XXXII. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

The District of Columbia is under the immediate government of Congress. The city of Washington became the seat of the government of the United States, in 1800; and it is the residence of the President, and the other chief executive officers of the national government. By an act of Congress, in 1846, which was subsequently accepted by the people of Alexandria, the city and county of Alexandria were retroceded to the state of Virginia, and the district is now confined to the Maryland side of the Potomac.

The present population of most of the above states has not been very recently ascertained with any exactness. The most complete and accurate census of Mexico was taken in 1842. This census returned the whole population as above. Of this number, there were 4,000,000 Indians; 1,000,000 whites; 6,000 negroes; and 2,009,509 of all other castes, as Zambos, Mestizos, &c. Of the Indians and negroes, only 80,120 can read, and of the whites, and all others, 607,628.

BRITISH AMERICAN PROVINCES.

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

8, 1844 45 Lutheran July 6, 1796 Dec. 1, 1825 29 Greek Ch. Sep. 18, 1786 Dec. 3, 1839 54 Lutheran May 24, 1819 June 20, 1837 18 Pr. Episc. Dec. 6, 1792 Oct. 7, 1840 48 Reformed Dec. 16, 1790 July 21, 1831 40 Lutheran* Oct. 15, 1795 June 7, 1840 45 Evangelical May 18, 1797 June 6, 1836 39 Catholic* June 5, 1771 July 20, 1837 66 Protestant

Fred. Francis Gr. Duke Mecklenburg-Schwer. Feb. 28, 1823 Mar. 7, 1842 19 Lutheran

do.

do.

do.

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

Ch. Frederick Gr. Duke Saxe-Weimar-Eisen Feb. 2, 1783 June 14, 1828 45 Lutheran

Victoria

Queen

William II.

King

Leopold

do.

Fred. Wm. IV.

do.

Prussia

Ern. Augustus do.

Saxony
Hanover

George V.

Augustus

do.
do.

William

Adolphus

Duke
do.

Oldenburg
Brunswick

Nassau

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
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
Elector Hesse-Cassel
July 28, 1777 Feb. 27, 1821 44 Reformed
Gr. Duke Hesse-Darmstadt Dec. 26, 1777 Apr. 6, 1830 52 Lutheran
Hohenzol'n Sigmar'n Feb 20, 1785 Oct. 17, 1831 46 Catholic
Hohenzol'n Hechin'n Feb. 16, 1801 Sep. 12, 1838 37 do.
May 26, 1796 Apr. 20, 1836 39 do.
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

*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.

States and Titles.

Form of Government.

miles.

Square Population.

Andorre, Pyrenees, Repub. With two syndics and a council, *Anhalt-Bernburg, Duchy, States having limited powers,

*Anhalt-Cothen,

do.

Do.

do.

310 40,200

*Anhalt-Dessau,

*Austria, Empire,

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

255,226 36,519,560

do.

Belgium, do.

*Bremen, Free City,
*Brunswick, Duchy,

Church,States of, Popedom,
Denmark, Kingdom,
France,

do.

Republic; senate and convention,
Limited sovereignty; one chamber,
Absolute elective sovereignty,
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.

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,

337 61,480

5,712 1,263,100

28,435 4,315,469

12,569 4,242,600 57,800

67 1,525 269,000 17,048 2,732,436 59,762 2,033,265 202,125 34,194,875

91 64,570 116,700 26,831,105 10,206 926,000

149 153,500 14,600 1,706,280

4,386 704,900

3,198

783,400

432

82,970

142

47,200

410

158,900

4,701

482,652

1,094

87,820

2,073

403,000

1,736

379,262

FRANCE.

MINISTRY.

Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, Pres. of the Council.

The Queen. Alexandrina Victoria, born May 24, 1819; 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. 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 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 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, Duchess of Gloucester, born April 25, 1776. Sophia, born November 3, 1777.