The extraordinary black book : comprising an exposition of the United Church of England and Ireland, civil list and crown revenues, incomes, privileges, and power, of the aristocracy, Privy Council, diplomatic, and consular establishments, law and judicial administration, representation and prospects of reform under the new ministry, profits, influence, and monopoly, of the Bank of England and East India Company, with strictures on the renewal of their charters, debt and funding system, salaries, fees and emoluments in courts of justice, public offices, and colonies, lists of pluralists, placemen, pensioners, and sinecurists : the whole corrected from the latest official returns, and presenting a complete view of the expenditure, patronage, influence and abuses of the government, in church, state, law, and representation / by the original editor.
By: Wade, John
Contributor(s): Wade, John. Black book
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Effingham Wilson, 1831Description: xx, 576 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeOther title: Black bookSubject(s): Great Britain. Parliament -- Reform | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1820-1830 | Political corruption -- Great Britain | Political corruption -- Ireland | Church of EnglandBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 West | JN214 .W33 1831 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903410518 |
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Originally published in 1820 under the title: The black book, or, Corruption unmasked.
Includes bibliographical references and index.