REIGNING QUEEN AND EMPRESS.

VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, born May 24, 1819, the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George III., and of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, widow of Prince Emich Karl of Leiningen. Ascended the throne at the death of her uncle, King William IV., June 20, 1837; crowned at Westminster Abbey, June 28, 1838. Married Feb. 10, 1840, to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; widow, Dec. 14, 1861.

CHILDREN OF THE QUEEN.

I. Princess Victoria (Empress Frederick), born Nov. 21, 1840; married, Jan. 25, 1858, to Prince Friederich Wilhelm (Friederich I. of Germany), eldest son of Wilhelm I., German Emperor and King of Prussia; widow, June 15, 1888.

II. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, born Nov. 9, 1841; married, March 10, 1863, to Princess Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Christian IX. of Denmark. Offspring* :-(1) George, Duke of York, born June 3, 1865, married July 6, 1893, to Victoria Mary, daughter of the Duke of Teck,-offspring, Edward Albert, born June 23, 1894; Albert Frederick Arthur George, born December 14, 1895; (2) Louise, born Feb. 20, 1867, married to the Duke of Fife, July 27, 1889,offspring, Alexandra Victoria, born May 17, 1891; Maud Alexandra, born April 3, 1893; (3) Victoria, born July 6, 1868; (4) Maud, born Nov. 26, 1869, married July 22, 1896, to Prince Karl of Denmark.

III. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Aug. 22, 1893), born Aug. 6, 1844; married, Jan. 23, 1874, to Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander II. Offspring :-(1) Alfred, born Oct. 15, 1874 (2) Marie, born Oct. 29, 1875; married Jan. 10, 1893, to Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Crown Prince of Roumania,-offspring, Carol, born Oct. 15, 1893; Elizabeth, born October 11, 1894; (3) Victoria, born Nov. 25, 1876; married April 19, 1894, to Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse,— offspring, Elizabeth, born March 11, 1895; (4) Alexandra, born Sept. 1, 1878; married, April 20, 1896, to Prince Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; (5) Beatrice, born April 20, 1884.

IV. Princess Helena, born May 25, 1846; married, July 5, 1866, to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Offspring :-(1) Christian, born April 14, 1867; (2) Albert John, born Feb. 26, 1869; Victoria, born May 3, 1870; Louise, born Aug. 12, 1872.

V. Princess Louise, born March 18, 1848; married March 21, 1871, to John, Marquis of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll.

VI. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, born May 1, 1850; married, March 12, 1879, to Princess Louise of Prussia, born July 25, 1860. Three children :Margaret Victoria, born January 15, 1882; Arthur, born Jan. 13, 1883; Victoria, born March 17, 1886.

VII. Princess Beatrice, born April 14, 1857; married, July 29, 1885, to Prince Henry, third son of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, uncle of Ludwig IV., Grand Duke of Hesse. Four children :-Alexander Albert, born Nov. 23, 1886; Victoria Eugenie, born Oct. 24, 1887; Leopold Arthur Louis, born May 21, 1889 ; Maurice Victor Donald, born Oct. 3, 1891.

* Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, born Jan. 8, 1864, died Jan. 14, 1892.

CABINET OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Marquess of Salisbury-Prime Minister.

Lord Halsbury-Lord High Chancellor.

Duke of Devonshire-Lord President of Council.

Viscount Cross-Lord Privy Seal.

Sir Michael E. Hicks-Beach, Bt.-Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt.-Secretary of State Home Dept.
Marquess of Salisbury-Secretary of State Foreign Dept.
Joseph Chamberlain-Sccretary of State Colonial Dept.
Marquess of Lansdowne-Secretary of State War Dept.
Lord George Francis Hamilton-Secretary of State Indian Dept.
Lord Falfour of Burleigh-Secretary for Scotland.
George Joachim Geschen-First Lord of the Admiralty.
Arthur James Balfour- First Lord of the Treasury.

Earl Cadogan-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Lord Ashbourne-Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Charles Thomson Ritchie-President Board of Trade.
Lord James of Hereford -Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster.
Henry Chaplin-President Local Government Board.
Walter Hume Long-President Board of Agriculture.
Aretas Akers-Douglas-Works and Public Buildings.

(The above form the Cabinet.)

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

(Appointed July 25, 1898.)

