The present population of most of the above States has not been very recently ascertained with any exactness.

BRITISH AMERICAN PROVINCES.

LORD ELGIN, Governor-General, Vice-Admiral, and Captain-General of all the British Provinces of North America.

do.

do.

do.

Fred. Francis Gr. Duke Mecklenburg-Schwer. Feb. 28, 1823 Mar. 7, 1842 19 Lutheran
Mecklenburg-Strelitz Aug. 12, 1779 Nov. 6, 1816 37
July 13, 1783 May 21, 1829 46
Apr 25, 1806 Apr. 25, 1831 25
July 24, 1817 Aug. 20, 1839 22 Evangelical

Oldenburg
Brunswick
Nassau

Victoria

Queen

William II.

King

Leopold

do.

Fred. Wm. IV.

do.

Prussia

Frederick

do.

Ern. Augustus do.

Saxony
Hanover

Anhalt-Dessau

Saxe-Altenburg

Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Cothen
Schwartz'g Rudolst't.
Schwartz'g Sonder'n
Reuss, Elder Line
Reuss, Younger Line
Lippe-Detmold

do.

do. do.

do.

do.

Ch. Frederick Gr. Duke Saxe-Weimar-Eisen Feb. 2, 1783 June 14, 1828 45 Lutheran
Duke Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Jan. 2, 1784 Dec. 9, 1806 22
Saxe-Meiningen-Hild Dec. 17, 1800 Dec. 24, 1803 3
Aug. 27, 1789 Sep. 29, 1834 45
Oct. 1, 1794 Aug. 9, 1817 22 Evangelical
Mar. 2, 1805 Mar. 24, 1834 29 do.
July 30, 1778 Aug 23, 1830,52 Reformed
Nov. 6, 1793 Apr. 28, 1807 13 Lutheran
Sep. 24, 1801 Sep. 3, 1835 33
June 29, 1794 Oct. 31, 1836 40|
May 31, 1785 Apr. 17, 1818 32 do.
Nov. 6, 1796 Apr. 4, 1802 5 Reformed
Dec. 20, 1784 Feb. 13, 1787 2
do.
Sep. 20, 1789 Sep. 9, 1813 24 Evangelical
Mar. 11, 1779 Jan. 19, 1839 60 Reformed
Aug. 29, 1790 Mar. 30, 1830 40 Evangelical
William II. Elector Hesse-Cassel
July 28, 1777 Feb. 27, 1821 44 Reformed
Louis II. Gr. Duke Hesse-Darmstadt Dec. 26, 1777 Apr. 6, 1830 52 Lutheran
Char's Antony Prince Hohenzol'n Sigmar'n Feb 20, 1785 Oct. 17, 1831 46 Catholic
Hohenzol'n Hechin'n Feb. 16, 1801 Sep. 12, 1838 37
do.
do.

Philip Aug'tus L'ndg've Hesse-Homburg

Ch Leopold Fr. Gr. Duke Baden

May 26, 1796 Apr. 20, 1836 39
Sep. 27, 1781 Oct. 30, 1816 35 Lutheran
Aug. 25, 1786 Oct. 13, 1825 39 Catholic
Apr. 19, 1793 Mar. 2, 1835 42
Oct. 6, 1773 Aug. 9, 1830 57
Oct. 10, 1830 Sep. 29, 1833 3
Apr. 4, 1819 May 2, 1826 7
Oct. 2, 1798 Apr. 27, 1831 32
Oct. 3, 1797 June 18, 1824 26
Dec. 12, 1791 May 30, 1814 22
Oct. 6, 1779 June 8, 1815 35
Dec. 23, 1799 Mar. 13, 1824 24
1792 June 21, 1846 54
Jan. 12, 1810 Nov. 8, 1830 20
June 1, 1815 May 7, 1832 17
Apr. 20, 1823 July 1, 1839 16 Mahometan

do.

do.

do. do. do do. do. do.

do.

do.

do.

do.*

*The King of Saxony is a Catholic, though the greater part of his subjects are Protestants; the King of Belgium is a Protestant, though his subjects are mostly Catholics; 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, Square Miles, and Population, according to Mc Culloch's Geographical Dictionary, with corrections.

*Anhalt-Dessau,

do.

Do.

do.

