7th inftant, the diet bas again been conftantly employed in deliberating on the remaining objects pointed out by the faid court decree, and especially on the important inftructions which ought fully and clearly to prescribe not only the terms of peace, but also the manner of treating. Bourish for a long series of years, of the German empire. Since the if the electors, princes, and states, fenfible of their moral and legal obligations, and animated by a becoming public spirit, would remain faithful to their folemn profeflions. That, therefore, his Imperial majesty, having fo often and fo lately teftified his zealous attachment to the Germanic constitution, and the prefervation of all its parts, members, and rights, would act in open contradiction with his own actions and declarations, if he did not readily fanction the whole tenor of the aforesaid fecond part, which so perfectly agreed both with his paternal affection for the empire, and his duty as chief of it. Pursuant to these sentiments, thus folemnly declared by the diet, and fanctioned by his Imperial majesty, the former continued to deliberate on the imperial court decree of the 19th of May, especially concerning the concurrence of the ftates of the empire in the future negotiations for peace with France, and proposed for that purpose an extraordinary deputation, confifting of ten members of the Germanic body. His Imperial majefty, in order to promote the faid negotiations, was pleased most gracioufly to fanction this advice of the empire with his concurrence, trufting that the deputed ftates would remain faith ful to the grand fundamental law of the unity of the empire and its legal infeparability from its chief, and by co-operating with patri otic German perfeverance in the important business of a peace of the empire, would conftitutionally endeavour to fupport and promote the common interest and welfare Whilft the Germanic empire, united under its fupreme chief, endeavoured, and still endeavours, by conflitutional means, to obtain a general peace of the empire, private negociations for a feparate peace were carried on by his ferene highness the Landgrave of HeffeCassel, with a French deputy, the refult of which appears by the adjoined printed copy of a treaty of peace and amity, concluded on the 28th of August, the ratification of which is to be exchanged within a month's time, or fooner. His Imperial majesty will yet fupprefs his just feelings, roused by an event, which, on account of the above-mentioned folemn declaration of the diet of the empire, of the 3d of July, he had so little reason to expect. This event, if fome reports are to be credited, may be followed by tranfactions of a fimilar nature, whereby the defence of Germany, and the attainment of the restoration of the integrity of the empire, and safety of its conftitution, by means of a juft, reasonable, folid, and honourable peace, would be rendered more difficult, if fingle states have it in their power, at their own pleafure, thus to withdraw from the confederacy of the German empire, by feparate treaties of peace and secret articles, to feparate their intereft from the general intereft of the the empire, and to diffolve the latter into mere separate concerns. His Imperial majesty finds a confolation in propofing these very ferious confiderations and confequences, together with several others of the highest importance for the Germanic conftitution, to the patriotic deliberation of the diet, and he places in the electors, princes, and fiates, the fullest paternal confidence, that they will take the faid occurrence into that ferious confideration which its importance demands, and supply him not only with full and fatisfactory advice, concerning the light in which this treaty of amity and peace ought to be confidered, but also recommend to him the measures which it will be most adviseable to pursue, in order to maintain the German constituion, and to affert the unity, dignity and independence of the Germanic body. The diet cannot but be sensible that the deputation appointed by the late conclufum of the empire, together with the inftructions to be drawn up for the deputed states, would be altogether nugatory and ufeless, and be at best only the honour of figning the future treaty of peace, if the exifting doubts were not previously removed by means of the demanded advice; and if even other flates, who experience the disasters of war, fhould follow the examples already exifting (in the fifth article of the Heftian treaty of peace, the general peace to be concluded between France and the German empire is no longer called a general peace of the empire, but a peace to be fettled by the other parties as yet concerned in the war with France.) For this reason it becomes the more urgent, that the advice of the empire, demanded by his Imperial majesty in his quality as chief of the empire, should be delivered with all possible speed. (Signed) PRINCE OF COLLOREDO MANNSFELS. Vienna, September 18, 1795. Treaty of defenfive alliance between his Britannic Majesty and the Emperor of Germany, figned at Vienna, May 29, 1795. HIS majesty the emperor, and