The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-05-22 00:00:00, page 5

In the course of this -week the CO NGRESS received the following
advices from England.
Translation of a Treaty between bis Majeft, and the reigning
Duke of Brunswick.
Signed at Bruofwick, the 9th of January, 1776.
BE itknbwu unto all whom it dees or may concern, that his
Majesty, the king of Gr^oßritain, having judged proper
to ptopofc to his moll serene highneh the duke of orunfwick
and Lunenburg,. the ceflion of a body of bit troops, to be
employed in the service of Great Bti%n, and his most fcrene
highness having yielded with zal and readmefs to his Ma
jesty's views, the high contriving parties have given orders
for this purpofc to their refpeCtive mioiflers; that is to fay,
bis Britannic majesty to Col. William Faucitt captain of the
guards; and the most fcrene duke of Ibunfinct and Lu
nenberg, to trie privy couucellor de Ferouce, who, alter
the exchange of their full powers, have agreed upon the
following articles.
Art. I. The most fcrene Duke of Brunswick yields to
his Britannic Majesty a c rps of infantry <.f hi. troops, of
three ihoufand nine hundred and fixty-feur men, which
corps shall he entirely at the d fyofition of the Ring, as
well in Europe as in America.
Art,. It His Mod Se.ene faighnefs also yields co his
Britannic ^/jefty a body of light cavalry of thret-hua
cred and thirty-fix men, but as his Britannic Majesty will
not have ocCafion for the horses of this corps, the laid corps
Shall serve as a corps of infantry; and if the service re
quires them to be mounted, his Majeity engages to do it
at his own expence.
Art. 111. The Most Serene Duke engages to equip com
pletely both theft corps, except the buries for the light
caval/, ; his Most Serene H^nefs will keep in readings
for marching, towards the 15th of February next at fartheft
the firft divilion of this corps, confining of two thousand
two hundred and eighty-two men, in such manner, that
this fi ft divilion fhali ^ rive, towards the 15th of February
at the place of embarkation, to be agreed upon between
the refpe&ive ministers ; as to the second d.vmon of the
fajd body of troops, amounting to tw® thousand eighteen
njen, his ' Most Serene Highness will cause them to begin
tfe-ir march, 1:1 the last week of the month of March, at
firtheft ; these two corp' shall pari in review at the place
of their embarkation, before hrs Britannic Majesty s Com*
miffary ; and in order to prevent desertion in their march,
his Britannic Majesty will cause the most precise orders to
.be given in his electoral dominions, that all oeceffary mea
f^res be taken to flop every deserter from this body of
troops, and to convey them, without delay, to the pace of
embarkation, there to join their regiments. His Britannic
Majesty will cause directions to be given to the governors
2nd commandants of places, bailiffs, and others, to execute
thefc orders with the fame exaVacfs as is observed with
regard to his Majesty's electoral troops.
Art. IV. This body of infantry and of light cavalry,
Shall be composed of five regiment, and of two battallions,
according to the lifts annexed to the prefect treaty ; the
officer's Servants on the said lifts (hall be furnilhed witli
arms, and every necefFary equipment as loldiers, they shall
do service like them, if occasion requires it, and be paid
as such.
Art. V. The most ftrene Duke engages to furnifh the
recruits that may be annually neceffay for this corps; these
recruits shall be delivered, after a previous notice of four
months, to his Britannic Majesty's commissary, disciplined
and equipped; the said recruits shall arrive at the place of
their embarkation at the time that shall be agreed upon
before the opening of each campaign.
Art. VI. The King's service, and the preservation of the
troops, requiring equally, that the commanding officers and
fuhalterns ihould be expert perfoas, his Most Serene High
ness fill take proper care in the choice of them.
Ar't. VII. The Most Serene Duke engages to put this
corps on the best footing possible; and none shall be ad
Flitted into it but persons proper for campaign service, and
acknowledged as such by his Britannic Majesty's commif
fary.
