The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-27
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There are two hundred and thirty-one men,
bers of the Privy Council of England and
Ireland, of whom thirty-one are entitled to
SIT on the judicial committee The House
of Peers consists of four princes of the
blood-royal, two archbishops, twenty-seven
dukes, thirty-two marquises, one hundred
and sixty-four earls, thirty-five viscounts,
twenty-four bishops, and one hundred and
seventy-four barons, making 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 ffty-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 Penn
broke) will come of age this year. There are
thirteen peeresses in their own right, and
twenty-three widows of peers whose titles
have become extinct. The number of judges
in England is twenty-six, and in Ireland
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 suffragans. The
Irish Episcopal Church consists of two arch
bishops and ten bishops, and the num-
bishops is ffty-four. There are seven
bishops of the Scotch Episcopal Church, and
the number of retired bishops is nineteen.
The Roman Catholic Church in England num-
bers twelve prelates, and there are four arch
bishops of that Church in Ireland. There
are twenty-five accredited foreign ministers
in England, and the number of British min
listers abroad is thirty-fve. The number
of governors of British possessions and
colonies is sixty, and the lords-lieutenant
of counties in Great Britain and Ireland
are one hundred and seventeen. There are
eight hundred and sixty-three baronets of
the United Kingdom, and the number
of noblemen and baronets who are knights
is.one hundred and twenty-eight
There are five hundred and nineteen
knights, civil and military, exclusive of the
honorary knights and the native knights of
the Star of India. The Order of the Bath
contains seven hunkred and ninety-two COM
| panions, and there are one hundred and sixty
| two companions of the Orders of the Star of
India and st. Michael and st. George. which
number includes the surviving Knights of
Hanover. There are four feld-marshals of
the British army, and the number of general
officers of all ranks Gncluding those on half
| pay and those whose rank is purely honorary
| is six hundred and twenty-nine The
| Indian army contains two hundred
and ninety-four general officers, and the num-
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dred and fifteen. The number of aides-de-
camp to the queen is forty-four, and there
are thirty-two medical officers who are homo
rary 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-
| at-law in England, the number in Ireland
being one hundred and ten; the number OF
recorders of boroughs and cities in England
and Wales is ninety y-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 academi-
clans is forty-fve, there being one vacancy
to fill up, and there are three vacancies in the
list of associates, who are tive nty in number.