Star.
London, England, 1815-01-05 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO TUESDAY' NIGHT'S

WHITEHALL, JANUARY 9.

Whereas his Royal Highness the Patna REGENT,
acting in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty,
Sovereign of the Most Honourable Military Order of
the Bath, is desirous of commemorating the auspici-
ous termination of the'long and arduous contests in
which this cmpire has been engaged, and of marking
in an especial manner his gracious sense of the valour,
perseverance, and devotion, manifested by the Offi-
cers of his Majesty's Forces by Sea and Lend ; And
whereas his Royal Highness has thought it fit, by
virtue of the Royal Prerogative, and of the powers
reserve.; to the Sovereign in the statutes of the said
Isiost Hon oin able Military Order of the Bath, to ad-
vance the splendour and extend the limits of the said
Order, to the end that those Officers who have had
the opportunities of signalizing themselves by eminent
services during the late war, may share in the honours
of the said Order, and that emir names may be deli-
vered down to remote posterity, accompanied by the
marks of distinction which they have so nobly earned.
The Prince Regent, therefore, acting in the name
and on the behalf of his Majesty, hath been gra-
ciously pleased to ordain as follows :
Ist. The Most Honourable Military Order of the
B ith shall from this time forward be composed of
Three Classes, differing in their ranks and degrees of
dignity.
2d. The First Class of the said Order shall consist
of Knights Grand Crosses, which designation shall
be substituted henceforward for that of Knights
Companions ; and from the date I•ereof the present
'Knights Companions and Extra Knights of the said
Order shall, in all acts, proceedings, and pleadings,
be styled Knights Gretna Crosses of the Mast Ho-
nourable Military :ler of the Bath.
3t.1. The number of. the Knights Grand Crosses
shall not, at any time, or upon any account whatever,
exceed seventy-two; whereof there may be a number
rot exceeding twelve so nominated and appointed, in
coacideration of eminent services rendered to the State
by British subjects in civil and diplomaticempinyments.
4th. The said Knights Grand Crosses shall be sub-
ject to the same Rules and Ordinances, and have,
hold, and enjoy, all and singular the rights, privileges,
humanities, and advantages, which the Knights Com-
panions of the said Order have hitherto held and en-
joyed, by virtue of the statutes, excepting as far -as
may be altered or affected by the present decree.
.sth. It shall be lawful for all the present Knights
Grand Crosses, from and after the date hereof, to wear
upon the left side of their upper vestment, the Star or
Ensign of the said Order, although such Knight
Grand Cross may not have been installed ; end hence.
forward the said Star or Ensign shall be worn by each
and every Knight Grand Cross, immediately after his
being so nominated and appoini.e.4, provided that it
shall not be lawitil for any Knight Grand Cross to
wear the collar of the said Orc:er, until he shall have
been formally installed, according to the statutes, or
unless a dispensation has been granted for thane:l-ob-
servance of the ceremonial of installation.

6th. In order to distinguish more particularly those
Officers of his Majesty's Forces, by sea and land, upon
vhnm the First Class of the said Order bath already
I)eat, or may hereafter be, conferred in consideration
of especial military services, such Officer; shall hence-
forth bear upon the Ensign or Star, and likewise upon
the Badge of the Order, the addition of a wreath of
laurel encircling the motto, and issuing from an escrol
inscribed "h/i Dias."

This distinction bring of a military nature, it is not
to be borne by the Knights of the First Class, upon
whom the Order shall have been, or may hereafter be
conferred for civil services. _ _

7th. The dignity of a Knight Grand Cto7s of the
Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, shall
henceforth upon no account be conferred upon any of-
ficer in his Majesty's service, who shall not have at-
tained the rank of Major General in the Army, or
Rear-Admiral in the Navy, except as to the Twelve
Knights Grand Crosses, who may be nominated and
appointed for civil services.
&h. his R-lal Highness the Prince Regent, acting
in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, is pleased
to declare and constitute, those whose names are un-

dermcntioned, to-he the Ku
posing the First Class of tL
tary Order of the Bath.

tights Grand Crosses, eon:.
Must lionouTable Mill

Military Kniglits Grand Crosses.
1. 1 he :inverttln.
t. His RAyal 14hnesi the
Duke of York, 201:4 as °mod
Mastcr.
a. Aim. thc Earlof St. Vincent.
4. Central:sir R. Ahercronst y.
• S. Mm. Viscount Ke;tli.

Civil Knights Granil Crosses.

1. Str Robert Gunring.
2.'1 he Earl of A.l.llmesbuty.
3. Lurd Heiily.
5. Sir Joseph Santee, Dart.
6. Meta Hon. :•ir A. Puget.
7. Sir Phil,p Francis.
8. Sir George H. Birlow. .
9. Viscount Straug•,'rd.
10.'1 he Hun. Sir H. Wellesley,
11. Right Hon. Sir C. Stuart.
113.
Vellinr.on,

s. Adm. Sir J. B. Warren, Bt.
7. General Sir A. Clarke.
n. Admiral Sir Join) Colpoys.
r. General Lord Hutchinson.
10. AdmiralSid.T.Duckworth.
11. Admiral Sir Jag. t'aumarra.
12. General Sir liyre Come.
13. General Sir J. Cradoek.
14. General Sir David Dundas.
15. Field Marshal the Duke of
16. General the Earl of Ludlow,
17. Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hi
18. Admiral the Earl of Northei
29. Vice Admiral Sir Richard J. Strachan.
2b. Vice-Admiral the lion. Sir Alexander Cochrane.
21. Lieutenant-General Sir John Stuart.
22. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard G. Keats.
23. General Sir Day.d Baird.
24. General Sir George Beckwhb.
25. Lieutenant-Gentral Lord Niddry.
26. Lieutenant-General Sir Brent Spencer.
fa. Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope Sherbrooke.
Lieutenant-General Lord seresford.
29. Lieutenant-General Lorl I.yneduck.
30. Lieutenant-General Lord iri,ll.
31. Lieutenant-General Sir Salnuel Auchmuty.
nit. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Paget.
33. Lieutenant-General Lord Combermere.
34. Admiral t.ie Hon. Sir George C. Berkeley.
35. General Sir George Nugent. •
36. General Sir William Keppel.
37. Lieutenant-General Sir John Doyle, Bart.
38. Lieutenaut.General Lord William Cavendish Bentinck.
39. Lieutenant-General Sir .lamas
40. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas licton.
41. Lieuienant-General the Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole.
42. Lieutenant-General Lord Stewart.
43. Lieutenant-General the Hoe. Sir Alexander Hope.
44. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Cl ntOti.
415. Lieutenant .General the Earl of Dalhousie.
Lieutenant-Geueral tile Hon. William Stewart.
47. Major-Gl:neral Sir George Murray.
hi. A 1... re-Genera the Hon. Sir Edward Pakenham.
49. Admiral. it William Young.
50. General the Hereditary Prince of Orange:
51. Admiral Lord Viacom Hood.