Names of Officers upon whom His Majesty the King of Bavaria has conferred the Orders of MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH.

Head-quarters, Paris, September 23d, 1815. Commanders.-Major General Sir Colin Halkett, K. C. B. Major General Sir John Lambert, K. C. B. Major General Sir James Lyon, K. C. B. Major General Sir John Vandeleur, K. C. B. Knights.-Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, K. C. B. Colonel F. B. Hervey. Colonel Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K. C. B. Lieutenant Colonel Norcott. Lieutenant Colonel Sit Noel Hill, K. C. B. Lieutenant Colonel Freemantle. Major Honourable G. Dawson. War Office, July 24th, 1815.

The Prince Regent, as a mark of his high approbation of the distinguished bravery and good conduct of the 1st and 2d Life Guards at the battle of Waterloo, on the 18th ultimo, is pleased to declare himself Colonel in Chief of both the Regiments of Life Guards.

War Office, July 25th, 1815.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name, and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve of all the British Regiments of cavalry and infantry which were engaged in the battle of Waterloo, being permitted to bear on their colours and appointments, in addition to any other badges or devices that may have heretofore been granted to those regiments, the word "Waterloo," in commemoration of their distinguished services, on the 18th of June, 1815.

Vide List of Regiments, page 262.

War Office, July 29, 1815. The Prince Regent, as a mark of his Royal approbation of the distinguished gallantry of the Brigade of Foot Guards in the victory of Waterloo, has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve of all the Ensigns of the three Regiments of Foot Guards having the rank of Lieutenants, and that such rank shall be attached to all the future appointments to Ensigncies in the Foot Guards, in the same manner as the Lieutenants of those regiments obtain the rank of Captain.

His Royal Highness has been pleased to approve of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards being made a Regiment of Grenadiers, and styled "The 1st, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards," in commemoration of their having defeated the Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guards upon this memorable occasion.

War Office, July 31, 1815. Sir, The Prince Regent having taken into his most gracious consideration, the distinguished gallantry manifested upon all occasions by the Officers of the British army, and having more particularly adverted to the conspicuous valour displayed by them in the late glorious victory, gained near Waterloo, by the army under the command of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington; and His Royal Highness being desirous of testifying the strong sense entertained by him of their devotion to His Majesty's service, I have the honour to acquaint you, that His Royal Highness has been pleased to order

First, That the regulation under which pensions are granted to wounded Officers, shall be revised, and that the pensions which

have been, or may be granted to Officers, for the actual loss of eye or limb, or for wounds certified to be equally injurious with the loss of limb, shall not be confined to the amount attached by the scale to the rank which the Officer held at the time when he was wounded, but shall progressively increase, according to the rank to which such Officer may, from time to time, be promoted; the augmentation with regard to the pensions of such Officers, now upon the list, being to take the date from the 18th of June, 1815, inclusive.

Secondly, That every Subaltern Officer of infantry of the line, who served in the battle of Waterloo, or in any of the actions which immediately preceded it, shall be allowed to account two years' service, in virtue of that victory, in reckoning his services for increase of pay given to Lieutenants of seven years' standing; and every such Subaltern will therefore be entitled to the additional 1s. a day, whenever he shall have served five years as a Lieutenant.

And, thirdly, That this regulation shall be extended to every Subaltern of cavalry, and to every Ensign of the Foot Guards, who served in the above-mentioned actions; and every such Subaltern and Ensign will, therefore, be entitled to an additional shilling aday, after five years' service as Lieutenant in the cavalry, or as Ensign in the Guards.

His Royal Highness being also desirous of marking his sense of the distinguished bravery displayed by the non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the British forces, in the victory of Waterloo, has been most graciously pleased to order, that henceforth every non-commissioned officer, trumpeter, drummer, and private man, who served in the battle of Waterloo, or in any of the actions which immediately preceded it, shall be borne upon the muster rolls and pay lists of their respective corps as "Waterloo Men;" and that every" Waterloo Man" shall be allowed to count two years' service in virtue of that victory, in reckoning his services for increase of pay, or for pension when discharged.

It is, however, to be distinctly understood, that this indulgence is not intended in any other manner to affect the conditions of their original enlistment, or to give them any right to their discharge before the expiration of the period for which they have engaged to

serve.

