and according to the effective state as fhall then be verified. All the camp neceffaries, as likewife all the horfes, waggons, draft-horfes, valets de bat, and waggoners, who may be neceffary for the troops, as well for transporting the equipages, provifions, ammunition, utenfils, fick, and other objects of every kind, as for the field-pieces, with their implements, and artillery men, fhall be furnished by his Britannic majefty wherever they may be wanted.

4. Befides the levy-money ftipuJated in the preceding article, his Britannic majefty fhall cause to be paid to every officer, as alfo to every one employed, not a fighting man of equal rank, the fum of three months pay according to his rank, and upon the fame footing as his national troops, in order to facilitate the expence of his private equipment, which payment fhall be made immediately after the fignature of the prefent treaty.

5. His majesty the king of Great Britain engages himself, in like manner, to pay to the ferene Landgrave an annual fubsidy during the fix years this treaty is to continue. This fubfidy fhall commence from the day of the fignature, and it hall be paid at the rate of eighty thoufand crowns banco per annum. The payment of this fubfidy fhall be made regularly, without abatement, every quarter, to the agent of his highness in London.

luments, as well ordinary as extraordinary, attached to every rank on the fame footing that he allows them to his British troops in the different places of their destination; and for this purpose the statements of payment fhall be annexed to the prefent treaty. 2. Medicines and fuftenance for the fick and wounded, with a place and the neceffary means of conveyance wherein they may be treated and taken care of, precifely on the fame footing as the national British troops, by their own phyficians and furgeons. The pay thall commence from the day of the review, according to the effective state in which the faid corps fhall be delivered, which fhall be verified by a table, figned by the respective minifters of the high contracting parties, which fhall have the fame force as if it had been inferted word for word in the prefent treaty,

7. As in the before-mentioned table the ftrength of each compa ny, of which four make a battalion, amounts to one hundred and fixtythree foldiers, it must be observed, that in this number are comprised feven men unarmed, intended, accerding to the established custom in the Heflian fervice, to ferve as fervants to officers; and it is agreed upon that thefe men thall neverthelefs pafs mutter as foldiers in every refpect.

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the said review ten fupernumerary men per company, to fupply the place of deferters on the march; fo that, in cafe, on the arrival of the corps at the port, the number of fupernumeraries fhall exceed that of the deferters, the remainder may be diftributed amongst the battalions, and added to the amount, in order to increase, in fuch cafe, the levy money, pay, &c. and his highnefs engages himself moreover to cause the faid corps to be efcorted by a detachment of cavalry, in order to pick up deferters, procure quarters, &c. &c. it being well underftood that the expences, as well of the march as of the return of the detachment of cavalry, fhall be defrayed by his majefty.

9. All the objects of pay and maintenance fhall be calculated according to the table of the annual review, fo that the vacancies happening from one review to another hall not make any alteration in the ftate of payment. His majefty fhall cause these objects to be paid in advance from two to three months, either by affignments payable in favour of the Heffian commiffioner upon whatever cheft of his majefty may be nearest to the faid commiffion, or in ready money to his ferene highness's agent in London.

10. A fresh review fhall take place regularly every year. His majefty thall give three months notice of the number of recruits neceffary to complete the corps, which number fhall be fixed according to the official report of the first day of April, fo that the recruits fhall be ready to be delivered to the English commiffary the ift day of July, at the place of the first review, or one month after, at fuch port in Ger

many, or at fuch place on the frontiers of the empire, as his majesty may chufe for their reception. The form of their delivery fhall be deemed to be that of the new review, and the total of the number of effective men remaining, according to the report of the month of April, added to that of the recruits delivered to the British commiffary, fhall be confidered as the effective fate of the new period, and fhall not vary until the review of the following year.

11. There fhall be paid, for each recruit, armed, equipped, difciplined, and exercifed, the fum of twenty crowns banco; and his highnefs the Landgrave takes upon himself the expences of tranfport to the place of embarkation, as well as of escort, which are to be reimbursed by his Britannic majefty.

12. As during the continuance of this treaty, it will neceffarily occur, that officers or foldiers, either for family reasons, on account of preferment, or for fickness, will be obliged to return home, his majefty takes upon himifelf the expences of their transport in the two former cafes, as far as the frontiers of the empire, and in the latter to their own country; his highness promnifes, in return, to replace the noncommiflioned officers and foldiers to whom he may give permiffion to return for any other reafon than that of fickness, at his own expence, and without requiring the confideration for recruits fixed in the preceding article, referving to himself nothing but the transport from the frontiers of the empire unto the place of their deftination.-Moreover, his highness will never recal an officer or foldier without urgent K 2

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caufe, or without having acquainted his majefty thereof; and he will take care that the number of officers fhall be always complete.

13. The moft ferene Landgrave being at the charge of furnishing the faid corps with arms and cloathing, in confequence of the pay upon the footing of English troops, as agreed upon in thefe articles, his majefty fhall caufe indemnification to be made for fuch lofs only in cloathing, arms, and accoutrements, as fhall be occafioned by fome accident of war or voyage; as well as for every expence incurred in the tranfport of the feveral articles to the troops, and alfo of every thing they may ftand in need of. It being well understood that the aforefaid articles fhall be delivered to the English commiffary at the fame time as the recruits of the year, in order that the fame veffel may convey both.

14. In cafe an officer fhall lofe his equipage, either on his rout or by fome accident of war, his majefty fhall grant him the fame indemnification as English officers are allowed in fimilar cafes.

15. As foon as his ferene highnefs fhall have put the corps in a ftate to march, within the term agreed upon, he shall be confidered as having fulfilled his preliminary engagements; fo that the payment of the levy money, fubfidy, and pay fhall take place according to the aforefaid determination, even in cafe his majefty, on account of fome unforeseen event, fhould not think proper to have the corps reviewed, or to cause it to march or embark.

16. If before the period of the review, his Britannic majefty fhall find himself difpofed to renounce this treaty entirely, his ferene high

nefs fhall receive, under the title of indemnification; 1ft the levy money. 2d. The equipage money allowed to the officers. 3d. Three months pay for the whole of the troops, according to the table annexed to the fecond article, &c. 4th. One year's fubfidy.

17. At the end of fix years, his Britannic majefty fhall fend back the corps at the difpofal of his highnefs, in the fame ftate in which it was taken into his fervice, and being at the entire expence of tranfport until their arrival at Darmftadt. It being understood that his majesty shall not pay the levy money for the men who may be wanting at that time, except in the cafe where he fhall have failed to inform the ferene Landgrave of it fix months before hand, in order to fave his highness the expence of a new completion. If by accident the return fhould be retarded, the treaty fhall be tacitly prolonged for one year, in every respect, and a certain fum fhall be agreed upon as an equivalent for levy money, in proportion to the prefent arrangement.

18. If his majefty fhould think proper, after the expiration of the fix years fixed for the duration of this treaty, to keep the faid corps for fome years longer, his highnels confents to it beforehand; and as it will be then only neceffary to make an arrangement refpecting the levy and equipage-money for the officers, which will be calculated according to the proportions of the prefent treaty.

19. His ferene highness referves to himself the jurifdiction over his troops, as well as all difpofitions refpecting, promotion, difcipline, and interior administration.

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20. His Britannic majefty grants to his highness the fum of 15,000l. fterling, to answer the first expences of equipping this corps; payment of which fhall be made immediately after the fignature of this treaty, and fhall be carried to the account of levy-money.

21. Deferters fhall be faithfully delivered up on both fides, and neither the foldiers, nor any other perfons belonging to the corps of Heffe Darmstadt, fhall be permitted to fettle in the dominions of his Britannic majefty.

In witnefs whereof, we the under figned, authorised by the full power of his majetty the king of Great Britain on one fide, and of his ferene highness the reigning Landgrave of Heffe Darmstadt, on the other, have figned the prefent treaty, and have caufed the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Frankfort, this 10th day of June, 1796.

(L. S.) C. CRAUFURD.

(L. S.) C. B. DE BARKHAUS.

Letter from Sir Gilbert Elliot, Viceroy of Corfica, to the governor of Porte Forrajo.

fame defign upon the fortrefs of Porto Ferrajo, hoping, by fuch means, to facilitate the defigns that they meditate against the kingdom of Corfica. These circumftances have determined us to prevent the defigns of the enemies of the king, who are equally hostile to his royal highnefs, by placing at Porto Ferrajo, a garrifon capable of defending that place; our only intention being to prevent that fortrefs, and the whole island of the Elbe, from being taken poffeflion of by the French. We invite and request you, fir, to receive the troops of his majefty, which will appear before the place, under the following conditions:

1. Porto Ferrajo and its dependencies fhall remain under the government of the grand duke. The Tufcan flag fhall not ceafe to be respected, and the adminiftration thal not be altered in any respect; perfons, property, and the religion of all the inhabitants fhall be refpected. The English commanders fhall be careful that their troops obferve ftrict discipline.

2. The officers and foldiers compofing the Tufcan garrifon, shall continue to do duty, if they think proper. All perfons employed in civil or military capacities fhall be continued in their employments, if they conduct themselves properly.

3. The preceding conditions fhall be exactly obferved, and with the utmost good faith, as far as fhall be confiftent with the fafety of the place.

4. We promife, in the name of his majefty, in the most folemn manner, to let his majesty's troops retire, and to put the place into the hands of his royal highness in its prefent ftate, when a peace K3

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takes place, or immediately after all danger of a French invafion is at an end

If you refufe, fir, to agree to propofitions fo conformable to the intereft of his royal highnefs, and which are fo just and necessary to our fafety, the officer who is charged with the expedition, has orders and power fufficient to force the place; in which cafe the poffeffion of it will not be limited by any condition.

Not doubting but that prudence and attachment to the true interefts of his royal highness will induce you to confent to the only expedient which can fave Porto Ferrajo, and preferve the island of the Elbe from the most cruel fcourge.

I have the honour, with the utmoft regard and efteem, &c.

Articles propofed by the Governor and town of Porto Ferrajo, and accepted the 10th July by the commander of the English troops.

ART. 1. The English troops fhall be received into the place, and the conditions, regulated by his excellency the viceroy, Elliott, fhall be fully obferved, so that nothing may alter the law of neutrality impofed upon Tuscany, and which should be inviolably maintained.

2. Whenever troops or fhips of nations at war fhall appear before the city or port, neither the garrifon nor any inhabitant fhall be bound to take up arms, either in favour of the English or any other party.

3. The island of the Elbe, and efpecially Porto Ferrajo, being in want of provifions, the commanders of the English troops fhall take

care to fend all neceffary provifions for the inhabitants to purchase, in order that they may not be expofed' to perith by famine.

4. The people of Porto Ferrajo being very numerous, and having but few houfes, it will not be poffible to lodge the English foldiers in private houses. They flatter themselves the commanders will have the goodnefs to take this obje& into confideration.

5. As the arrival of the Britannic troops has been fudden and unforeseen, the commanders are entreated to agree to a convenient time for preparing quarters and neceffary lodgings.

Proclamation by Gordon Forbes, major general and commander in chief of all his Britannic Majefty's forces at St. Domingo, to all the planters of the Spanish part of the faid Ifland.

SPANISH PLANTERS,

YOUR king has ceded to the aЯual government of France the vaft and rich territory occupied and cultivated by your forefathers and you upwards of three centuries. This treaty is on the point of being carried into execution; commiffioners fent by the executive directory are already arrived in your colony, and prepare the deftruction of your property in the fame manner as they have effected it in the rich French colony contiguous to yours. Beware, brave Spaniards, of the treacherous infinuations of thofe enemies of all moral and religious principles, which form the batis of focial life. High minded, loyal, and generous, like your forefathers, you want but a hint of what awaits you. Zealously attach

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