Star.
London, England, 1810-12-19 00:00:00

gasisailr.lB tnillSerifasts.i
Pr. WILLIAM HVBERDOI Wilding Pia examines:
You are desired to acquaint the Committee, wbo.'t
ther the state of his Majesty's health is such, as to I
render him incapable of coming in person to his Par of
liament, of of attending to any kind pf public buata4
ness ?—lt is. ,
What are the hopes you entertain of his Majesty's
recovery ?—1 entertain the greatest expectation of his
Majesty's recovery. 1
Do you found the opinion given in your answertiaa
the previous question, upon the particular symptotAs
of his Majesty's disorder, or upon geiteralexperietide-.
in other cases of the same natute, or upon:. both
I found my opinion upon the symptoms of 'his Ma
jesty's case, together with the knowledge of what hoof
happened in his Majesty's previous inctispositioas of
the same kind. ..f
In that particular species of the disorder his Mit•
jesty has fallen into, has it been found, from expe.
rience, that the greater number of persons so affected
have been cured ?—I believe it has.
Can you form any judgment or probable conjecture
of the duration of his Majesty's illr.ess canfores -
no judgment of any particular period, which is likely.'
to be the termination ; but the experience of Iris Ma.
jesty's former illnesses of the same kind, indoce ins •
to expect that it will not be very distant.
As far as experience enables you to judge of his
Majesty's disorder, do you think it more probable that
his Majesty will or will not recover, so as to render
him capable of attending to public business ?—I think
there is every reason to expect that his Majesty will.,
recover, and be perfectly competent to transact pub.
lie business.

-~.

What degree of experience have you had yoursar
in this particular species of disorder have had
very limited experience of my own.

Has .any amendment already taken place, in th•
course of his Majesty's disorder ; and does the ap•
pearance of such amendment cnntinue at present ?
There has been a considerable amendment; and the
amendment continues at present.

State your opinion upon the present state of hie
Majesty's health, as compared with that at the time-
you were examined before the. Privy Council ; do yoe
conceive him to be better or worse, or in the sane
state ?-4 should conceive him to be very much incise
same state. It would be right to add to that answer,
that his Majesty has not continued uniformly in the
same stair, since I was examined before the Privy
Council ; but has been worse for a few days, and
since then has been better again.
When did you last see the King t—l saw the Kieg
yesterday morning.
What was his state at that time understood
that his Majesty had passed a very good night : but
previous to my seeing his Majesty in the morning, it
had been mentioned to him, that his physicians, or
some of thew, were coming to town for the purpose
-Of being examined ; and I believe it was owing to •
that cause. that his Majesty had a little hurry upas
him at the time I saw him : I conceive it was owing
to that cause, because his conversation was directed
to that subject.
By whom had the communication been made to.
the King, that his physicians were coming to town to:
be examined —I understood it to have been made by

Dr. Reynolds.
D d Dr. Reynolds make that communication to
the King, by the advice and with the concurrence of
the other physicians, or with their knowledge ?—Dr.
Reynolds meaning to come to town sooner than the
other physicians, had seen his Majesty earlier, and
mentioned it to him, I believe, when he was by him.-
self, and previous to any communication with the
other physicians.
Will you have the goodnessto define what you meaa
by the word 46 hurry ?"—Talking more rapidly, and
with quicker transitions from one subject to another.
Is the Committee to understand, that you mean tir
express an incoherent talking ?—No.
Asjou presume that the communication made to
the King,had occasioned the hurry you witnessed, do
you mean to inform the Committee, that after having
had a good night, the King has been, in the prevent
illness, invariably better than when he has passed •
sleepless night, or a night with very little sleep ?
He his, very generally, been better after passing •
good night.
Has that always been the case ?—lt has not alway 4
been the case.

When you state that you expect that the King's re,
covery will not be very distant, whet limitation of time
do you apply to the words " very distant ?"—I can
apply no distinct limitation ; but in his Majesty's lase
illness I was called to attend him on the 12th of Fe-
bruary 18044 and his Majesty first presided at a
Council I think on the 2Sd of April followings I
should expect his illness, in the present case, to fol-
low nearly the same character as in that illness ; and
what I understand to have been the case in his former
illnesses.
Do you expect that, dating from this day, his Ma-
jesty is likely to be so far recovered within one month
as to be able to preside at a Council ?—I cannot pot.
sibly give any distinct answer to that question ; there
is nothing that makes it impossible, and there is no-
thing that leads me to say it will be so.
Have you seen such symptoms of his Majesty's
disorder, since you were examined before the Privy
Council, as to lead you to hope his recovery will be
more ipeedy, than you did hope at the time you were
so examined ?-1 think there are no circumstances to
lead me to expect it would be more speedy than when
I was examined before the Privy Council.
Have there been any circumstances which have in-
duced you to abate of your hopes and expectations of
a speedy recovery ?—No circumstances to induce me
to abate my hopes of his ultimate recovery ; and no
other circumstance to Make me doubt of his speedy
recovery, than there having elapsed another fortnight,.
without his being at present forwarder than he was at
that time.
Have his Physicians been disappointed in their ex-
pectations of the fluctuations in the King's disorder,
since the 29th of November I—They have not been
disappointed in their general view of the case ; at each
particular period of remission of his Majesty's illness,
they have entertained a hope that it might go on to a
nearer approach to recovery than it has done.
When were you first called upon so attend the King,
in your professional capacity the 1 2th of Fe.
hroary 1804, I began a regular attendance upon his
Majesty. He may have occasionally asked me some
things, on the subject of his health Wore that : butt
not as a entacaltatinn Of a who:voila". Phi.;.;,..