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AN 1.

THE

ANNUAL REGISTER,

OR A VIEW OF THE

HISTORY,

POLITICS,

AND

XO
LT ERATURE,
2a TejOF THE YEAR

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18 2 6.

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PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY;

C. AND J. RIVINGTON;

J. CUTHELL; LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND CO.; E. JEFFERY AND SON;

J. M. RICHARDSON; J. MAWMAN; J. BOOKER; SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND
PIPER; E. LLOYD AND SON; HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.; G. B. WHIT-
TAKER; W. REYNOLDS; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL; H. BUTTERWORTH;
T. LAYCOCK; AND J, COLLINGWOOD.

PRE FACE.

THE year 1826 has been a busy year in almost every quar-
ter of the world. The variety and the importance of the
negotiations, military operations, and measures of civil
polity, which have been in progress, have added greatly to the
ordinary labours of our task; and thus, in order to give a full
delineation of the events and transactions of the year, we have
been compelled to extend that portion of our volume, which is
devoted to historical narrative, beyond it's usual limits. This
increase of size in the more important part of the work has
made it necessary to allot to philosophy and miscellaneous
literature fewer pages than we have generally done heretofore,
or mean to do hereafter.

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They who survey the contents of our history will not be surprised, that our period of publication should be a few weeks later than usual. Fully aware of the value and convenience of punctuality, we have taken care for several years that the appearance of the Annual Register should not be deferred