The Duke of Wellington has been requested to transmit returns of the Subaltern Officers to whom these orders may be considered by his Grace to apply; together with accurate muster rolls containing the names of all the "Waterloo Men" in each corps; such muster rolls being to be preserved in this Office as a record honourable to the individuals themselves, and as documents by which they will at any future time be enabled to establish their claims to the benefits of this regulation.

I have great pleasure in communicating these instances of the Prince Regent's gracious consideration for the army; and I request that you will be pleased to take the earliest opportunity of announcing the same to the Officers and Men of the corps under your command.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant,
(Signed) PALMERSTON.

Circular. To Paymasters of Regiments.

War Office, July 31, 1815.

"That the Lieutenants of Cavalry and Infantry, who had served more than five years as such, on the 18th of June, 1815, or who may subsequently have completed that period of service, are to receive one shilling per diem for every day's service as Lieutenant beyond five years, it being fully understood that the retrospect is, in no instance, to exceed two years. In like manner, the corporals and privates, distinguished as Waterloo Men,' are to receive the benefit of the two years' service retrospectively, in cases in which, by the addition of the two years, they would have completed their re spective terms of service, on or previously to the 18th of June, 1815, and the two years' service will, of course, be reckoned in all claims subsequently accruing.

"Such of the officers and men present with the battalion as are now entitled to receive the same, may be settled with accordingly.

"The charges for the officers are to be included in the ordinary accounts of their pay, and those for the men present in a distinct supplementary pay list to the 24th of September; forms of which are to be transmitted from that office.

"The ordinary quarterly pay list to this period will, therefore, be proceeded upon, and rendered as if the Circular of the 31st of July last had not been issued.

"The non-commissioned officers and privates absent are to receive the amount due to them, under directions from that department, which is to be issued as soon as a certified return, signed by the Commanding Officer, Adjutant, and Paymaster, shall have been received. And that, under the present Mutiny Act, soldiers becoming entitled to additional pay on account of service, are allowed to receive the same from the first day of the military quarter in which they completed their period of service; but that rule, being to take effect from the 25th of June last, does not apply to the men who, with the addition of the two years now granted to them, will have completed their term of service on or before the 24th of June last." "Addressed to the Paymaster."

Officers commanding Regiment of

Vide List of Regiments, page 262.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has conferred upon Lieut.General Sir Charles Alten, K. C. B. and to his descendants, the title of Count, as a recompense for his distinguished services in the war in Spain, and in the Battle of Waterloo.

His Royal Highness has been further pleased to testify his high satisfaction with the Hanoverian troops, who were present in this last battle, and to permit them to bear, like the English troops, on their colours, and on their uniform, the word "Waterloo."

P. S. Parish of Saxtead, Suffolk, including 61. by the Rector and his Lady, in addition to a pension of 10l. per annum, proposed to be settled by him as Rector of Framlington cum Saxtead, during his own life, on SERJEANT JAMES GRAHAM, of the Coldstream, whom his Grace the Duke of Wellington has been pleased to recommend for that purpose, 121. 2s. 6d. (Waterloo Subscription.)

War-office, Dec. 23. The Prince Regent has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned Regiments being permitted to bear on their colours and appointments, the word " Waterloo," in commemoration of their distinguished services on the 18th of June, 1815: 1st and 2d Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 1st Dragoon Guards, Royal Dragoons, 2d Royal North British Dragoons, 6th Regiment of Dra goons, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, and 23d Regiments of Light Dragoons, Royal Waggon Train, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 1st and 2d German Light Dragoons, 1st and 3d German Hussars, 2d and 3d batt, Grenadier Guards, 2d batt. Coldstream Guards, 2d batt, 3d Foot Guards, 3d batt, Royal Scots, 1st batt. 4th, 3d batt, 14th, 23d; 1st batt. 27th, 28th; 2d batt. 30th, 32d, 33d ; 1st batt, 40th, 42d; 2d batt, 44th, 51st, 52d; 2d batt. 69th; 1st batt. 71st; 2d batt. 73d; 1st batt. 79th, 92d; 1st batt. 95th; 6 companies 2d batt: 95th, and 2 comps. 3d batt, 95th Regiments of Foot; Royal Staff Corps; 1st and 2d German Light Battalion; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 8th German Line Battalions, and the German Artillery. The combined Forces of the Allied Armies, which came into France, are estimated as follows:

