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R 1 11l U. 11 LOI proposed therein by his Imperial and Royal-Majesty for the regulation of the affairs of the Continent, are also adopted, in case of there being reason to hope that War may be avoided by means of .NegOtia ton. . 2 . His Majesty . the Emperor of - All the Russias confirms' the Inilitaly - 'arran - gerrients• detailed in 'the Protocol of Conferences held between the General Baron De Wintzingerode on one side, and the PrinCe De Schwarzenberg and General'Mack on the oilier, and which was signed the 16th of .July And'- his Imperial -Majesty engages StrietlY tO -fulfil the Whole ' of the measures therein at-ringed: l-- - 3 . 'His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russing engages, moreover, to efidii - Vour to prevail- on his' Britannic Majesty to consent to the Modifications . and deinands contained in the Paper entitled "Oarks 'On'ioMe - Particular Objeas of the Convention signed betweeri the Courts of Petersbtugh:and Lori (19 n the 30th March— ; tith April of tfii yOr." 4. His Majesty the Emperor of all the,49.Ssias prd inises to use hiS best :endeavourg to ettage. tannic Majesty to grant the. total amount of die s idiary demands - madehittle Court - of Vienna, - this condition nevertheless, that : in case his luiperial notv.r.ithstariding - all - his exertions should fail in the attempt, this circumstance shall oceasion 21 9 essential change- .in the n-leasures'Concerteielie • tween Russia and'Austria. . 5 . His the Emperor of all the RuSsias . et igare., as soon as the whole, or a part of thellus slo troops - shall have pasSed their. frontiers, not to treat for Peace but - upon those basiS - .which Impe rtal Majesty. has himself .acknowledged. to be iudis- Pensible for the safety of Europe - ; and when the War Shall have broken out, to make neither peace nhr a truce without the consent of the Allies, according to . the stipulations of the Concert of the 30th March -1.1 th April of this year. Undersignedone in delivering this .preliininary : Declaration, which is to be in ttie place and, have the validity of. the Most soleuin ats, to the Athbas sadOr Of Austria, is authorized to ,annoitsCe to - hint at the same time, that he is readi_tO proceed irinfie; diately, on these bases, to-die - conclusion_ ofithe for mer net of accession of the Court of Vienna to the Concert - of the 301.11 March—.-I.lth April. • - t - The present Declaration, and - that delivered in re turn by the Count De Stadion; shall be ratified by the respeftive Sovereigns in the shortest possible term, and the Ratifications ex'chanOd at St. Petersburgh. • In faith of Whieh'he I.lndersigned;.JOint-Minister for Foreign Affairs, .has . signed the:present:bee-12ra lion, has caused the seal .of his . arms to be affixed thereto : and has exchanged i; against.theDeciaration - signed this day by his Excellency the Count De Sta-' aio, n. • Done at St. Petersburgh, the 28th, Juip-7-9tJa . A 47; gust, 1805. . (Sign e d) (L.S.) Le Prince AnJl _ . . No. 11. (DJ.- (71 . ranslation.) Declaration of Prince Lzartory'siii to Lord G. L. Gower, detect St. Petersburgh, zSth I u y -gth 'A ugust, ! - The Undersigned Joint Ministerfor,Foreign,Af-. fairs, being authorised to that effete by his. Majesty the Emperor of aIT the. Russian; to his, gx 611:.;ifty the •Ambassaclor" Loid- Granville - LeYeion Gower, as flilloWs - • .` • • • - • Ist - ', The Undersigned has this day ' exchanged ivitli his 'Excellency the Aniba4Oder bf:Austria the Deelarations,- ofwhich Copies are - hereto annexed. • 2c1,• His Majesty the Emperor‘of all the Rnisias expects' that 'the Ambassador - of England • Will igree in, the name el . his Court without retierVe /to their contents; nod that if he .- dO- not cotlsiddftWnlielf gutteieirtly - authorised - -thereto, he Will eXP?&S 7 ,lkina formal declaration the several -Points imniediately assent. 3d. The' undersigned is authorised to, exchange this declaration against that which "shall be dcliver&l to him by his Excellency Lord'GranVille' - Leveson Gower. • •' ira The preSent declaration; =l6-that delivered; in re turn -by thetAintiasiadar' • of Eti'gland; which are to be in the place and to have the•validity of the most - , s — olealn:a6t; shall be 'ratified by the respeeliVe - -SO've4. feigris, c andthe ratifications exchanged at 'Si."Nier lintrgh in the shortest possible term. i•v hi ch , flue iindeisigned`~oin IS ter for Foreign AffiiTs has. the : Present r dec. 4 la a -00-0 • .e:)K i lrg•s.cauSecif to be : - .ltfixed to . it th , s.df As • arms, ancl - lias exchanged it agaiOst,the:, e .eclar4 koji, ts'-day by •hig%idelleney the.Arnbassador:of gr.gland, • . Done at St. PeterSburgh, the - 2.8 - th'olJuly 1805. ir e „ • kl-d. 0.) 