his majesty the king of Great Britain, being defirous to renew and to cement the ancient relations of friendship and intimacy between their crowns and their refpective dominions, as well as to provide in a folid and permanent manner for their future safety, and for the general tranquillity, of Europe, have determined, in consequence of these falutary views, to proceed to the conclufion of a new treaty of alliance: and they have nominated for that purpose, viz. his majesty the emperor, his actual privy counfellor and minifter for foreign affairs, baron de Thugut, and his majesty the king of Great Britain, Sir Morton Eden, one of his majesty's privy counsellors, knight of the bath, envoy extraordinary, and minifter plenipotentiary of his faid majesty, at the court of Vienna; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, have agreed upon the following articles: Art. 1. There shall be between his Imperial majesty and his Britannic inajesty, their heirs and fucceffors, and between all the respective dominions, provinces, and fubjects, F jects of their faid majesties, a per- be disturbed, molefted, or disqui fect and fincere good understanding, friendship and defenfive alliance. The high contracting parties shall use all their endeavours for the maintenance of their common interests, and shall employ all the means in their power to defend and guarantee each other mutually against every hoftile aggreffion. 2. The high contracting parties mall act in perfect concert in every thing which relates to the re-establishment and to the maintenance of general peace; and they shall employ all their efforts to prevent, by the means of friendly negociation, the attacks with which they may be threatened, either seseparately or conjointly. 3. In cafe either of the high contracting parties should be at tacked, molefted, or disturbed in the poffeffion of its dominions, territories, or cities whatsoever, or in the exercise of its rights, liberties, or franchises wheresoever, and without any exception, the other will exert all its endeavours to fuccourits ally without delay, and in the manner hereinafter mentioned. 4. Their Imperial and Britannic majesties reciprocally guarantee to each other, and in the most express manner, all their dominions, territories, cities, rights, liberties, and franchises whatsoever, such as they at present possess, and such as they shall possess, at the conclufion of a general peace, made by their common agreement and confent, in conformity to their mutual engagements in that respect, in the convention of the 30th of August, 1793.-And the cafe of this defenfive alliance shall exift from the moment whenever either of the high contracting parties thall 1 eted in the peaceable enjoyment of its dominions, territories, cities, rights, liberties, or franchises whatfoever, according to the state of actual poffeffion, and according to the state of poffeflion which shall exist at the above-mentioned epoch. 5. The fuccours to be mutually furnished, in virtue of this treaty, shall consist in 20,000 infantry, and 6000 cavalry, which shall be furnished in the space of two months after requifition made by the party attacked, and shall continue to be at its dispotition during the whole course of the war in which it shall be engaged. The fuccours thall be paid and maintained by the power required, wherever its ally shall employ them; but the power requiring shall provide them with the necessary bread and forage, upon the fame footing with its own troops. If the party requiring prefers, it may demand the fuccours to be furnished in money; and in that case the fuccours shall be computed at the following rate, that is to say, 10,000 Dutch florins per montk for every thousand infantry, and 30,000 Dutch florins per month for every thousand cavalry. And this money shall be paid monthly, in equal portions, throughout the whole year, If these fuccours should not fuffice for the defence of the power requiring, the other party shall augment them according as the occasion shall require, and shall even fuccour its ally with its whole forces, if the circumstances should render it neceffary. 6. It is agreed that, in confideration of the intimate alliance established by this treaty between the two crowns, neither the one or the other of the high contracting parties thall permit the vessels of merchandize belonging to its ally, or to the people or fubjects of its ally, and which shall have been taken at sea by any ships of war or privateers whatsoever, belonging to enemies or rebels, to be brought into its harbours; nor any thip of war or privateer to be therein armed, in any cafe or under any pretext whatsoever, in order to cruise against the ships and pro perty of fuch ally, or of his fub jects; nor that there be conveyed by its fubjects, or in their ships, to the enemies of its ally, any provifions, or military or naval stores, for these ends, as often as it shall be required by either of the allies, the other shall be bound to renew express prohibitions, ordering all persons to conform themselves to this article, upon pain of exemplary punishment, in addition to the full reftitution and fatisfaction to be made to the injured parties. 