It is some time since I have been able
to obtain any account of the King of England, on which I can rely with
confidence. His melancholy continues, and to such a degree, as to render
him absolutely indifferent to every thing that passes, so that he seems
willing to let his ministers do every thing they please, provided they
will let him alone. When forced to speak, his comprehension seems better
than it was in the first moments after his phrensy went off. His health
is bad: he does not go into public at all, and very few are admitted
to see him. This is his present state, according to the best accounts I
have been able to get lately. His ministers dictate boldly in the north,
because they know it is impossible they should be engaged in the war,
while this country is so completely palsied.
You will have seen by my former letters, that the question, whether the
States General should vote by persons or by orders, had stopped their
proceedings in the very first instance in which it could occur, that
is, as to the verification of their powers, and that they had appointed
committees to try if there were any means of accommodation.
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