11.1INC.q,ETwiy.5.14? •_..; No. 11. (E.)--Translation. , : - Declaration signed by hes Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburgh; and delivered toTrince.C.zariariski and to Count De Stadion. gth August, eS6S; " The Undersigned Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of his ,Britannic Majesty having been invited by his Excellency the Prince Czartoryski, Joint-Minister for • Foreign Affairs,i'and the-Count De Stadion, AMbassador Extraordinary and Plenipo, tertiary of his . Imperial and Apostolie,Majesty, to accede to the-Declarations reciprocally exchanged between the ts.yo Imperial Cburts ,on this day. the gth Aug. in virtue of his full powers declares as follows : • The Several'observations and proposalsiexpressed by:the Court of Vienna in the preliminary Deelarar tion delivered by, the Vice-Chancellor of the Court and : State, the;Count De Cobentzel, to the Ambas sador Count Razouniofsky, on the 7th •of July, and in the Menzoire Raisonnix of ifie'ctSt• of July, are as sumed by his Majesty 'the King of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Bc.e. &c. to .serve as a basis for the concert of measures between the ' three Courts of London, Vienna, and St. Peters burg!' ; and the modifications proposed therein, for the regulation of the affairs of the Continent, are in like manner adopted; in case there should be reason to hope that War may be avoided , by the means of Negotiation. ..The British Ambassador, while he declares that his positive instructions preclude him from acceding to the pecuniary demands of the Court of Vienna,en-- gages in the name of his Sovereign, that the month ly Subsidies agreed to by the Concert of the 30th March-11th April, shall be payable from the Ist of 06tober, 1805. He engages likewise to advance, with the least possible delay, the egnivaleilt of five Months Subsidies, under the head Premiere pise en canipcgne, with this express condition, that his Bri tannic Majesty may reclaim whatever payments shall hrr-,-, been made in favour of his'lmperial and Royal beyond the million stipulated by. the 1 tth -• • • whether as pre;nie;enilse'eV :-. Snip : pie r rent Subsidy, in case thaf the,neotiations, which are about to be set on foot \i'ith . the French govern merit, do not terminate inwar. He declares-moreover, thatiif the said negotiations lhall not 'be brought to a conclusion before the 3 ist day of December, 1805; the cxpiratidn Of the tir6t: three mdnths shall be the term of the payments which are to be continued Monthly until the cm niencemenf of hostilities. • • • • • • ,• His imperial and • Reyal Majesty .haring entratred I —to ernbodyin armed force of ss than 3'10; 0 men, .t 1 .1: Undersigned . consents, that the ; advance i to he- made., under the head preinier anise en cnm pagne, shrill be 7 17- - ald -according to this • calculation, with this condition nevertheless; that . if Contrary to all exPe T aidn the.AuStriart . Aiiies do; not amount ,to the'foree above •specified his Britannic' Majesty Ini2y dedua-from this •payinefit a'surn proportionate i t“he'iiiirribers that are waiting. The liiitgii• - AmbasSador cannot consent to the tnediticatithis - iiiid-dernands contained in -the Paper, " Remarks on softie P:lrti6ular Objects 'of tli&Corrvention' si . ined•betwe . en the Courts of Pe tekburgh and of London, the 30th March-1 ith of ;April this year;" as•he has hitherto received no in his Court which authorize Ern to accede to such demandS." • , The BritiSh Ambassador accepts the accession of I his. Majesty the Emperor and King; under the dOn ditiOns specified in the preliniinary declaration ex Changed this day between the Plenipotentiarici; of their Itnperialnd Royal Majesties,' with this fe,rth2l reservation, that this acceptation shall not . be con sidered as valid, _nor the above-mentioned engage ments obligatory; unless thee — Conti of Vienna shall dn . :their Side conform themNelvei to the whole of-the stipulations of the' Said Act, .r ' " The Undersigned, in delivering'to his Excellency Prince Czartb'eyski, and CoLint De Stadion*, the pre sent preliminary deelaration, which is to be in the place and have the Validity of the Most soletnn,Treaty, is authorised to announce to him at the !