PREFACE. 



In presenting a new volume of the Annual Register 

 to the public, we approach it with a confidence re- 

 sulting from the kind protection that public con- 

 tinues to extend to us, and from the conviction, with 

 which we are impressed, that in it will be found the 

 same accuracy of research, fidelity of narration, and 

 variety of entertainment, which distinguish those by 

 which it is preceded. 



Theyear, ofwhich weare the historians, has been 

 marked by the most important events, the results of 

 which must bear very materially upon the condition 

 and views of a great portion of mankind. To the 

 most material of those, in themselves, and in their pro- 

 bable consequences to mankind and to society, we 

 have bestowed a marked attention, and have developeH 

 the causes which led to them, from sources of the 

 most authentic information. To the fresh ao-crres- 

 . sions of France, which raised a new coalition against 

 Her; to the diflferent negociations which preceded the 

 war on the continent ; and to the details of the dis- 

 astrous campaign, which terminated in the plains 

 of Moravia; a more than ordinary care has been ap- 

 phed, and we trust the detail will well repay the 

 curiosity of the reader. 



If to record the successes of the French upon the 

 continent have proved a task equally irksome and dis- 

 agreeable, it has been far otherwise when the exploits 

 of the British navy, within the present year, have 

 passed us m review. By them, the proud threatenjngs 



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