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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 1848.

States and Titles.

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Andorre. Pyrenees, Repub.
*Anhalt-Bernburg, Duchy,
*Anhalt-Cothen,
*Anhalt-Dessau,
*Austria, Empire,
*Baden, Grand Duchy,
*Bavaria, Kingdom,
Belgium,

*Bremen, Free City,
*Brunswick, Duchy,
Church, States of, Popedom,
Denmark, with Schleswig-
Holstein, Kingdom,
France,

*Frankfort, Free City,
Great Britain, Kingdom,
Greece,

*Hamburg, Free City, *Hanover, Kingdom,

*Hesse-Cassel, Electorate,

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Republic; senate and convention,
Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
Constitut'al monarchy; with a senate,
Absolute monarchy; with prov. states,
Republic; with a gov'ment ad interim,
Republic; senate and legislative body,
Limited monarchy; lords and commons,
Limited monarchy,

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Republic; senate and common council,
Limited monarchy; two chambers,
Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
*Hesse-Darmstadt, G. Duch., Limited sovereignty; two chambers,
*Hesse-Homb'g, Landg'v'te, Absolute sovereignty,
*Hohenzol. Hechingen, Pr. Limited; one chamber,
*Hohenzol.-Sigmaring'n, "
Holland, with Luxemburg,
Ionian Islands, Republic,
*Liechtenstein, Principal.,
*Lippe-Detmold,
*Lippe-Schaumburg, "
*Lubec, Free City,
*Mecklen. -Schwerin, G. Du.
*Mecklenburg Strelitz, "
Modena and Massa, Duchy,
Monaco, Principality,
*Nassau, Duchy,

Limited monarchy; two chambers,
Under Brit. protec.; council and chamb.,
Limited monarchy; with one chamber,

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*Oldenburg, Grand Duchy,
Parma, Duchy,
Portugal, Kingdom,
*Prussia,

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Revolutionary,

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Absolute monarchy,

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Limited sovereignty; two chambers,
Unsettled,

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Republic; senate and common council,
Limited monarchy; with one chamber,

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Lim. monarchy; one chamber of rep.,
Limited monarchy,

Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
Absolute monarchy,

Senate and council of ancients,
Constitutional monarchy,
Limited monarchy; two chambers,
Limited monarchy; one chamber,

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Limited monarchy; with two chamb.,
Limited monarchy; with a legislature,
Lim. monarchy; with a diet & storthing,
Confederation of republics; a diet,
Absolute monarchy,
Constitutional monarchy,
Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
Limited monarchy; two chambers,

Total,

*Member of the Confederation of Germany.

The island of Sicily has declared itself independent.

8,861; population, 2,040,610.

$ Including Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia.

106,302 16,112,948 588 110,819 2,041,809 65,949,266

21 7,600 28,830 4,650,368 5,705 1,757,800 491 128,819 790 147,195

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8,712 1,733,949 455 58,753 7,568 1,743,827 3,708,871

+ Including Poland. The number of square miles is

|| With Lucca. Fizzivano was surrendered by Tuscany to Modena, Dec. 9, 1847. the table it is still included in Tuscany.

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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.
Albert Edward, born Nov. 9, 1841.
Alice Maud Mary, born April 25, 1843.

Prince of Wales.
Princess Royal.

A Royal Prince.

A Royal Princess.

Alfred Ernest Albert, born August 6, 1844. Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846. A Royal Princess. 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 Frederick, 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.

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5,000

4,500

2,500

2,000

Sir George Grey, Bart.,
Viscount Palmerston,
Earl Grey,

Sir Charles Wood, Bart.,
Earl of Auckland,

Thomas Babington Macaulay,
Sir John C. Hobhouse, Bart.,
Lord Campbell,
Viscount Morpeth,
Marquis of Clanricarde,

Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere,

Chancellor of the Exchequer,
First Lord of the Admiralty,
Paymaster-General,

President of Board of Control,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Woods and Forests.

Postmaster-General.

President of the Board of Trade.

Sir Wm. M. Somerville, Bart., Chief Secretary for Ireland. **The above form the Cabinet.

Duke of Wellington,

Earl of Fortescue,

Duke of Norfolk,

Sir John Jervis,

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Commander of the Forces.