•:tme that he is *,re*Atfritc; prdceea immediately, on* these basis, to the conclusion Of - the fo'rmal Aa of Acces sion of the Court . of Vienna' to the Concert of the 30th of March--ci ith April. TheSe presents • shall' be *ratified by the respetaive Court& in the shorteSt possible term. • • •-"' •' lu witness whereof the Undersigned, by iirtife bt the 'full.pmiers of his Britafinic.Mnjesty, Iris* signed the present pieliminary'Declaration, and 'AaS'atiixed thereto tlie Se-al of hiS arms: t. . ' . l)one at: 'St. 'Petersburgh, the 28th July-=9th August, 1805. Ldp - GRANVILLE LEVESOIsi'G,owEp.. „ -t()';ft/i N9 r . 111 .7-(Trand.at'fon,) Preliminary and Secret Convention,.between Ills Majesty and the Kiag.pf SvpNeti, signed at Stockholm, I9ec. 3, I* o 4. His . .MajgfitN.tite ! King of-the tinited.Kingdom of Great Britain,anddlrejan.l, and his. Majesty the King of Sweden,, being-aniznated : With mutual desire to strengthen and-d 6 raw.closer the ties of friendship and harmony which,, so happily exist between : the two Courts, haying ( tilonght .proper. with_ this • view, to regulate, by a preliminary and secret Convention, certain points:oftheir mutual in terests.relative to - the preent siinatico otaffairs, their said. Majesties have pm.* .41, for that i ritArpo§e, hid Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Sieur i klenry .Vierrepont, ,his Envoy ExtraOrdjnary arvititnisturi,Fleniptnentiary, and ,his Majesty the King of Sweden ; .„tliedSior . Frederic ll 7 ,Ehrenheim, Prestdp , of_his j c : lvenaery, and Commander of his orde,r.of.che'RfAar Star, who,, after having recipro cally,cotyrnAlicateci their full ,powers, have agreed upon timf,9l.l9w 4 iDg Articles : . Art. I. His Britannic Majesty,jn•order to enable his SwediSlVlVlitjestkrit ore- - effeafrally to provide for the defetibiEfrOf'Stralsund; against any attack 'what ever-on 'the Tart .of the -.French; 'engiiges 40 . pay, once for!till; the:sitiwof Sixty-Thousand . POUnds sterling, which' is td be appropriated'soAy . to'that . pUrpose.; this 'sum shall 116 t*mitted in three *payments-, 'at the interval , of a . tilonth'hetwven each, the first of which is - •tb beCome-dde upon the ratification Of till's .- Con cention 'Nit; Majesty-The- King, of- Sweden en- Idng as . •:the War between Sweden ant Frifnee Continuei,• oi;'driring the; spade of eighteen tifith446r•the'least:, 'to 'permit the'establishinent of Swedish‘Tomeran-ia, either at Stralsund, - et" in the Island of ;Itiigen, or in both those places; for sthe'Llorps .jof Harroterians Which his Britannic Majestj; be desirods of raising there: -The Officers appointed to raise the said LeVieeShAir be allowed to clothe, arni and ViCtualth Om; to form theth info -battalions;, and to remove them out of Sw'cdish'Ponierania into such places; 'and' in such -prdpbrtions; as his Britannic Majesty shall judge proper. A rt.IV. The stipulations - of the two preceding Arti cles beingfounded on the principle that Sweden is ac tually a'cleal . rea . Belligerent Party; it is understood that the said Articles IL and 111. are. to be suspended' in their operation until his. SwediSh Majesty shall find , himself, by the return_ of the open season, in a situation :to,,send additional:reinforcements, into Po merania, in so• much that no measure relative to these dispositions can be adopted before that time. Art. V. His Majesty the -King of Sweden, engages , Moreover to grant to the Subjeets• of his Britannic Majesty, during the continuance of the War' be tween Great i Britain and France, the right of an entrepot at Stralsund; for all the articles of the ' growth, produce and merchandize, as well of Great Britain as of 'her Colonies, shipped' in British or Swedish ISsels. All such articles intended for re expbrtoton; Whether by sea or land, shall only pay a dutyof three quarters per cent. 'ad valorem ; and those for consumption, such duties only'as are ac tually established at the port of Stralsund, with re speet to the most favoured nations. A more detail ed arrangement of this branch of commerce, as like wise-of ether points whereby the commercial inte. rests of the two nations might be more closely con, need, is to be reserved for a particular A&. Art. VI. His Majesty the King of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of Sweden, mutually engage to ratify the present A&, and the Ratifications thereof shall be ex changed in the space of six -weeks or sooner', if possible, to be computed froth . the day'of 'signa ture. • la witness whereof. We, the - Undersigned, fur nished with the full powers of our ropetstive • • l•a, 4.11. ~.1‘.1.11 V toll 1.1 , J11A Glib lark affixed th - c Seal 6t. our Arms. .Done at Stockholm, this.3d Dec.. i 804 .