nefs the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel, their fucceffors and heirs, a ftrict friendship, and a fincere, firm, and constant union, so that the one fhall confider the interests of the other as his own, and fhall ftrive to promote them with good faith, as much as poflible, and mutually to prevent and remove all disturbance and injury.

II. With this view, it is agreed, that all the former treaties, efpecially thofe of guarantee, fhall be deemed to be renewed and confirmed by the prefent treaty, in all their points, articles, and claufes, and shall have the fame force, as if they were herein in- · ferted word for word, in as much as the fame is not derogated from by the prefent treaty.

III. His Majesty the King of Great Britain, defiring to fecure for his fervice in Europe a body of the troops of the Serene Landgrave, and his Serene Highnefs, wifhing for nothing more than to give his Majefty real proofs of his ftrong attachment for him, engages, by virtue of this article, to keep in readinefs for this purpofe, during the fpace of three fucceffive years, reckoning from the day of the fignature of the prefent treaty, a body of eight thoufand men, as well infantry as cavalry, or chaffeurs, including officers. This corps fhall be completely equipped, furnifhed with tents, and all neceffary equipage, in a word, fhall be put upon the beft poffible footing, and nobody fhall be admitted into it but men capable of serving, acknowledged as fuch by the Commiffary of his Britannic Majefty. This corps shall march in two divifions: the first, confifting of four thousand men, fhall be compofed of a corps of infantry with the artillery men, and of a regiment of cavalry. Formerly, the fignature of treaties preceded, for fome time, the period of the requifition for the march of the troops; but as, in the prefent circumftances, there is no time to be loft, the day of the fignature of the prefent treaty is deemed to be alfo the period of the requifition, and the first divifion of four thousand men fhall be in readiness to pafs in review before the Commiffary of his Britannic Majefty on the 8th of next month, and to begin its march the following day for the place of its deftination, The fecond divifion, confifting alfo of four thousand men, and compofed of a corps of infantry, of a battalion of chaffeurs, and of two regiments of cavalry, fhall be in readiness to pafs in review the 5th of June, and fhall be ready to march in eight weeks from the day of the conclufion of the prefent treaty, or even fooner, if it is poffible. Thefe troops fhall not be feparated, unless the cause of war fhould require it, but shall continue under the orders of their Heffian Chief, under the command, however, of the General, to whom his Britannic Majefty fhall entrust that of his whole army; and the fecond divifion fhall only be conducted to thofe places where the first shall be, unless it fhould be contrary to the plan of operations.

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IV. Each battalion of infantry of this corps of troops fhall be provided with two field pieces, and the officers, cannoneers, and other men and equipage attached to them.

V. In order to defray the expences to which the Serene Landgrave fhall be put, by equipping the above-mentioned corps of eight thousand men, his Majefty the King of Great Britain promifes to pay to his Serene Highnefs, for each horfeman or dragoon properly armed and mounted, eighty crowns banco, and for each foot foldier thirty crowns banco. This levy-money for the first divifion fhall be paid fifteen days after the fignature of the prefent treaty. With regard to the levy-money for the fecond divifion, one half thereof fhall be paid on the 8th of next month, and the other half on the day on which the fecond divifion fhall begin its march. The levy-money fhall be paid for the fame description of perfons for whom it was given in the former alliances.

VI. Befides what is stipulated in the preceding article, his Majefty the King of Great Britain engages to caufe to be paid annually, during the three years that this treaty fhall laft, a fubfidy and an half, fixing the fum according to the custom established for the fubfidies in the former treaties. This fubfidy fhall commence from the day of the fignature of this treaty, and it fhall be paid at the rate of two hundred and twenty-five thoufand crowns banco per annum, the crown being reckoned at fifty-three fols of Holland, or at four thillings and nine-pence three farthings English

money.

