71G 
ORDER. 
nances as may be from time to time made and ordained 
by his majefty, his heirs, and fucceffors, kings of this 
realm. 
And his R. H. the Prince Regent hath been pleafed to 
a'ppoint, that Sir George Nayler, knt. Genealogift and 
Blanc Courfier Jderald of the Order of the Bath, and 
York Herald, (hall be the Officer of Anns attendant upon 
the J'aid Knights Commanders and Companions ; and alio to 
command, that the officers hereby appointed Knights 
Commanders, and thofe who (hall hereafter be refpec- 
t-ively nominated and conftituted Knights Commanders 
or Companions, (hall immediately after fuch nomination 
tranfmit to the laid Sir George Nayler a ftatement of their 
refpedHve military fervices, verified by their fignatures, 
in order that the lame may be by him recorded in books 
appropriated to the laid Knights Commanders and Com¬ 
panions. And his Royal Highnefs has alfo been pleafed 
to approve that Mr. William Woods be the Secretary 
appertaining to the J'aid Knights Commanders and Compa¬ 
nions. 
Whitehall, Jan. 6. His Royal Highnefs the Prince Re¬ 
gent, adting in the name and on the behalf of his Majefty, 
having taken into confideration the eminent fervices 
which have been rendered to the empire by the officers 
in the fervice of the Honourable Eaft-India Company, 
lias been pleafed to ordain, that fifteen of the molt diftin- 
guilhed officers of the laid fervice, holding commifiions 
from his majefty not below the rank of lieutenant-colonel, 
may be railed to the dignity of Knights Commanders of 
the Moll Honourable Military Order of the Bath, exclu- 
iive of the number of Knights Commanders belonging to 
his Majefty’s forces by fea and land, who have been no¬ 
minated by the Ordinance bearing date the 2d inftant; 
and his Royal Highnefs has been gracioufly pleafed to 
ordain, that the laid Officers of the Eaft-India Company’s 
fervice fliall enjoy all and lingular the rights, privileges, 
and immunities, fecured to the Second Clafs of the laid 
Mod Honourable Order; and that they (hall be governed 
by the rules and ordinances now eftablilhed, or hereafter 
to be eftablilhed by his majefty, his heirs and fuccelfors, 
for the government of the Knight Commanders of the 
Bath. But, in the event of future wars, and of actions of 
iignal diftinclion, the laid number of fifteen may be in- 
creafed by the appointment of Officers who ilia'll be eli¬ 
gible according to the eftablilhed regulations. 
His Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent has been fur¬ 
ther pleafed to ordain, that certain officers of the Eaft- 
India Company’s fervice, holding his Majefty’s corn- 
million, may be appointed Companions of the Molt Ho¬ 
nourable Military Order of the Bath, in confideration of 
eminent fervices rendered in action with the enemy ; and 
the laid officers fliall enjoy all the rights, privileges, and 
■immunities, fecured to the Third Clafs of the faid Order; 
and (hall be governed by the regulations and reftridtions 
eftablilhed with regard to the nomination and government 
of the Companions of the faid Molt Honourable Order. 
CXXXIV. The Legion of Honour ; vol. xi. p. 823. 
-When another wonderful and unexpected revolution 
brought back the Bourbons to France, Louis XVIII. 
agreed that the order of the Legion of Honour fliould be 
continued, only (May 1814.) changing the head of Na¬ 
poleon for that of Henry IV. and the eagle for the lily. 
Gn the iff: of April, 1816, his majefty publifhed an Or¬ 
dinance, which directs that the Legion of Honour fliall 
in future be called the Royal Order of the Legion of 
Honour; the Commandants, Commanders; and the Grand 
Cordons, Grand CroJJ'es. The number of Knights is un¬ 
limited ; but the number of Commanders is fixed at 400, 
and of Grand Crofles at 80. The 1 5 th of July, St. Henry’s 
Day, is to be the feftival of the Order. 
CXXXVIII. The Order of Union, inftituted at Am- 
fterdatn in 1811. It was intended, as we fuppol'e, to com¬ 
memorate the union of Holland with France; and was 
therefore not fated to .continue, but lias given way, no 
doubt, to— 
CXXXIX. The Order of Wilhelm, inftituted in 
1815, by William-Frederic king of the Netherlands; and 
into which Vifcount Exmouth and feveral other diftin- 
guiflied Britifti officers have been admitted. 
