Anthony do. Francis George do. Augustus do. Oldenburg Ch. Frederic Duke William do. Brunswick Ch. Frederic Gr. Duke Saxe-Weimar Ernest Duke State. Date of Birth. Date of Ac Denmark Great Britain Prussia Saxony Gr. Duke Mecklenburg-Schw. Dec. 10, 1756 Apr. 24, 1785 28 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Jan. 2, 1784 Dec. 9, 1806 Schauenburg-Lippe Dec. 20. 1784 Feb. 13, 1787 2 do. Prince Hohenzol'n Sigmar'n June 20, 1762 Dec. 26, 1785 23 Cath. Portugal Duchess Parma do. do. Luth'an do. do. June 26, 1760 Mar. 24, 1805 44 do. do. do. The King of Saxony and the Duke of Anhalt-Cothen are Catholics, though the greater part of their subjects are Protestants. Oct. 1, 1794 Aug. 9, 1817 22 Evang'l 28 do. 48 Cath.* 13 Luth'an 33 do. 26 do. 32 do. 5 Ref'md do. do. do. do. do. do. Austria, according to the Weimar Almanac, contains, in addition to the numbers inserted sums in the right-hand column, and also in the sum total. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. KING AND ROYAL FAMILY. CHARLES XIV. (formerly Marshal Bernadotte), King of Sweden and Norway; b. Jan. 26, 1764: elected Crown Prince of Sweden, August 21, 1810; succeeded to the throne, on the death of Charles XIII, Feb. 5, 1818; m. Aug. 16, 1798, EUGENIE Bernardhine DE CLARY, b. Nov. 8, 1781 :— Issue: Joseph Francis OSCAR, Crown Prince; b. July 4, 1799; m. June 3, 1823, to Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg, b. March 14, 1807:-Issue : 1. Charles Louis Eugene, Duke of Scania; b. May 3, 1826. GOVERNMENT. Sweden and Norway, though under the government of one and the same king, who is a limited monarch, have different Constitutions. The Diet or legislative body of Sweden consists of four orders, 1st, nobles, hereditary; 2dly, bishops, ex officio, and clergy; 3dly, merchants or citizens; 4thly, peasants or agriculturists. Each body deliberates separately. The Diet has the right of legislation and taxation, and the superintendence of the finances; but the king has an unconditional veto. The Council of State, composed of two ministers, six Counsellors of State, the Chancellor of the Court, as permanent members, and reporters (rapporteurs) form the ministry of the king. The two Ministers of State, the Marshal of the Empire, and Lords of the Empire, are the highest officers of the kingdom. Count de Gyllenborg, Count de Wetterstedt, Count de Rosenblad, Council of State. Minister of Justice. Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Department of the Colonies. Lord of the Empire, Counsellor of State. do. do. do. do. Chancellor of the Court. Reporters (Rapporteurs.) Major Gen. Count de Brahe, Vice-Admiral M. de Klint, Chancellor of Justice. do. do. do. do. Secretary for Ecclesiastical Affairs. Commander of the Navy. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, Grand Admiral of Sweden, Chief Director of the administration of the Navy, and Grand Master of Artillery. Count de Fleming, Marshal of the Empire, and Head of the Royal Court. NORWAY. The Constitution of Norway combines the principles of monarchy and democracy. Nobility is abolished, and the legislative body or Diet, called the Storthing, consists of two houses. The Council of State, composed of the Governor of the kingdom, the ministry of state, and counsellors of state, form the ministry of the kingdom of Norway. The secretaries of state are not members. One part of the ministry, namely the minister of state and two counsellors of state, who change alternately every year, reside at the royal court at Stockholm: the others compose the regency at Christiania. Counsellors of State. Part of the Council of State at Stockholm. M. Löwenskjöld, M. Krog, M. Due, Secretary of State. Minister of State. Part of the Council of State at Christiania. Count de Platen, Governor General of the Kingdom. M. Collet, M. Dirricks, M. de Fasting, Head of the Departments of Finance, Commerce, and Head of the Department of Religion. Head of the Departments of the Navy and the Army. Secretary of State. RUSSIA. EMPEROR AND IMPERIAL FAMILY. NICHOLAS, Emperor of all the Russias, and King of Poland; b. July 6, 1796; m. July 13, 1817, ALEXANDRA (formerly Charlotte), daughter of the King of Prussia, b. July 13, 1798; succeeded his brother Alexander, Dec. 1. 1825-Issue : 1. ALEXANDER, Hereditary Prince; b. April 29, 1818. 2. Mary; b. August 18, 1819. 3. Alga; b. Sept. 11, 1822. 4 Alexandra; b. June 24, 1825. 5. Constantine; b. Sept. 21. 1827. Princes of the Blood. Constantine; b. May 8. 1779; renounced his right to the throne, Jan. 26, 1822, with the consent of the Emperor Alexander, and confirmed his renunciation, Dec. 8, 1825; m. May 24, 1820, June, Princess of Lowicz. Maria, Princess of Saxe-Weimar; b. Feb. 16, 1786. Anne, Princess of Orange; b. Jan. 18, 1795. Michael; b. Feb. 9, 1798; m. Feb. 20, 1824, Paulina, niece of the King of Wurtemberg, b. Jan. 9, 1807 :-Issue; Maria, Elizabeth, and Catherine. GOVERNMENt. The government of Russia is an absolute hereditary monarchy; and in the succession to the throne females are not excluded. The government is con |