|)recife:rank- of a Rate in,each order-f^oxrihflancei• ‘.whetskenFrance**5r
Ruffin < be the ,mefftipower%l:|ft This part? .of the-'arrangement
^ r e h e 'e le a im ; andit£^:fuffitient^tbat<--thfi ftates^ofi tJieifame.Qrder;be
treated with- a fimilar length of defcription.
A t'th e beginning o f the nineteenth century, the. European ftates
comprized in the firft order a r e : i . The united t f e g d o m ^ J ^ g r e a t
Britain and Ireland: 2. F r a n c e j ^ E » : , ^ ^ « dominions.:
5. Thofe of Pruffia: 6. Spain: 7. Turkey ^w h ^U a f tjh a n n o t
f e u f t l y be- r e d u i c e d ^ A e '] |^ i ^ p i s ^ S-Egr ‘tlie u ^ |e r,i|a p |c a p jr9 a e h --
ingots, fall* ftilLit. b®aftswthem.m?Jind w e ig h t |% % £ m k r . . : -
, . r;Under the Teeaid.'G refer have been arrahged: . J. Qt-u^ie
United P ro v id e^ ’; 2 .D e nm a rk : .?$. Sweden;:J4.b Fbrfijjgafe, 5* S-ffiit-
zerland. In .th e th ird ar&conftder-efcthe: c}r'#cft^esi ®f .Germany,
th a t labyrinth 08 -geography,'» and tfeofd^ofb fedy. > Thbvkipgd®rnsfspf
« S l y and Sardinia might .perhaps, iT en tix e -an d unfiiasktoiq <affea=ebto
the-fettondi order»; and -an equal ftation; might- b e -? « ^ in ^ -rrb ^ ^ h e .
jundive- Efeetorate Palatiber and« BavariW-&Hd’t%>
But as fufeh ftates only form «rather fupe^iottd^ip^tisS^fcGsrmanyj and
Italy, it appeared more advifeabfe; tqfeojjtfider th^gi^tn their ^ ,tu ^ a l id-
timate connexion w ith thefe;eountrierEj.}.;
. This explanation being! premifed,«*he .firft de&ription:"Shall Jje tfe a tj^
th e Britilh dominions.