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enabled, by means of the numerous papers 
presented to parliament during the last session, 
to place ina clear and intelligible light, several 
transactions of the period of which he treats, 
which, till these papers had appeared, were 
involved in comparative obscurity. He al- 
ludes, in particular, to the origin of the war 
between Russia and the Porte; to the expedi- 
tion of Lord St. Vincent to Portugal; and to 
the nature and grounds of our differences with 
the United ‘States of America. He also flatters 
himself that his account of our domestic his- 
,tory will be found more than usually full as 
well as impartial. 