Is Excellency The Right Honorable Gilbert John Elliott-Murray-Kynynmond, Earl of Minto and Yisccunt Melgund (United Kingdom, 1813), Baron Minto (Great Britain, 1797), a baronet of Scotland (1797), is the son of the third Earl of Minto and his wife, Emma E., daughter of Gen. Sir Thomas Hislop, bon in Lond. n, July 9, 1845. Ed. at Eton and Trinity Coll., Cambridge (B. A.) Entered Scots Guards, 1867. Has been Captain of the Roxburgh Rifls, Captain in the Army Reserve, and Colonel with the ank of Brigadier-General commanding the South of Scotland Volunteer Brigade. Was for a short time in Paris during the Communist iising in 1871, and three y ars later acted as correspondent of the London Morning Post during the Carlist rising in Spain in 1874. During the Russo-Turkish war, Lord Me gund, (as he was then known), was assistant Miliary Secretary with the Turkish army on the Danube, when he was pres nt at the bombardment of Nikopo is and the crossings of the Danube. In 18 9 he served as a volunteer on the staff of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, during the Afghan campaign. In 1881, he acompanied Lord Roberts to South Africa as his Private Secretary. When the Egyptian war broke cut in 1882, Lord Melgund was appointed a Captain in the Mounted Infantry, was wounded at the action of Magfar, and afterwards commanded the Mounted Infantry in Cairo, for which he was mentioned in despatches and thanked in General Orders. Was Military Secretary to Lord Lansdowne (Governor-General of Canada) 1883-1886, ard Chief of Staff to the late Major-General Middleton during the Riel Rebellion of 1885. Unsuccessful'y contested the Hexham Division of Northumberland as a Liberal-Unionist. Succeeded his father as Earl of Minto, 1991. Wears the Afghan medal, the Egyptian medal, the Medjidie, the Khedive s'ar, and the Northwest medal and clasp. Married,

July 28, 1883, Mary Caroline, daughter of Gen. Hon. Charles Grey. and has two sons and three daughters, Lady Eileen Nina Evelyn Sibell, to:n 1884; Lady Ruby Florence Mary, born 1886 Lady Violet Mary, torn 18 9; Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet, Viscount Melgund (heir), born 1891; ard Gavin William Esmond, bcrn 1895. The family seats are Mirto House, Hawick, Roxburghe, and Melgund, Forfar, the London residence being 6 Audley Square, W. The family name is Elliott, the two other surnames being conventionally dropped. Appointed GovernorGeneral of Canada, July 25, 1898. Sworn of office, Nov., 1898.

The Most Horourable the Marquess of Lansdowne,
G.C.M.G., etc.
Aug. 18, 1883 Oct. 23, 1883
The Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Preston, G.C.B..... May 1, 1888 June 11, 1888
The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T.,G.C.M.G. May 22, 1893 Sep. 18, 1893
The Right Hcn. the Earl of Minto
July 25, 1898 Nov. 12, 1898

THE CABINET OF CANADA.
October, 1898.

(According to Precedence,)

The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier, P.C., G.C.M.G., Q.C., D.C.L. (Oxon.), President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, First Minister.

The Honourable Sir Richard John Cartwright, G.C.M.G., Minister of Trade and Commerce.

The Honourable Richard William Scott, Q.C., LL.D., Secretary of State.

The Honourable David Mills, Q.C., Minister of Justice.

The Honourable Sir Louis Henry Davies, K.C.M.G., Q.C., Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

The Honourable Frederick William Borden, B.A., M.D., Minister of Militia and
Defer.ce.

The Honourable William Mulock, Q.C., M.A., LL.D., Postmaster-General.
The Honourable Sydney Arthur Fisher, B.A., Minister of Agriculture.

The Honourable Joseph Israel Tarte, Minister of Public Works.

The Honourable Richard Reid Dobell, (without portfolio.)

The Honourable William Stevens Fielding, Minister of Finance.

The Honourable Andrew George Blair, Minister of Railways and Canals.

The Honcurable Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion, Q.C.,D.C.L. (without portfolio.)

The Honourable Clifford Sifton, Q.C., Minister of the Interior.

The Honourable William Paterson, Minister of Customs.

The Honourable Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbiniere, K. C. M. G., Minister of Inland Revenue.

(The above form the Cabinet.)

The Honourable Charles Fitzpatrick, Q. C., Solicitor-General.