The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-19 00:00:00

1 two cause. of this eotiplaint ; the body *est be
predisposed by ledispositioni to receive the I' h.
woes of Such a Cause as produces the King's quip.
'toms. •
. When you say thit the getlyiiist lie predilpiiied,
'de you mean to say that hi all cases, derangement
of mud is accompanied by indisposition of -body
I am speaking of the King's case is particular.
Do you mean to say, that there must in all .:Isett
be in iediiposltioo of body, when there is $
metal deringeteent? I think it • probable there
must be so. -
Hive you ever had under yotir Care, or erei ken,
persons in a case of mental derv:sante r, where it
lees impossible for the physician to trace bodily in.
14*E:widen ? I think I have generally, been able
to:trace bodily indisposition.
•,• -Ito you think that the King's mental derangement
,liipeads upon the present state of his bodily indis.
position ? Not entirely.
Wheu were you first called in, to Visit the King
in his present illness? His Majesty asked nie4iome
'questions, respecting the propriety of taking medi.
one, on the evening of the 25th of October.
, Did yon, then, perceive'auy symptoms Of men.
tal derangement in the King? The King's canter.
sation and his manner was hurried.
Was that such, as to amount, in your opinion,
to a state of mental derangement and incapacity for
'business ? I think not, at that time.
. Had psi opportunities of seeiog the before
ethveer2ysdthay:of thitetormr ? Yes;ei,froml
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October.
Did you, in the interval between the 3d and 25th of
Oct. perceive any symptom of indisposition about
the King ? I sometimes thought his Majesty's man.
oar agitated; but there always seemed an occasion
of this, in the report wlcts was made respecting
the Princess Amelia. '_ •
Was thatigitation eta nature to excite any par.
dealer apprehensions in your mind with. regard
to his Majesty's mental bealth-r,' No, not at that time.
Not soy time between the 3d and the 25th of
October ? No. •
You have said,that on the 25th of Oct. the King
was not some:. mentally indisposed as to incapa.
gnate him from business, or amount' to mental de.
ratigement, and you have said, the King is so ina
disposed now ; when did the symptoms become so
urgent as to amount to incapacity fol. business, and
tsi .astablish a character of mental derangement?
His Majesty's symptoms increased rapidly on the
29th of October.
In point of fact, did his Majesty transact any
business, to your knowledge, 'between the 25th and
28th of October ? Ido nut know.
U,p to the 28th, was his Majesty in a state to
transact public business ? I think to ; I think the
King could transact public business.
Are the Committee to understand that, up to the
28th of Oetuber, and on the 28th of October, his
Majesty was in such a state as, if he had been a
private ini'ividual, he would have been entrusted
with the traesaetion of any thing in the manage.
meet of his own concerns? I think Doti would not
_ e_.. •
have been justified in taking from any indivld I 12
-power of transacting his own business, under the
drmenstances that his Majesty was, I think I might
sty to the night a the 27th of October.
Has the treatment of his Majesty, In your opi.
niou, is every respect, both as to the introduction
of parsons, and the system of management, as well
as the system of medicine, been perfectly proper ?
I believe so.
You have been acquainted with the system of ma.
nagement-in the most minute particularity ? Yell.
And have known of every person introduced to
the King ? Certainly.
, And every thing in the system of management*
the system of medicine,-and the introduction of per.
soiii to the King ? I believe so.
. There has been no person introdicedto the King
whose introduction has eeeited'any aggravated de.
gree of indisposition ? Catlin!, cot. •
What is the state of the' King's mental health to•
day, a Compared with The 'state of ithl mental
health n the 25th.of October ? Ho is by oci mesas
so we as he was on the 25th of October.
itYlMt is tbe state of his Majesty's htelth today
as compared . with the state of his health :ott:the
28th pf, Optebee ? I think, dot quite so well as it
was on theffSth of October. .
You olive stated, that there is an amendment ha
thA King's health 1- Yes.
' If.he is not so well as be was on the 25tli; nor so
well is be was on the 28th of October, with what
' period „do you draw, your comparison of the pre.
pent day, when you say there is a state of amend.
men% The first week of. November more particu.
\liarly, , . .
'e . ll4s 'ail King had, what may be called, a relapse,
since .the ekaininstion of
.the Privy Council ? The
sing his bad, what we speak of in medical terms
.6 tparoxypaii since that time.
been.
Has so
: ..• • Etas that paroxysm been one of a violent nature ?
ia:
ast i loshne violent
p i
sincee vf° untsah otauttirees;babvet
paroxysm,
'been
illtitith:giasesbeiME
so.. complete as it bad been subsequent .to other pa.
roxysm of the lame nature ? I think not quite so
,complete. . •
Has sleep the desired effect upon the King, gene.
.rally and.constantly : when he obtains' sleep, does
he: spoor .to be more refreshed, and to be more
composed'in consequence of it, than when he has
passed nights without sleep ? Certakily ; always
to be more composed after sleep.
Invariably ? I think, so.
• Have soy •of the Royal Family peen, the King
i•
since' tbetsth of Oateber ? : Yes.
Since•the 27th ? . Yes ; 1., think, the-list time the
Queen saw the Ling •*****4l9lk of OetOter ;
and her Majesty wanh:* I,C9olririligli
. . - • ; ,
who has seen the gine c,,,,.••••• •,c. - - • ~.
Has.: -^;- other persamslr bit 04.01te Weil".
ante, and those introtruestikli ,f Miiillint attemintits
-for the purpose of - to kii medical
satittering
•health or comforts, seine 'King ? Yes.,
At what period ? The Chancellor ion wee Ike
King twice, and I think Mr. Pert:evil has seeettiill
KingW. . • 'f• • '
hen did the Chancellor first see the King, sob.'
sequentiy to the 25th of October ? IL think it was
•oo the 29th of October ' • but I am not quite certain
`dist the Chancellor saw the King on that day.

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