So is that also, of the lunacy
of the King of England, which is a decided fact, notwithstanding all the
stuff the English papers publish, about his fevers, his deliriums, &c.
The truth is, that the lunacy declared itself almost at once, and with
as few concomitant complaints, as usually attend the first developement
of that disorder. I suppose a regency will be established, and if it
consists of a plurality of members, it will, probably, be peaceable. In
this event, it will much favor the present wishes of this country,
which are so decidedly for peace, that they refused to enter into the
mediation between Sweden and Russia, lest it should commit them. As soon
as the convocation of the States General was announced, a tranquillity
took place through the whole kingdom: happily, no open rupture had
taken place, in any part of it. The parliament were re-instated in their
functions, at the same time. This was all they desired; and they had
called for the States General, only through fear that the crown could
not otherwise be forced to re-instate them. Their end obtained, they
began to foresee danger to themselves, in the States General.
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