[171] Among the letters headed 'Secret Information from Hamburg,' in the _Castlereagh Papers_, is one making allusion to the writer's previous communications with Downshire, whom he mentions by name, and stating that certain letters to Charles Rankin, of Belfast, were 'to be sealed with a particular seal I have for the purpose.'--_Ibid._ i. 234. [172] Mr. Lecky says, what previous writers do not, that Macnevin wrote the memorial _at_ Hamburg. [173] Other intercepted letters addressed to the French Minister of War will appear later on. These unanswered appeals were well calculated to damp the ardour of the Irish refugees; but they tried to keep the machine of conspiracy moving--despite the subtle insertion of so many hidden obstacles tending to clog and destroy it. [174] _Castlereagh Papers_, i. 271. [175] _Ibid._ i. 284. [176] How this appointment came about, see Appendix. [177] _Castlereagh Correspondence_, i. 228. [178] _Ibid._ i. 251. [179] _Castlereagh Correspondence_, i. 246-7. [180] _Castlereagh Correspondence_, i. 275-6. [181] Allibone erroneously assigns (p. 558) the authorship of this book to Thomas Addis Emmet. [182] _Castlereagh Papers_, i. 237. [183] _Castlereagh Papers_, i. 281-6. [184] Reinhard seems to have complained to the French Directory that his letters to De la Croix were not answered. The last intercepted letters are dated July 1797; and on the 15th of the same month Talleyrand was appointed to succeed De la Croix, who had been unjustly suspected. De la Croix survived until 1805, when he died at Bordeaux, mortified by the desertion of some old friends. [185] _Lives and Times of the United Irishmen_, ii. 290. [186] Arthur O'Connor, at all times distrustful, seems to have suspected the upright Macnevin. They were never quite cordial afterwards, and it is certain that in 1804, when both served in the Irish Legion, a duel very nearly took place between them. [187] See _Castlereagh Papers_, i. 237. [188] After 1798 Macnevin migrated to America, where he filled several important medical posts, and published numerous books. He survived until July 1841. [189] _Castlereagh_, i. 283. CHAPTER VIII GENERAL NAPPER TANDY