forage in the manner ftipulated in the preceding article; and when they thall have to cross the fea, his Britannic majefty fhall take upon himself either to tranfport them in his own fhips, or to defray the expences of their paffage; the fame is alfo to be understood as well with regard to the recruits which her imperial majefty will be obliged to fend to her troops, as refpecting their return to Ruffia whenever they fhall either be fent back by his Britannic majefty or recalled by her imperial majefty of all the Ruffias for her own defence, according to article 6 of this treaty. It is further agreed upon, that, in cafe of recalling or fending back the faid troops, an adequate convoy of fhips of war fhall efcort them for their fecurity. 9. The commanding officer, whether of the auxiliary troops of her imperial majesty of all the Ruffias, or of the fquadron which his Britannic majesty is to furnish Ruffia with, hail keep the command which has been entrusted to him; but the commander in chief fhall belong moft certainly to him whom the requiring party fhall appoint for that purpofe; under the reftriction however that nothing of importance fhall be undertaken that fhall not have been beforehand regulated and determined upon in a council of war, in the prefence of the general and commanding officers of the party required. 10. And, in order to prevent all difputes about rank, the requiring party fhall give due notice of the officer to whom he will give the 'command in chief, whether of a fleet or of land forces: to the end that the party required may regulate in confequence the rank of him who fhall have to command the auxiliary troops or fhips. 11. Moreover, thefe auxiliary forces fhall have their own chaplains, and the entire free exercife of their religion, and fhall not be judged in whatever appertains to military fervice, otherwife than according to the laws and articles of war of their own fovereign. It fhall likewife be permitted for the general and the rest of the auxiliary forces to keep up a free correspondence with their country, as well by letters as expreffes. 12. The auxiliary forces on both fides fhall be kept together as much as poffible; and in order to avoid. their being fubjected to greater fatigue than the others, and to the end that there may be in every expedition and operation a perfect equality, the commander in chief fhall be bound to observe on every occafion a juft proportion according to the force of the whole fleet or army. 13. The fquadron which his Britannic majefty is to furnish by virtue of this alliance, fhall be admitted into all the ports of her imperial majefty of all the Ruffias, where it fhall experience the most amicable treatment, and fhall be provided with every thing which it may ftand in need of, on paying the fame price as the fhips of her imperial majefty of all the Ruffias; and the faid fquadron fhall be allowed to return every year to the ports of Great Britain, as foon as the feafon will no longer permit it to keep the fea; but it is formally and from time forward ftipulated, that this fquadron fhall return every year to the Baltic fea about the beginning of the month of May, not to quit it again before the month of Qctober, and that as often as the exigency 14. The requiring party, in claiming the fuccours ftipulated by this treaty, fhall point out at the fame time to the required party, the place where he fhall with that it may, in the first instance, repair; and the faid requiring party fhall be at liberty to make ufe of the faid fuccour during the whole time it fhall be continued to him in fuch manner and at fuch places as he fhall judge to be moft fuitable for his fervice against the aggreffor. 15. The conditions of this treaty of alliance fhall not be applicable to the wars which may arife between her imperial majefty of all the Ruffias and the powers and people of Afia, refpecting whom his Britannic majefty fhall be difpenfed with from furnishing the fuccours ftipulated by the prefent treaty; excepting in the cafe of an attack made by any European pow. er against the rights and poffeffions of her imperial majefty, in whatever part of the world it may be. As alfo on the other hand her imperial majefty of all the Ruffias fhall not be bound to furnish the fuccours ftipulated by this fame treaty in any cafe whatever, excepting that of an attack made by any European power against the rights and poffeflions of his Britannic majefty in whatever part of the world it may be. 16. It has been in like manner agreed upon, that, confidering the great diftance of places, the troops which her imperial majefty of all the Ruffias will have to furnish by virtue of this alliance, for the defence of his Britannic majefty, fhall not be fent to Spain, Portugal, or Italy, and ftill lefs out of Europe. 17. If the fuccours ftipulated in the fourth article of this treaty fhould not be fufficient, in that cafe the contracting parties reserve to themselves to make a further provifion between themselves with refpect to the additional fuccours which they should give to each other. 