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The bulletin of the king's situa- 

 tion was as follows this clay : 



" No material alteration in his 

 majesty since yesterday." 



17th. At the reconnnendation of 

 the cabinet ministers, two- more 

 physicians, namely, Sir Lucas Pe- 

 pys and Doctor Reynolds, were this 

 day called in to consult upon the 

 king's situation : their united report 

 ■was in these v, ords : 



" His Majesty has had several 

 hours sleep, and seems refreshed by- 

 it." 



18th. Brigadier General Picton, 

 late governor of the island of Tri- 

 nidad, appeared before the lord 

 chief justice, and gave bail, himself 

 in lOOOl. and two sureties in 5001. 

 each, to answer to an indictment upon 

 which a bill was found the last day 

 of term, by the grand jury of Mid- 

 dlesex, for the infliction of tortures 

 on Louisa Calderon, a free Spanish 

 girl, under fourteen years of age. 



The b\illetin of his majesty's health, 

 signed by the four physicians, was 

 this day as follows : 



" His majesty is much the same as 

 yesterday, and wc do not appre- 

 hend him to be in danger." 



From this date till the 26th, there 

 vas little variation in the daily 

 statements, and the public solici- 

 tude about his majesty was excited 

 to the greatest degree. The alarm 

 experienced by all descriptions of 

 persons on this sudden, violent, a^id 

 calamitous indisposition, was com- 

 mensurate with the high s(ake at 

 issue. Every man conceived his in- 

 dividual interest implicated ; every 

 man sympathised in the sutterings, 

 and dreaded (he, loss of him who 

 was to his subjects a father and a 

 friend. On Sunday, the 561h, how- 

 ever, the bulk-tins assumed a tone of 

 gradual amendment, and the fbllow- 



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ing form of thanksgiving and prayer 

 was ollered up at the numerous 

 chapels and churches of the metro- 

 polis, including the limits of the 

 bills of mortality, upon the prospect 

 of his majesty's speedy ^eco^■cry 

 from his dangerous illness : 



'■^ O Almighty God, we render 

 unto thee our unfeigned thanks and 

 praise, that thou hast vouchsafed to 

 be merciful and gracious to this 

 kingdom, in granting to thy servant, 

 our sovereign, the hope and prospect 

 of a speedy recovery from his dan- 

 gerous sickness. Coniirm and esta- 

 blish, we beseech thee, O Lord, th« 

 work which thou hast begun. Make 

 the light of thy countenance to shine 

 upon him, and renew in him his per- 

 fect strength. Grant that he may 

 long continue a nursing father to 

 thy church, and thy minister for 

 good to all his subjects ; and that, 

 in the present crisis, he may be thy 

 blessed instrument of restoring peace 

 to the distracted world. And when 

 thou hast lengthened his days on 

 earth, in the enjoyment both of do- 

 mestic h'appiness, and of public 

 peace and prosperity, crowo him, 

 O Lord, with everlasting glory in 

 the life to come, through Jesus 

 Christ our Lord and Saviour. — 

 Amen." 



22d. Early in the present week, 

 after having received the compli- 

 ments of the different prisoners of 

 the French republic, at Ashburn, on 

 their parole. General Rochambeau 

 (captured at St. Domingo) gave an 

 elegant dinner at his lodgings, in the 

 market-place : at which were pre- 

 sent Generals Boyer and Puget, le 

 Capitain de fregatc RIandelat (taken 

 early in the present war, off Marti- 

 nique, by the Hon. Captain Paget, 

 in the Endymion), and several other 

 officers. This has been followed by 



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