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

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public good ;---that at the time of writing the letter
to General rrintlif:AUf 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."

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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