make either peace or truce, without comprehending therein, in express words, all the above-mentioned ceffions, and without ftipulating alfo a full reftitution to the King of Sardinia of every part of his other domininions, which may have been feized or occupied in hatred of his union with the allies; provided, that the King of Sardinia fhall hold himself to be from this prefent time indemnified for the revenue which might be fo withheld from him, by that of the countries yielded and transferred to him by the prefent treaty. XII. In return, his Majefty the King of Sardinia fhall remain firmly and infeparably united and attached to the interefts and to the caufe of the allies, not only for as long as the war may laft in Italy, but to the conclufion of the peace in Germany, and of the peace between Great Britain and Spain; and this is the principal condition, and fine qua non, of the ceffions made to him above by the 9th and 10th articles of this treaty, which ceffions fhall not receive their full and irrevocable force, but from its entire accomplishment, after which the countries yielded to the faid King fhall be deemed guarantied to him by the allies for ever, as his other dominions are. XIII. And as foon as Italy fhall be delivered from enemies, and out of all apparent danger of being afresh invaded, her Majefty the Queen of Hungary fhall not only be at liberty to withdraw part of her troops, but, if the requires it, his Majefty the King of Sardinia fhall furnish her fome of his own troops, to be employed for the fecurity of her Majefty's dominions in Lombardy, that fo fhe may be able to make ufe of a greater number of her own in Germany, in like manner as, at the requifition of the King of Sardinia, the Queen of Hungary fhould cause fome of her troops to pafs into the dominions of the faid King, if it were neceffary, for defending the paffages thereof, which an enemy's army fhould undertake to force, and for delivering from enemies all the dominions of his Majefty the King of Sardinia, and freeing them from any danger of a fresh invafion. XIV. In 1748.] WITH SARDINIA. 335 XIV. In any cafe, the allies fhall not make either peace or truce, or accommodation whatsoever, with the common enemy, but in concert, and with the participation and advice one of the other, nor without the guaranty of fuch Powers as fhould have a fhare in the pacification, for the poffeffions and acquifitions of the allies, as fet forth in this treaty; and, after the conclusion of the peace, the prefent alliance fhall equally and unalterably fubfift, as well for the fecurity of its execution, as, in general, for the mutual and conftant fecurity of the allies. XV. His Majefty the King of Sardinia, and her Majefty the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, in gratitude for the generous concern of his Britannic Majefty for the public fecurity, and for theirs, and for that of Italy in particular, do not only confirm to the British fubjects the advantages of commerce and navigation, which they enjoy in their respective dominions, but promife to fecure them ftill farther to them, and, as far as it fhall be found reasonable and practicable, by a specific treaty of commerce and navigation, whenever his Britannic Majefty fhall require it of them. XVI. The Lords the States General of the United Provinces being already under the fame engagements towards the moft Serene Houfe of Auftria, and having the fame intereft with his Britannic Majefty in all the objects of the prefent treaty, the allies will jointly invite them to enter into this alliance, as a principal contracting party. XVII. The other Princes and States who have at heart the peace, the liberty, and the fecurity of Europe, of the Empire, and of Italy, and who will be willing to enter into the prefent alliance, fhall be admitted into it. XVIII. This treaty of alliance fhall be ratified by all the allies, and the ratifications of it shall be exchanged within the space of fix weeks, or fooner if poffible. In witness whereof, we the plenipotentiaries abovenamed have figned the prefent treaty with our own hands, hands, and have fet our feals with our coats of arms thereunto. Done at Worms, this day of September, one thousand seven hundred and forty-three. (L.S.) Carteret. (L.S.) Offorio. (L.S.) De Wafner. WE having seen and confidered the treaty abovewritten, have approved and ratified it in all and fingular its articles and claufes, as we do by these presents approve and ratify the fame, for ourselves, our heirs and fucceffors, undertaking and promifing, upon our Royal word, that we will religiously and inviolably perform and obferve all and fingular the things which are contained in it; and that we will never fuffer, as much as in us lies, that they be violated by any body, or that any thing be done, in any manner whatfoever, to the contrary thereof. For the greater faith and corroboration of all which, we have commanded our great feal of Great Britain to be fet to these presents, figned by the hands of our guardians and juftices of our kingdom of Great Britain, and our lieutenants in the fame. Given at Westminster, the 20th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1743, and of our reign the seventeenth. TUSCANY. 1490. T England 1667 HE firft commercial treaty between See before, all the treaties with SPAIN, from to 1667 till 1718, in this volume, page 1 to 175: 1718. and See particularly THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE, in this vol. p. 175. Part of the fifth article of this treaty is as follows: "It is further agreed, between his "Sacred Imperial Majefty and the Catholic "King, that the town of LEGHORN may, and "ought, perpetually to remain a FREE PORT, "in the fame manner as it now is."-See vol. i. P. 262. See also in this volume, p. 321, the treaty of WORMS, article SARDINIA. VOL. II. N The The TWO SICILIES. 1604 to 23 EE the feveral treaties with Spain, which comprehend the rights of Great 1648. Britain, in the Two Sicilies, in this vol. from P. I to 255. 1667. 3 The treaty of peace and commerce beMay. tween Great Britain and Spain, concluded at Madrid; which treaty comprehends at prefent The Two Sicilies. 1713. 25 Feb. 8 Mar 1736. See this treaty at large, in this vol. P. 5. The declaration and engagement concerning the rights and privileges of the British merchants in the kingdom of Sicily, made at Utrecht. See the treaty of Vienna, whereby the 1738. reigning family became poffeffed of the Two SICILIES. Rouffet's Supp. Corp. Dip. tom. iv. part. ii. p. 546-49. Mably's Dr. Pub. tom. iii. p. 86-87. [The following is printed from the copy which was published by authority in 1714.] Declaration and Engagement concerning the Rights and Privileges of the British Merchants in the Kingdom of Sicily, made at Utrecht, the Day of March, 1713. February, WHEREAS by several treaties of peace, alliance, commerce, and navigation, formerly made between the |