THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE, For the YEAR 1759. THE EIGHTH EDITION. LONDON: RINTED (by Assignment from the Executors of the late Mr. James Dodsley) AND VERNOR AND HOOD; By H. Bryer, Bridewell-Hospital. 1802. IN PREFACE. our Preface to the REGISTER of last year, we fully explained the nature of our design : the Book itself has shewn in what manner we have been able to carry it into execution: It is therefore not necessary to detain the reader a long time at the entrance. of the volume which we now lay before him. Even at our first setting out, we employed none of the customary arts to excite attention, and seduce judgment; and on the present occasion these arts A 2 |