Russia Sweden and Norway July 4, 1799 Mar. 8, 1844 45 Lutheran Holland orNetherlands Feb. 19, 1817 Mar. 17, 1849 32 Reformed Dec. 16, 1790 July 21, 1831 40 Lutheran* Fred. Francis Grand Duke Mecklenburg-Schwer. Feb. 28, 1823 Mar. 7, 1842 19 Lutheran Mecklenburg-Strelitz Aug. 12, 1779 Nov. 6, 1816 37 Denmark Great Britain William III. King Ern. Augustus Belgium Oldenburg Brunswick Adolphus Nassau Ch. Frederic Grand Duke Saxe-Weimar-Eisen Feb. 2, 1783 June 14, 1823 45 Lutheran Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Anhalt Cöthen Lippe-Schaumburg Aug. 3, 1794 Nov. 23, 1847 53 Reformed Baden Hesse-Cassel 66 Frederic 66 Aloys William King MaximilianII. Bavaria Fran.Joseph.I. Emperor Austria Chas. Louis President France Apr. 20, 1808 Dec. 20, 1848 40 N. Bonaparte Isabella II. Queen Spain Portugal VictorEmanuel King Sardinia Leopold II. Grand Duke Tuscany Ferd'ndCharles Duke Parma Modena and Massa States of the Church * The King of Belgium is a Protestant, though his subjects are mostly Catholics; the King of Saxony is a Catholic, though the greater part of his subjects are Protestants; and the King of Greece is a Catholic, though most of his subjects are of the Greek Church. *Bremen, Free City, *Frankfort, Free City, Constitutional monarchy, 66 Republic; senate and convention, Absolute monarchy; with prov. states, Republic; senate and legislative body, *Hamburg, Free City, Republic; senate and common council, 66 66 Holland, with Luxemburg, Limited monarchy; two chambers, Ionian Islands, Republic, Under Brit. protec.; council and chamb., *Liechtenstein, Principal., Limited monarchy; with one chamber, *Lippe-Detmold, 202,125, 35,401,761 116,700 27,019,555 Limited sovereignty; two chambers, STATES OF EUROPE. With the Form of Government, and Square Miles, according to McCulloch's Geographical Dictionary, with Corrections; and the Population (chiefly) from the Almanach de Gotha for 1849. Andorre, Pyrenees, Repub. With two syndics and a council, *Anhalt-Bernberg, Duchy, States having limited powers, *Anhalt-Dessau, *Anhalt-Cöthen, *Austria, Empire, *Baden, Grand Duchy, *Bavaria, Kingdom, Belgium, 66 28,435 4,504,874 1846 12,569 4,335,319 1846 67 72,908 1842 *Mecklen.-Schwerin, G. Du. Limited monarchy; with one chamber, 4,701 524,042 1847 94,406 1845 7,000 *Nassau, Duchy, 66 *Oldenburg, Grand Duchy, *Reuss, Principalities of, tRussia (in Europe). Empire, San Marino, Republic, Sardinia, Kingdom, *Saxony, 66 Lim. monarchy; one chamber of rep., Limited sovereignty; one chamber, Senate and council of ancients, Limited monarchy; two chambers, *Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy, Limited monarchy; one chamber, *Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Limited sovereignty; two chambers, 1,736 424,817 1846 2,470 278,909 1846 2,184 496,803 1846 34,500 3,412,500 1841 106,302 16,330,186 1850 588 112,175 1846 *Saxe-Mein.-Hildburg., "6 *Saxe-Weim.-Eisenach, *Schwarzburg-Rudolst., Pr. *Schwarzburg-Sondersh., " 790 147,195 1846 1846 1,403 257,573 1846 331 68,711 1846 328 58.682 1846 Sicilies, The Two, Kingdom, Limited monarchy; with two chamb., Switzerland, Republic, Limited monarchy; with a legislature, Total, *Member of the Confederation of Germany. ! Including Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia. 3,708,871 † Including Poland and Finland. With Lucca, Garfagnana, Massa, and Lunigiana. The cessions made by Tuscany in favor of Parma and Modena, viz. Pontremoli and the Tuscan territory in Lunigiana, with the exception Borga, Pietra Santa, and Seravezza, have not been completed. 26 41,521 8,423,316 1845 176,480 12,386,841 1833 170,715 3,138,884 1840 121,725 1,167,766 1845 17,208 2,365,286 1850 183,140 9,545,000 8,712 1,786,875 1844 455 58,753 1843 GREAT BRITAIN. THE ROYAL FAMILY. The Queen. Alexandrina Victoria, born May 24, 1819; succeeded her uncle, William IV., June 20, 1837; married, Feb. 10, 1840, to Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, born Aug. 26, 1819. Princess Royal. A Royal Prince. A Royal Princess. