rested its defence, and has committed its cause to the hands of the
historian. The disrespectful expressions, made use of, in these writings,
towards his Majesty, will, undoubtedly, excite the indignation of every
British reader; but, as to the rest of the world, it is to be feared, that
this circumstance will not materially enfeeble the general effect of these
dangerous productions, which, therefore, should certainly receive, in
some shape or other, an answer from His Majesty's Ministers.
Another paper, worthy of particular attention, is, the Memorial deli-
vered to the French government, by MR. LIVINGSTON, the American
Minister at Paris. This paper, the object of which was to prevail on
France to relinquish the settlement of Louisiana, is said to have been
the work of MR. JEFFERSON himself; and, it fully discovers views,
which have been long entertained by the French and some of the
American politicians, and which demand the serious and immediate
consideration of the British government.
It being the plan of this work to suffer each Volume to embrace no
historical matter, which does not, for the first time, appear before the
public, during the months, for which that Volume professes to be a
Register, the Parliamentary Proceedings and Debates are, of course,
brought down only to the 30th of June inclusive; but, the sequel of
these Proceedings and Debates, together with the divers Accounts and
a List of the Acts, will find a place in the Supplement to the next Vo-
lume, in which an humble attempt will be made to abridge, simplify,
and elucidate, that voluminous, complicated, and confused mass of
materials called Parliamentary Accounts.
To alleviate the labour of reference, in a work of such bulk, and of
an almost endless number and variety of articles and of subjects, all pos-
sible aid ought to be afforded: an ample TABLE OF CONTENTS is,
therefore, prefixed; and, to a very copious INDEX OF MATTERS are
added an INDEX OF NAMES OF PERSONS and another of NAMES OF
PLACES, from all which, it is hoped, great assistance will be de-
rived.