The Kentucky Gazette

NEW-YORK, May 5.

Extract of a letter from Glasgow, March 18.

"You no doubt will, before this reaches you, have heard of his Majesty's perfect recovery, to the very great disappointment of those scoundrels who call themselves patriots. You will see from the newspapers, the speeches of Burke and Sheridan; very extraordinary ones they are. It has set the Prince of Wales in a very bad light to the nation, his still keeping those two fellows about him, after the abuse they have thrown out against his Majesty and ministers, during his lamentable illness. His Majesty's recovery has been a most horrid disappointment, particularly to Burke and Sheridan. Report says, had the regency bill passed, the first demand the Regent was to have made to Parliament, was 300,000l. under pretence of paying his own debts: 75,000l. was to have gone to Sheridan, for him to pay his debts; as much to Burke for the same purpose. Burke's debts have no name put on them, only that he owes 150l. to his porter-merchant; of truth a wonderful sum—Mrs. Fitzherbert was to have part of the remainder. Mr. Fox's first speech after coming from the continent, damned the party entirely with the nation. You know the cry of him and his party was, the crown had too much power, and should be reduced. When they had a prospect of the Prince being Regent, they were for throwing all power into his hands. When Fox found this speech of his had made such noise in London, he wanted to explain it away in Parliament; but it would not do, for the corporation of the city and the merchants addressed Mr. Pitt upon the care he took of the constitution. Fox, when he found he had made such a mistake, blamed Loughborough for advising him to advance such things; that, as a lawyer, he depended on his advice; that he (Fox) had only just returned from the continent and wished himself at Rome again. Mr. Fox made no other appearance in Parliament, but went to Bath for the benefit of his health. Whether that was the reason is much doubted; another given is—last session of Parliament, when the Prince's marriage happened to be talked of, Mr. Fox positively lied himself to the house there was no marriage: This, it seems, has affronted Mrs. Fitzherbert so much, and she has got such an ascendency over the Prince, that Fox is received very cooly by him, and frowned upon by the lady, so that he seldom has been seen at Carlton House. The whole kingdom has been illuminated, I may say in a blaze of light, on the King's happy recovery; every town and village of the smallest consequence, have shewn their loyalty and happiness on the occasion. The day after the grand illumination in London, the Prince and the Duke of York chose to walk to the opera house, in the blue and buff uniform: The mob began to hiss them, and shoulder them about, that the Prince was glad to make his escape into a house; the Duke fought his way to his own. They were obliged to change their dress, and smuggle themselves into the opera."