Art. VIII. This corps shall be furnished with tents,
and all necessary equipage.
Art. IX. The King grants to this corps the ordinary and
extraordinary pay, as well as all advantages in forage, pro
vision, &c. &c. enjoyed by the royal troops; and the Most
Serene Duke engages to let this corps enjoy all the emolu
ments of pay, that his Britannic Majesty allows them; the
sick and wounded of the said corps shall be taken care of
in the hospitals, and at the expence of the King, as the
troops of his Britannick Majesty; the wounded, not in a
condition to serve, shall be transported into Europe, at the
expence of the King, and landed in a port on the Elbe
or the Wefer; as to what regards the body of light ca
valry, they shall be put on the footing of British light cavalry,
when they are dismounted; but they shall have the fame
pay, as well ordinary as extraordinary, as the light horse of
his Maj^fty, from the day that they shall serve on horseback.
Art. X. There shall be paid to his Most Serene High
ness, under the title of levy-money, for each soot-soldier,
or trooper not mounted, thirty crowns banco, the crown
reckoned at fifty-three sols of Holland, and reckoned at
four Killings nine-pence three farthings; one third of this
levy money shall be paid a month after the signature of the
treaty, and the two other thirds shall be paid two months
after the signature; the payment of this levy money shall
be made; nevertheless, on condition, that thirty crowns
banco shall be retained for each soldier of the said corps,
who without cause of sickness shall be absent on the day
when they pass in review before his Britannic Majesty's
commissary; which thirty crowns banco shall, however, be
paid as soon as the absent foldiets shall join their respective
corps.
Art. XL According to custom, three wounded men shall
be reckoned as one killed; a man killed shall be paid for
at the rate of levy-money; if it shall happen, that any of
the regiments, battalions, or companies of this corp, Ihould
Buffer a loss altogether extraordinary, either ima battle, a
Siege, or by an uncommon contagious malady, or by the
loss of any transport vessel in the voyage to America, his
Britannic Majesty will make good, in the most equitable
manner, the iofs of the officer or soldier, amd will be at
the expence of the necessary recruits, to re establish the
cotps that shall have filtered this extraordinary loss.
Art! XII. The Most Serene Duke reserves to himfelf the
nomination to the vacant employments, as aifo 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 ex
traordinary Services, or such as are beyond their proportion
with the rest of the army; this corps fhail take the oath of
fidelity to his Britannic Majefly, without prejudice to the
oath which they have taken to their Sovereign.
Art. XIII, towards defraying the extraordinary expences,
which the h^fty equipment of this body of troops occasions,
SUPPLEMENT to the Pennsylvania Journal, May 24, 1776. [ 1746. ]
his Britannick Majesty grants two months pay, previous to
the inarch of the said troops, and from the time the troops
shall have quitted their quarters, in order to repair to the
place of th°ir drilination, all the expences of their march and
transport, shall he at the charge of his Britannic Majesty.
Art. IV. His Britannic M/jefty grants to his Most Se
rene Highness an annual subsidy, which shall be regulated
in the manner following: it shall commence from the day
of the signature of the present treaty, and shall be fingie,
that is to fay, of the amount of firry-four thousand five
hundred German crowns, as long as these troops shall en
joy the pay; from the time the pay shall cease, the subsidy
shall be double, that is to fay, of one hundred twenty
nine thousand German crowns. This double subsidy thall
be continued during two years after the return of the said
troops uno his Do,ft Serene Higbnefs's dominions.
Art. XV. This treaty fhail be ratified by the high con
traCrwg parties, and the ratiticatious thereof shall be ex
changed as 10 n as poffib'e.
Thus concluded and hgntd by the minister plenipoten
tiary of his Majesty, the Krug of Great-Britain, on one
part, and by the minister plenipotentiary of his most te
rene highness the duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, on
the other part.
