THE

POLITICAL STATE

OF

THE BRITISH EMPIRE;

CONTAINING

A GENERAL VIEW

OF

THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POSSESSIONS
OF THE CROWN;

THE LAWS, COMMERCE, REVENUES, OFFICES,
AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS,

CIVIL AND MILITARY.

BY JOHN ADOLPHUS, Esq.

BARRISTER AT LAW, F.S. A.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF
KING GEORGE III. TO THE PEACE OF 1783."

AUTHOR OF

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES,

IN THE STRAND.

1818.

Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street, London.