- .(L.S.) I ) IERREPOItT: (L.S.) F. D'EIiIiHNHCIIII. No. I V.—(Translation.) Convention between his Majesty and the King of Sweden, signed at Ilelsingborg, the 31st August, 18cs. His Majesty .the King.of the United Kingdom of Great.Britaiti and- Ireland, and his Majesty the King of Sweden, , animated with equal desire to contribute by all the means : which_ Providence has placed at their disposal, to putan end to the Misfortunes which disturb the peac.e„ . of :Europe, and particularly con vinced of the urgency of securing the forlified places in the North - of Germany against 'all hostile enter prize, have agreed to'enter into stipplatiens for that purpose,, by a vpaitaQ,Convention, in addition to. the, Preliminary and, Secret one concluded between them on the 3d of DeeeMbei last ; for which pur pose their Said Majesties shay& chosen and named for their Plenipotentiaries, viz. his,Majesty the King. of the United Kingdom of .Great Britain and'lreland, the 'Flonotitable Henry Pierrepoint, his Envoy Es traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary with his Swedish; Majesty ; and. his Majesty the, King of Sweden, the Sicur John Christopher Baron De Toll, a Lord of the Kingdom of Sweden, Gevernor-Ge nol-al of the Duchy of Scania, General of Cavalry, in Armies, Chief of the Regiment of Carbineers of Scania, 'Knight and Commander of his Orders,' and Knight Of all the Russian Ordets, who'have agreed upon the following Articles : Art. I. The Preliminary and Secret Convention concluded between etlie two Sovereigns, on the •3d December, 1804, is renewed, and shall Continue iii` full force an'd validity during ,the period herein after specified in Article Art. IL.,His Majesty the. King of Great Britain, conceiving that the objed stated in the preamble can not 'be More completely attained, with reSpea t e e Sweisie Pomerania,' than by maintaining the fortress of . A i - alsurid in a respeftable state of defence, in or der to preserve a rallying point and place of retreat for the forces of the Allied Parties, and especially for the troops of the Emperor of ail the Russias; in case his ImPerial Majesty should be: desirous of landing his forces at that place, in ordettn co-operate in the general plan, engages_to pay- monthly the sum of one thousand . eight . hundred pounds sterling .for every thousand men' of regular troops with which his Swedish Majesty shall reinforce the usual garri-; 'son Of the' City of Stralsund, Art. llLAgarrison of eight thousand men in the whole, 'being deerned sufficient for the defence of this. place, and the usual garrison, including, the Burgher Militia, amounting ,to upwards of fenr thou sand; it is understood that the reinforeementsspoken of in the preceding Article_ shall not eiceed four thousand men of regUlar troops, so that the Subsi dieS to be furnished by his Majesty the King of Great BritaidwiThathount to the sum of seven thou sand 11-vo hundred pounds sterling per month. Art. IV. The paymenteof the above-mentioned Subsidies shall be made before the end Of every Month, and'shall be computed - from the first day of July last, for the Swedish troops, amounting to fif teen hundred men; aanally in - Stralsund, and for the reinforcements which may arrive there, from the day of their landing. , Art. V. The two High Contra&ing Parties not having been able to agree upon the expenses of transport, his Majesty the King of Sweden, desir ous of acferding e a convincing proof of his wish to contribute to the success of thesommon cause, en gages to be at . tbe, sole charge of conveying to Po- Merania the troops which are to be sent there, in pur suance, of the present Convention, and not to require any thing for their return. Art.' VI. His Majesty ; the Emperor of all, the RusSias having signified his deSire 'to land apart of his troops in Pomerania, his . Swedish Majesty en gagese in consequence of the 'present Convention, to afford every facility in his poWer to such disem barkation, and moreover- to enter into particular stipulations with his Imperial Majesty on that head. Art. VII. As the conditions of the obligations Contained in the Articles IL and 111. of the Preli minary and Secret Convention, limit the enjoyment of the prevaleges' therein granted