THE PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, (BOOKSELLERS TO PREFACE. THE proprietors are afraid that, in their wish to relieve the anxiety of some, and to gratify the curiosity of other readers, by the early publication of the eleventh volume of the Asiatic Register, they send it forth to the public in an imperfect form, and under other disadvantages, which more time and leisure might have enabled them to avoid. But their first endeavour is to bring up a long arrear of historical matter, in as speedy a manner as may be, so as to permit their publication to keep pace with the public interest, which has been excited, in a very unusual degree, by late occurrences at the several Indian presidencies. In promoting one desirable object, they are aware that they may have failed in another. The volume for 1809, now published, presents the first detailed and connected view of the events of a year, as interesting as in any like period of Indian history. These events are substantially described in the Chronicle, and under the dates and places of occurrence, and are more particularly explained by official documents and correspondence, in an ample series of |