ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



genei'ally thought, that since the 

 days of Mithridates, no one had 

 ever made constant use of such a 

 substance. 



\. State of the King.— Thepuhhc 

 Btilletins which have been issued 

 for some months past, have all 

 stated that his Majesty's disorder 

 remains undiminished. At times, 

 however, it appears that he is to- 

 lerably composed. The number 

 of persons specially appointed to 

 attend him by the physicians, are 

 reduced from six to two, and his 

 principal pages are admitted, and 

 have been for some time, to at- 

 tend him, as when he enjoyed 

 good health. His Majesty dines 

 at half-past one o'clock, and he 

 in general orders his dinner ; he 

 invariably has roast beef upon his 

 table on Sundays. He dresses for 

 dinner, wears his orders, &c. 

 His Majesty, together with his 

 attendants, occupy a suit of 13 

 rooms, which are situated on the 

 north side of Windsor Castle, un- 

 der the state rooms. Five of the 

 13 rooms are wholly devoted to 

 the personid use of the King. 

 Dr. John Willis sleeps in the sixth 

 room, adjoining the tive rooms, 

 to be in I'eadiness to attend his 

 Majesty : every morning after 

 breakfast, about half past ten 

 o'clock, he waits on the Queen, 

 to report to her the state of the 

 King's health ; he afterwards pro- 

 ceeds to the Princesses and other 

 branches of the Royal Family who 

 happen to be at Windsor, and 

 makes a similar report to them. 

 In general her Miijesty retm'ns 

 ■with Dr. M'illis down a private 

 staircase leading into the King's 

 suit of rooms, and converses with 

 her royal husband. The Queen 

 is the only person who is ad- 



mitted to discourse with the 

 King, except the medical gentle- 

 men and his Majesty's personal J 

 attendants. In Dr. John Willis's ^ 

 absence. Dr. Robert Willis, his 

 brother, takes his place. The 

 other medical gentlemen take it 

 in rotation to be in close atten- 

 dance upon the King. The suit 

 of rooms which his Majesty and 

 his attendants occupy have the 

 advantage of \'ery pure and ex- 

 cellent air ; and his Majesty woidd 

 not be prevented from occasionally 

 walking on the terrace, but he 

 declines it, owing to the bad state 

 of his eyes, which do not enable 

 him to enjoy the %'iews. The 

 lords and grooms of the King's 

 bed-chamber, his equenies, and 

 other attendants, are occasionally 

 in attendance at Windsor Castle 

 the same as if the King enjoyed 

 good health. Two King's mes- 

 sengers go fi'om the secretary of 

 state's office daily to Windsor and 

 return to London, as they have 

 been accustomed to do for a num- 

 ber of years past . The messenger 

 who arrives at noon brings a daily 

 accoimt of the state of the King's 

 health to the Prince Regent and 

 the members of the Queen's coun- 

 cil. His Majesty has never been 

 left, since his malady, without one 

 of the royal family being in the 

 castle, and a member of the 

 Queen's council, appointed under 

 the Regency Act. 



Copenhagen. — In the last year 

 the following number of ships 

 paid the Sound duties : — 2,398 

 English, 2,270 Swedish, 497 Nor- 

 wegian, 676 Danish, 455 Dutch, 

 1,827 Prussian, American, ami 

 Portugueze ; 699 Russian, Spa- 

 nish, Fjench, Hamburgh, &c. ; 

 in all, 8,815 ships. 



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