CXL. The Order of the Iron Cross, inftituted by 
the king of Pruflia on the 17th of March, 1813. See the 
article London, vol. xiii. p. 362, 3. 
CXLI. The Order of the Iron Helmet, inftituted 
by the eledlor of Heffe-Caffel, 061 . 2, 1814, 
CXLII. The Royal American Order of Isabella 
the Catholic. This order was inftituted by the prelent 
king Ferdinand VII. of Spain, June 20, 1815, for the en¬ 
couragement and reward of fuch Spaniards and Americans 
as may diftinguilh themlelves againft the infurgents in 
Spanifh America. 
CXLIII. The Order of San Fernando, inftituted in 
January 1816, by the fame monarch. This order lias 
been conferred on the duke of Wellington, lord Beref- 
ford, and fir S. F. Whittingham, C. B. 
CXLIV. The Order of St. Hermengilde, inftituted 
by the king of Spain at the fame time. Of the nature of 
this order we know nothing. 
CXLV. The Order of the Bf.lgic Lion, founded by 
the king of the Netherlands, OCtober 6, 1815. It con- 
fifts of three dalles; Grand Crofles, Commanders, and 
Knights. Thofe who by ufeful actions, by the devotion 
of their perfon, or by other proofs of humanity, may de- 
ferve to obtain a diftinCtion, may be aggregated to the 
Order under the name of Brethren. All the nominations 
belong to the Grand Mafter. The Grand Mafterlhip is 
for ever attached to the Crown of the Netherlands. The 
infignia confifts in a white enamelled crofs, having a W 
in gold between each of the branches, and bearing on one 
fide, in the middle, a blue enamelled Afield, with this 
motto in gold, Virtus Nobilitat; and on the reverfe, the 
Lion is placed on the Afield of the arms of the kingdom, 
the whole furrounded with a royal crowm of gold. The’ 
ribbon, Naflau blue with orange ftripes' Peculiar marks 
diftitiguifli the different claffes. The Brethren to have a 
penlion of 200 florins, half of which is enjoyed by their 
widows. Thefe penflons make a part of the annual 
budget. The quality of Knight, and the inflgnia of the 
Order, cannot be forfeited, except in confequence of a 
judicial fentence which renders the party infamous. 
CXLVI. The Royal FIanoverian Guelphic Or¬ 
der. This order was inftituted Auguft 1815, by H.R.H. 
the Prince Regent, to commemorate the fidelity of his 
Hanoverian 1 'ubjeCts during a period of peculiar diffi¬ 
culty, and the bravery of the Hanoverian troops at the 
ever-memorable battle of Waterloo. It conlifts of three 
claffes: 1. Knights Grand Crofles; 2. Knights Com¬ 
manders; and, 3. Knights; and each clafs is divided into 
civil and military. The infignia are—A St. Andrew’s 
Crofs of gold, in the centre of which a Afield with a filver 
liorfe galloping, on a red ground; and over that, on a 
blue ground, the motto, Nec aj'pera terrent. The Afield 
is furrounded by a wreath of oak with a gold border; 
and in the four corners between the arms of the crofs, 
which project beyond the Afield, are four golden lions. 
Such will be the order for the civil clafs ; that for the 
military will have two fwords laying croTs-wife under 
the oaken wreath. The Grand Crofles are to wear the 
infignia attached to a gold chain, and the Knights to a 
blue ribbon. 
The following are the names of Britifti fubjedls upon 
whom this Order has been conferred. 
Grand CroJJ'es. 
All the Princes of the Blood 
Royal 
Prince of Cobourg, K.G. 
Duke of'Wellington, K.G. 
Marquis of Anglefey 
Lieut.-gen. Lord Stewart 
Lieut.-gen. Lord Hill 
Maj.-gen. Sir James Kempt 
Lieut.-gen. Macfarlane 
Lord Vifcount Hampden 
Lieut -gen. Don 
Lord Burgherfli 
Lieut.-gen. A. Mackenzie 
General Murray 
Commanders. 
