Ern. Augustus Hanover George Augustus Oldenburg William Duke 66 Brunswick 1844 45 Lutheran July 6, 1796 Dec. 1, Fred. Francis Grand Duke Mecklenburg-Schwer. Feb. 28, 1823 Mar. 7, 1842 19 Lutheran Adolphus Mecklenburg-Strelitz Aug. 12, 1779 Nov. 6, 181637 Grand Duke Saxe-Weimar-Eisen Duke Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Oct. 1, 1794 Aug. 9, 1817 22 Evangelical Mar. 2, Aug. 3, Anhalt-Bernberg 1805 Mar. 24, 1834 29 1794 Nov. 23, 1847 53 Reformed 1793 Apr. 28, 1807 13 Lutheran 1801 Sept. 3, 1835 34 June 29, 1794 Oct. 31, 1836 42 May 31, 1785 Apr. 17, 1818 33 Nov. 6, 1796 Apr. 4, 1802 5 Reformed Dec. 20, 1784 Feb. 13, 1787 2 Jan. 14, 1831 May 15, 1845 14 Evangelical Apr. 26, 1783 Sept. 7, 1848 65 Reformed Aug. 29, 1790 Mar. 30, 1830 40 Evangelical Aug. 20, 1802 Nov. 20, 1847 45 Reformed June 9, 1806 June 16, 1848 42 Lutheran Hohenzol'n-Sigmar'n Sept. 7, 1811 Aug., 1848 37 Catholic Hohenzol'n-Hechin'n Feb. 16, 1801 Sept. 13, 1838 37 Anhalt-Dessau Alexander Hesse-Homburg Leopold Grand Duke Baden Frederic Wm. Sept. 27, 1781 Oct. 30, 1816 35 Lutheran 1832 17 Catholic* 1839 17 Mahometan 1841 56 Catholic 1848 66 *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. 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-Cöthen, *Anhalt-Dessau, 66 *Bremen, Free City, *Frankfort, Free City, Republic; senate and convention, Absolute monarchy; with prov. states, *Hamburg, Free City, Republic; senate and common council, Limited monarchy; two chambers, 66 66 *Oldenburg, Grand Duchy, 66 *Reuss, Principalities of, *Saxony, 255,226 35,879,15% 1842 515,313 7,000 66 2,470 278.909 1846 2,184 496,803 1846 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, Sicilies, The Two, Kingdom, Limited monarchy; with two chamb., Switzerland, Republic, Limited monarchy; two chambers, Total, *Member of the Confederation of Germany. Including Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia. 41,521 8,423,316, 1845 176,480 12,386,841 (170,715 3,138,884 1833 1840 121,725 1,167,766 1845 17,208 2,188,009 1837 183,140 9,545,000, 8,712 1,786,875 455 58,753 7,568 1.743,827 3,708,871 1844 1843 † 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 of Borga, Pietra Santa, and Seravezza, have not been completed. 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. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, born Nov. 21, 1840. Prince of Wales. Albert Edward, born Nov. 9, 1841. Princess Royal. A Royal Prince. A Royal Princess. A Royal Princess. Alice Maud Mary, born April 25, 1843. Alfred Ernest Albert, born August 6, 1844. Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846. Louisa Caroline Alberta, born March 18, 1848. The Queen Dowager. Adelaide Amelia Louisa Teresa Caroline, widow of King William IV., sister of the reigning Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, born August 13, 1792. 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 Frederic William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, born March 2, 1778. Issue, George Frederic, born May 27, 1819. Adolphus Frederic, Duke of Cambridge, born Feb. 24, 1774; married, May 7, 1818, to Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, daughter of the Landgrave of Hesse, born July 25, 1797. Issue, George William, born March 26, 1819; Augusta Caroline, July 19, 1822; Mary Adelaide, Nov. 27, 1833. 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). $5,000 5,000 4,500 3,500 Rt. Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State, — Home Dep., Viscount Palmerston, Rt. Hon. Sir Chas. Wood, Bart., Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John C. Hobhouse, Bart., Lord Campbell, Earl of Carlisle, Marquis of Clanricarde, President of the Board of Control, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 4,000 Woods and Forests. Postmaster-General, Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere, Duke of Wellington, President of the Board of Trade. **The above form the Cabinet. Sir Wm. M. Somerville, Bart., Chief Secretary for Ireland, Earl of Fortescue, Duke of Norfolk, 2,500 3,460 5,500 Lord Steward of the Household, 2,000 Earl Marshal and Master of the Horse, 2,500 Paymaster-General and V. Pres. of the Board of Trade. ENGLISH COLONIAL BISHOPS. Rt. Hon. Fox Maule, 1839 A.G Spencer, D.D. Jamaica, 1842 Thos. Parry, D. D. Barbadoes. 1825 John Inglis, D. D. Nova Scotia, 1832 Dan'l Wilson, D. D. Calcutta, 1836 Geo. J. Mountain, D. D. Montreal, 1836 Thos. Carr, D. D. Bombay, 1836 W. G. Broughton, Sydney, D. D. Metrop., 1837 G.T. Spencer, D.D. Madras, 1839 J Strachan, D. D. Toronto, 1844 Edward Feild, D. D. Newfoundl. 1845 John Medley, D.D. Fredericton, N. B. 1841 G. A. Selwyn, D.D. New Zealand 2,400 £4,000 1842 W. P. Austin, D.D. Brit. Guiana, £2,000 1842 G. Tomlinson, D.D. Malta & Gib raltar, 5,000 1845 J. Chapman, D. D Columbo, Ceylon. 1,900 1842 F. R. Nixon, D. D. Tasmania, 2,500 1842 D. G. Davis, D. D. Antigua, 1847 Wm. Tyrrell, D. D. Newcastle. 2,000 1847 Chas. Perry, D. D. Melbourne, 2,500 1847 A. Short, Ď. D. 1,083 1847 R. Gray, D. D. 1.091 2,000, 1,000 Adelaide, Cape Town, 8000 Victoria, Hong Kong. 1849 G. Smith, D. D. ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF ENGLAND. Born. Cons. Trans. Archbishops. Dioceses. Net Income.* 1780 1828 1848 John Bird Sumner, Primate, Canterbury, 1788 1837 1847 Thomas Musgrave, £17,000 York, 10,000 Bishops. 1786 1824 1828 Chas. James Blomfield, D. D. London, 1770 1831 1836 Edward Maltby, D. D. 11,700 Durham, 8,000 1790 1826 1827 Chas. Richard Sumner, D. D. 1783 1820 1827 John Kaye, D. D. Winchester, 10,500 Lincoln, 4,000 1824 1830 Christopher Bethell, D. D. 1784 1827 1827 Hugh Percy, D. D. 1784 1814 1827 George Murray, D. D. 1776 1827 Edward Copleston, D. D. 1782 1829 1845 Richard Bagot, D. D. Bangor, 4,000 Carlisle, 3,000 Rochester, 4,500 Llandaff, 1,000 Bath & Wells, 5,000 Glo'ster & Bristol, 3,700 1794 1836 Chas. Thomas Longley, D. D. Ripon, 4,500 1801 1837 Edward Denison, D. D.' Salisbury, 5,000 1780 1839 George Davys, D. D. Peterborough, 4,500 1797 1840 Connop Thirlwall, D. D. St. David's, 2,500 1783 1840 Henry Pepys, D. Ď. Worcester, 5,000 1843 1842 1841 Ashurst Turner Gilbert, D. D. Chichester, John Lonsdale, D. D. The Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester rank next to the Archbishops; the rest according to priority of consecration. ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF IRELAND. The Bishop of Meath takes precedence of all other Irish bishops, and is a Privy Councillor in right of his see. The rest take precedence according to priority of consecration. * By net income is meant that of the bishopric. Some bishops hold other places of profit in the Church. The Bishop of Llandaff receives £2,965 as Dean of St. Paul's; the Bishop of Carlisle £1,489, as a Prebendary of St. Paul's, &c. There are in England and Wales 11.386 benefices, and 7,785 glebe-houses. †The Bishop of Sodor and Man, since Jan. 1, 1849, sits in the House of Lords as Baron Auckland. The bishoprics thus marked are to be abolished when they become vacant. |