ENGLISH & HANOVERIANS, 80,000-PRUSSIANS, 250,000 AUSTRIANS, 250,000-BAVARIANS & WIRTEMBERGERS, 110,000-RUSSIANS, 200,000-TOTAL, 890,000. Adding to this the Staff, with the Sovereigns, &c. nearly 1,000,000

The Generals appointed to the command of the 150,000 troops to remain in France, viz.

ENGLAND, Duke of Wellington.-RUSSIA, Gen. Woronzow.AUSTRIA, General Frimont.-PRUSSIA, General Gneizenau.

The chief command to be with the DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Paris is to be occupied by from 10 to 12,000 English, in barracks. These forces will have a certain number of fortresses, as points They will be Pappui, in case of any revolutionary movement. well supplied with field artillery, besides that of the fortresses; having among them not less than 500 pieces of cannon.

PROTOCOL OF THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, GREAT BRITAIN, PRUSSIA, AND FRANCE, ON MONDAY, THE SECOND OF OCTOBER, 1815. AFTER various declarations and conferences between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, on the one side; and the Duke of Richelieu, appointed Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of France, on the other, it has been agreed upon to-day, that the relations between France and the Allied Powers, armed for the re-establishment and maintenance of the general peace, shall be definitively regulated upon the following bases:

1. The boundaries of France as they were in 1790, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, shall form the fundamental principles of

the territorial arrangements, so that those districts and territories of former Belgium, of Germany, and Savoy, which, by the Treaty of Paris of 1814, were annexed to old France, shall remain separated therefrom.

2. Where this principle is departed from, the boundaries of 1790 shall be modified and better arranged, according to mutual conventions and interests, both in regard to civil jurisdiction, so as to cut off inclosed districts, and assign, on both sides, a more regular territory, and also in regard to military jurisdiction, so as to strengthen -certain weak parts of the boundaries of the centerminous countries. In conformity to this principle France cedes to the Allies

Landau, Saarlouis, Philippeville, and Marienburg, with those circles of territory which are more fully laid down in the plan of Treaty proposed by the four Allied Cabinets, on the 20th September.

Versoy, with the necessary territory, shall be ceded to the Helvetic Confederation, in order to bring the Canton of Geneva in direct communication with Switzerland, and the French line of customs shall be there established in the manner most convenient for the adminis-trative system of both countries.

The works of Huningen shall be demolished. The French Government binds itself to erect no others within a distance of three leagues from Basle.

France relinquishes her rights to the principality of Monaco.

On the other hand, the possession of Avignon and the Venaissin, as well as of the county of Mompelgard, and the possession of every other territory which is included within the French line, shall be anew secured to France.

3. France pays to the Allied Powers, by way of indemnity for the expenses of their last armaments, the sum of 700 millions of francs. A special Commission shall fix the mode, the periods, and the sëcurities for this payment.

4. A military line of the following seventeen fortresses, viz.Condé, Valenciennes, Bouchain, Cambray, Le Quesnoy, Maubeuge, Landrecies, Avesnes, Rocroy, Givet, Mezieres, Sedan, Mommedy, Thionville, Longwy, Bitche, and the Bridge-head of Fort Louis, shall be occupied by an army of 150,000 men, which the Allied Powers shall appoint. This army, which shall be placed under the command of a general, chosen by these Powers, shall be wholly maintained at the expense of France.

A special Commission shall fix all that relates to its maintenance, which shall be regulated in the best way for supplying all the wants of the army, and, at the same time, the least burdensome for the country.

The longest duration of this military occupation is fixed at five years. However, on the expiration of three years, after the Allied Sovereigns have weighed the situation of things and of mutual interests, as well as the advances which may have been made in the restoration of order and tranquillity in France, they will come to a common decision with the King of France, whether the above term of years may be shortened.

The Plenipotentiaries having definitively adopted these bases, have concerted upon the course to be adopted, in