*Austria, Empire,

*Baden, Grand Duchy,

5,712 1,263,100

*Bavaria, Kingdom,

Belgium, do.

Do.

do.

do.

*Bremen, Free City,
*Brunswick, Duchy,
Church,States of, Popedom,
Cracow, Republic,
Denmark, Kingdom,
France,

do.

Absolute monarchy,except Hungary,&c.
Limited sovereignty; two chambers,
Limited monarchy;

Republic; senate and convention,
Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
Absolute elective sovereignty,
Senate and chamber of representatives,
Absolute monarchy; with prov. states,
Limited monarchy; two chambers,
Republic; senate and legislative body,
Limited monarchy; lords and commons,
Limited monarchy,

*Frankfort, Free City,
Great Britain, Kingdom,
Greece,
do.
*Hamburg, Free City,
*Hanover, Kingdom,
*Hesse Cassel, Electorate,
*Hesse Darmstadt, G. Duchy,
*Hesse Homb'g, Landg'v'te, Absolute sovereignty,
*Hohenzol.-Hechingen, Pr. Limited; one chamber,
*Hohenzol.-Sigmaring'n,do. Do.

Republic; senate and common council,
Limited monarchy; two chambers,
Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
Limited sovereignty; two chambers,

do.

337 61,480

255,226 36,519,560

28,435 4,315,469 12,569 4,242,600

Holland, with Luxemburg, Limited monarchy; two chambers,
Ionian Islands, Republic, Under Brit. protec.; council and chamb.,
*Lichtenstein, Principality, Limited monarchy; with one chamber,
*Lippe-Detmold, do.
*Lubec, Free City,
Lucca, Duchy,

*Mecklen.-Schwerin, G. Du.
*Mecklenburg-Strelitz, do.
Modena and Massa, Duchy,
Monaco, Principality,
*Nassau, Duchy,

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

*Reuss, Principalities of,
†Russia, Empire,
San Marino, Republic,
Sardinia, Kingdom,
*Saxony, do.

*Saxe-Altenburg. Duchy,
*Saxe-Cob'g and Gotha, do.
*Saxe-Mein.-Hildburg., do.
*Saxe-Weim.-Eisenach, do.
*Schwartzburg, Principal of
*Schauenburg-Lippe, Prin.
Sicilies, The Two, Kingdom,
Spain,

do.
Sweden and Norway, do.
Switzerland, Republic,
+Turkey, Empire,

Tuscany, Grand Duchy, *Waldeck, Principality, *Wurtemburg, Kingdom,

Do.
Absolute sovereignty,

Do.

Limited sovereignty; two chambers,
Absolute sovereignty,

Do.

Limited monarchy; with a council,
Limited monarchy; with a legislature,
Lim. monarchy; with a diet & storthing,
Confederation of republics; a diet,
Absolute monarchy,

Absolute sovereignty,

Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
Limited monarchy; two chambers,
Total,

* Member of the Confederation of Germany
Including Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia.

+ Including Poland.

GREAT BRITAIN.

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

The Queen. Alexandrina Victoria, born May 24, 1819; married Feb. 10, 1840, to Prince Albert Francis 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. Alice Maud Mary, born April 25, 1843.

A Royal Prince.

Alfred Ernest Albert, born August 6, 1844.

A Royal Princess. Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846. 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 Aug. 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, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburgh-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, Dutchess of Gloucester, born April 25, 1776. Sophia, born Nov. 3, 1777.

The Parliament of Great Britain consists of a House of Lords and a House of Commons.

The House of Lords consists of Lords Temporal, who are Peers of the realm, and whose honors, immunities, and privileges are hereditary; and Lords Spiritual, consisting of Archbishops and Bishops.

The House of Lords is composed of all the five orders of nobility of England, viz.: dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, who have attained the age of 21 years, and labor under no disqualification; of 16 representative peers from Scotland; 28 representative peers from Ireland; 2 English archbishops and 24 bishops, and 4 representative Irish bishops.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Elected July, 1841.- Rt. Hon. Charles S. Lefevre, Speaker.

The House of Commons consists of knights, citizens, and burgesses, respectively chosen by counties, cities, and boroughs, apportioned as follows:

The Union of Ireland was carried into effect January 1st, 1801; and the Parliament which sat the same month, and which included the members from Ireland, is styled the 1st Imperial Parliament; and the Parliament