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Majesty to Colonel William Fadcitt, captain of the guards;
and the most ferenq hereditary Prince of Hesse Caffell to his
rainier and privy counaillor Frederic de Mal&urg; who
after the exchange of their respective full powers have agreed
upon the following articles.
Art. I. The said Most Serene Princeyields to his Britannic
Majefly a body of infantry of fix hundred Sixty-eight men,
which (hall be at the entire disposition of the King of Great-
Britain.
Art. IT. The Most Serene Prince engages to equip com
p'eatly this corps, and that it (ball be ready to inarch the
twentieth of the month of March next, at fartheft. The laid
corps Shall pass in review before his Britannic Majesty's com
missary at Hanau, if that can be done, or at some other place,
as opportunity Shall otter.
Art. 111. The most Serene Prince engages to furnifh the re
cruits annually necessary; these recruits Shall be delivered to
his Britannic Mijeßy's commissary, disciplined and com
pleatly equipped : his Mod Serene Highness will do his ut
nioft that the whole may arrive at the place of their embar
kation at the tirae his Maiefty Shall fix upon.
Art. IV. The service of his Britannia Majesty, ans ithe
preservation of the troops, requiring equally that the com
manding officers and Subalterns Shou'd be perfectly ac
quainted with the Service, his Moll Serene Highness will
take proper care in the choice of them.
Art. V. The Most Serene Prince engages to put this corps
on the best footing pbflible, and none Shall be admitted into
it but persons proper for campaign Service, and acknowledged
as fitch by his Britannic Majesty's Commiffkry.
Art VI. This corps fljall be fumifocd with tents and all
neceffarv equipage.
Art. VII. The King grants to this corps the ordinary and
extraordinary pay, as well as all the advantages in forage,
provisions, winter quarters, and refreshments, &c. &c. en
joyed bv the royal troops ; and the Moll Serene Prince en
gages to let this cOrpsenjoy all the emoluments of pay that
his Britannic Majesty allows them. The sick and wounded
of the said co%s will be taken care of in the King's hos
pitals, and Shall be treated in this icfpe& as his Britannic
Majesty's troops ; and the wunided, not in a condition to
serve, Shall be transported into Europe, and Sent back into
their own country at the expence of the King.
Art. VIII. There drill be paid to his Most Serene High
ness, udder the title of levy money, for each foot foldicr,
thirty crowns banco ; the crown reckoned at fifty-three sols of
Holland: one half of this levy money Shall be paid fix
weeks after the Signature of the treaty, and the other half
three months and a half after the Ggnature.
Art. IX. According to caftom, three wounded men Shall
be reckoned as one killed : a man killed, Shall be paid for
at the rate of the levy money. If it Shall happen that any
company of this corps Should he entirely ruined or destroyed,
the King will pay the expence of the necessary recruits to ic
eßablifh this corps.
Art. X. The Most Serene Prince reserves to himfelf the
nomination to the vacant employments, as also the adminis
tration of justice. Moreover his Britannic Majesty will cause
orders to be given to the commander of the army in which
this corps Shall Serve, not to exact of this corps any extraordi
nary Services, or such as are beyond their proportion with the
rest of the array ; and when they shall Serve with s he English
troops, or with other auxiliaries, the officers Shall command
(as the military Service requires of itfelf) according to their
military rank, and the Seniority of their commissions, without
making any distinction of what corps the troops may be with
which they may Serve. This corps Shall take the oath of
fidelity to his Britannic Majefly, without prejudice to that
which they have taken to their Sovereign.
Art. XL Their pay Shall commence fifteen days before the
march of this body of troops, and from the time the troops
Shall have quitted their quarters, in order to repair to the
place of their destination, all the expenses of march and
tranfpoft, as well as of the future return of the troops in
to their own country, Shall be at the charge of his Britan
nic Majesty.
Art XII. His Britannic Majefly will grant to the Most Se
rene Prince, during all the time that this body of troops Shall
be in the pay of his Majehy, an equal subsidy of twenty- five
thousand and fifty crowns banco. His Majefly Shall cause no
tice of the reflation of the aforefaid subsidy to be given, a
whole year before it Shall cease to be paid, provided that this
notice Shall not be given till after the return of the troops
into the dominions of his Most Serene Highness.
