The Earl of Liverpoolrose to move the appointment of a Select Committee, to examine the Physicians in attendance on his Majesty, touching the state of his-Majesty's health. His lordship observed, that they were now called upon to resort to this measure under different circumstances to those which existed in the last session. The Privy 74 Council at that period had no jurisdiction: in the case; they were summoned as the body that could most conveniently be summoned to examine the Physicians, and made their Report to Parliament, which afterwards appointed Committees of it own also to examine the Physicians. Now, under the act passed last session, the Queen's Council had a legal jurisdicdiction, and their Reports under that act had already been laid on the table. As however some further legislative measure was necessary upon this melancholy subject, he thought it would be more consistent with propriety for the House to have on its Journals the Examination of the Physicians in attendance on his Majesty taken before a Committee of its own body, and he should therefore move, That a Select Committee be appointed to ex amine the Physicians in attendance on his Majesty, touching the state of his Majesty's health since their last examination before a Committee of this House.—Ordered. And also, that the said Committee consist of 21 Lords, and that they be chosen by ballot.
§ On the 15th instant the said Committee made their Report, as follows: