The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-07 00:00:00

REPORT OF THE QUEEN'S COUNCIL.

A Morning Nor says, " That for the better
ascertaining the separate and distinct opinions of all
the medical men is attendance oil his Majesty, the.
illombers of the Conseil drew up six questions, eight
serval copies of which they bad prepared, and after!
putting these questions to the Physicians and Sur-1
geon, saialim, they delivered to each of them a
written copy, and desired each in succession to I
Withdraw, yid commit 6111 answers they bad severally
given, after duly reconsidering them, to paper. We
daunt presume to know eccuratety the tenor of the
six questiotis; but we hear that their tendency was to
inquire—Whether the King was in-a state to resume
sad exercise the Functions of Royalty—What his !
present state, bodily and mental, was at this time,
compared with the former quarterly periods of the
titut week in January, April, July and October,
1811? Whether the probability of his reporcey weal
greater or less now than at the period of _the Report
on the 3th October ? Whether there were manifest
proofs of the existence of perception and me-
rory ? Whether, in fact, they despaired of his
Majesty's recovery ? And, whether the disorder
was to be considered as positive insanity, or in
the nature of delirium ? This, at least, is said
to be the purport of the questions, and that the
answers of the regular Physicians, as well as of those
who teat only the mind's disease, though dille7.
emir worded, generally and nearly concurred—in
saying that his Majesty was not in a state to exer-
cise the /loyal Functions—that his health, both bo-
dily and mentally, was certainly not worse than on
the nth of October,.but that there was less probabi-
lity of his recovery—that proofs of perception and
mCnibry were manifest—that though highly improba-
ble, they did not absolutely despair—for the disorder
bordered more on delirium than on insanity. From
this Concerns; opinion, however, it seems there was
ode thiseeetehmtiwoolios lobo, iu answer to the fifth
questiop, both in his aria and written testimony, did
say, that he in fact despaired of the King's recovery,
tad this person was DV. John Willis !—Accordingly
in drawing up the Report, the Members of the
Qdevti's Council, with greet propriety, marked the
exception without specifying the individual. In
resding the Report to the Physicians, which is the
nailer:in practice of the Council before it is presented
to the Queen, is transmitted to the Privy Council,
the medicsl men looked at one another with the
cost inquisitive eyes) to discover who was the de-
spairing Phflician. Rid the Report so read, and
signed by all the Members of the Council, was de-
livered to her Majesty, and the Archbishop of Can-
terbury immediately set out from Windsor.
Soon after Dr. John Willis made known to Lord
Ellenbototigh, that he was most anxious to correct
an error in one of his answers, and said that he
could not state that he actually despaired of the
King's recovery, This most embarrassing circum-
stance could not then be corrected, as the Archbi-
shop *as gone away—so Dr. Willis was directed to
tome to Lord kllenborongh's house in St. James's-
soire, in the morning It was a matter of such
importance as to require the meeting of the
whole Council Again. Accordingly, the Council
feet at Lord Ellenborottglis house on Sunday
evening, at half pest eight o'clock. Dr. John
Willis-attended. the oath was administered to him
strain—and he gave his evidence anew, concurring
with the other Physicians, that he did not totally
despair of the King's recover. The Members of die
Council not thinking it possible for them totally to
withdraw the Report which they had executed on
Saturday, as the Act requires-that it shall be done in
the first week of every quatt&iy return, added a de-
claration to the effect obese stated, and the Report,
with this addition, Isis yesterday morning enrolled
in the books of the Privy Council.