Lord Steward of the Household.

Earl Marshal and Master of the Horse.

Attorney-General.

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1786 1824 1828 Chas. James Blomfield, D. D. London, 1770 1831 1836 Edward Maltby, D. D.

11,700

Durham,

8,000

1784 1827

1790 1826 1827 Chas. Richard Sumner, D. D.
1783 1820 1827 John Kaye, D. D.
1824 1830 Christopher Bethell, D. D.
Hugh Percy, D. D.

Winchester,

10,500

Lincoln,

4,000

Bangor,

4,000

Carlisle,

3,000

1784 1827

George Murray, D. D.

Rochester,

5,000

1776 1827

1848

Edward Copleston, D. D.
John Graham, D. D.

Llandaff,

1,000

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Bath & Wells,

5,000

Glo'ster & Bristol,

3,700

Exeter,

2,700

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1801 1837

Edward Denison, D. D.

Salisbury,

5,000

1779 1837

Edward Stanley, D. D.

Norwich,

4,465

1780 1839

George Davys, D D.

Peterborough,

4,500

1797 1840

Connop Thirlwall, D. D.

St. David's,

2,500

1783 1840 1841

Henry Pepys, D. D.

Worcester,

5,000

1842

1843

1845

Ashurst Turner Gilbert, D.
John Lonsdale, D. D.

Thomas Turton, D. D.

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Oxford,

5,000

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The Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester rank next to the Archbishops; the rest, according to priority of consecration.

ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF IRELAND.

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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 bishoprics thus marked are to be abolished when they become vacant.

JUDICIARY.
England.

High Court of Chancery. — Lord Cottenham, Lord High Chancellor, salary, £14,000; Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, £7,000; Sir Launcelot Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor of England; Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, and Sir James Wigram, Vice-Chancellors, £6,000 each.

Court of Queen's Bench. — Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice, £10,000; Sir J. Patteson, Sir J. T. Coleridge, Sir Wm. Wightman, and Sir William Erle, Judges, £ 5,500 each.

Court of Common Pleas. - Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chief Justice, £8,000; Sir Th. Coltman, Sir W. H. Maule, Sir C. Creswell, and Sir Edw. Vaughan Williams, Judges, £5,500 each.

Court of Exchequer.— Sir Frederic Pollock, Lord Chief Baron, £7,000; Sir James Parke, Sir E. H. Alderson, Sir R. M. Rolfe, Sir Thomas Joshua Platt, Barons, $5,500 each.

Scotland.

Court of Session. - 1st Division. *David Boyle, Lord President, £4,300; *J. H. Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie ; J. Fullerton, Lord Fullerton; Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, Judges, £2,000 each.

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2d Division. - *John Hope, Lord President, £4,000; *J. H. Forbes, Lord Medwyn; *Sir J. W. Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff; *H. Cockburn, 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, Lord Cunninghame; Sir J. A. Murray, Lord Murray; James Ivory, Lord Ivory; Alexander Wood, Lord Wood; Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson. Andrew Rutherford, Lord Advocate. T. Maitland, Solicitor-General.

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The Judges marked thus, are Lords of the Justiciary, or chief Criminal Court.

Court of Justiciary. — Lord Justice General, David Boyle; Lord Justice Clerk, John Hope; Commissioners, the remaining Lords of Session marked * in the list.

Ireland.

Court of Chancery. — Rt. Hon. Maziere Brady, Lord Chancellor, £8,000 ; Rt Hon. T. B. C. Smith, Master of the Rolls, £4,500.

Court of the Queen's Bench. — Rt. Hon. F. Blackburne, Lord Chief Justice, £5,076; Philip C. Crampton, Louis Perrin, Richard Moore, Judges, £3,692 each.

Court of Common Pleas. — Rt. Hon. John Doherty, Lord Chief Justice, £4,615; Robert Torrens, Nicholas Ball, and J. D. Jackson, Judges, £3,692 each. Attorney-General, J. H. Monahan, Esq.; Solicitor-General, John Hatchell, Esq.

Court of Exchequer. - Rt. Hon. David R. Pigot, Lord Chief Baron; Hon. Richard Pennefather, Rt. Hon. John Richards, Rt. Hon. Thomas Lefroy, Barons.

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