18. The requiring party fhall make neither peace nor truce with the common enemy, without including the required party, to the end that the latter may not fuffer any injury in confequence of the fuccours he fhall have given to his ally. 19. The prefent defenfive alliance fhall in no way derogate from the treaties and alliances which the high contracting parties may have with other powers, inafmuch as the faid treaties fhall not be contrary to this, nor to the friendship and good understanding which they are refolved constantly to keep up between them. 20. If any other power would accede to this prefent alliance, their faid majesties have agreed to concert together upon the admiffion of fuch power. 21. The two high contracting parties, defiring mutually and with eagerness to strengthen and to confolidate as much as poffible the friendship and union already happily fubfifting between them, and to protect and extend the commerce between their respective subjects, promife to proceed without delay, to the forming of a definitive arrangement of commerce. 22. As circumstances may make it neceffary to make fome change in the claufes of the prefent treaty, the high contracting parties have thought proper to fix the duration of it to eight years, counting from the day of exchanging the ratifica tions: but before the expiration of the eighth year, it fhall be renewed according to exifting circum stances. 23. The prefent treaty of alliance fhall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged here, in the space of two months, or fooner if it can be done. In witness whereof the abovementioned minifters plenipotentiary on both fides have figned the prefent treaty, and have thereunto affixed the feal of their arms. Done at St. Petersburgh, this 17th-18th of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five. (L. S.) CHARLES WHITWORTH. (L. S.) CTE. JEAN D'OSTERMAN. (L. S.) ALEXANDRE CMTE BEZBORODKO. (L. S.) ARCADI DE MORCOFF. DE Convention between his Britannic Majefty and the Emperor of Germany, May 4 The emperor and the king of Great Britain, being equally convinced of the neceffity of acting with vigour and energy against the common eremy, in order to procure to their respective dominions a fafe and honourable peace, and to pre ferve Europe from the danger with which it is threatened, their imperial and Britannic majefties have thought proper to concert together upon the measures to be adopted for the next campaign, and to agree, for this purpose, on fuch ftipulations as may beft conduce to the falutary object of their intentions already mentioned. With this view, their majefties have appointed their refpective plenipotentiaries; that is to fay, his imperial majefty, his privy councillor actual, and mini fter for foreign affairs, baron de Thugut, commander of the order of St. Stephen; and his Britannic majefty, fir Morton Eden, knight of the Bath, one of his majesty's most honourable privy council, and his envoy extraordinary and minifter plenipotentiary at the court of Vienna; who, after having communicated to each other their refpective full powers, have agreed upon the following articles: Art. 1. In order to affift the efforts which his imperial majefty is defirous of making, and to facilitate to him the means of bringing forward the resources of his dominions, in the defence of the common caufe, his Britannic majefty engages to propofe to his parliament to guarantee the regular payment of the half-yearly dividends, on the fum of 4,600,000l. fterling, which is, or is to be raised, on account of his imperial majefty, on cified in the two engagements or the terms and in the manner speoctrois, the tenor of which is annexed to this convention; his imperial majefty folemnly engaging to his Britannic majefty that he will make due provifion for the regular difcharge of the payments which fhall become due in confequence of the faid loans, fo as that thofe payments fhall never fall as a burthen on the finances of Great Britain. 2. In return for the ftipulation contained in the preceding article, and by the means of the faid loan of 4,600,000l. fterling, affured by the guarantee of Great Britain, his imperial majefty fhall employ in his different armies, in the enfuing campaign, a number of troops, which fhall not only amount at least to 200,000 effective men, but which his imperial majefty will exert himfelf, as much as poffible, to aug ment even above that number; which troops fhall act against the common enemy, according to the difpofitions agreed upon by a fecret article forming a part of this con vention. 3. The emperor will fee with pleasure the appointment of general officers, or other perfons of confidence, to be present with his armies on the part of his Britannic majesty, to whom all the neceffary communication and information will be furnished, with respect to the state and strength of the armies, and the number of troops of which they may confist; and if, in order to facilitate and promote the correfpondence and communication between the armies of the two courts, his imperial majefty fhall think proper to fend an officer, or other erfon, on his part, to the English armies, they fhall, in like manner, receive from the generals of his Britannic majefty all fuch marks of confidence as are most analogous to the intimate union fo happily fubfifting between the two courts. 