Whitehall, Nov. 26th, 1788.
MY DEAR BROTHER,
I sit down to write a few words, because I know it is a
satisfaction to you to hear from me in such a moment as this,
although I have nothing particular to say.
The situation of the King continues to be such as I described it
yesterday; and Warren told Pitt yesterday, that the physicians
could now have no hesitation in pronouncing that the actual
disorder was that of lunacy; that no man could pretend to say, that
this was, or was not incurable; that he saw no immediate symptoms
of recovery; that the King might never recover; or, on the other
hand, that he might recover at any one moment. With this sort of
information we shall probably have to meet Parliament. I much hope
that the previous examination by the Privy Council may be judged
sufficient, without any further inquiry into the particulars of a
subject which one so little wishes to have discussed.