This treaty Shall be ratified by the high contrasting par
ties, and the ratifications thereof Shall be exchanged as Soon
as poflible, In witness whereof, we the undersigned, in
virtue of cur full powers have Signed the present treaty, and
have thereunto put the Seal of our arms.
Done at Hanau, the sth of February, 1,76.
L. S. William Faucitt. L. S. Frederic Bn. de Malfbourg.
HOUSE of COMMON S.
On Thursday Lord North moved that the above treaties
Should be referred to the Committee of Supplies ; on which
an interesting debate arose, of which the following is the
most material part given by the London papers.
His Lordship explained the general plan of the treaty, the
necessity of the measure, and the very Salutary effects that
might be expected from it. He laid, no question could arise
upon it but three, all of which were too plain to require much
elucidation. Whether the troops to be hired were wanted ?
Whether the terms they were procured on were advantage
ous ? and, whether the force was such as might be deemed
fully adequate to effect the operations for which they were
intended? As to the firft point he said, that reducing Ame
rica to a proper constitutional State of obedience, being the
great object of Parliament, the best and most speedy means of
effecting so deferable a purpose, was the motive which in
duced administration to adopt the measure, because men
could be readier had, and upon much cheaper terms in this
way, than we could possibly recruit them at home. On the
fecund point he observed that not only in the view of com
parative cheapness with home levies, but as referring to for
mer rimes, the present troops, will cost us less than, taking
all circumstances together, we could have expedited. And
laft!y, that the force which this measure would enable us to
fend to America, would be such, as in all human probability
mUft compel that country to submit to reasonable terms of
tabmiffion perhaps without the farther effufion of blood.
Lord John Cavendish'. — Reprobated the measure in all its
parts. He observed that the present was the firft alarming
eonfequence of the American war. Britain was to be dif
grated in the eyes of all Europe. She was to be impowerifh
ed, nay, what was, if possible, worse, She was compelled
to apply to two petty German Gates in the most mortifying
and humiliating manner, and submit to indignities never
before prescribed to a crowned head presiding over a power
ful and opulent kingdom. First, the troops were to enter
into pay before they began to march—a thing never known
before. Secondly, levy money was to be paid at the rate of
nearly £,. tos. per man. Thirdly, not fatisfied with this,
those petty Princes are to be subsidized. Fourthly, they have
bad the modesty to infill on a double subsidy. Fifthly, the
subsidy is to be continued for two years, in one instance,
and one year in the other, after the troops have returned to
their rrfpefthe counties. And laßly, a body of ra,ooo
foreigners are to be introduced into the dominions of the Bri
tish crown, under no controul of either King or Parliament ;
for the express words of the treaty are, " that this body of
troops (Hessians) fliall remain under the command of the Ge
neral, to whom his most ferenc Highness has entrusted his
command."
At half after one the House divided on the question, when
the numbers were, 242 for referring the treaties to a com
mittee of Supply, 88 against the motion.
Rxtraft of a letter from London, Feb. 5, 1776.
" 'Tis very uncertain whether ever this reaches you, how
ever it must take its fate. You will no doubt be much fur-,
prized at not receiving of late any intelligence from this fide
the water, but your wonder will Soon cease, on being informed
that for many months past every letter (almost) from this to
America, and from thence to Great- Britain have been inter
cepted; and are now in the Secretary of State's Office to be
brought forward hereafter, as charges againtt your friends
here. This little affects me, for besides my innocence, lam
convinced if the ministers and Scotchmen succeed in enOaviog
America, there will be no liberty here, in which case I Shall
be very easy how soon my journey to the other world begins;
if they do not succeed in their nefarious attempts, they will
never dare to molest the friends of America here.
