THE

POLITICAL STATE

OF

THE BRITISH EMPIRE;

CONTAINING

A GENERAL VIEW

OF

THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POSSESSIONS

OF THE CROWN; : :

THE LAWS, COMMERCE, REVENUES, QFFICES, ,

AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENIS,

CIVIL AND MILITARY.

BY JOHN ADOLPHUS, Esq.

BARRISTER AT LAW, F.S.A.
AUTHOR OF “ THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF

KING GEORGE 111. TO THE PEACE OF 1783."

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES,

IN THE STRAND.

1818.

Printed by A. Strahat, Printers-Street, London

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

ENGLAND continued.

OFFICERS OF State. .

Lord High Steward

Lord High Chancellor

Lord High Treasurer

Lord President of the Council

Lord Privy Seal

Lord Great Chamberlain .

Lord High Constable

Earl Marshal

Lord High Admiral

Secretaries of State

Mafter General of the Ordnance

Secretary at War

Postmaster General and the Poft-Office establishment
Treasurer of the Navy

Embassadors and other Foreign Ministers

REVENUE

Historical deduction

State of Finance at the Revolution

Origin of Funding

Loans - -

Stocks, Consols, &c.

Imperial and Irish Loans.

Temporary Annuities

Sale and Transfer of Stock

Taxes - - -

Land Tax

Redemption of the Land Tax

105

Malt Tax

ib.

Perpetual Taxes

CUSTOMS

106