PREFACE 
Tur present volume of the Annual Register 
is some months later in appearing, than, from 
the arrangements into which the publishers 
had entered, they had reason to expect. This 
delay is solely to be attributed to the editor, 
whose over anxiety to render the historical part 
_ of the work as full and accurate as possible, 
prevented. him from. completing his labours 
within the time, in which he had undertaken 
to bring them to a conclusion. The publishers, 
however, have the satisfaction of assuring the 
readers of the Annual Register, that such de- 
lays need not be apprehended in future, and 
that henceforward no consideration shall be 
allowed to interfere with the regular publica- 
tion of a work, which has been so long, and they 
will venture to say, so deservedly esteemed by 
the public. The editor of the present volume 
has,in the mean time, the satisfaction to reflect, 
aim in ee teas of this delay, he has been 
enabled, 
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