KNIGIIT H O O D. 
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Sir Brent Spencer. 
Sir John Cope Sherbroke. 
Sir Thomas Graham. 
Sir Samuel Auchmuty. 
Hon. Sir John Hope. 
Lord Cochrane. 
Sir William Carr Beresford. 
Sir Rowland Hill. 
Sir Henry Weliefley. 
CXVI. The Order of St. George, Defender of 
the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Vir¬ 
gin Mary. Albert, eleftor of Bavaria, defirous of ex¬ 
citing emulation and virtue among the nobility, founded 
■this order at Munich in 1729. It was foon after confirm¬ 
ed by the reigning pope. That no improper or low-born 
perfon might find" admiflion into this fraternity, he made 
it an indifpenfable condition that every candidate (hould 
prove his gentility, both from the father and mother s 
fide, for five generations uninterruptedly. The badge was 
a crofs of eight points : in the centre, a medallion, upon 
which was enamelled the image of St. George on horfe- 
back flaying the dragon. The crofs was enamelled blue, 
edged white, and cantoned with a fmaller crofs blue edged 
white, pendent from a watered (ky-blne ribbon, edged 
white. The collar was eompofed of oblong plates with 
crowns at each end, and columns furmounted with globes; 
each column fupported by two lions holding in their an¬ 
terior paws fcymiters joined together with lozenges in 
form of a chain, enamelled blue and white. On the ob¬ 
long plates the words In fide, jujlitid, et fortitudine. 
CXVII. The Order of Fidelity, or Perfect 
Union. Sophia the confort of Chriftian VI. king of Den¬ 
mark inftituted this order in 1732: but it was not of long 
duration, being abolithed thirty-feven years after its crea¬ 
tion, upon the demifeof the foundrefs, who died in 1771. 
The badge is a crofs of eight points white, cantoned with 
rays of gold. On the centre is placed an el'cutcheon quar¬ 
terly : firlt and fourth, gules, a lion rampant or, fupport- 
ing a Damifh axe, argent; fecond and third, azure, an ea¬ 
gle difplayed or. The badge worn pendent from a crim- 
Ion ribbon edged gold. 
CXVIII. The Order of St. Januarius, in Naples, 
was inftituted in 1738 by the infant Don Carlos, then king 
of Jerufalem and of the two Sicilies, and who afterwards be¬ 
came king of Spain. The malterfliip of the order was fettled 
upon the king of the two Sicilies by the ftatutes. The 
enfign confifted of a crofs of eight points enamelled white 
and edged with gold; in the centre a medallion, contain¬ 
ing the image of St. Januarius, in his epifcopal habili¬ 
ments, emerging from the clouds; in the interior angles 
of the crols were four fleurs-de-lis; and on the reverfe two 
vials red, furrounded with palm-branches, all enamelled 
proper. The allufion of the two vials is as follows: St. 
Januarius, who was bifliop of Naples, having been be¬ 
headed, the Chriftians gathered his blood and took up his 
head, which both are fuppofed to have been preferved with 
great care and veneration to this day in the Neapolitan 
cathedral. On the feftival of the faint, the officiating 
bifhop or prieft, holding the fiirine which contains the 
blood, brings it gently towards the head, whilfl the people 
who fill the church are kneeling in profound veneration ; 
and it is reported, that they commonly believe that, at the 
approach, the blood melts flower, or quicker, according to 
the future fecundity of the earth and plenty of fruit for that 
year. This curious ceremony has been defcribed in the 
livelieft colours by fir William Hamilton, who had been 
for feveral years prefent at the performancebf it, and will 
be found in De St. Noil’s “Voyage pittorefque de Naples.’’ 
The collar was of gold, and eompofed of caftles, banners, 
mitres, and rofes. O11 common days the knights wore the 
badge pendent from a broad deep-blue ribbon. The mot¬ 
to of the order, which was alfo inferibea on the badge, 
confifted of the two words following: Sanguine fezdus ; al¬ 
luding to the pretended miracle of the liquefaction of the 
blood of the faint proteftor of the order. 