4. It is exprefsly agreed, that the faid loan is to reft on the fecurity of all the revenues of all the different hereditary dominions of his imperial majefty. All the neceffary meafures fhall be taken on the part of his imperial majefty, in each of the faid dominions refpectively, to give full and legal effect and validity to the faid loan, and to the engagements for the regular payment of the half yearly dividends which fhall fall due in confequence thereof, fo that if at any time there fhould happen, from whatever caufe, to be any delay in any of the payments, after the period of their falling due, the holders of the fecurities granted, or to be granted, on the part of his imperial majesty,. for the faid loan, may fue the receivers or treafurers of his imperial majesty's revenues, in any of the faid dominions refpectively, at the option of fuch holders, and may recover from them, or any of them, by due courfe of law, the full amount of fuch payments having fo fallen due, in the fame manner as any private individuals are admitted in the said dominions refpectively to profecute and recover their just rights against other private perfons. contrary to all expectation, any 5. If it should ever happen that, part of the dividends due on the faid loans fhould, in confequence of the failure of the payments ftipulated to be made by his imperial majefty, be paid by the British gopayments fhall be made at the Bank vernment, it is agreed that fuch of England, and only on the delivery of tallies or certificates of the dividends fo respectively paid; and every fuch tally or certificate fo delivered up, fhall be a valid and legal fecurity, fo as to enable the holder thereof to fue any of the receivers or treasurers of his imperial majefty's revenues, in any of his dominions aforefaid, at the option of fuch holder, and to recover from them, or any of them, the full amount of the fum expreffed in fuch tally or certificate, with intereft thereon at the rate of five per cent. per annum, to be reckoned from the date of the payment made by the British government. And whereas it is provided, in the terms agreed upon for raifing the faid loans, that, as a collateral fecurity for the said loans, there shall be deposited in the bank of England mortgage actions of the Bank of Vienna, for a fum, in the praportion of four to three of the loan to be fo raised; it is further agreed, that that the governor and company of the faid bank fhall, in cafe of any fuch payment as aforefaid being made by the British government, be authorized to withdraw from the faid depofit fuch a quantity of the said actions, as shall be required to make up at least the proportion of four pounds for every three which fhall be fo paid by the British government, to be by the faid government either ufed as a fecurity or claim upon the bank of Vienna, until repayment of the faid fum, and of the intereft due thereon, or negotiated at the time to fuch extent as may be neceffary in order to effect fuch reimbursement, according as to the faid government may feem moft eligible; and that the quantity of actions directed the committee of legislation to report on fo withdrawn fhall be deducted from or set off against any quantity, which, according to the terms of the faid loan, might thereafter be to be withdrawn from the faid depofit, in proportion to the gradual redemption of the bonds, and the payment of the annuities, as is fpecified in the conditions of the faid loan. 6. And whereas certain advances have been made by the British government to his imperial majefty, on account and by way of loan; it is agreed that the fame fhall be repaid at London in the course of the present year, in exchange for the receipts given by the generals commanding in chief the imperial army, and conformably to the fums contained in the faid receipts. The faid advances fhall be reimbursed at lateft, in two equal parts, in the months of November and December, fo that the total fhall be reimburfed before the expiration of the prefent year. 7. The present Convention 1795 fhall be ratified on each fide, without any delay, and the exchange of the ratifications, expedited in due form, fhall be made within the fpace of one month at latest. In witness whereof we, the un-. derfigned, being furnished with the full powers of their Imperial and Britannic Majefties, have in their names figned the present act, and have thereto fet the feal of our arms. Done at Vienna, the 4th day of May, 1795. (L. S.) LE BARON DE THUGUT. (L. S.) MORTON EDEN. TENOR OF THE FIRST OCTROI. Francis, by the grace of God, emperor of the Romans, &c. &c. To all those who shall see these prefents, greeting: The expenses which we find it neceffary to incur, for continuing our efforts against a destructive enemy, requiring that, without too far burthening our fubjects, we fhould procure extraordinary refources, we have, by the advice of our most dear, our dear and trufty the treasurer-general, counfellors and commiffioners of our domains and finances, and upon the deliberation of his royal highnefs, our moft dear and well-beloved brother, the archduke Charles Lewis, of Auftria, prince royal of Hungary and Bohemia, our lieutenant-governor and captain-general of the Low Countries, our chancellor of law having been heard, refolved to raise a loan in England, conformably to the claufes and conditions following: 1. A loan of three millions of pounds fterling, payable in ready money, fhall be opened in the city of London, at the houfe of Walter Boyd, Paul Benfield, and James (I) Drummond, |