THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY. THE QUEEN.-VICTORIA, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c., Queen, Defender of the Faith. Her Majesty was born at Kensington Palace, May 24, 1819; succeeded to the throne June, 20, 1837, on the death of her uncle, King William IV.; was crowned June 28, 1838; and married, Feb. 10, 1840, to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Majesty is the only child of his late Royal Highness Edward, Duke of Kent, son of King George III. The children of her Majesty are: Her Royal Highness Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND AND PRUSSIA, born Nov. 21, 1840, and married to his Royal Highness William, the Crown Prince of Germany, Jan. 25, 1858, and has issue, living, three sons and four daughters. His Royal Highness Albert Edward, PRINCE OF WALES, born Nov. 9, 1841; married, March 10, 1863, Alexandra of Denmark, (Princess of Wales), born Dec. 1, 1844, and has issue, Prince Albert Victor, born Jan. 8, 1864, George Frederick Ernest Albert, born June 3, 1865; Louisa Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, born Feb. 20, 1867; Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary, born July 6, 1868; and Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria, born Nov. 26, 1869. Her Royal Highness Alice Maud Mary, born April 25, 1843; died Dec. 14, 1878; married H.R.H. Prince Frederick Louis of Hesse, July 1, 1862, had issue five daughters and two sons: the second son died by an accident, May, 1873; the youngest daughter died Nov. 15, 1878. His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, born Aug. 6, 1844; married the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, Jan. 23, 1874, and has had issue a son, born Oct. 15, 1874, and four daughters, born Oct. 29, 1875, Nov. 25, 1876, Sept. 1, 1878, and March, 1884. Her Royal Highness Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846; married to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Christian Charles Augustus of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, July 5, 1866, and has issue living two sons and two daughters. Her Royal Highness Louisa Carolina Alberta, born March 18, 1848; married to the Marquis of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll, March 21, 1871. His Royal Highness Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught, born May 1, 1850; married Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, March 13, 1879; issue, a daughter, born Jan. 16, 1882, and a son, born Jan. 15, 1883. His Royal Highness Leopold George Duncan Albert. Duke of Albany, born April 7, 1853; married, April 27, 1882, Princess Helen of Waldeck; died March 29, 1884; issue, a daughter, born Feb. 26, 1883, and a son, born July 19, 1884. Her Royal Highness Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, born April 14, 1857. Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, second cousin to her Majesty, born Sept. 21, 1845, married Princess Thyra of Denmark; has issue one daughter. George Frederick William Charles, K.G., DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, cousin to her Majesty, born March 26, 1819. Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, daughter of the Landgrave of Hesse and aunt to her Majesty, born July 25, 1797; married, May 7, 1818, the late Duke of Cambridge. Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louis, daughter of the late Duke of Cambridge and cousin to her Majesty, born July 19, 1822; married, June 28, 1843, to Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and has issue a son. Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, daughter of the late Duke of Cambridge and cousin to her Majesty, born Nov. 27, 1833, married Prince Teck, June 12, 1866, has issue three sons and one daughter. HER MAJESTY'S CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE. First Lord of the Treasury Lord High Chancellor Right Hon. W. Ewart Gladstone. Right Hon. Lord Selborne. Right Hon. Earl Spencer. Right Hon. Lord Carlingford. Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers. Right Hon. Sir W. Vernon Harcourt. Right Hon. Earl Granville. Right Hon. Earl of Derby. Right Hon. Marquis of Hartington. Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley. Right Hon. Earl of Northbrook. Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain. Right Hon. J. G. Dodson. Right Hon. Sir Chas. W. Dilke. SCOTLAND. First Lord of the Admiralty. President of the Board of Trade Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster President of Local Government Board Lord High Constable Keeper of the Great Seal Deputy Keeper of the Great Seal ... Earl of Erroll. J. H. Mackenzie. Duke of Argyll, K.T. Earl of Aberdeen. Lord Privy Seal Master of the Household Standard Bearer... Lord High Commissioner Lord Justice General Lord Justice Clerk Right Hon. Lord Moncreiff. Lord Advocate ... Solicitor-General Lord Clerk Registrar Earl of Glasgow. Deputy Clerk Register... Commander of the Forces Assistant Adjutant-General Lord Lieutenant Right Hon. J. B. Balfour. Alexander S. Asher. W. P. Dundas. Major-General A. M. Macdonald. Colonel G. Preston, C.B. IRELAND. Chief Sec. and Keeper of Privy Seal Under-Secretary ... Assist. Under Sec. and Clerk of Council Private Secretary State Steward Controller... Chamberlain Attorney-General Earl Spencer, K.G. G. Courtney Boyle. Earl of Fingall. Colonel J. A. Caulfeild. Lord Chancellor... Solicitor-General Right Hon. John Naish. Commander of the Forces Samuel Walker. Military Secretary Deputy Adjutant-General General Sir Thomas Steele, K C.B. Colonel Sir T. D. Baker, K.C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel P. Boyle. Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United States Venezuela Sir R. B. D. Morier, K.C.B. Sir Horace Rumbold, Bart. Francis O. Adams, C.B. Hon. L. W. Sackville West Colonel C. E. Mansfield JAN 29 '43 Private Secretary Marquis de Casa Laiglesia. H. Vernet (Cons.-Gen.). Hon. J. Bussell Lowell. 5 GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND OFFICERS. TREASURY, WHITEHALL. Lords Commissioners-Right Hon. W. Private Secs, to Chancellor-Sir James WHITEHALL. Lord President-Lord Carlingford. Private Secretary-John R. Dasent. PRIVY SEAL OFFICE, 8, RICHMOND-TERRACE. Lord Privy Seal-Lord Carlingford. Chief Clerk-W. English. Private Sec.-W. H. Van Baerle. COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. President-Lord Carlingford. Secretary-Col. J. F. D. Donnelly. Secretary of State-Earl of Derby. Secretary of State and President-Right Horace Private Secretary-R. Bickersteth. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL. Secretary of State for War-Right Surveyor-General of the Ordnance- Private Secretary-Ralph Dalyell. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S Lord Private Sec.-Lieut.-Gen. C. Tyrwhitt. and Secretary-S. A. Blackwood, C.B. Financial Secretary- A. Turnor. Third Secretary-C. H. B. Patey. Garter-Sir Albert W. Woods. GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE, SOMERSET HOUSE. Registrar-General-Sir B.P.Henniker. Secretary-W. Clode. Superintendent of Statistics-Dr. Ogle. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, Deputy Keeper-William Hardy. RAILWAY COMMISSION, HOUSE OF LORDS. Railway Commissioners-Rt. Hon. Sir F. Peel, W. Price, and A. Miller. Registrar-W. H. Macnamara. JUDGE ADVOCATE-GENERAL'S OFFICE, 35, GREAT GEORGE-STREET. Judge Advocate-General-Right Hon. G. Osborne Morgan. Quartermaster-General-Lieutenant- Assistant Secretaries-H. Joyce, F. F Deputy-J. C. O'Dowd. General Sir A. J. Herbert. Chaplain-General Dir. Gen. Med. Dep.-T.Crawford, C.B. PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE. Paymaster-General-Lord Wolverton, Assistant Ditto-J. P. Collier. Chief Clerk-A. Earnshaw. ADMIRALTY, WHITEHALL. Lords Commissioners-Rt. Hon. Lord Northbrook (First Lord), Admiral Sir A. Cooper Key, G.C.B., Admiral Lord Alcester, G.C.B., Rear-Adm. F. W. Richards, K.C.B, Rear-Adm. Thos. Brandreth, Sir T. Brassey, K.C.B., and George W. Rendel. Secretaries-H. Campbell-Bannerman and Evan M'Gregor, C.B. Assistant Secretary-E. N. Swainson. Judge-Advocate of Fleet-A. StaveleyHill, Q.C. Director Med. Dep.-Sir J. W. Reid. Director of Contracts-J. Collett. Private Secs, to First Lord-Capt. L. A. Beaumont, R.N., and H. F. R. Yorke. BOARD OF TRADE, 7, WHITEHALL-GARDENS. Private Secretary-J. B. Walker. Smith. AUDIT AND EXCHEQUER, Chairman-Sir Wm. Dunbar, Bart. Secretary-C. L. Ryan. CROWN OFFICE, HOUSE OF LORDS. Clerk of the Crown-C. Romilly. CROWN LAW OFFICERS. Attorney-General-Sir Henry James. Solicitor-General-Sir Farr. Herschell. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, CANNON-ROW, WESTMINSTER. Commissioners-Viscount Enfield, Sir LAND OFFICE, 3, ST. JAMES'S-SQUARE. Commissioners-Sir Jas. Caird, C.B., Lieut.