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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



«eat8 on each side the Prince, ac- 

 cording to their seniority ; and the 

 latter took their appointed stations. 

 On the left of the Prince Re- 

 gent was Count Lieven, the Rus- 

 sian ambassador. The Chancellor 

 of the Order then addressed the 

 Chapter, and said, he had in com- 

 mand from the Prince Regent, in 

 the name of his Majesty, to recite 

 the last statute of the Order, which 

 directed that, besides the Sovereign, 

 it should consist of 25 knights, ex- 

 clusive of the Prince of Wales, and 

 of the other princes of the blood. It 

 was recommended to the Chapter 

 to pass a new statute for the ex- 

 press purpose of electing his Im- 

 perial Majesty the Emperor of all 

 the Russias, a member of the Or- 

 der, notwithstanding any former 

 statute to the contrary. His Ex- 

 cellency the Russian Ambassador 

 stood close to the Chancellor, and 

 appeared to feel extremely, the 

 compliments paid to his august 

 anaster. 



The Chancellor proceeded to 

 take the opinions of the knights 

 present, on the propriety of pass- 

 ing the statute, and, on receiving 

 them, in writing, declared his Im- 

 perial Majesty the Emperor of all 

 the Russias duly elected a member 

 of the Most Noble Order of the 

 Garter. 



_ Garter King of Arms then re- 

 tired to an adjoining room, and 

 introduced Francis Townsend, esq. 

 Windsor Herald, in consequence 

 of indisposition preventing him 

 from undertaking the voyage to 

 Russia, and proposed that Mr. 



Townsend should go in his room. 



Mr. Townsend was then introduced 

 ■to the Prince, and was sworn in 

 Carter King of Arms, for the spe- 

 cial purpose of investing the Em- 



peror with the insignia of the Or- 

 der. The Chapter then closed. 



28. The Prince Regent having 

 been pleased to signify to sir Eve- 

 rard Home, his wish to visit the 

 Museum of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, 

 this day was fixed upon for that 

 purpose, and every necessary pre- 

 paration was made at the College. 

 This edifice has lately been rebuilt 

 in consequence of a parliamentary 

 grant, and forms a fine ornament 

 to the square. The entrance to the 

 College was covered with red 

 baize, and the passages matted for 

 the occasion. His Royal Highness 

 arrived at half past two o'clock in 

 his carriage, attended by colonel 

 Bloomfield and sir Thomas Tyr- 

 whitt, and was received by sir 

 Everard Home, hart, the master, 

 and sir William Blizard, and Mr. 

 Cline, the governors of the col- 

 lege. The Prince Regent remained 

 in the Museum about an hour and 

 an half, viewing the various arti- 

 cles in the collection, and, upon 

 his departure, expressed the high 

 gratification he had experienced. 



This night between eleven and 

 twelve, as Mr. Robert Nelson, 

 builder, of Deptford, and his son, 

 were returning from Somerset- 

 place by water, to their residence 

 at Deptford, the boat swamped 

 under London-bridge, by which ac- 

 cident Mr. Nelson, his son, and 

 one waterman, were unfortunately 

 drowned ; the other waterman es- 

 caped with much difficulty, and 

 is not expected to survive. Mr. 

 Nelson was a zealous servant of 

 the public, an affectionate father, 

 and a worthy man : his loss will 

 be long regretted both in his pub- 

 lic and private capacity; he was 

 brother to Mr. Nelson, secretary 