to the King of Great Britain, to the duration Of the War between Sweden and France, or to the period of eighteen 'months for the least ; and his Britannic Majesty not having availed himself' of the stipulations of the above-mentioned. two Articles, His Majesty the King of Sweden engages to extend them, as long as the Subsidies fixed by the , present Convention shall be discharged 'byii Great Britain, and whilst that Power shall continue the War against France, in cenjunktion with .Russia. Art. VIII. The ratifications of the present Con vention shall be exchanged- at Stockholm, within Six Weeks, or sooner, if possible. • 'ln Witness'whereof we the' Undersigned, in vir tue of our powers, .have signed the present Conven tion, and haVe affixed thereto the seals of our arms. Done at Helsingborg, the 31st August, 1805. (was signed) (L. S.) HENRY PIERREPONT. (L. S.) J. C. BARON Da Toes.. No. IV. (A:)—('frans'lation.) At of Guarantee by the Emperor'. of Russia, of the Conven, lion signed at Ilelsingtorg on the 3d.lleceinber; 1304. • A.. Convention having been concluded this day, by the intervention of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, between his 'Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain -and Ireland, and his'Majesty the King of Sweden, to provide for the reinforcement of the gartisen of Stralsund, in pur suance of the secret and preliminary Convention of the 3 . d December, 1804 the two High contraaing Parties have amicably requeSted his Imperial Ma jesty to consent.to guarantee the execution of se de sirable an objeet. His Majesty the Emperor cf all the Russias has accordingly willingly agreed to a measure which tends solely to so salutary an end ; and, having theieunto furnished us'. - with his tin! powers, we, the Undersigned, Envoy ExttaorOinary and Minister Plen,ipotentiary- of his Imperial _Majesty, declare and assure by this !:resent Ad, in virtue of our full powers, that his Majesty the Emperor ofall the Bt;ssias guarantees the Cenvention which has been. siened this day between Ins Majesty the King Of the United Kingdom of Great Witain and Ireland, and his Tv'njesty. the king of S,':eden, in all its ex= tent, as well vith the Leo sep.ti.t;e Articles which are annexed to it, and which form part of the same, as °fall the other conditions, clauses, and stipulations il/C4l ale COtlialllea, tnerell,l, in tne best posiibie fOrm ; and that his Imkrial Majesty will cause to be w forarded and delivered the particular Ratifidation of this as of guarantee. - . • - In thith of wliich, we .have signed the present ,kt, and have caused the seal of our arms to be therei to affixed; and exchantred- it against the -alts Of ac. 7 eeptation ; As shall be likewise exchanged the cations of the present a& against the ratilicationiof . _ the said atis of acceptation, in the space of six wo4!:' , or sooner, if possible. _. .... . . . Done at Helsingborg, this 31st day of Aug. 1805 . ; . (L. S.) k D. ,24oPEus. • ' No. IV. (13 )—(Translation ) Acceptance by his Majesty of the Russian Guarantee to thC „ Treaty of Heisingoorg, of 31st August, I S o s. A Convention having been concluded this day, b; the intervention-of his Majesty-the Emperor •of all. the 'Russias; between 'his Majesty the Kino - of the . United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. lncl' his Majesty the King of Sweden, to provide th& reinforcement- of the Garrison of Stralsund, in pur-' stianceof the Secret and Preliminary Convention of the 3d December, 1804 ; -and his said Impetial jesty having also granted,, at the request of the High Contrafting Parties, his guarantee to all the stipu lations contained in the said Convention, the Under signed, Etivoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of his Majesty the. King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, receives with ackndwledgment the A&- of Guarantee which has been delivered to him this day, in the name of his Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, by his voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary', and declares at the same time that his Britannic Alajesty will cause to be forwarded and delivered the Ratfi cations of -this Mt of Acceptatibm In filth of which, the undersigned Minister Pleni potentiary has Signed this present A&, and' has caused the seal of his arms to be thereto affixed, and has exchanged it against the Aft-of Gnifrantee above mentioned ; as shall also be exchanged, the Ratifica tions of the present AI against the Ratifications of , the said A& of Guarantee within the space of six weekS, or Sooner, if possible. Done at Helsingborg, this 31st day of Aug. t 305. (Signed) (L.S.)" PIERREPONT : . . No. IV. (C.