" You may be assured that the Scotch to a man are your most
inveterate enemies, and as Scotch politics still rule this coun
try absolutely, You will from that Source, draw the principle
of the present ministerial conduct agrinft you. The present
plan is this; to have early in the fpririg, 40,000 men in New-
England; 10,900 at New-York, and 10,000 in Virginia and
the Carolinas; with 10 090 in Canada. Lord Cornwallis is
failed with 7 regiments from Cork already (about 3000 men)
to Virginia, with Sir P. Parker in the Bristol, a 50 gun Ship,
as Commodore on that Ration. Burgoyne is to return with
his regiment of light horse; and besides, 3000 horses are to be
sent over, to draw the artillery and baggage waggons through
the country. It is thought at present that General Howe is to
command in chief by land, and Lord Howe at sea; as no older
officers will engage in the business, especially under the pre
sent paltroon Secretary. The 10,000 men sent to New-Yoik
are to join the force in New-England or to march to Philadel
phia by land, as occasion ma, require. Col. James or the ar
tillery, who came from Button with Gage, has about a month
since been feat back with a command of several bomb-ketches,
independent of the Admiral or Commander in Chief by land,
with orders to burn every town he can come at. Charles-
Town, Sonth-Carolina is to be the firft facrifice, and then he
is to go northward. I withold any comments on this scheme,
or those of fitting on the Indians and Raves to murder detence
lefs women and innocent children; but lurely the God who
presides over the universe, with justice and mercy, will Shower
down deftruiftion ora the advisers as well as executors of such
horrid deeds.
" Thus, you have the whole force of this country under
Scotch Councils, with all its influence in Europe to contend
with; for there is not a power in this quarter of the globe that
has not been applied to either to take an active part against,
or at lead to withold any assistance from you, particularly of
arms and ammunition: For of the §O,OO men to be lent
against you, 90,000 and odd are Germans, Biunfwickers, Hes
sians and Hanoverians: 1000 of the guards are also to go. In
this Situation, every thinking man here supposed you would
before this had Agents at foreign Courts, particularly France
and Spain, to negotiate tor aid, Race 'tis certain the French
will not openly interfere in your behalf 'till you avow an in
dependence.
" In short, the plan you may depend on, is as early as
possible to attack you in various parts with the whole force of
this country. If you are conquered, besides hanging and con
fifeations innumerable, the remaining poor fouls will be
worse Raves than the natives of Mexico and Peru. How so
dreadful an evil is to be prevented, I think common sense
points out. There is no alternative but an instant declaration
of independence & a consequent negotiation, at Icaft for na
val assistance; or an humble submission to be Raves to Scotch
men. The firft step will give vigour to opposition here, which
is at present so torpid as not to afford the lead glimmering ray
of hope from thence, until it is roused by some convulsive
fliock. Notwithstanding, I think your friends encreafe in-
Read of diminishing; but Rill, unless a very few excepted,
they are all indolent, while your enemies are as active as pos
sible. Besides, Ido not know how it happens, but so it really
is, that your enemies here are the only people who get any
intelligence of what you are about. Farewell; may heaven
prosper all your undertakings."
Extract of a letter from London, February 7.
“ Lord George Germaine, or Sackville is made Minis
ter absolute for the American war. Lord Howe is appointed
Commander in Chief of the fleet. The Commander at land
is not yet determined. Lord Cornwallis is now ready to fail
from Cork with 3000 men for Virginia, to meet General
Clinton. The plan is, to march through that Colony, and
attack Philadelphia by land, if impracticable by sea. They
reckon, upon paper, to have an army of 30,000, mostly Ger
mans, in America by June. Burgoyne is to retake Canada,
with 10,000. If the passages over the Blue Ridge are forti
fied, that way will be impracticable. If offers of Settlements,
&c. are prepared to fling into the camp, in German, when the
Germans arrive, it mult have a great effect. They trust to
the Raves, but, more to the Scotch among you. The Gene
rals talked of are, Amherst's, Count La Lippe, or Harvey.
The last is most probable. If the ministerial efforts do not
succeed this campaign, itis over with them."
Extras of a letter from Bristol, dated Feb. 16.
" Colonel Allen and the prisoners with him, who were
brought over with Brook Watson, remained some time at
Pendennis Cattle in Cornwall. Administration were embar
rassed. They have at length ordered them back in the Sole
bay man of war. She is arrived at Cork from whence She
goes direct to Boston. The people of Dublin collected up
wards of one hundred pounds for their relief, and it was sent
to Cork for them. Our friends in London attended to their
case while here, and would have exerted every nerve to effect
their release had they not been so unexpectedly removed.
