posed of 110 members, chosen by the Provincial Estates. The members of the second Chamber must be, at least, 30 years of age; and they are elected for 3 years; one third being chosen every year. The President is nominated by the King from a list of three individuals presented to him by the Chamber.

The States-General assemble, at least, once a year. The ordinary session commences on the third Monday of October. - Each member of the first Chamber receives 3,000 florins a year; and of the second, 2,500 florins.

The budget of the expenses of the kingdom must have the assent of the States-General. It is presented by the King to the second Chamber at the ordinary or regular session.

Justice is rendered in the name of King, and the same civil, penal, and commercial code is established throughout the kingdom. — The judges are appointed for life by the King from a three-fold list presented to him by the second chamber.

The liberty of the press is established; religious liberty guarantied to all; and equal protection granted to all religious communions. All the subjects of the King without distinction of rank or birth, or of religious belief, enjoy the same civil and political rights, and are equally admissible to all dignities, offices, and employments.

General education is made the constant care of the government; and the King annually renders an account to the States-General of the condition of the cominon and higher schools.

The government is likewise charged with the care of affording assistance and education to the poor; and an annual statement respecting them is rendered to the States-General.

KING AND ROYAL FAMILY.

WILLIAM, King of Holland (lately of the Netherlands), Prince of OrangeNassau; b. Aug. 24, 1772; succeeded his father in his hereditary possessions in Germany, April 9, 1806; declared Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands, December 3, 1813; assumed the crown, March 15, 1815; m. Oct. 1, 1791, WILHELMINA, sister of the King of Prussia, b. Nov. 18, 1774: Issue:

1. WILLIAM, Prince Royal and Prince of Orange; b. Dec. 6, 1792; m. Feb. 21, 1816, Anne, sister of the Emperor of, Russia, b. Jan. 18, 1795: - Issue; William, b. Feb. 19, 1817; Alexander, b. Aug. 2, 1818; Frederick, b. June 13, 1820; Sophia, b. April 8, 1824.

2. Frederick; b. Feb. 28, 1797; m. May 21, 1825, Louisa, 3d daughter of the king of Prussia: - Issue; Wilhelmina, b. Aug. 5, 1828.

3. Marianne; b. May 9, 1810; m. Sept. 14, 1830, to Albert of Prussia.

Total,Eng.& Wales 5,475,000 6,467,000 8,872,980 10,163,676 11,978,875 13,894,574

Assessed Annual Value of Real Property, April 1815.

GOVERNMENT.

The government of England is a constitutional hereditary monarchy, in which the power of the sovereign is controlled by the influence of the aristocracy in the House of Peers, and by that of the democracy in the House of Commons. The executive authority is vested in the King; the legislative, in the King and Parliament. The King has the power of appointing all the great officers of state, and all the executive acts of the government are performed in his name; but his ministers only are responsible for them.

PARLIAMENT.

The Parliament of Great Britain is the great council of the nation, constituting the legislature, which is summoned by the King's authority, to consult on public affairs, and enact and repeal laws. It consists of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, called the Peers, or Upper House; and Knights, Citizens, or Burgesses, who are comprehended under the name of the Commons, or Lower House. The duration of Parliament was formerly for three years; but the Septennial Act, in 1715, extended the duration to seven years, unless dissolved by the King; but it seldom happens that Parliament sits out this period.

The union with Ireland was carried into effect, January 1, 1801, and the Parliament, which met the same month, and which included the members from Ireland, is styled the First Imperial Parliament, or the First Parliament of the United Kingdom. The following Parliaments have since been elected :

HOUSE OF LORDS OR PEERS.

The Lord High Chancellor Brougham, Speaker.

The House of Lords is composed of all the five orders of nobility of England, dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, and barons, who have attained the age of 21 years, and labor under no disqualification; of 16 representative peers from Scotland; 28 representative peers from Ireland; 2 English archbishops and 24 bishops; and 4 representative Irish bishops: the number of each, in 1832, being as follows: