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had been read in the presence of 

 all the physicians, and one of the 

 members of the council had left 

 Windsor, the phjsician alluded to 

 in the last clause of the report, 

 stated, in writing, to the other 

 members of the council then re- 

 maining at Windsor, " that he had, 

 unquestionably, made use of an 

 expression, which he was appre- 

 hensive might carry a meaning far 

 beyond what he intended to ex- 

 press, and assured the council, that 

 whilst he thought the final recovery 

 of his Majesty very improbable, he 

 by no means despaired of it." 



The members of the council to 

 whom the above statement was 

 made (having sworn the physician 

 alluded to, to the truth thereof) 

 afterwards communicated the same 

 to the whole council, assembled 

 ihis 5th day of January, who have 

 deemed it right to subjoin this fact 

 to the above declaration. 



(Signed) 

 C. Cantuab, Aylesford, 

 E. Ebor, Eldon, 



Montrose, Ellenborough, 

 WiNCHiLSEA, W.Grant. 



Declaration of the Members of her 



Majesty^ s Council, respecting the 



State of his Majesty's Health, 



tna'le on the 4th of April, 1812. 



" We, the underwritten, do 



hereby declare and certify, that 



the state of his Majesty's health, 



at the time of this our meeting, is 



not such as to enable him to resume 



the personal exercise of his royal 



authority. 



" That his Majesty's bodily 

 health is as good as at any of the 

 periods of our former reports. 



" That his Majesty's mental 

 health is as much disordered as it 



has been during any part of his 

 Majesty's indisposition. 



" That all the physicians in at- 

 tendance concur in thinking, that 

 his Majesty's final and complete re- 

 covery is extremely improbable, 

 and they do not expect it; but 

 they also concur in stating, that 

 they do not entirely despair of it." 



Signed as above. 



Declaration of the Members of her 



Majesty's Council, respecting 



the State of his Majesty's Health, 



made on the 4th of July, 1812. 



" We, the underwritten, do 



hereby declare and certify, that 



the state of his Majesty's health, 



at the time of this our meeting, is 



not such as to enable his Majesty 



to resume the personal exercise of 



his roj'al functions. 



" That his Majesty's bodily 

 health is as good as it was at the 

 period of our last report. 



" That his Majesty's mental 

 health is as much disordered as 

 during any period of his Majesty's 

 indisposition. 



" That the hope of his Majesty's 

 ultimate and complete recovery i» 

 diminished since the period of our 

 last report ; but that such recovery 

 is not absolutely despaired of." 

 Signed as above. 



Letter from his Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent to the Duke of 

 York, and Answer from Earl 

 Grey and Lord Grenville. 



My dearest Brother, — As the re- 

 strictions on the exercise of the 

 royal authority will shortly expire, 

 when I must make my arrange- 

 ments for the future administration 



of 



