Addington told Pitt that he had himself kept a house for
the reception of these unhappy people for seven years. That during
that period, he had hardly ever had fewer than ten or twelve with
him, and that of all those one only was not cured, he having died
in the house of bursting a blood-vessel. He said that the symptoms,
as they at present appeared, were those of a morbid humour, flying
about and irritating the nerves. The physicians desired Pitt to
see the King yesterday, which he did, and found him, though
certainly in a state of derangement, yet far better than he had
expected from the accounts. It is not yet settled whether he shall
be removed, as he has expressed some reluctance to it, and the
physicians are extremely averse to any force.

We are still under some uncertainty whether or not to propose a
further adjournment; in the meanwhile we have thought it absolutely
necessary to summon all our friends, as without their attendance,
we should not even have the decision of that question in our own
hands.

Ever most affectionately yours,
W. W. G.

MR. W. W. GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Whitehall, Nov. 30th, 1788.
MY DEAR BROTHER,

There is no particular account of the King this morning, He was
yesterday evening removed to Kew. There was considerable difficulty
in persuading him to agree to this removal, but it was at last
accomplished without violence. Pitt saw him again at Windsor before
his removal, and thought him rather less well in his manner than on
the preceding day. Addington's conversation is still such as to
show that he thinks the probabilities greatly in favour of his
recovery. He mentioned particularly to Pitt, that he had in his
house one person whose case appeared to him exactly to resemble the
King's, and that this person had been cured.

We are still much undetermined about the time of bringing forward
the decisive measures. The general leaning of people's minds
appears to be for delay, and there is not anything that can perhaps
absolutely be said to require that immediate steps should be taken.
There are, however, several points of foreign business which seem
to press considerably, and there seems little reason to hope that
this situation will be at all altered within such a time as it
wo