ANNUAL REGISTER, OR GENERAL REPOSITORY OF HISTORY, POLITICS, ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LITERATURE, For the Year 1824. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY B. J. HOLDSWORTH, 18, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 1825. いす PREFACE. WE cannot commence this Volume without offering our best thanks for the patronage we continually receive -a patronage, which in the last year has considerably increased, and which, we will continue to do our utmost to deserve. In the literary rivalry of the present day, it requires no small exertion to maintain the ground for which all are contesting; but our labours are made light by the reflection, that our ground is not only maintained but extended. NEW YORK An apology is due for the late appearance of this Volume it has been occasioned by a chain of circumstances, which we trust will not operate in the ensuing year, as we hope to appear in February. London, 17th June, 1825. |