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, born Nov. 21, 1840. Alice Maud Mary, born April 25, 1843. Louisa Caroline Alberta, born March 18, 1848. A Royal Prince. Arthur Patrick Albert, born May 1, 1850. Her Majesty's Mother. Victoria Maria Louisa, Princess Dowager of Leiningen, Duchess of Kent, born August 17, 1786. Royal Princes and Princesses. Ernest Augustus (King of Hanover), Duke of Cumberland, born June 5, 1771; married, May 29, 1815, to Frederica Carolina Sophia Alexandrina, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and widow of Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, born March 2, 1778. Issue, George Frederic, born May 27, 1819. Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, born April 25, 1776, married, July 22, 1816, her cousin, Prince William Frederic, second Duke of Gloucester (who died Nov. 30, 1834). Lord Privy Seal, 2,000 Rt. Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State, Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State, Earl Grey, Secretary of State, - Colonial Dep., 5,000 Earl of Carlisle, Lord Seymour, Rt. Hon. Sir Chas.Wood, Bart., Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of the Board of Control, 5,000 4,500 3,500 4,000 2,000 Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster-General, 2,500 Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere, President of the Board of Trade. **The above form the Cabinet. Duke of Wellington, Sir Wm. M. Somerville, Bart., Chief Secretary for Ireland, Earl Granville, Lord Steward of the Household, Earl Marshal and Master of the Horse, 2,500 Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Governor-General of India. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 5,500 1,500 20,000 2,580 Secretary at War, Paymaster-General and V. Pres. of the Board of Trade. JUDICIARY.* High Court of Chancery.—Baron Truro (b. 1782, ap. 1850), Lord High Chancellor, salary, £14,000; Lord Langdale (b. 1783, ap. 1836), Master of the Rolls, £7,000; Vice-Chancellor of England; Sir J. L. Knight Bruce (ap. 1841), and Sir James Wigram (b. 1793, ap. 1841), ViceChancellors, £6,000 each. Court of Queen's Bench. —Lord Campbell (b. 1779, ap. 1850), Lord Chief Justice, £8,000; Sir J. Patteson (b. 1790, ap. 1830), Sir J. T. Coleridge (b. 1790, ap. 1835), Sir Wm. Wightman (ap. 1841), and Sir William Erle (b. 1793, ap. 1845), Judges, £5,500 each. Court of Common Pleas. - Sir John Jervis (ap. 1850), Lord Chief Justice, £8,000; Sir W. H. Maule (ap. 1840), Sir C. Creswell (ap. 1842), Sir Edw. Vaughan Williams (ap. 1847), and Thomas Noon Talfourd (b. 1795, ap. 1849), Judges, £5,500 each. Court of Exchequer. — Sir Frederic Pollock (b. 1783, ap. 1844), Lord Chief Baron, £7,000; Sir James Parke (b. 1782, ap. 1834), Sir E. H. Alderson (b. 1787, ap. 1834), Sir R. M. Rolfe (b. 1790, ap. 1839), Sir Thomas Joshua Platt (ap. ), Barons, £5,500 each. Scotland. Court of Sessions: Inner House. 1st Division. *David Boyle (b. 1772, ap. 1841), Lord President, £4,300. *J. H. Mackenzie (b. 1777, ap. 1822), Lord Mackenzie; J. Fullerton (ap. 1829), Lord Fullerton; Thomas Maitland (ap. 1850), Judges, £2,000 each. 2d Division. * John Hope (b. 1794, ap. 1844), Lord President, £ 4,000. * J. H. Forbes (b. 1776, ap. 1825), Lord Medwyn; * Sir J. W. Moncrieff (b. 1776, ap. 1829), Lord Moncrieff; *H. T. Cockburn (ap. 1834), Lord Cockburn, Judges, £2,000 each. Those of the judges who are also judges of the Criminal Court have an additional £600 a year. Outer House: Permanent Lords Ordinary, attached equally to both Divisions of the Court. — J. Cunninghame (b. 1782, ap. 1837), Lord Cunning The new Judiciary Bill proposes to separate the political and judicial duties of the Chancellor; that one person shall be Lord Keeper, and preside in the House of Lords, with a salary of £8,000; and that another shall preside over the Court of Chancery, with a salary of £6,000. Information that the change had taken effect had not reached America when this sheet went to press. |