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Article I. There shall be a sincere and constant
union and friendship between his MoR Christian Ma
jesty, his heirs and successors, and the United Pro
vinces of the Netherlands. The high contrading
powers shall, in consequence thereof, pay the greatest
attention to keep up between them, their refpeftive
Rates and fubjeds, a good and friendly intercourse,
mutually, without fuflering any hostility to break out
between them, under any pretence whatever, by care
fully avoiding all such ads as might, in the least, im
pair the good under standing so happily established be
tween the said parties: But on the contrary, endea
vouring, by every possible means, to forward, on every
opportunity, their mutual honour and advantage.
11. The high contracting powers do mutually en
gage to contribute, with all their might, to maintain
their refpedive security, peace and neutrality, as well
as the adual possession of all their estates, dominions,
territories, franchifes and liberty, and to defend each
other against all oppression in any part of the world
whatever.
111. The said contracting powers, in consequence
of the foregoing articles, shall be careful to watch, in
concert, for the preservation of the peace; and in
case either of them should be threatened with any at
tack, the other fliall endeavour, by all good offices
in its power, to prevent hostilities breaking out, and
restoring peace and good harmony.
IV. But if the aforefaid good offices should not be
crowned with success, then, and in such case, his Moll
Christian Majesty and their High Mightiness mutu
ally a g ree > from this time forwards, to assist each
other both by sea and land ; for which purpose his
Most Christian Majesty fliall in such case furnifh to
the Republick men of infantry, squa
drons of cavalry, ships of the line, and frigates;
and their High Mightinesses, in case of a maritime
war, or in any circumstance, when his said Majesty
shall experience any hostility at sea, fliall furnifh the
said Most Christian King with ships of the line,
and frigates. The States General shall furnifh
their quota in money, for, and in lieu of land forces,
which said quota fliall be estimated in a private arti
cle, unless they should prefer to give so many
effective men, at the rate of foot and
horse.
V. Either of the contracting parties who may fur
nifh the said quota of fliips and men, fliall pay and
maintain the fame, where ever they chance to be em
ployed by the ally thus assisted ; and the said aflifted
power shall undertake to victual the said ships and men
at the fame prices as its own may be rated to pay.—
In fine, it is hereby agreed and covenanted, that such
ships and men fliall never be at the charge of the as
sisted power, though the latter may employ the fame
during the whole time of the war, in which it may
be engaged.
VI. The Most Christian King, and the States Ge
neral, do hereby engage to keep, in complete Rare and
well armed, such ships, men, and land forces, as
they may mutually lend to each other ; so that as soon
as either power shall have furnifhed its contingent, as
stipulated in the 4th article, other ships will instantly
be fitted out to replace such as may be loft by the ac
cidents of sea and war.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
Thursday the .\.th inst. arrived a! Philadelphia the
ship Wajhington, Captain Dale, from London, by
<whom <we have the following advices :
H A G U E, Auguß 16.
rt H E following is the plan and basis of the
■ long-talked of treaty and alliance between
a the Court of Versailles and the Republick
of Holland.
VII. In case the afliftance here above stipulated
should appear infufficicnt for the defence of the power
attacked as aforefaid, so as not to bring about the re
storation of a suitable peace, then the allifting power
fliall successively increase the said number in propor
tion to its distressed ally. (The rest as Rated in Ar
ticle IV.)
VIII. When the war shall break out at sea, in
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MONDA Y, November 15, 1784.
which both powers fliall be engaged, they shall gua
rantee to eacli other the liberty of navigation, upon
the principle that the colours of a friendly power pro
tect the enemy's property ; proper attention, never
theless, being paid to the exceptions mentioned in the
19th and 20th articles of the treaty of commerce of
April eleventh, 1713.
IX. If by chance (which God avert) either of the
contrasting powers should be compelled to take a dired
part in a war in which the other might be engaged,
they fliall concert together the best measures to distress
the common enemy, and force them to a peace; nor
fliall either lay down their arms, nor accept of truce
or peace, except it be with the concurrence of the
other contracting power.
X. The aforefaid Ivgh contracting powers mutu
ally engage at all times to keep their refpedive forces
in good condition ; and each of the said powers fliall
have a right to ask of the other every explanation
concerning the Rate of the aforefaid forces ; they shall
impart to each other, in the greatest confidence, the
true state of their military eftabliihment in all parts of
the world, for the purpose of concerting measures for
providing thereto in a suitable manner.
XI. The said high contracting powers shall freely
and confidentially communicate to each other the mu
tual engagements that may subsist between them re
fpedively, and the other powers of Europe, which
engagements are to subsist and remain in their full
force ; and they hereby pledge themselves to each
other, not to enter into any alliance or treaty, of
whatever nature they may be, that might directly, or
indirectly, militate against the present treaty.
XII. The object of the present articles being not
only to provide for the peace and security of both the
contracting powers, but also to maintain and preserve
the general peace, his Most Christian Majesty and
their High Mightinches have mutually reserved the
liberty of inviting in concert such other powers as they
may think fit to accede to, and partake of the Brest
treaty.'
XIII. In order the better to cement good harmony
and understanding between the French and Dutch, it
is agreed, that till fueh time as the said high contract
ing powers shall enter into a treaty of commerce, the
fubjeds of the.Republick, and riciprocally those of
Franee, fliall be treated as the most favoured nation
in point of trade and navigation, by either party.