-Col. G. A. Leach, and Lord Lyttleton. CHARITY COMMISSION, GWYDER HOUSE, WHITEHALL. Chief Commissioner-Sir W. Seymour Vesey-Fitzgerald. SUPREME COURT OF JUDICA- Lord High Chancellor-Lord Selborne. COURT OF APPEAL. CHANCERY DIVISION. Lord Chancellor's Officers. Secretary of Commissions of Peace- QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION. PROBATE, DIVORCE, AND ADMIRALTY DIVISION. COURT OF ARCHES, BANK OF ENGLAND. The Bank of England was the first Joint-Stock Bank established in England. It was Incorporated by William III. in 1694. When first established the notes of the Bank were at 20 per cent discount, and so late as 1745 they were under par. Bank Bills were paid in silver, 1745. Cash payments were discontinued in 1797, when notes of one and two pounds were first put into circulation. Banks were first established in 808 by the Lombard Jews, some of whom settled in Lombard-street. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England: Governor, John Saunders Gilliat, Esq. | Deputy Governor, J. P. Currie, Esq. The Transfer Days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Instructions for Transfers are received between 9.30 a.m. and 1 p.m., and between 1 and 3 p.m., on payment of a fee of 28. 6d. Transfers must be executed between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Transfers can be accepted between 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (9.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays). Transfers can be made on Saturdays between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. upon payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Transfers of Bank Stock are charged 9s. for sums of £25 and under, and 12s. for sums over £25. All Transfers must be made in the Bank Books by the Stockholder, or by his duly authorised Attorney. Bank Stock Transfer Books are closed for about three weeks before the payment of each Dividend. In the case of all other Stocks the Balance for a Dividend is struck about four or five weeks before such Dividend is payable, the Stock being subsequently transferable "ex-dividend." DIVIDENDS, WHEN PAYABLE. Dividends, with certain special exceptions, are payable as follows:-To the Stockholder in person at the Head Office; to the Stockholder in person at any of the Country Branches, provided he has previously made arrangements to that effect with the Agent of the Branch in question; to a duly authorised Attorney at the Head Office only; Dividend Warrants are forwarded by Post to the Stockholder, provided he resides in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, upon his signing a form of request. Forms can be obtained at the Head Office, at any of the Branches, and, in the case of the English Government Stocks, at any Money-Order Office. Dividends are payable between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays), with the exception of those on Indian Promissory (Rupee) Notes and Registered (Rupee) Stock, which are payable between 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (9.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays). Indian Promissory (Rupee) Notes must be deposited at the India Office, Bank of England, prior to the payment of each Dividend. POWERS OF ATTORNEY. Capital and Counties Bank, Thread-, London Bank of Mexico and South needle-street; 25, Ludgate-hill; | America, 144. Leadenhall-street. 6. Oxford-street; and 1, Long- London and Hanseatic Bank, 27, Lombard-street. London and River Plate Bank, 52, Moorgate-street. Central of London Bank, 52, Cornhill. Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street. Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, 65, Old Broadstreet. Cheque Bank, 20, King Williamstreet, E.C., and 20, Cockspur-st. Child and Co., 1, Fleet-street, E.C. City Bank, 5, Threadneedle-street; 61, Ludgate-hill; 34, Old Bond-street; 159, Tottenham-court-road; 121, Edgware-road; and Holborn Viaduct. Clydesdale Banking Company, 30, Lombard-street. cross. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 43, CharingColonial Bank of New Zealand, 13, Moorgate-street, E C. Commercial Bank of Alexandria, 2, Moorgate-street. Commercial Bank of Sydney, 39, Lombard-street. Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, 52, Delhi and London Bank, Royal Bank Drummonds, 49, Charing-cross, 8.W. English Bank of Rio de Janeiro, 13, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate. English Bank of Spain, 36, Lombardstreet, E.C. English, Scottish, and Australian Gillett and Co., 72, Lombard-street. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street. Hill and Sons, 17, West Smithfield; and Cattle Market. Hoare, Messrs., 37, Fleet-street. Applications for Powers of Attorney must be lodged by hand at the Power Hong-Kong and Shanghai Banking of Attorney Office. Applications made through the Post cannot be attended to. Applications are received between the hours of 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (9.