—(Translation). First Sepa Article.of the Convention of Heisingborg, , • • - • • signed 31stAtrgtist, 1805. . • . His Majesty the King of. the United. Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelank and 'his Majesty the King Of Sweden, have agreed, by the presentSeparat and Additional'Article, ;that the • Subsidies fixed by the second and third Articles of the Convention, signed this day, shall continue to be paid by Great Britain, during_ihe continuance of the War between tha Power. and France, conjointly with Russia, or as long as the state of Of3irs and the operations of the Allies shall require tLit the Fortress of Stralsuud kept in arespeetable state of defence, unless the two High, Contrafting Parties shall mutually consent tA the cessation of such Subsidies. In both cases, if the term of their payment should happen when the sea is innavigable, his Britannic Majesty engages, nevertheless, to continue their payment, according to the-same rate as heretofore, till the day of the re turn; of. the Swedish troops into Pomerania, which shall take pi ce by the earliest Opportunity. This Separate Article shall have the satne force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the Convention signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time. In faith of which, we, the Undersigned, by vir--- tue.of our fall powers, have signed the present Se parate Article, and have caused the Sejl. our . Arkri3 to be affixed thereto. . _ Done at Helsingborg the , 3lst day of Aug. 1805. (Signed) , (L.S.) HENRY PIERREPONT. (L.S.) T. C. BARON DE TOLL. No. IV. (D.)—(Translation.) - .. Second Separate Article of the Convention of ileisingborg, signed Aug. Si t 1805. The Hanoverian troops, which (in pursuance of the - stipulations - of the Second" and . Third .Artides 61.* the Secret and Preliminary Convention of the 3d - of Dec. 1804, renewed by the Seventh Article of the Present Convention) may be hereafter assembled in Swedish Ponnerania, shall continue, as long as they remain in that Province, underthe: supreme: tirtieri; of the Commander in Chief -of . the united,forces, without any violation of the rights established in the three above-mentioned Articles: This Sellarate Article shall have the same' force and validi n ty,'as if it were inserted: word for .word in . the Convention signed this day, and shall be ratitiel at the same time. In faith of which we, the Undersigned, by virtue of oar full powers, have signed 'the present Separatz; Article, and have caused the seal of our Arms to be thereto affixed. Done at Helsingborg, this 31st day' of August; 1805. (L.S.) HENRY PIEREEPONT: (L.S.) T. E. BARON DE TOLL. No. V. (Translation). Treaty between his Majesty and. the King of Sweden;signed at Beckascog, 3d O&ther, titos. In the name of the Most Holy and undivided Trinity , His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and, his Majesty the King of Sweden, in pursuance of the ties of friendsh' i , and pod understanding by which they are at per - sent so happily united, deSirous of establi3hiwy more direct communication upon every thinfr which relates to the present War, which the Frenchovern - meat has excited against several Powers, by rue-aF.ureS' equally unjust and offensive; and by conduait self upon principles incompatible with the secwity and tranquillity of every independent State; their said 141ajesties have judged proper to concert toge ther upon the means of opposing a sufficient bar rier to the misfortunes which menace the whole of Europe., In consequence they have choSen anti named for their Plenipotentiaries, videlicit, His Ma jesty the King of the tlnitedltingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, the Honourable. Henry Pierre:, point, his Envoy' Extraordinary and Minister• Pleni potentiary to' his Swedish Majesty ; and his Majes ty the King, of Sweden, the Sieur Christopher ran De Toll, a Lord of the Kingdom of Sweden, Governor-General of. the Duchy of Scania, General of Cavalry in his Armies, Chief of the Regiment, of Carbineers • of Scania,• Knight and Commander o f his Orders, and Knight_of. all the Russian Order; who, after having communicated their relpeCtive full powers, have agreed upon the follow rug Arti cles : • Art. I. There shall be a perfed unclgstandiii,