LONDO N, August 13.
The following is the substance of the several ac
counts received of the calamities in Iceland :—
" The fubterraneous fire which broke out on June
7th laR year, on the mountain Skaptan Gluver, spread
so wide, that marks of its devastation are visible at
the distance of 20 leagues to the S. S. W. The con
flagration extended to four leagues in breadth, and
continued till the month of May this year. The 4th
part of the burnt foil consisted of a very old lava and
of marshes. The burnt earth resembles a heap of
calcined stones of the colour of vitriol. The great
river of Skaptage, which was from seven to eight fa
thoms deep, is entirely dried up. On the east fide,
the fire broke out mucli about the fame time in the
channel of the Huerviffiodt, nearly of the fame depth
with the Skaptage, but here its breadth was not above
a league. Ihe whole extent of ground from which
the flames iftued, is about ten leagues. At firft the
flames darted perpendicularly upwards, and seemed to
iliue from a great depth, but afterwards they rolled
along the furlace, its waves resembling those of the
sea ; and when they approached the frozen mountains,
uhofe bowels are impregnated with fulphur and nitre,
they raged with such fury as to sweep away, in a mo
ment, cattle, Lories, and every thing in their way,
even the foil. Seventeen ddbifts have been entirely
ruined. Ihe hay harvest failing, the inhabitats were
obliged to kill most of their young store for want of
provender. What little they got in was of so bad a
quality, that it produced an epidemical distemper
among the cattle, by which, and the severity of the
winter, five-fixths of the cattle and three-fourths of
the Reep have perished. Many of the peasants; who
have 101 l them whole stock, have been obliged to give
up ngufe and land. Io add to their calamities, the
THE
Extraft of a letter from Naples, August 2.
" The scheme for making a valuation of all the pro
perty, moveable or immoveable, belonging to the dif
ferent monasteries and convents with which the Two
oicilies are burthened, is carrying on with great rapi
dity. The King has already sequestered the gold,
silver and jewels, belonging to the suppressed mona
flcries in farther Calabria, and the money arising
from their sale, .and the coinage of plate, will be
lodged in the Bank of St. James's, to be disposed of
according to Ins Majesty's pleasure. The vast quan
tity of valuable effeds daily difeovered in the con
vents, fills the publick with astonishment. They will
now be applied to a more laudable purpose, viz. the
relief of the unhappy fufferers by the dreadful earth
quakes which happened latt year.
Extras of a letter from Fort William, in Scotland,
August 24.
" Yesterday there was a numerous meeting of the
family of Locheal, on the joyful news of the forfeited
estates being restored. It was proposed, that to tef
tify their gratitude to his Majesty, and to commemo
rate so generous an adion, the families should unite,
and contribute towards eroding a pillar on the top of
Ben-Nevis (the highest hill in the country) with suit
able inscriptions in Gallic, Latin and English : That
each family shall have a small pillar (with the arms
of the family) eroded round the large one."
^guji 14. It were to be wished, that all the taxes
were exchanged for one single rate, by which every
man might know his expences ; for such is the intri
cacy and number of our budget laws, that a man must
have the memory and knowledge of a lawyer, to know
when he is wrong and when he is right.
A marriage is on the tapis between the eldest son
of the King of Naples and the second daughter of the
Grand Duke of 1 ufcany. This alliance meets with
the approbation of the Queen of Naples, who is a
Princess of Austrian Lorraine; but his Majesty is of
a different opinion, fearing that the crowft of Naples
may one day fall into the hands of an Austrian ITin
cefs.
A very elegant coach, made in London for a no
bleman in Dublin, was landed at the custom-house of
that city above ten days ago. On its way to the no
bleman's house it was flopped by a numerous mob,
who smeared it over with tar, then feathered it, after
which, having drawn it through several Greets, they
pulled it to pieces, and carried it off for firing.
^"J? '7- Our last letters from Italy contain some
very disagreeable intelligence concerning Meffina,
where the unfortunate inhabitants have again been ter
rified by frefh earthly commotions and fubterraneous
noise, which is almost continual, and resembles in its
explosions that of the heaviest piece of ordnance. Se
veral of the citizens, invited by the fair promising af
ped of the weather, were busy in repairing and re
building what former shocks had destroyed, but abashed
and dispirited by this new misfortune, are preparing
to emigrate, and thus turn into a wilderness and soli
tude one of the fineft countries in Europe.
Sept. 2. They write from Rome, that it is in agi
tation to tax the wearers of silver buckles. It is fiid
that the reason of establishing this new impost, is to
render the wearing of silver buckles less general, in
consequence of prodigious quantities of coin having
been melted for the purpose of converting the metal
into those articles of luxury.
Every account received from France agrees, that
they are exceedingly industrious in fending out troops
to every garrison they are in possession cf, both at
home and abroad, fortifying them in the most com
plete manner. lire method of fending out troops,
now pradifed by the French, seems one of the most
artful that could possibly be devised ; each ihip carries
out one-third more hands than her complement in the
quality of seamen. When they arrive at the place of
their deßination, they assume their real occupation,
that of military men. By this means only they will
have every place of importance completely gan'ifonej.
and fortified.
fifhery has been very unfuccefsful. In short, nothing
can equal the distress of the inhabitants."
[Numb. 340.]