holder entered into the poffeffion of thofe offices in 1766, and was reinftated therein in 1788; engaging to maintain that form of government against all attacks and enterprizes, direct or indirect, of whatfoever nature they may be. IV. The fuccours mentioned in the fecond article of this treaty of defenfive alliance, fhall confift, on the part of his Britannic Majefty, of eight thousand infantry, two thousand cavalry, twelve ships of the line, and eight frigates; and, on the part of the States General, of five thousand infantry, one thoufand cavalry, eight fhips of the line, and eight frigates; which refpective fuccours shall be furnished in the space of two months after requifition made by the party attacked, and fhall remain at its difpofal during the whole continuance of the war in which it fhall be engaged, whilst thofe fuccours (whether fhips and frigates, or troops) shall be paid and maintained by the Power of whom they shall be required, wherever its ally fhall employ them. V. In cafe the ftipulated fuccours fhould not be fufficient for the defence of the Power requiring them, the Power to whom requifition fhall be made shall fucceffively augment them, according to the wants of its ally, whom it shall affift, even with its whole force, if circumftances fhould render it neceffary; but it is exprefsly agreed, in all cafes, that the contingent of the Lords the States General shall not exceed ten thoufand infantry, two thousand cavalry, fixteen ships of the line, and fixteen frigates. VI. But as it may happen (confidering the distance of feveral of the poffeffions of the two high contracting parties) that the advantages which ought to refult to them reciprocally from the conclufion of the present treaty, may become illufory, unless measures can be taken for the mutual defence of thofe poffeffions, before their respective governors could receive orders from Europe for that purpose; it is stipulated and agreed, agreed, that in cafe either of them should be hoftilely attacked, or even menaced with an hoftile attack, in its poffeffions, whether in Africa or in Afia, by an European power, the governors of their fettlements in those two parts of the world fhall be enjoined to concert together the fuccour to be furnished, and, in cafe of need, to furnish fuch fuccour, in the most fpeedy and effectual manner, to the party attacked; and that orders to that effect fhall be expedited to the faid governors immediately after the conclufion of the prefent treaty and in cafe the two high contracting parties fhould be obliged to furnish the aforefaid fuccours, they fhall not permit the fhips of war, of what nature they may be, of the Power attacking, to enter into any of their ports in the aforefaid fettlements, until peace fhall be reftored between the party attacking, and the ally of the contracting party, unless the faid veffels be forced to take refuge there, to avoid perishing, or being fhipwrecked. VII. If it fhould happen that the two high contracting parties fhall be equally involved in a war against a common enemy, they reciprocally promise each other not to difarm but by common confent; and they fhall communicate to each other confidentially the propofals for a peace, or truce, which may be made. VIII. If the high contracting parties prefer furnishing their fuccours of troops in money, they fhall be at liberty on each fide fo to do; and then fuch fuccour fhall be computed at one hundred thousand florins, Dutch currency, per annum, for one thoufand infantry, and at one hundred and twenty thoufand florins, of the like value, for one thoufand cavalry, per annum, and in the fame proportion by the month. IX. The Power requiring fhall be obliged, whether the fhips, frigates, and troops, with which it fhall have been furnished, remain for a long or fhort time in its ports, to provide whatever they may want, at the fame price as if they belonged to fuch Power itself. It has been agreed, that the faid troops or fhips fhall not in any cafe be at the expence of the party requiring, but that they fhall nevertheless remain at its difpofal, during the whole continuance of the war in which it shall be engaged. The fuccours above-mentioned fhall, with refpect to difcipline be fubject to the orders of the chief officer who commands them; and they shall not be employed feparately, or otherwise than in concert with the faid commanding officer: with regard to the operations, they fhall be wholly fubject to the orders of the commander in chief of the Power requiring. X. It is agreed, that until the two Powers conclude a treaty of commerce with each other, the fubjects of the Republic fhall be treated, in the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, as the most favoured nation; and the fame fhall be obferved in the United Provinces towards the fubjects of his Britannic Majefty. It is however to be understood, that this article is not to extend to a diminution of the import duties payable upon linens. XI. Whereas by the fourth article of the treaty of peace, figned in the month of June, 1784, his Britannic Majefty engaged to treat with the Lords the States General for the reftitution of Negapatnam, with its dependencies, in cafe the faid Lords the States General fhould in future have any equivalent to give; and whereas their High Mightineffes have now renewed their request for obtaining that reftitution, as well as for fettling and determining precifely the fenfe of the fixth article of that treaty, concerning the navigation of British subjects in the Eastern feas; his Britannic Majefty, in order to manifeft his good-will towards the Republic, is difpofed to concur in these defires of their High Mightineffes, and even to fecure to the Republic additional and real commercial advantages in that part of the world, as foon as an equivalent for those objects can be agreed upon; in return for which his Britannic Majefty Majefty will require nothing but what is favourable to the reciprocal interefts and fecurity of the contracting parties in the Indies: and, to prevent the negotiations for fuch arrangements from retarding the conclufion of the prefent treaty, it is agreed, that they shall be begun as foon as poffible, and be concluded in the fpace of fix months from the date of the prefent treaty; and that the convention to be made thereon fhall have the fame force as if it was inferted in the treaty itself. XII. The prefent treaty fhall be ratified on each fide, and the exchange of the ratifications fhall be made in the space of fix weeks, or fooner, if it can be done. Done at the Hague, the fifteenth of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. (L. S.) James Harris. (L. S.) 7. W. Comte de Welderen. (L.S.) Charles Bigot. (L. S.) M. B. C. van Voert v. Borgel. The The AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS. 1496 to 1506. 1604. TH HERE are various commercial treaties with the Netherlands, from the Intercurfus magnus to the Intercurfus malus. Rym. Fad. vol. xii. p. 578-654711. vol. xiii. p. 6-132. Treat. 1732, vol. ii. p. 1-28. The articles of peace, intercourse, and 18 Aug. commerce, between Great Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands, concluded at London. Treat. 1732, vol. ii. p. 131. 1648. The treaty of Weftphalia, between the 30 Jan. Emperor, Spain, the States General, and Sweden. Mably, Dr. Pub. vol. i. ch. i. 1667. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 1. vol. ii. P. 335. Treat. 1785, vol. i. p. 1-44. The articles of peace, alliance, and comMay. merce, between Great Britain and Spain, ufually called, The Treaty of Madrid, which is hereafter printed, vol. ii. p. 5. 1701. The treaty between Great Britain, the 7 Sept. Emperor, and the States General, concluded at the Hague; ufually called, The Second Grand Alliance. 1713. Treat. 1732, vol. i. p. 415. Treat. 1785, vol. i. p. 326. A convention for a provifional regulation July. of trade in the Netherlands, concluded at Utrecht. 1715. The convention, made at London, relat26 July. ing to the duties payable on the impor tation |