The people are in sentiment nearly as when you left Eng
land. Party divisions have been carried to a much greater
heighth, through the conduct of government in obtaining a set
of fulfome addresses approving of the American war. The
effect these were expected to have on the public at large was
entirely counteracted by the vigourous exertions of many of
our friends, who obtained in England an equal number of pe
titions of a conciliatory nature. This is now generally ful>
siding, as Scotland has compleated her number. My opinion
is the fame as when I had the plcafure of conversing with you.
The power of the Crown is so great, and the corruption of
the people so general, that nothing can be expected on this
fide the water. The Salvation of American freedom, and the
restoration of our constitution, strange as it may seem, depends
on your success. Hitherto you have had a variety of circum-
Gances concurring in your favour, and I hope the approach
ing Summer will open upon you every cheering profpeCt. The
Heavens have fought on your fide—Many transports have
been disabled and wrecked at home. This campaign will
determine the contest, and it behoves you to be prepared for
the different divisions of troops that are ordered againtt you.
Lord Cornwallis is at Cork with three thousand troops and
nearly ready to fail—He is designed for Virginia to meet
Gen. Clinton. The intention is to marca through that country
and attack Philadelphia. Ministry declare they Gull have an
army in America by June confining of 30,000 but most of them
will be Germans; they have not yet procured the sanction of
Parliament; the hufinefs is however considered as done, and lie
uniform compliance of that abandoned aftembly does not juftify
adoubt respecting it. Lord G. Germaine,(formerly Sackville)
is minister for the American department Lord How is appoint
ed chief Commander of the fleet. Shuldham is to be recalled.
Lord Nor th as yet keeps his ground, though it is strongly fufpe&-
' td that at the end of this session hewift resign the he|mto anothe,
pilot, and the Minden hero will probably be theman. The con
duct of Lord Dunmore is generally reprobated and we wish
the Virginians could lay their hands on him. By the Sampfoa
Capt. Coupar from New-York, we have advices as late as the
loth of January, though no confirmatio n of the Surrender of
Quebec. That event muR, we think, long Since have taken
pUce, avd measures arc conducted by government according
ly. Burgoyne is to command the forces designed to retake
Canada, io,o@o are Said to be the number; these particulars
you may depend on.—The recruiting parties in the different
parts of the country meet with but little success. The bulk
of rhe people are averse to the war, and though such numbers
of the merchant Grips are laid up, it is with great difficulty
Seamen can be procured to man the frigates. At this hour a'
press is very generally expected. To visual the tranfpnr.^"
the more readily an embargo is laid on all provisions from
Ireland, except to England and the plantations in the Weft-
Indies. The Irish are displeased, and the protestants there,
to a man almost, except the depe.idants of government, are
favourers of America.
" 4s very few Grips arrive but to government, we are im
perfe&ly informed of your tranfa&ions The Gazette of
London has become as infamops as the Gazette of BruiTells,
When it gives any intelligence ft is so mutilated that the Shadow
of the fad only remains. When any event of importance
happens in your favour, it would be very material and advan
tageous if a circumstantial account was immediately transmit
ted. When you succeed the people are in triumph, and the
ministerial advocates are depressed and silent.
" Col. Boyd is again in London. I hear he came through
your camp, and that on your making a difeovery of him he
hastily departed. Many Americans are here, some dumb,
others sanguine in the common cause, others, to their eternal
dilgrace, advocates for the Ministry.
" Are there no opportunities of your conveying a line
with fafety ? Through Philadelphia or New. York I Should
imagine it might easily be accomplished. Our friend Wilkes
is a candidate for the Chamberlainflhip in the gift of the Li
very. Alderman Bull is in a poor Rite of health, a warmer
friend America cannot boast, though I fear he will soon be re
moved to a more peaceful Rate. The cause has been the ob
jed to which he has facrificed. Lee, the elder, is an Alder
man, he behaves with spirit. Sayer has brought his action
against Lord Rochford for falfe imprifonmeut. You heard I
doubt not of tint childish plot. Nothing has disgraced the
judgment of adminiftrati >n so much except their blundering
American conduct. The Somerset man of war is just arrived,
what news Gie brings we cannot yet learn. We are often
amused with reports of disunion among the Provincials ;
these reports anf#er the purpose of a day but nothing farther.
