The Extraordinary Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State, Courts of Law, Representation, Municipal and Corporate Bodies ...

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Effingham Wilson, 1832 - 683 Seiten
 

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Preference of church service to the random outpourings of
79
Wealth bequeathed to their families by the bishops
85
Tithes should be commuted for an equivalent assessment on landlords
86
CHAPTER II
96
Valuation of Sees and Dignities in the Kings Book
131
CHAPTER III
137
Estimate of the revenues of the Protestant establishment
154
General conclusions on the United Church of England and Ireland
182
Expenditure on Regentstreet Charingcross Windsor Castle c
193
Estimate of the value of crown lands
195
Fourandahalf per cent Leeward Island duties
203
Statement of produce of hereditary revenues of the crown
210
Christianity peculiarly the worship of the people
215
Publication of the court pensionlist
216
Total expenditure from accession of Geo III to the death of
225
Peculiar death of Geo IV and his chief counsellors
234
Addendum to Place and Pension list
236
Ireland an illustration of Oligarchical government
241
PRIVY COUNCILDIPLOMATIC MISSIONSAND
244
Consular establishments
250
Antiproperty theories of Robert Owen and St Simon
272
Taxes levied on the industrious orders
281
LAW AND COURTS OF
286
Obscure language in which they are drawn example from sir
293
Debtor laws chief source of litigation and legal emoluments
299
Different laws for different persons
305
Insecurity of titles to estates
312
Oppressions under the exciselaws
321
Religious opinions determined by education
328
Official returns illustrative of law and courts of law
329
131
332
Objects of the parliamentary wars waged since 1688
335
138
339
Conclusions on disastrous policy of the Boroughgovernment
342
Sources of Bank profits and their enormous amount
425
Glass paper pamphlet and advertisement duties
450
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS COMPANIES GUILDS
452
Corporations do not embody the interests of cities and towns
458
Corporation of City of London
467
Corporation of Gloucester
473
Corporation of Leeds
474
Salaries and number of persons employed in the public offices
480
Pensionroll amounts to 805022 per annum
489
Salaries and pensions exceeding 1000
497
CHAPTER XVII
500
Principles on which government has been carried on by Tory admi
503
HOUSE OF COMMONS PAST PRESENT AND TO COME
591
Constitutional deductions
597
Principles which ought to determine the elective qualification
603
Constitutional changes valueless in themselves
606
People of England pay the Companys dividend in the monopoly
612
The real point of interest between the Company and the people
620
Number of parliaments held in each reign
621
CHAPTER XIII
627
Return of cities and towns with a population exceeding
636
Returns of Army and Navy halfpay and retired allowances
640
Number of public creditors and amount of their dividends
642
Population free and slaves imports and exports of the Colonies
643
House of Lords origin and character of
644
A class of politicians with one idea
645
Borough lords and their Representatives
646
Ecclesiastical Patronage of each of the Nobility and the value of Rectories and Vicarages in their gift
650
Mischiefs of irresponsible power of Bank over the circulation
668
Return of lay and clerical magistrates
669
Commissioners of sewers institution of and abuses in their administration
670
Progress of Population in Great Britain
672
430
674
394
676

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