A Preface,

Referring to Events of deep and powerful Interest at the present Crisis;

INSCRIBED

TO THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.

BY

A CIVILIAN.

"Crede mihi, non est parvæ fiducia polliceri opem decertantibus, consilium dubiis,
lumen cœcis, spem dejectis, refrigerium fessis. Magna quidem hæc sunt, si fiant
PETRARCH:-De Vita Solitaria.
parva,
si promittantur."

CLondon:

PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.