red positively
yesterday to Lord Maryborough, and with a face of surprise, that there was
no water.

The Duke of C. saw the King on Sunday, and was at Windsor and probably saw
him to-day.

The Duke of Sussex has lent the King an easy chair, and affectionate
messages have passed between them.

The Bishop of Chichester is now at Windsor, the Lord and Groom and Equerry
in waiting, two physicians, besides O'Reilly and Sir Wathen Waller and
Knighton.

When they told the King they must make a puncture in about four hours, he
desired it might be made at once if it was necessary.

The Duke told the King he had told Sir H. Halford he would always find him
intrepid--with which the King was much pleased.

He said when he saw a thing was necessary he always made up his mind to it.

Wortley told me the Household betted the King would be at Ascot.

By-the-bye, Wortley did very well last night in not allowing Wynne to lead
him into a speech on the half-castes. He spoke very officially and
properly. I complimented him upon it. In fact it is an act of forbearance
in any man, but especially in a young man, to throw away a speech.

Precedents have been looked into, and every necessary step is known, should
the King die.

The Duke will immediately go in uniform to the Duke of Clarence and advise
him to come to his house in town.

A sketch of the speech will be prepared, but kings like making the
declaration to the Privy Council themselves, as it is the only thing they
can do without advice.

Peel's father died on the 3rd.

_May 6._

Left my card with Lord Combermere, who called yesterday.

The bulletin states the King to have been better yesterday, but to have had
a bad night.

The private letter to the Duke says he passed the night wretchedly, and
with much inquietude. They find it necessary to make further punctures, and
have sent for Brodie.

The King spoke to Halford for some time with much composure and piety as to
his situation.

Lord Bathurst looked into the precedents in Queen Anne's reign, and at the
declarations of several kings on their first meeting their Privy Council.

House. A good and useful speech from Lord Goderich on the funded and
expended debt. He showed that the receipt from taxes was about the same as
in 1816, although 9 millions had been taken off, and that the interest of
the National Debt would, in 1831, be reduced 44 millions below its amount
in 1816.

Cabinet at half-past ten at Aber