I) ne at Brunswick this 9th of January, 1779.
William Faucitt (L. ^) J. B. de Faronce (L. S.)
Note concerning the lev, money.
BY the date annexed to the present note, it is manift ft,
that the total of the heads for which levy money is paid,
amounts to four thousand eighty-four. By the roth article
of the treaty, it is agreed, that thirty crowns bancuof fifty
three sols of Holland, shall be paid ; the crown banco is
valued at 4s pd. 3 qths, which makes for the whole
29481!. 75. 6d. By the fame tenth article it is agreed, that
one third part of this sum shall be paid one month, and
the two other third parts, two month's after the signature ;
confiquently his Britannic Majesty will be pfeafcd to or
der it to be paid on the 9th of February next to the ban
ker properly authorifid, the third part of the levy money
making 98271. as. 6d. the two oho third parts ihall be
paid on the 9th of March next, the amount of which is
19654!. 5s. $
Done and signed at Brunswick this 9th of January,l776.
William Faucitt. J. B. de Feroucc.
Translation of a Treat, between bis Majef, and tie Landgrave
of H&-Csli.
Signed at Caffll, the iflb of January, 1776.
HIS Britannic Majesty being desirous of employing in his
service a body of twelve thousand men of the troops of his
most serene highness the reigning Landgrave of Hesse Caffell,
and that prince full of attachment for his Majesty, desiring
nothing more than to give him proofs of it, his Majelly, in
order to fettle the obje&s relative to this alliance has thought
proper to fend to Caffell the Sieur William Faucitt, his Mi
nister Plenipotentiary, and Colonel in his service; and his
Most Serene Highness has named, on bis part for the fame
purpose, the Baron Martin Erneftd de Schheffen, his Miaifter
of slate, Lieutenant General and Knight of his orders, who
being furniftied with requifire full powers, have agreed that
the treaties formerly concluded between Great- Britain and
Hesse, Ihall be made the basis of the present treaty, and to
adopt as much of them as Biall be applicable to the present
circumdances, or to determine by.z. articles such points as
must be fettled otherwise; every thing that shall not be dif
ferently regulated, shall b@deer.ed to subsist in full force, as
it Ihall appear to be declared in the abovementioned trea
ties; and as it is not possible to fpecify each particular case,
every thing that ihall not be found regulated in a precise
manner, neither in the present treaty nor in the former trea
ties, ought to be fettled with equity and good faith, conform
ably to the fame principles which were agreed on each
part to be pursued for regulating all such cases, whether
during or after the lad war.
I. There ihall be therefore, by virtue of this treaty be
tween his Majesty the King of Great-Britain and his most
serene highness the Landgrave of Hesse Caffell, their succes
sors and heirs, a fh^.friendihip, and a sincere, firm and
constant union, infomifch that the one shall confider the in
tetefts of the other as his own, and shall apply himfelf with
good faith to advance them to the utmost, and to prevent
and avert mutually all trouble and loss.
11. To this end it is agreed, that all former treaties prin
cipally of guaranty, be deemed to be renewed and confirmed
by the preterit treaty in all their points, articles and clauses,
4ml shall be of the fame force as if they were herein inferred,
word for word, so far as is not derogated from them by the
present treaty.„
111. This body of twelve thousand men of the troops of
Hesse, which is co be employed in his Britannic Majesty's
service, shall consist of four battalions of grenadiers of four
companies each, fifteen battalions of infantry of five com
panies each, and two companies of chaffeurs; the whole pro
vided with general and other necessary officers. This corps
flail! be compleatly equipped and provided with tents, and
accoutrements of which it may Band in need; in a word
shall be put upon the best footing possible, and none shall be
admitted into it but men fit for service, and acknowledged
for such by his Britannic Maj y's commissary. Formerly
the signature of the treaties b- usually preceded, by some
time, the term of the requifitiol for the n.arch of the troops,
but as in the present ci^cumf. races there is no time co be
loft, the day of the signature ' tlu: present treaty is deem
ed also to be the term of the requisition; and three bat
talions of grenadiers, battalions of infantry, with one
company of chaffcuts, shall be in a condition to pass in
review before his Britannic Majesty's commissary on the
fourteenth of February, and shall begin to march on the
day following the fifteenth of February, for rhe place of
embarkation. The red shall be ready in four weeks after,
if possible, and march in like manner.
