The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-09-14
The supper Ten Thousand" O
England.

There are two hundred and thirty one
members of the Privy Council of Eng
land and Ireland, Of whom thirty y-ope
are entitled to sit on the judicial com
four princes of the blood royal, two
| archbishops, twenty seven dukes
thirty.two marquises, one hundred and
sixty.four earls, thirty five viscounts,
cwenty-four bishops, and one hundred
and seventyfour barons, a total of four
hundred and sixty-two. There are one
hundred and six peers of Scotland and
Ireland who are not members of the
Upper House, viz: one marquis, thirty
one earls, twenty viscounts and
fifty-four barons. The House Of
Commons consists of six hundred
and fifty-two members, there
being at present four vacant seats.
The nobility of the United Kingdom
are five hundred and forty.eight in
number, and there are fourteen peers
who are minors, of whom one (the Earl
of Pembroke) will come of age this
year. There are thirteen peeresses in
their own right, and twenty-three
widows of peers whose titles have be
come extinct. The number of judges in
England is twenty-three, and there are
thirteen Scotch Lords of Session.
There are two archbishops of the
Church of England, and twenty eight
bishops, of whom two are sutfragans.
The Irish Episcopal Church consists of
two archbiBhops, and ten bishops, and
the number of Indian, colonial, and
missionary bishops is fifty four. There
are seven bishops of the Scotch Epis.
copal Church, and the number of retired
bishops is nineteen. The Roman
Catholic Church in England number
twelve prelates, and there are four arch.
bishops Of that Church in Ireland
There are twenty two accredited foreign
ministers in England, and the number
Of British ministers abroad is thirty
five. The number of governors of
British possessions and colonies is sixty,
and the lords lieutenant of counties in
Great Britain aud Ireland are one hun
dred and seventeen. There are eight
hundred and sixty-three baronets of the
United Kingdom, and the number of
noblemcn and baronets who are
knights is one hundred and twenty
eight. There are five hundred and
nj ~ l.p i.l, j,iI
exclusive Of the honorary Knights and
the native knights of the Star of India
The Order of the Rath contains seven
hundred and ninety two companions,
and there are one hundred and sixty
two companions of the Orders Of the
Stars of India and st. Michale and St.
George, Which number includes the
surviving knights of Hanover. There
are four field-marshals of the British
Army, and the number of general
officers of all ranks Including those on
half pay and those whose rank is purely
honorary is siX-hundred and twenty
nine. The Inhian Army contains two
hundred and ninety-four general
officers, and the number of flag Officers
in the Navy is three hundred and
fifteen. The number of aides-de- camp
to the Queen is forty-four, and there are
thirty-two medical officers who are hon
orary physicians and surgeons to Her
Majesty. The judges of the county
courts are sixty-one in number, and
there are one hundred and ninety seven
queens counsel and sergeants atlaw in
England, the number in Ireland being
one hundred and ten; the number of
recorders Of boroughs and cities in Eng
land and Wales is ninety eight. There
are thirty three deans of cathedrals and
collegiate churches in England and
Wales, and the number of archdeacOns
in the same division of the kingdom is
seventy. The chaplains and priests in
ordinary to the Queen number sixty
four. The number of royal academicians
is fortytwo, there being one vacancy to
Ill up, and there are three vacancies in
the list of associates, who are twenty in
number.-Appleton's Journal