admitted into the Order, 12; ordain that the com-mander in chief in the Mediterranean for the timebeing shall, during the time of his command, befirst and principal Knight Grand Cross, (but sincealtered,) 12 ; that no British subject appointed to theOrder, shall continue a Knight of it after he shallcease to be in the employ of the Ionian States,unless he have actually been in their employ or inthe King’s service at Malta for five years, (but sincealtered,) 13; describe the Habits and Decorationsof the Order, 13, 15 ; the ceremonial of Investiture ;Oath to be taken by a newly-elected Knight, andthe Admonition to be pronounced by the Grand Mas-ter, 15 ; fix the Anniversary of the Order on the 23rdApril, 16; ordain that the Members of the Ordershall have precedence of all Knights Bachelors withinthe Ionian States and the Island of Malta, 16; ap-point two Prelates of the Order, (but since altered,)16; the Officers of the Order, their duties, habits,and badges; oath to be taken by them on admissionto their respective offices, 17 ; New Statutes issued5th April 1826, in relation to the appointment ofthe Duke of Cambridge as Grand Master, 33 ;New Statutes signed by King William the Fourth,16th August 1832, and which now govern theOrder, 39—55 ; notice of the changes thereby intro-duced into the Order, 38 ; Statute of the 17th Octo-ber 1832, authorizing the re-appointment of theNaval Officers who had been Invested with the Order,and who, in obedience to the former Statutes, hadresigned it on leaving the Mediterranean, 56; specialStatute of the 18th March 1835, appointing SirHoward Douglas a Knight Grand Cross, 61 ; ofthe 28th September 1836, appointing Sir H. F.Bouverie a Knight Grand Cross, 62; of the 19thOctober 1839, for obviating the necessity of a spe-cial Statute, whenever the Lord High Commis-sioner in the Ionian States, the Governor of Malta,or the Naval Commander-in-Chief in the Medi-terranean, should be appointed a Knight GrandCross, 67 ; of the 9th November 1836, for regu-lating the appointments of the several General andFlag Officers who had been nominated for theirservices in the Mediterranean, 68 ; of the 8th No-vember 1840, on the appointment of Sir NicholasHarris Nicolas, the Chancellor, as a Knight GrandCross, with reference to the Statute of 1832, whichprovided that the Chancellor should be the SeniorKnight Commander, 71.

“ Saint Michael and St. George,” causes assignedfor the establishment of the Order, 3 ; reasons givenfor the title having been selected, and shewingthat it is very appropriate, 4; notice of a mistakewhich is rather general, that because the Orderof St. Michael and St. George is bestowed uponnatives of the Ionian Islands, and of Malta, itis an Ionian or Maltese Order, and not a BritishOrder, 5; Letters Patent creating the Order, dated27th April 1818, 6—9 ; Statutes issued for its govern-ment, 9—18 ; Sir Thomas Maitland appointed GrandMaster, 18; ceremonial of his investiture at Corfu,19; address made to him by Sir Frederick Adam,20 ; Warrant for the appointment of the Prelate andother Officers of the Order, 21 ; the first Chapterheld 18th November 1818, 23; proclamation of thenames of persons who were to be Invested, and theirInvestitures, 24 ; Chapter held at Malta 15th Decem-

ber 1818, for the investiture of the Prelate of thatIsland, 25; the Dignitary of Malta to rank next tothe Archbishop and Bishop, 25; ceremonial of theinvestiture of the distinguished persons of Malta uponwhom the Order was conferred, 26, 28 ; the Knightsnot convened on St. George’s day, 1819, in conse-quence of the illness of the Grand Master and thewant of Mantles, 28; death of King George theThird, and accession of King George the Fourth, 29 ;state of the Order at that time, 29 n. ; Chapter heldat Corfu, 26th February 1820, 29; Knights then in-vested, 30; the first Convention of the Knights tocelebrate St. George’s day held at Corfu on the 23rdApril 1820, 30; Appointments andlnvestituresduringthat year, 31 ; alteration made in the 10th Article ofthe Statutes relative to the Prelates, 31 ; investituresbetween March and December 1821, 31 ; and be-tween June 1822, and September 1824, 32, 33; theDuke of Cambridge appointed Grand Master of theOrder, 33; new Statutes issued 5th April 1826, inconsequence of his appointment being inconsistentwith the Letters Patent, and with the 2nd Article ofthe Statutes, 33 ; abstract of the alterations thenmade, 34; a Registrar appointed in April 1826, 34 ;Investiture of Sir Edward Codrington ; death andceremonial of the interment of the Archbishop Me-tropolitan of the Ionian States in 1827, 34, 35; anoration pronounced in the Church of Spiliotissa, inNovember 1827, on the death of the Earl of Guild-ford, Chancellor of the University of Corfu, 35;death of Sir Spiridion Gallia, and investiture ofMajor-General Ponsonby, in 1828, 35; Investituresof Sir Pulteney Malcolm and other Knights, in 1829and 1830, 36 ; death of King George the Fourth, andaccession of King William the Fourth as third Sove-reign of the Order, 36 ; state of the Order on HisMajesty’s accession, 36 n, ; material changes made inthe constitution of the Order, 36 ; deaths, appoint-ments, and investitures of Knights and Officers of theOrder between February 1831 and August 1832, 36—38 ; the attention of the Sovereign drawn to theanomalous state of the Order, and new Statutessigned by him 16th August 1832, 38 ; analysis ofthe alterations then made, 38 ; copy of those Statutes,39—55 ; the Chancellor of the Order appointed to bethe senior Knight Commander, 55 ; the naval officerswho had been invested with the Order, and who, inobedience with former Statutes, had resigned it onleaving the Mediterranean, re-invested, 56 ; an Inves-titure held at St. James’s Palace, on 24th August1832, being the second that occurred in this country;names of the Knights then Invested; warrant for there-appointment of the Knights who had resigned theOrder, 56—58 ; appointments of Officers and Knightsin 1832,58; large promotions in the Order in February1833,58—60; state of the Order after the nominationsthen made, 58 n. ; deaths, nominations, promotions,and investitures between April 1833 and December1834, 60, 61 ; Statute issued 18th March 1835, forthe appointment of Sir Howard Douglas as a KnightGrand Cross, 61 ; deaths, nominations, and investi-tures between June 1835 and September 1836, 61,62; Statute issued for the nomination and investitureof Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie as a Knight GrandCross of the Order, 62 ; deaths, nominations, and in-vestitures between November 1836 and May 1837,63, 64; death of King William the Fourth, and