This body of troops shall not be separated, unless rea
sons of war require it, but ihall remain under the orders
of the general to whom his Most Serene Highness has entrusted
the command ; and the second division shall be conducted
to the fame places only where the firft shall actually be, if
not contrary to the plan of operations.
IV Each battalion of this body of troops shall be provi
ded with two pieces of field artillery, with the officers,
gunners, and other persons, and the train thereunto belong
ing, if his Majesty is desirous of it.
V. Towards defraying the txpence in which the Most Se
rene Landgrave shall be engaged for the arming and put
ting in condition the said corps of twelve thousand men,
his Majesty the King of Great- Britain promises to pay to his
Most Serene Highness, for each foot soldier thirty crowns
banco levy money, as well for the infantry as for the chaf
feurs, or artillery, if there Ihould be any, the sum total of
which shall be afeertained according to the number of men
competing this corps, and as they have been reckoned in for
mer alliances.
VIL With regard to the pay and treatment, as well ordi
nary as extraordinary, of the said troops, they shall be put
on the fame foot, in all refpr&s, with the national British
troops ; and his Majefiy's department of war shall deliver
without delay to that of his Most Serene Highness, an exa&
and faithful Gate of the pay and treatment eujdyed by those
troops ; which pay and treatment, in consideration, that his
Most Serene Highness could not put this corps in a condition
to march in so Ihorta time without extraordinary expences,
shall commence for the firft division on the sass of February,
and for the second, Seven days before it Shall begin to march,
and Brail be paid into the military chest of Hesse, without
any abatement or deduction, to be distributed according to
tire arrangements which shall be made for that purpose, and
the sum of twenty thousand pounds Sterling fliall be advanced
immediately on account of the said pay.
VIII. If it should happen unfortunately that any regiment
or company of the said corns should be ruined or destroyed
either by accidents on the sea or otherwise in the whole or
in p^rt, or that the pieces of artillery or other effects with
which they shall be provided, should be taken by the enemy,
or loft on the sea, his Majesty the King of Great Britain Shall
cause to be paid the expences of the necessary recruits, as
well as the price of the said field pieces and effects, in order
forthwith to reinstate the artillery and the said regiments or
companies ; and the said recruits shall be fettled likewise on
the foot of those which were furnifhed to the Hessian officers
by virtue of the treaty of 1702, article the fifth, to the end
that the corps may be always preferred and feat back in as
good a state as it was delivered in : The rcciuits annually
necessary shall be fenc to the English commissary, difei
plined and compleatly equipped, at the place of embarka
tion, at such time as his Bri^nnic Majesty shall appoint.
IX. In Europe his Majesty shall make use or this body
cf troops by land wherever he shall judge proper; bp£
North America is the only country of the other parts of
the globe where this body of troops shall be employed.
They Shall not serve on the sea, and they shall enjoy in
all things, withoutany restriction whatsoever, the fame pay
and emoluments, as are enjoyed by the English troops.
X. In case the Most Serene Landgrave should be attack
ed or disturbed in the possession of his dominions, his
Britannic Majesty promises and engages to give him all the
fuccour that it fliall be i 1 his power to afford, [original, de
donver] which fuccour fliall be continued to him until he
shall have obtained an entire security and just indemnifi
cation: as the most Serene Landgrave promises likewise on
his part, that in case his Majesty the King of Great-Bti
tain is attacked or disturbed in his kingdoms, dominions,
lands, provinces or towns, he will give him [original, lai
petcra] in like manner all the fuccour that it shall be in
his power to afford, [ original de donner] which fuccour shall
likewise be continued to him, until he shall have obtained
a good and advantageous peace.