When the faid troops fhall be fent back by his Britannic Ma-. jefty, from the day of the return into the territories of his Serene Highness, till the expiration of the treaty, the fubfidy fhall be continued upon the fame footing of two hundred and twenty-five thousand crowns banco per annum. The payment of this fubfidy fhall be regularly made without any deduction, and quarterly, in the town of Caffel, into the military treafury of the Serene Landgrave authorised to receive it; and in cafe, on either fide, it thould be judged expedient that the number of the corps of troops fhould exceed eight thoufand, the fubfidy fhall be proportionably augmented, unless it fhall be otherwife agreed upon. His Majefty fhall continue equally to this corps the pay and other emoluments during the remainder of the month in which it fhall repafs the frontiers of Heffe, and arrive in the territories of his Serene Highnefs, that is to fay, Heffe properly fo called.

VII. With regard to what relates to the pay and allowances, both ordinary and extraordinary, of the faid troops, during the time that they fhall be actually in the pay of Great Britain, it is agreed, that, as long as they fhall ferve in the empire, they shall enjoy the fame advantages and emoluments which his Majefty grants to his German troops, according to the effective establishment of the faid corps of troops at the time of their being deli

vered, which fhall be verified by a lift figned by the respective Ministers of the high contracting parties, whichr fhall have the fame force as if it were inferted word for word in the present treaty. During the time that they fhall be employed in the Low Countries, they fhall be treated in the above-mentioned refpect, upon the footing of Dutch troops; it being understood that in both cafes, that is to fay, in that of the German pay, as well as in that of the Dutch, the allowances fhall not be inferior to what was granted in former wars; and, if the nature of the war should require that thofe troops fhould ferve in different countries upon the continent of Europe from thofe above-mentioned, they fhall, in that cafe, be put in every refpect on the fame footing with the moft favoured of his Majefty's auxiliary troops.

If it fhall happen that they fhould be employed in Great Britain, or in Ireland, as foon as the notification in fuch cafe fhall be made to the Serene Landgrave, they fhall be put on the fame footing, in every refpect, as the national British troops.

All thefe allowances for thofe troops fhall be paid into the military treasury of his Serene Highnefs, without any abatement or diminution, in order to be diftributed.

VIII. If it fhould unfortunately happen that fome regiments or companies of the corps above-mentioned fhould, by any accidents,. be wholly or partially ruined or deftroyed, or that the pieces of artillery or other effects, with which it may be provided, fhould be taken by the enemy, his Majefty the King of Great Britain will pay the expences of the neceffary recruits and remounting, as alfo the value of the faid field artillery and effects, in order speedily to restore the artillery, regiments or companies to their former ftate; and those recruits fhall likewise be put upon the same footing as those which were furnished to the Heflian officers, in virtue of the fifth article of the treaty of 1702, in order that the corps may be always preferved and fent back hereafter in as good state as that in which it was delivered; and the recruits annually neceffary fhall be delivered to the English Commiffary difciplined and completely equipped, at the place of their deftination, at the time which his Britannic Majefty fhall appoint.

IX. It will depend upon his Britannic Majefty to retain this corps of troops in his fervice all the time of the duration of this treaty, to make use of them in any part of Europe where he may have occafion for them, provided it be not on board the fleet, from the time of its quitting the territories of the Serene Landgrave; and when his Majefty the King of Great Britain fhall think proper to fend back the faid troops, he shall give three months previous notice to his Serene Highnefs, and shall make him an allowance of a month's pay for their return, furnishing them alfo with the ncceffary means of tranfport gratis.

X. His Britannic Majefty promifes to attend, as much as pof

fible, to the fafety of the dominions and poffeffions of his Serene Highness, and to direct the military operations, as much as circumstances may permit, in fuch manner that the country of his Serene Highness may be covered and fpared as much as poffible. If, however, notwithstanding the precautions which fhall be taken with that view, the country of his Serene Highness should be invaded by the enemy, on account of this alliance, and the prefent treaty, his Britannic Majefty fhall endeavour to procure to the country of his Highnefs the Landgrave an indemnification proportionable to the lofs occafioned thereby, according to what has been formerly done on fimilar occafions.

