II-THE STATES OF EUROPE. THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AREA, AND POPULATION, 1862. States. Andorra, Pyrenees Republic...... With two syndics and a council.. Anhalt-Bernburg... Bremen.... Hamburg... Hanover Hesse-Cassel Hesse-Darmstadt.. Hesse-Homburg. Ionian Islands Italy. Lichtenstein Lippe-Detmold. Lippe-Schaumburg... Lubec Mecklenburg-Schwerin Nassau.... Portugal Reuss.. Russia (in Europe).. Empire. Limited monarchy; two chambers... ...... Kingdom..... Limited monarchy; with provincial states Principality.. Limited monarchy; with one chamber... Saxony.. Saxe-Altenburg...... Duchy Saxe-Coburg and Gotha... Duchy III. Income, Expenditure, Public Domains, and Public Debt of the Principal European States. 1. THE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL FAMILY. Her Majesty Alexandrina Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; born May 24, 1819, succeeded William IV., June 20, 1837; crowned June 28, 1838; married Feb. 10, 1840, to her cousin H.R.H. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, whose lamented death occurred on the 14th Dec. 1861. The issue of the marriage are 1. H.R.H. Victoria Adelaide Maria Louisa, Princess Royal; born Nov. 21, 1840; married Jan. 25, 1858, to H.R.H. Frederick William, Prince of Prussia. 2. H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Dublin, Baron Renfrew; born Nov. 9, 1841. 3. H.R.H. Alice Maud Mary; born April 25,1843; married July 1, 1862, to Prince Louis of Hesse. 4. H.R.H. Alfred Ernest Albert; born Aug. 6, 1844. 5. H.R.H. Helena Augusta Victoria; born May 20, 1846. 6. H.R.H. Louisa Carolina Alberta; born March 18, 1848. 7. H.R.H. Arthur William Patrick Albert; born England and Wales May 1, 1850. 8. H.R.H. Leopold George Duncan Albert; born April 7, 1853. 9. H.R.H. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodora; born April 14, 1857. Population Population Area. in 1861. to the Sq. Mile. 50,153 18,949,930 377 8,167 1,111,795 166 58,320 20,061,725 543 394 143,779 364 9,000 1,975,315 22,324 1,085,936 Islands.................. 66 Scotland.-S.count. N. counties 219 48 Ireland.-Leinster.... Munster... 9,476 1,503,200 157 8,555 1,910,408 223 6,862 911,339 132 32,512 5,764,543 Total Gr.Br. & Irel. 112.19029,031,299 258 According to the army estimates in the budget of 1862-63, the total number of the British army was 228,973, of whom 83,533 belonged to the army of the East Indies. Total number of guns, 16,411, of which the steamers carry 11,137, and the sailing-vessels 5,274. There are also 170 steam gunboats and 147 coasting-vessels. According to the Navy List, April, 1862, the English fleet consisted of 372 steamers afloat, with 117,465 horse-power, 40 steamers building, with 21,360 horse-power, 144 sailing-vessels afloat: total, 566, with 14,748 guns. 6. AMOUNT OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1860. |