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Rh for the members of the council of the Mesta (a privileged corporation of the owners of migratory flocks of sheep), who had taken part in the sittings of the 26th April, and 3rd May, 1816, under the presidency of the King.

49. Cross (of the 27th June, 1816), for all the military who formed the division of Majorca, during tie War of Independence, under Lieutenant-General Wittingham.

50. Cross (of the aboye date) for the troops of the division of Malloria, who were present at the battle of Castella, against Marshal Suchet, on the 13th April, 1813.

51. Cross founded on the 22nd September, 1816, for the Chefs, officers, and other individuals of the royal navy, who had contributed to the success of the War of Independence. For officers it is of gold and enamel, and for the lower ranks, of silver.

52. Medal purposely struck on the 23rd October, 1816, for Don Fernando Ramirez de Luque, Don Antonio Ortiz Repiso, Don Francisco Polo Valenzuela, and Don Francisco d'Assis de la Carrera, as a reward for their services rendered on the 25th September, 1810, in Lucena, at the risk of their own lives.

53. Cross founded on the 13th May, 1807, for the troops of the Galician army who took an active part, under the command of General Don Nicolas Mahy, at the re-capture of Villafranca del Vierzo, as also in the engagements of the 18th and 19th May, 1809, near Lago. It is of gold for officers, and of bronze for the lower degrees.

54. Cross founded at the same date, for the inhabitants of Madrid, who so stoutly resisted the entrance of the French in the first three days of December, 1808. The claims to this decoration were rigidly examined, and refused to those who had directly or indirectly purchased, or were engaged in the sale of any of the national property at that period; and none