XI. The fick of the Heffian corps shall remain under the care of their own phyficians, furgeons, and other perfons appointed for that purpose, under the command of the General command ing the corps of those troops, and every thing shall be granted to them which is granted to his Majesty's own troops.

XII. All Heffian deferters fhall be faithfully reftored, as often as they shall be discovered in places dependant upon his Britannic Majefty.

XIII. In confideration that the article of recruiting becomes daily more expensive in Germany, on account of the numerous armies which are there kept on foot, and that the vacant pay is regarded as the principal fund to defray that expence, it is agreed, that at the review to be made in fpring, at the beginning of the campaign, by the Commiffary of his Britannic Majefty, the corps ought to be complete, or the pay of those wanting to complete fhall be retained; on the other hand, the pay of those who may be wanting from one spring review to the next fhall not be retained, but fhall be allowed without abatement, as if they were complete; and, instead of what was formerly paid for recruiting, in the room of one killed or three wounded, it is agreed that, without distinction, each man furnished fhall be fupplied at the rate of twelve crowns banco a head, under the exprefs condition, however, that what is here agreed on fhall only regard the recruiting, which is the object in this article.

XIV. All the expences of transport for the troops, as well for the men as for their effects, fhall be defrayed by his Britannic Majefty.

XV. The fituation of affairs having entirely changed its afpect fince the commencement of this negotiation, it is ftipulated, that if his Britannic Majefty fhould find that he has not, in the prefent moment, occafion for the above-mentioned corps of troops, and that his Majesty should countermand their march before the term fixed for the review of the first divifion; in that cafe, his Majefty fhall be bound to pay to his Serene Highness the levymoney for the whole corps of eight thousand men, and a double fubfidy, for one year only; that is to fay, three hundred thousand

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crowns banco, which shall be instead of the different stipulations contained in the above fourteen articles. The payment of the levy-money fhall, in fuch cafe, be made on the 8th of next month, and that of the fubfidy in quarterly payments, in one year, reckoning from the date of the fignature of the prefent treaty. But it is exprefsly agreed, that, in the mean time, this article fhall in no degree fufpend either the preparations or the payments, which it has been agreed on each fide to make.

XVI. This treaty fhall be ratified by the high contracting parties, and the ratifications thereof fhall be exchanged as foon as poffible. In witnefs whereof we, the undersigned, authorised by the full power of his Majefty the King of Great Britain, on one fide, and of his Serene Highness the reigning Landgrave of HeffeCaffel, on the other, have figned the prefent treaty, and have thereto put the feals of our arms

Done at Caffel, the 10th of April, 1793.

ELGIN,

(L. s.)

MAURITZ FRED. B. DE MUNCHAUSEN, (L. s,)
JEAN FRANÇOIS KUNCKELLS,

(L. S.)

Treaty between his Britannic Majefty and the King of Sardinia, Signed at London, the 25th of April, 1793,

HEIR Majefties, the King of Great Britain and the King of Sardinia, finding themfelves engaged in a war against France, in confequence of the most injurious acts of violence and aggreffion which they have respectively experienced from that country, their above-mentioned Majesties have agreed to make a common cause in this war, and to concert together on the means of providing for their mutual defence and fafety, as well as for the general interests of Europe.

Their above-mentioned Majesties, in confequence, have named and conftituted for this purpose, to wit, his Britannic Majefty, the most illustrious and most excellent Lord William Wyndham, Baron Grenville of Wotton, Privy Counsellor of his before-named Majefty, and his principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department; and his Sardinian Majefty, the most illuftrious and moft excellent Lord Philip de St. Martin, Count de Front, Gentleman of the Chamber to his faid Majefty, Colonel of cavalry and dragoons, and his Envoy Extraordinary to his Britannic Majefty; who, after having duly communicated their respective full powers, have agreed upon the following articles.

Article I. His Sardinian Majefty engages to keep on foot, during the whole courfe of the prefent war, an army of fifty thouand men, to be employed for the defence of his dominions, as

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