The National Register. — London, England, 1811-08-25 00:00:00

tilt NATIONAL REGISTER. ~,.i , i, . : public good ;---that at the time of writing the letter to General rrintlif:AU f I verbally remonstrated with Mr. SMITH ,ag4inst the proceeding, in as bold a manner as decorum would permit ;---that both' .personal' and • political, were connected with 'that letter, and with the whole of Mr. SMITH'S sub sequent official conduct ;—and that, generally, I am under the full conviction, from actual know ledge, that the facts and inferences presented to the public view in Mr. SMITH'S address, are fabricated, misrepresented, or strained ; calculated more to foment the passions of party than develope the truth ;—and I am persuaded, from Mr. SMITH'S own declaration, that, with respect to the alleged existence of French influence in the Cabinet, Mr. Shitni does not himself seriously believe what he insinuated. " With respect to the two letters in question, I wrote them for the good of my country : at all times I have been willing to lend the exertions of my mind for her benefit. Whilst the letters were appropriated to no other use, I never claimed them ; but now that they have been converted into instruments of reproach to the Government, and prostituted to unauthorised purposes, I feel myself justified in declaring them mine. I wish it to be distinctly understood, • however, that I consider this declaration as no otherwise important, than as it exposes a fraud practised 'upon the community. If Mr. SMITH, or those who are more devoted to him than to Republican principles, should object to this statement as being vague and indefinite, he or they have nothing more to do than to authorise me to descend to particulars, and :to speak without any reserve.—July 22, 1811." --,•I•i--- IRELAND. Letters from Dublin, of the 21st, state, that a Meeting of the Roman Catholics of the County of Kerry took place at Tralee on the 9th inst. Ten Gentlemen were appointed to prepare and present a Petition to - the Legislature for the total repeal of the penal laws affecting the Catholics of Ireland, with liberty (in cautious language with their bre thren of Tipperary) to confer with the General Committee of the Catholics of Ireland, or with any other person, in furtherance of their object. Such qualified language, though it undoubtedly marks a conscious feeling of wrong, cannot evade the obvi ous meaning of the Convention Act, or secure, from the penalties of the law, those Delegates who may, under the perrnis,sion of their constituents in Kerry, attend the General Committee in Dublin. The Knight of Kerry (Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD) and some Protestant Gentlemen, attended the Meeting • and we have to add, that an attempt, which had been made by a Constable, acting under the orders of the Chief Magistrate of the town of Tralee, to disperse the Meeting, had been ineffec tual. • The name of Mr. GEO. Lithium. has been struck iitit of the Commission of the Peace for the several Counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny, and the Qu'een's County. A constant attendant is in waiting at Windsor, to communicate, 6y express, any serious change in his MADE TT to the PRINCE REGENT. BATTLE IN Cosmopolite, days from Ca, been a hard fought Mexico, Government troops and the revolutionists, in which the former were defeated with great loss: Private communications from Paris state, that several Priests had been thrown into prison by BI.JONA-.‘ PARTE, they having refused to sign the Concords•. A very well informed Gentleman too at Paris, in a letter to his friend in London, writes confidentially, • under date of the 12th inst. as follows :..... " If it can be interesting to you, my Friend, I must now inform you, that the business of our Conclave has taken a favourable turn—it is said that the POPE is corning hither to ;wear allegiance to his Sovereign. The affairs. in Spain are in a good train. Marshal MACDONALD writes that he expects to be in possession of Figueras in the latter end of this month. There is certainly a cloud rising in the North, which will soon be dissipated by the thunder of cannon." The Captain of the French privateer Diligente has been brought before the Magistrates at Phila delphia. to answer to a charge of fitting out his ves sel in the waters of- the United States, contrary to• the laws of America. The French Captain, it is stated, was sent to prison, not being able to find bail, and will be brought to trial on a future day. The Spanish Cortes have accepted the British Government's offer of mediation with the American Provinces ; on condition, that acknowledgment cf the Soiereignty of the Cortes be the basis of gip treaty, and that the British Government should, on the failure of the negociation, suspend all inter-' course with the refractory provinces, and assist its reducing them to subjection, It is stated from Cadiz, that Marshal Macdonald having murdered a Spanish Aide-de-Camp, whon, he had taken prisoner, the Governor of Fignerar had retaliated by putting five French officers . to death, and sending a sixth to Macdonald to inforM him of the just consequences which had resulted from his barbarity. FALMOUTH, AUG. M.—Arrived this day th. Chesterfield packet, Capt. Gibbons, with mails from the Leeward Islands ; left St. Thomas's the I6th July. On the 7th and Bth of July, while the packet lay at St. Kitt's, there was a most dreadful hurricane; and the following appears to be the injury done : ' ST. THOMAS'S, Jui.v 16.—1 t blew a gale on Sunday the 7rls' inst. from the N. W.—W. and S. W. and it is thought that man* vessels will be lust in the islands, whose harbours and roads lay open to the above points. We heat that forty vessels, chiefly American, are on shore al St. Bartholomew.—A large English ship, two Americans, and thirty-five small vessels, ate on shore at Antigua. The Vigilant, —, was seen at sea 20th ult. without any per. son on board. The Sussex is on shore at St: Kitt's. An account of several other vessels has been received. At Martinique—Four or five sail. • At Antigua—His Majesty's ship Gloire lost her mizen.mait, , and threw several of her guns overboard ; his Majesty's brit Guachapir., of 12 guns, sunk at her moorings several large merchantmen, and about thirty small vessels, on shore ; the ship St. Andrew, bilged, and cargo lost; the lit aganza and Specula" don, on shore, but expected to be got off. . At St. Kitt's—The ship Sussex, partly loaded, totally lost. Captain drowned. At Nevis—The ship Racine', totally lost. At St. Martin's—Several vessels, chiefly. Americans, lost on the Anegueda shoals. The ship Clarenda, totally dismasted, was carried into Tor• tola by the Chesterfield. FR. , • SIM mExwo.—Captain HEAD, of the he* arrived at New York in thirty-three • impeachy, informs us that there had Fought battle in Mexico, between the