.-The Weekly Critic, it seems
has at last " heard" of a shot at what he calls
his " fair fame." His fair fame ! as though he
had any name or notoriety but what he has de-
rived from his attacks upon the «` fair fame" of
all those he thinks proper should become objects
of his malevolent vituperation.
I observe, he promises to" laugh" at the shot
thus fired, " at his leisure," and as a preparatory
excitation to our risible faculties, I suppose, he
gives notice, that he considers those who attack
him to he of the " Gander" school ? Is he sure
of that ! If they are, instead of laughing at
them, he should treat them with the highest Cri-
tical respect and deference. What would be-
come of Critics if it were not for the bipeds of the
Goose class, whether feathered or not ?
I have, since he fell in my way, Mr. Editor,
considered the Generic character of this critic
attentively, and was always inclined to think him
a quadruped. If he belongs to Ornithology, he is
either one of those blinkers that cannot bear the
sun beams, even with " motes" in them, -'or else
a " Spoon-bill" or " Shoveller" which aid" silly
birds that I never knew of any use but to be
stuffed and set up in ,a Museum. A Goose in-
deed ! A Goose is a valuable bird to mat), whether
alive or dead, and particularly useful, as I ob-
serve, to critics, to whom they furnish the means
of food and raiment.

But, as I hive said, Mr. Editor, I think this
Critic .a quadruped, and having recently met
with some lines in an original manuscript
that assign another derivation for modern
Critics than the one mentioned by a learned Ma-
gazine Editor, (whose Essay on Cotemporary Cri-
ticism I noticed .in my last communication to
you,) I extract and send them, that you -may
put them before the Weekly Critic to whet his
beak upon, if-he is a " Spoon-bill," and if a qua-
druped, he may shake his ears, and give us some
further specimens of his vocality " at his leisure!"
To think of the vanity of this creature ! in his
last Paper, there is an article bestowing his eu-
logy forsooth
.upon the Work of an Artist whose
very superior Abilities may defy even the conse-
quences of such a Critic's praise, and being found
in his company. But the writing a little per-
plexed my previous considerations, and made
me doubt for a moment whether I had classed
this Critic properly amongst " animals," notwith-
standing the pains I had taken not to mistake
him ; for the Ass, although stupid, is not para-
sitical, which the writer of the article I allude
to, clearly is, and I begin to think (for it is ex-
tremely difficult to understand some of these
Critics, Mr. Editor, and_ to make out either head
or tail of them,) that he was Botanical! and that I
should find him amongst the creeping class of
plants. Itherefore reconsidered him, and after
more diligently noting his marks,and referring to
such works of comparative zoology as I possess,
.I- pronounce him a variety- from the old English
breed of asses, produced by'the crosses of a fo-
reign stock,.. which in truth has generally much
confused. and injured the original breed, and
made them less able and abundantly less willing
to work-honestly for their living. However be he
bird or beast, or
." creeping thing," he is in his,
own language a " bore," and will, no doubt,
cumber a Museum in common with alligators'
skins, and other disgusting empty cases, and
specimens, 'mummies, and' monstrosities. Here
follow the extracted lines that relate to the de--
rivation of modern Critics, headed,
" Manner of compounding critical conspicators, • and-doggerel
• Coo oscenti."
" Cr.avANTEs, whose writings are witty and terse,
" Says, a sow's ear can never be made a silk puisa.
" Did he lixe with our critical rabble and rout,
" The stufrthey are made of would put him in doubt " If in this day the truth of his axiom was clear
" That, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
" Since our learned transnmtings such changing surpasses,
" Of all things we make hooks, and CRITICS of As3Es.
" Should you doubt pray apply to the and Co.
" They've a stable of critics 0. N. and T. 0.
" Et cetera, et cetera."
" NOTE."
When you view take a drawing instead of some hay.
" And tho' bipeds they seem, they'll begin straight to bray !"
P. O.
If I can find him I will send you somee-remarks
upon the notice of the weekly Critic respecting
" the Bookseller's Season," and his wish for a
" Stupid Book" in September. Surely, Mr.
Editor, these Critics might find full employment
out of their osvn common stock of stupidity.—
They review one another. This notice is a rich.
text, but he is CC not worth the whistle."
August 1, 1821.