Russia Sweden and Norway July 4, 1799 Mar. 8, 1844 45 Lutheran Holland orNetherlands Feb. 19, 1817 Mar. 17, 1849 32 Reformed Belgium Denmark Victoria I. Queen Great Britain William III. King Leopold I. 66 Fred. Wm. IV. John George V. George 66 Peter Oldenburg Brunswick Nassau Chs. Alexander Grand Duke Saxe-Weimar-Eisen Dec. 16, 1790 July 21, 1831 40 Lutheran* 66 66 66 66 66 Fred. Francis Grand Duke Mecklenburg-Schwer. Feb. 23, 1823 Mar. 7, 1842 19 Lutheran Grand Duke Hesse-Darmstadt June 9, 1806 June 16, 1848 42 Lutheran Ernest 66 Leopold 66 Gunther Gunther 66 Henry XX. Henry LXVII. 66 Leopold George George Victor Frederict Frederic Wm. Elector Louis III. Frederic: Aloys William I. MaximilianII. 66 Bavaria Fran.Joseph.I. Emperor Robert Ferdinand II. King Valsch Modena and Massa Greece May 26, 1796 Apr. 20, 1836 40 *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. Of the 15.500,000 European subjects of the Sultan of Turkey, 10,000,000 are of the Greek Church, 640,000 are Catholics, and 70,000 are Jews. 4,550,000 are Mahometans. The Grand Duke of Baden is Louis, born Aug. 15, 1824, who is under guardianship by reason of insanity. These two princes abdicated in favor of the King of Prussia, Dec. 7, 1849. His father, Ferdinand, husband of the late queen, was regent until Sept. 16, 1855. 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 Almanack de Gotha for 1853. States and Titles. *Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Andorra, Pyrenees, Repub. With two syndics and a council, *Anhalt-Bernburg, Duchy, States having limited powers, *Anhalt-Cöthen,t 66 *Anhalt-Dessau, *Bremen, Free City, 66 Republic; senate and assembly, Limited monarchy; with prov. states, 66 66 66 Republic; senate and assembly, *Mecklen.-Schwerin, G. Du. Limited sovereignty; with one chamber, Modena and Massa, Duchy, Absolute sovereignty, 66 11,313 4,359,090 112 1,525 268,943 1846 17,048 2,908,115 1842 21,856 2,296,597 a 1850 203,736 35,781,628 b 1851 91 70,244 1849 116,700 27,435,325 1851 18,244 998.266 149 188,054 1849 79,047 1849 14,600 1,758,847 1851 1848 Monaco, Principality, Absolute sovereignty, 50 7,000 *Nassau, Duchy, *Oldenburg, Grand Duchy, 2,470 278,030 1851 Absolute sovereignty, Parma, Duchy, Portugal, Kingdom, *Prussia, 66 Limited monarchy; two chambers, *Reuss, Principalities of, Limited sovereignty; one chamber, Sicilies, The Two, Kingdom, Absolute monarchy, Limited monarchy; with a legislature, 176,480 14,216,219 Limited monarchy; with a legislature,121,725 1,328,471 66 107,300 16,346,625 1849 588 112,175 1846 2,120,397 60,362,315 1846 41,521 8,681,289 1851 1849 1849 1845 Switzerland, Republic, $Turkey, Empire, Confederation of republics; a diet, 15,261 2,390,116 1850 189,920 15,500,000 1844 *Waldeck, Principality, Tuscany, Grand Duchy, Absolute monarchy, 8,712 1,761,140 1851 *Wurtemberg, Kingdom, Limited sovereignty; one chamber, 455 58,219 1850 Total, *Member of the Confederation of Germany. † United to Anhalt-Dessau and Bernburg, since November 23, 1847. Including Poland and Finland. 3,768,506 263.517.5211 Including Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia, containing respectively 2,600,000, 1,400,000, and 1,000,000 inhabitants. a Exclusive of Iceland, with a population of 60,000, and an area of 32,000 square miles. 6 Exclusive of Algeria, which contains a population of 246,531, and has an area of 100,000 square miles. GREAT BRITAIN. THE ROYAL FAMILY. The Queen. Alexandrina Victoria, born May 24, 1819; succeeded her uncle, William IV., June 20, 1837; was crowned, June 28, 1838; married, Feb. 10, 1840, to Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Prince of SaxeCoburg and Gotha, born Aug. 26, 1819. Issue, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Princess Royal, born Nov. 21, 1840; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, born Nov. 9, 1841; Alice Maud Mary, born April 25, 1843; Alfred Ernest Albert, born Aug. 6, 1844; Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846; Louisa Carolina Alberta, born March 18, 1848; Arthur William Patrick Albert, born May 1, 1850. Leopold George Duncan Albert, born April 7, 1853. MINISTRY. Formed February, 1855. Salary. £5,000 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 5,000 Secretary of State,- Home Dep., 5,000 Secretary of State, - Foreign Dep., 5,000 Secretary of State, Colonial Dep., 5,000 Secretary at War, 5,000 First Lord of the Admiralty, 4,500 Lord High Chancellor, 10,000 Lord President of the Council, 2,000 Lord Privy Seal, 2,000 President of the Board of Control, 2,000 Sir Benjamin Hall, First Commissioner of Public Works, 2,000 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 4,000 Marquis of Lansdowne, (without office).. Hon. Matthew T. Baines, Duke of Cambridge, Hon. Edward Horseman, Hon. James Moncrieff, President of the Poor Law Board, Treasurer of the Queen's Household. High Court of Chancery.- Lord Cranworth (R. M. Rolfe, b. 1790, ap. 1852), Lord High Chancellor, salary, £10,000; Sir John Romilly (ap. 1851), Master of the Rolls, £7,000; Sir R. T. Kindersley (b. 1792, ap. 1851), Sir John Stuart (ap. 1852), Sir William Page Wood (ap. 1852), Vice-Chancellors, £6,000 each. Rt. Hon. Sir James L. Knight Bruce (ap. 1851); Rt. Hon. Sir George James Turner (b. 1798, ap. 1851), Lords Justices, £6,000 each. Court of Queen's Bench. - Lord Campbell (b. 1779, ap. 1850), Lord Chief Justice, £8,000; Sir John T. Coleridge (b. 1790, ap. 1835), Sir Wm. Wightman (ap. 1841), Sir William Erle (b. 1793, ap. 1845), and Sir Charles Crompton (ap. 1852), Judges, £5,500 each. |