XI. In order ,0 reader this alliance and union the more
perfect and to leave no doubt with the parties about the
certainty of the fuccour which they have to expert by vir
tue of this treaty, it is exprcfsly agreed, that to judge for
the future whether the case of this alliance and the tiipu
lated fuccour exists or not, it shall fuffice, that cither of
the parties is actually attacked by force of arms, without
bis having firft used open force against him who attacks
him.
XIL The 6ck of the Hessian corps fliall remain under
the care of their physicians, surgeons, and other persons ap
pointed for that purpose, under the orders of the general
commanding the corps of that nation; and every thing
fliall be allowed them that his Majesty allows to his own
troops.
XIII. All the Hessian deserters shall be faithfully given
up wherever they shall be difeovered in the places depen
dent on his Britannic Majesty, and above ail as far as it
is possible, no p/rfon whatever of that nation fliall be per
mitted to establish himfelf in America, without the confine
of his sovereign.
XIV. All the transports for the troops, as well for the
men as for the effects, fliall be at the expence of his Bri
tannic Majesty; and none belonging to the said corps shall
pay any postage of letters, in consideration of the distance
of the places.
XV. The treaty fliall be ratified by the high contrasting
parties, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged as
soon as p< ffible.
In witness whereof, we the undersigned, furnifhed with
the full powers of his Majesty the King of Great-Britain
on one part, and of his Most Serene Highness the reigning
Landgrave of Hesse Caffell on the other part, have ligned
the present treaty, and have caused the feais of onr arms
to be put thereto. Done at Caffell, the fifteenth of January,
in the year 1776.
L. S. William Faucitt. L. S. M. de Schlitffen.
Translation of a Treat, between bis Majesty and the Hereditary
Prince of Hesse Caffell, reining Count of Hanau, &c
Signed at Hanau, the sth of February, 1776,
BE it known to all whom it may concern, that his Ma
jesty the King of Great-Britain having judged proper to ac
cept a body of infantry of the troops of his most serene high
ness the hereditary Prince of Hesse Caffell, reigning Count of
Hanau, &c. to be employed in the service of Great-Britain,
the high contracting parties have giving orders for this pur
pofc to their respective ministers, that is to fay, his Britannic
The sum of one hundred and eighty thousand crowns banco
valued as in the following article, fliall be paid on account of
this levy money on the tenth of February, and the residue
Biall be paid when the second division of this corps shall be
gin their march.
VI. In all the former'treaties a certain number of years is
Ripulated for their duration ; but in the present his Britan
nic Majesty chafing rather not to engage himfelf for any lon
ger time than he shall have occasion for these troops, con
tents instead thereof that the subsidy shall be double from the
day of the signature of this treaty to its expiration, that is to
fay, that it shall amount for this body of twelve thousand
men to the fam of four hundred and fifty thousand crowns
banco, per annum; the crown reckoned at fifty-three sols of
Holland: or at four flrillings and nine-pence three farthings
English money, and that the subsidy shall continue upon this
foot during all the time that this body of troops shall remain,
in British pay. His Britannic Majesty engages also t'o give
notice to the Most Serene Landgrave of its determination
twelve months or a whole year before it shall take place;
which notice shall not even be given before this body of
troopsis returned, and actually arrived in the dominions of
the said prince, namely in Hesse, properly so called. His
Majesty fliall continue equally to this corps the pay and other
cniommnts for the remainder of the month in whiclk it shall
repaid the frontiers of Hesse ; and his Most Serene Highness
reserves to himfelf on his fide, the liberty of recalling his
troops at rhe end of four years, if they are not sent back be
fore, or to agree with his Britannic -Majesty at the end of
that time for another term.