ANHALT. 



AEGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



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tion, there was no " insurmountable obstacle 

 to the union of the Eoman, Greek and Angli- 

 can communions," that he had long heen con- 

 vinced that "there is nothing in the Coun- 

 cil of Trent which could not be satisfactorily 

 explained to us (the Anglicans), if it were ex- 

 plained authoritatively namely, by the Eomish 

 Church itself, not by individual theologians 

 only," and that, on the other hand, "there is 

 nothing in our Articles which cannot be ex- 

 plained rightly, as not contradicting any thing 

 held to be iona fide in the Eoman Church." 

 With regard to the supremacy of the Bishop 

 of Eome, Dr. Pusey made this important decla- 

 ration : " We readily recognize the primacy of 

 the Bishop of Eome ; the bearings of that pri- 

 macy upon the other local churches we believe 

 to be matter of ecclesiastical, not of divine 

 law ; but neither is there any supremacy in it- 

 self to which we should object." While there 

 appeared to be entire unanimity among the 

 High Church party of the English Church, as 

 to intercommunion with the Eastern Churches, 

 a strong opposition was made to the above dec- 

 larations of Dr. Pusey, and to a translation of the 

 Book of Common Prayer into Latin, in which 

 the Scriptural passages were taken from the 

 Vulgate and several similar publications. 



The number of Colonial Bishoprics of the 

 Church of England was increased, during the 

 year 1865, by the establishment of a See at 

 Duneddin, New Zealand. The agitation for 

 an increase of the Episcopal Sees in England 

 continued, without, however, leading to any 

 result. 



ANHALT, a duchy in Germany. Area 

 1,017 square miles. Population in 1861, 181,- 

 824; in 1864, 193,046. At the establishment 

 of the German Confederacy, in 1815, the ter- 

 ritory of Anhalt was divided into three 

 duchies : Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, and 

 Anhalt-Koethen. The line of the reigning 

 family in the latter became extinct on No- 

 vember 23, 1847, and the duchy, in virtue 

 of a treaty between the two remaining lines, 

 signed on May 2 and 7, 1853, was united with 

 Anhalt-Dessau. On August 13, 1863, the line 

 of Anhalt-Bernburg became likewise extinct, 

 and thus the whole territory of Anhalt, which 

 since 1603 had been divided into several 

 sovereignties, was reunited. The duchy has 

 twenty-two towns, of which the following have 

 above 10,000 inhabitants: Dessau, 16.306; 

 Bernburg, 12,171 ; Koethen, 11,935 ; Zerbst, 

 11,379. Eeceipts and expenditures of the year 

 1865 amounted to 3,815,247 thalers. On Jan- 

 uary 1, 1865, the public debt of Anhalt-Dessau- 

 Koethen was 1,827,593 thalers; and that of 

 Anhalt-Bernburg, 1,618,634 thalers. 



AEGENTINE EEPUBLIC. President (from 

 October 12, 1862, to October 11, 1868), Barto- 

 lome Mitre; Vice-President, Marcos Paz; Pres- 

 ident of the Chamber of Deputies, Aristides Vil- 

 lanueva. The Ministry, which was appointed 

 in 1862, is composed as follows: Interior, Dr. 

 W. Kawson ; Exterior, Dr. R. de Elizalde ; Fi- 



nances, L. Gonzales; Justice, Dr. E. Costa; 

 War, Gen. J. A. Gelly y Obes. 



Minister of theUnited States at Buenos Ayres, 

 Eobert C. Kirk. 



The Federal Constitution of the Argentine 

 Eepublic was adopted in May, 1853, and re- 

 vised, in consequence of the reunion of Buenos 

 Ayres with the Eepublic, on June 6, 1860. Ac- 

 cording to this Constitution the Legislature 

 consists of two Chambers, a Senate and a 

 House of Eepresentatives, the Senate having 

 twenty-eight, and the House of Eepresentatives 

 fifty-four members. 



The area of the Eepublic is 820,000 square 

 miles. The following table shows the provinces 

 which belong to the Confederation, and the 

 population and capital of each : 



Of the inhabitants of the province of Buenos 

 Ayres, 126,000 were foreigners (25,000 Span- 

 iards, 25,000 English and Irish, 30,000 French, 

 30,000 Italians, 3,500 Germans, 3,000 North 

 Americans, 2,500 Portuguese, and 7,000 natives 

 of other countries). 



The number of immigrants into the Argentine 

 Eepublic in 1864, was 11,682 persons (5,435 

 Italians, 2,737 French, 289 Germans, 329 Swiss, 

 1,586 Spaniards, 1,051 Englishmen, 291 pei'sons 

 of other countries). 



The receipt's of the Eepublic in the year 1865 

 were estimated at 8,293,300 pesos, and the ex- 

 penses at 8,595,037 pesos. The paper money 

 in circulation amounted in 1864 to 340,457,656 

 pesos. 



The regular army consists of 10,700 men. 

 For the war against Paraguay, the Government 

 pledged itself to contribute a contingent of 

 43,250 men. The fleet is composed of seven 

 steamers and ten sailing vessels. 



The invasion of the province of Corrientes 

 on April 13th, by a Paraguayan army, without 

 a previous declaration of war, involved the Ar- 

 gentine Eepublic in the war of Brazil and Uru- 

 guay against Paraguay. On April 16th the 

 official declaration of war was issued, and on 

 May 4th the Government concluded, at Buenos 

 Ayres, with Brazil and Uraguay, an aggressive 

 and defensive alliance against Paraguay. The 

 war was chiefly carried on upon the soil of the 

 Argentine Eepublic, until October 24th, when 

 the last division of the invading army reentered 

 the territory of Paraguay. (See PARAGUAY.) 

 This invasion had continued one hundred and 