CXIX. The Order of St. Anne of Sleswick-Hol- 
stein. In 1738, Charles VI. emperor of Ruflia, intend¬ 
ing to reward the attachment of his nobility, and to give 
a greater eclat to his throne and dominions, followed the 
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laudable example of feveral princes, and inftituted this or¬ 
der, which he placed underthe guardianlhip and protection 
of St. Anne, the mother of the blefled virgin. The badge 
is a crofs eompofed of four large rubies let in gold ; the 
angles between the branches of the crofs filled up with dia¬ 
monds, and in the centre a medallion with the image of 
St. Anne, enamelled in proper colours. It is borne pen¬ 
dent from a broad crimfon watered ribbon edged with yel¬ 
low. The ftar of the order, which is embroidered on the 
left breaft of the upper coat of the knight, is filver with 
eight equal points or rays; and in the centre a red crofs 
on a gold ground with the following words around it : 
Amantibus jujlitiam, pietatem, Jident-, “To the lovers of jus¬ 
tice, piety, and faith.” 
CXX. The Order of the Polar Star, in Sweden. 
This order was inftituted by Frederic I. in the year 1748. 
The regulations and ftatutes for the election of knights 
were fimilar to thofe of the Seraphim and Sword. It was 
eompofed of twenty-four knights, and twelve commanders, 
befides thefenators of the realm and knights of the Seraphim, 
who are alfo commanders of this order. Princes of the 
blood royal are born knights, and may receive the enfigns 
of the order whenever the fovereign thinks proper. The 
commanders wear a broad black ribbon round their neck, 
with the enfign of the order pendent therefrom; the knights 
wear the fame badge tied with a narrower ribbon at the 
button-hoie. Thecoliarismadeof gold,eompofed of chafed 
ornaments linked together with chains, encompafling mul¬ 
lets of five points enamelled white, edged with gold, and 
two letters F placed back to back, or addorfied, enamelled 
blue, and edged with gold, alternately. The letters are 
crowned with the royal crown of Sweden. To the centre 
hangs a crofs of eight points gold enamelled white ; on 
the centre a circle of blue enamel, thereon a mullet ar¬ 
gent, encircled with the following words: Ncfcit occafum, 
“ It never fets;” alluding to the polar ftar, which is always 
above the horizon, and in the centre of the circle of per¬ 
petual apparition. Within the angles of the crol's four 
ducal crowns; between the two upper points of the crofs 
the regal crown of Sweden, by which it hangs to the col¬ 
lar or ribbon. See Plate IV. 
CXXI. The Order of Maria Theresa. This order 
was created by the emprefs-queen of that name, on the 
18th of June, 1757- It was eompofed of three claims; the 
grand crolfes, the commanders, and the knights; a di- 
vifion which feems to have prevailed of late in modern 
military orders. It is, however, proper to remark, that 
the clafs of commanders was added to the others by Jo- 
feph II. her fon and emperor, in the year 1765. The 
number of knights was ad libitum, and at the will of the 
emperor, who was grand mafter. The badge confifted of 
a crofs of gold enamelled white, edged with gold ; in the 
centre were the arms of Auftria, viz. gules, a fefs argent, 
encompafled with the word Fortitudini. See Plate IV. On 
the reverfe, a cipher of the letters M. L. F. in gold, on a 
ground of green enamel. This crofs was worn hanging 
to a ftriped crimfon-and-white ribbon. 
CXXII. The Order of Military Merit, in France. 
Although the reign of Louis XV. was, at certain periods, 
difgraced with ftriking marks of intolerance, yet the heart 
of the king was humane and good ; and, had he always 
been properly advil'ed, as in the prefent circumftance, he 
would have deferved not only the name he bore, of Le bien- 
aime, “ Well-beloved,” but would have had alfo an indifpu- 
table claim to the regard of all feds and nations. The Or¬ 
der of Merit, which he inftituted in 1759, was in favour 
of his proteliant fubjefts, whom their religious opinions 
prevented from entering into other orders of knighthood. 
The enfigns were the fame as thofe of St. Louis, (fee 
p. 818.) except that the crofs bore on the centre a fword 
ere ft, with the motto. Pro virtute bellied-, and on the other 
fide a chaplet of laurels, with this inlcription : Lvd. xv, 
instituit. mdcclix. See Plate III. 
CXXIII. The Order of St. Stanislaus, was founded 
by Staniflaus king of Poland in 1765. The badge was a 
9 z gold 