7. If, notwithanding the prohibitions and penalties abovementioned, any vessels of enemies or rebels should bring into the ports of either of the high contracting parties any prizes taken from the other, er from its fubjects, the former shall oblige them to quit its ports in the space of twenty-four hours after their arrival, upon pain of seizure and confiscation; and the crews and paffengers, or other prifoners, fubjects of its ally, who shall have been brought into the faid ports, shall immediately after their arrival be restored to their full liberty with their ship and merchandize, without any delay or exception. And if any vessel whatfoever, after having been armed or equipped, wholly or partially, in the ports of either of the allies, should be employed in taking prizes, or in committing hoftilities against the subjects of the other, fuch vessels, in case of their returning into the faid ports, shall, at the requifition of the injured parties, be seized and confiscated for their benefit. The high contracting parties do not intend that the ftipulations in these two articles should derogate from the execution of anterior treaties actually exifting with other powers; the high contracting parties not being, however, at liberty to form new engagements hereafter to the prejudice of the faid ftipulations. 8. Their Imperial and Britannic majesties engage to ratify the prefent treaty of alliance, and the ra tification thereof shall be exchanged in the space of fix weeks, or fooner if it can be done. In witness whereof, we the underfigned, being furnished with the full powers of their Imperial and Britannic majesties, have figned the present treaty in their names, and have caused the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Vienna, the 20th day of May, 1795. (L. S.) (L.S) LE BARON DU THUGUT, Separate Article. In cafe the establishment, in general limited, of the land forces of Great Britain should not permit his Britannic majesty to furnish, within the term specified, the fuccour in men ftipulated by the 5th article of the present treaty of alliance, and that confequently his Imperial majetty should be obliged te to fupply that fuccour by an equal number of other troops, to be taken into his pay, the confidence which the emperor reposes in the friendship and equity of the king of Great Britain' leaves him no room to doubt but that his Britannic majesty will readily grant him an indemnification for the difference, which, according to a just valuation at the time, shall exist hetween the expences of the taking into pay and subsittence of those troops, and the estimate in Dutch florins, which, in order to avoid every delay of discussion, has been adopted in the above-mentioned 5th article, in conformity to the eftimate contained in ancient treaties. The separate article, making part of the treaty of alliance, signed this day in the name of their Imperial and Britannic majesties, fhall have the fame force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the faid treaty of alliance. In witness whereof, we, the un derfigned, being furnished with the full powers of their Imperial and Britannic majesties, have in their names figned the present separate article, and have caused the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto, Done at Vienna, the 20th of May, 1795. (L. S.) LE BARON DU THUGUT. Separate Article. Their Imperial and Britannic majesties thall concert together upon the invitation to be given to her Imperial majesty of all the Ruffias, in order to form, by the nnion of the three courts, in consequence of the intimate connecfions which exift already between them, a system of triple alliance, proper for the re-establishment and maintenance in future of peace and general tranquillity in Europe. This article shall have the fame force as if it were inserted in the present treaty. In witness whereof, we the undersigned, being furnished with the full powers of their Imperial and Britannic majesties, have in their names figned the present separate article, and have caufed the seals of our arms to be affixed thereto, Done at Vienna, the 20th of May, 1795. (L.S.) MORTON EDEN, (L. S.) LE BARON DU THUGUT. Treaty of defenfive alliance between bis Britannic Majesty and the Emprefs of Russia. Signsd at St. Petersburgh, February 18, 1795. IN the name of the Most Holy Trinity. His Britannic majesty, and her majesty the empress of all the Ruffias, animated with a defire equally fincere to strengthen more and more the ties of friendship and good understanding which so happily fubfift between them and their refpective monarchies, have thought that nothing would more effectually contribute to this falutary end than the conclufion of a treaty of defenfive alliance, concerning which they should occupy themselves forthwith, and which should have for basis the ftipulations of fimilar treaties which have already been heretofore concluded, and have made the objects of the most intimate union between the two empires. For this purpose their said majesties have named for their plenipotentiaries, |