The Most Illustrious Order of ST. PATRICK, OF IRELAND, indicated by the Initials, “K.P.”, and instituted in 1783 by GEORGE III., consists of the SOVEREIGN, the GRAND MASTER, and twenty-two KNIGHTS. The OFFICERS are the Grand Master, the _Chancellor_, the _Secretary_, _Ulster King of Arms_ and _Registrar_, two _Heralds_, and one _Pursuivant_, the _Genealogist_, and the _Usher of the Black Rod_. [Illustration: No. 451.--Insignia of the Order of St. Patrick.] The INSIGNIA are--The _Badge_ or _Jewel_, of gold enamelled, and oval in form. It has a Shamrock (or Trefoil slipped) having on each leaf a Royal Crown, charged on the Saltire of St. Patrick, the field being surrounded by the _Motto_--QVIS . SEPARABIT . (“Who will sever?”) MDCCLXXXIII., on a blue band, which in its turn is encircled with a wreath of Shamrocks on gold. This Badge, No. 436, is worn from the _Collar_, composed of Roses and Harps, alternating with each other and with knotted cords, a Crown surmounting a Harp being in the centre; or, the Badge is worn from a broad _sky-blue Ribbon_, crossing the right shoulder. The _Star_ resembles the Badge, except that its centre is circular instead of oval; and that it has eight rays of silver or diamonds, in place of the wreath of Shamrocks. The Most Honourable ORDER OF THE BATH is an early Institution which, after having long been in abeyance, has been revived and remodelled, and has received fresh statutes in the years 1725, 1815, 1847, and 1859. [Illustration: No. 452.--Collar and Military Badge. Insignia of the Order of the Bath.] The Order, now numbering about a thousand members, consists of several distinct Groups or Classes, which include, with the SOVEREIGN, the Royal Princes, and some few distinguished Foreigners, Officers of our own Navy and Army, and also Diplomatic and Civil Servants of the Crown. The Three “Classes” of the Order alike include members of the Three Services, and each class is divided into two divisions, viz. Military and Civil. The “First Class,” of KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS OF THE BATH--G.C.B.--has 55 Military and 27 Civil Knights. The “Second Class” numbers (with power to increase these numbers) 145 Military and 108 Civil KNIGHTS COMMANDERS OF THE BATH--K.C.B. The “Third Class,” not of Knights, but of COMPANIONS OF THE BATH--C.B.--has 705 Military and 298 Civil Members, who take rank between Knights and Esquires. The MILITARY INSIGNIA are--The BADGE, a complicated combination of devices, characteristic of the debased period which produced it. It is represented in No. 437. [Illustration: No. 437.--Badge of the Bath (Military Division).]