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays); but if Sale Powers are required before 4 p.m. the same day, applications must be lodged before 12.30 p.m. Powers of Attorney for Dividends will be ready after 2 p.m. on the day after that on which they are applied for. Executed Powers for Dividends only, which must be presented for examination at the Dividend Office, if in order, may be acted upon at once. Executed Powers for Sale, Transfer, &c., which must be presented for examination at the Power of Attorney Office, if lodged before 2 p.m., and found to be in order, may be acted upon on the following day. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANKERS. Bank of Montreal. 9, Birchin-lane. Anglo-Austrian Bank, 31, Lombard Bank of New Zealand, 1, Queen Victoria-street. Bank of Roumania, 15, Moorgate-st. Bank of Scotland, 43, Lothbury. Bank of South Australia, 54, Old Broad-street. Bank of Victoria, Australia, 28, Clement's-lane. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. Baring Bros., &c., 8, Bishopsgate- Birkbeck Bank, 29 and 30, South- Brooks and Co., 81, Lombard-street. Brown, Janson, and Co., 32, Abchurch-lane. Brown, J., and Co., 25, Abchurchlane. Cannon-street. Ionian Bank, 3, Lombard-street, E.C. Lacy and Co., 60, West Smithfield; London and County Joint - Stock Banking Co., 21, Lombard-street; Albert-gate, Knightsbridge; 21, Hanover-square; 1, Connaught-st., Edgware-road; 441, Oxford-street; 84, High-street, Boro'; 67, Highstreet, Kensington; 19, High-street, Islington; 193, Caledonian - road, Islington; 181, Shoreditch; 1, Amherst-road East, Hackney; 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden; 74, Westbourne - grove, Bayswater; 165, Westminster Bridge-road; 1, Providence-place, Limehouse; 324, High Holborn; 18, Newingtonbutts, S.E.; 112, Aldersgate-street; 8, Victoria-street, Westminster; Blackheath, Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Stratford, Barnet, Hammersmith; and other places. London and San Francisco Bank, 22, Old Broad-street. London and South-Western Bank, 7, Fenchurch-street; 27, Regentstreet; 67, Park-street, Camden Town; High-street, Hampstead; Circus-rd., St. John's-wood; Clapham-common; Commercial-road, Stepney; Bow; 10, Loughboroughplace, Brixton; 304, Brixton-road; Manor-terrace Kilburn; Westowhill, Norwood; Forest-hill; Ealing; Thurlow-place, Lower Norwood; 98, High-street, Peckham; Highstreet, Putney; Bank Buildings, Wandsworth; Seven Sisters-road, Upper Holloway. London and Westminster Bank, 41, Lothbury; 1, St. James's-square; 214, High Holborn; 6, High-street, Borough; 130, High-street, Whitechapel; 4, Stratford-place, Oxfordstreet; 217, Strand; 91, Westminster Bridge-road; and 192, Brompton-road. London and Yorkshire Bank, London Chartered Bank of Australia, Bank, Limited, 62, Lombard-st. Martin and Co., 68, Lombard-street. Melville, Evans, and Co., 75, Lombard-street, E.C. McGrigor Sir C. R. and Co., 25, Charles-street, St. James. Mercantile Bank of Sydney, 30, Great St. Helen's. Merchant Banking Co. of London, 112, Cannon-street. National Bank, 13, Old Broad-street; 68, Bishop's-road, Bayswater; 9, Charing-cross; 189, High-street, Camden Town; 23, Old Cavendishstreet; 68, Grosvenor - gardens, Pimlico; 158. High-street, Nottinghill; and 286, Pentonville-road, &c. National Bank of Australasia, 149, Leadenhall-street. National Bank of India, 39A, Threadneedle-street. National Bank of New Zealand, 37, Lombard-street. National Bank of Scotland, 37, Nicholas-lane. National Discount Co., 33, Cornhill. National Provincial Bank of England, 112, Bishopsgate-street Within; 212, Piccadilly; 53, Baker-street; 218. Upper-street, Islington; and SS, Brompton-road. Praed and Co., 189, Fleet-street. Prescott, Grote, Cave, and Co., 62, Threadneedle-street. Provincial Bank of Ireland, 8, Throgmorton-avenue, E.C. Queensland National Bank, Limited, 50, Old Broad-street. Ranson, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Pallmall East. Richardson and Co., 18 Pall-mall. Ridgway and Co., 2, Waterlooplace. Robarts, Lubbock, and Company, 15, Lombard-street. Rothschild, W. M. and Sons, Newcourt, St. Swithin's-lane. Royal Fxchange Bank, 75, Cornhill. Samuel, Montagu, and Co., 60, Old Broad-street. Scott, Sir Samuel, Bart., and Co., 1, Smith, Payne, 1. Lombard-street. |