Men who have taken up arms in So glorious a cause will fa
crifice to each other, and not permit any thing to operate to
the pejudice of the common good.— Union cannot too ftror,-
I, and frequently be inculcated. All depends Upon it.
“ Feb. rB. Lord Cornwallis failed from Cork with Sir Pe
ter Parker's squadron last Monday, the rath instant, a veffei
arrived here yesterday and brought us this intelligence. No
confirmation of Quebec's surrender yet."
Extraft of a letter from Bristol, March ax.
" The wind has been so long to the westward, that the
fleet of transports have been retarded, fomeof them full two
months. The news-papers will give you all the information
it is in our power further at present to furniffi. The defiga
of administration is declared to be, absolute unconditional hib
miffisn on ,our part, and to effect this, they are straining
every nerve, it is the opinion of some of the most intel
ligent, that if you are fuccefsful this campaign, and it is
most devoutly to be wiffied, you may bid defiance to any
future efforts to subdue you The expences attending this
merciless business are already enormous, aid at the close of
the year the national debt will be as great, as at the close
of the late war. Many manufacturers are loudly complain
ing, and the Coventry trade is in a Rate of Stagnation :
The iron branches in the north are nearly in the fame
fixation.— What then must the year produce ? We have
confirmed the news of the unfortunate defeat at Quebec.
We hope however it may yet be subdued before any fuc
cour can arrive from hence. The 29th Regiment were sent
with Carlton's brother some weeks ago, but are Rill at Portf
month, detained by contrary winds. It has been a mat
ter of astonishment, that the town of Boston has not been
destroyed. We imagine it might have been burnt long since.
It would have been a happy circumstance if the troops could
have been difpofTeffed of it. They would then have had
no place of security. The burning Norfolk has made se
rious impressions, and the like fate to a few towns more,
will encreafe the number of those, who have long lamented
and exclaimed against such unexampled cruelty. The foreign
troops will not, it is imagined, all be ready till the beginning
of May ; some may be sent probably next month. Burgoyne
is destined for Canada with 10,coo British and Germans, Clin
ton and Cornwallis are defined to the South, Virginia, and
Carolina. It is certain that the whole army (Scotch excepted)
are disinclined to the service. An idea has been suggested
that foreigners have nothing to do in this quarrel ; that if on
invitation, they Giould not readily join, or refufe to a& ; —
a proclamation, declaring, that every foul taken, Should be
put to death, officers and men, without dißindtion,—it
would not be unreasonable but equitable. They are inva
ders of the worst kind, and Should be treated accordingly.
A measure of this nature would be productive of more fa
vorable consequences in the army than you may be aware of.
Desperate Situations require desperate exertions. The govern
ment keep us all ignorant of what is passing on your fide|
they have not published any thing since December, and that
only about St. John's, excepting the Cougrefs account of the
late Quebec misfortune. It would be a happy circumGaace
if some modeof communication could be thought of.
" You will get verbal information lefpe&ing many trans
ports now outward bound, their size, &c. fevers in this port
are large, carrying 14 or r 6 guns.—One of the Captains told
me, they had a double quantity of stores and ammunition,
and that he apprehended they were to be sent on some ser
vice after the delivery of their refpedlivc cargoes. Every
possible care Should be taken to intercept some of these. Al
the matters of them are not enemies.
“ Dr. Price has published a very able pamphlet. It ha:
had a rapid sale, and will tend to open the eyes of the na
tion. You will soon receive it.
Mr. Peter Parker's squadron was entirely dispersed. Ma
ny put back, some into French ports, and others into Lit
bon; as the wind is noar likely to come about, they will b'
again collecting together. Sir Peter, with Lord Cornwallis
did not put back, so that they probably weath^ed the Stax