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.

AUTHOR OF

BARRISTER AT LAW, F. S. A.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF
KING GEOR

II. TO THE PEACE OF 1783."

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES,

IN THE STRAND.

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ΤΟ

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,

GEORGE, PRINCE OF WALES,

&c. &c. &c.

REGENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

SIR,

WITH the greatest pride and satisfaction, I avail myself of the gracious permission to dedicate to Your Royal Highness this description of the Political State of the British Empire.

During the period, in which, by the decree of Providence, this United Kingdom has been committed to the care of Your Royal Highness, the possessions of the Crown, in all parts of the world, have been extended and consolidated, A 3