STATE TAPERS. 



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The early conclusion of the session 

 w'M eiable yoii, in your resprctivc 

 counties, to enforce a d«e obedience 

 to tiie laws, and u> incul<-;ite that 

 spirit of loyalty t« tlie Icing, and at- 

 tachment to our happy constitution, 

 wliTcli lias so eiTiineiuly dibtiiiguished 

 Jour conduct. 



1 am truly sensible of the repeat- 

 ed testimonies I liave received of 

 your confideijcc cud supjport, for 

 \\''hii?i 1 Tctiiri) y'oumy cwil ii.icere 

 thanks, an'd Aull endo'avrnir to en- 

 sure tlicir continuance oy employing 

 every pov.-er, with which I am in- 

 vested, for the maintenance of the 

 public trancjuiUity, and the advan- 

 tajfc of this kin^jdo'in;, and hy faith- 

 fullyVepresenti'igtohis majesty your 

 fcnrcmiitirigattentJoii to tlie welfare 

 6f Ireland, and your unanimous ex- 

 ertions for the generiil cause of tlie 

 till [."ire. 



Treaty le! ween hh Britannic majesty 

 tht Lii^ of PruSiia, uiid the s.'a.'es 

 ^en.ral cf the Unhe.l Pruuiri- 

 <;,V. iii;^TieJ at tJie Hague, Api d 

 49. 



THtlll TT.ajcsti^";, -til/' k'injs of 

 "Great Britain ana of l^rus- 

 sia, ?j7d jheir high mi^^hiijiesscs tiie 

 etatt s general of tlie United Proviu- 

 ces, being animated by the same 

 desire of putting a stop to tlie pro- 

 .gressi of tlic system ol anarchy and 

 Criir.<~$ by which civil society has 

 been menaced, and I'ing desirous 

 of concerting together to support, 

 in the most effectual mnnner, the 

 common cause iu \vhicli they are 

 engaged in consequence of the un- 

 just and cruel war, wiiich the per- 

 'Bons, who ejcercise thq powers of 

 govcrnnivnt of Trance, have raised 

 •up agaijjst ieverJtl of 'the grvat 



powers of Europe, have agreed, iit 

 coiucrmity to the bonds of friend- 

 ship and alliance whicii so happily 

 unite them, to conclude tli-e pi'esent 

 treaty ; and, far this purpose, they 

 have named their respi-':tive pleni- 

 potentiaries, to wit, bis Britannic 

 maiosty, tlie lord baron of Malms- 

 bu;y, a peer of the kingdom of 

 Great Britain, privy counsellor, 

 knight of the order of the Bath ; his 

 Prussian majesty, the sieur Chretien 

 Henry Cuicc, count de Haugwiz, 

 his minister of state, of war, ^nd of 

 the cabinet, knight of the order of 

 the Red Esgle ; and their high 

 Biightinesses the States general of 

 the United Provinces, the sieurs 

 Laurtnt Pierre van de Spiegel^ 

 counselljr., pensionary of the pro- 

 vince of Hulland and West FrieS- 

 land, keeper of the s^als, and de- 

 puty of the said provinces at the 

 assembly -of the sSiates general, and 

 Hem y Fagel, gn-ffier ot tiieir liigh 

 migktinesscs : who, after having 

 communicated to each other their 

 respective full powers, have agreed 

 upon the Pollov, ing articles : 



Article 1. Hismajestythekingof 

 Prui'sia engages to furnish an army 

 which shall be composed of sixtyt 

 two tlionsand four hundred men, 

 coriformably to the establishment 

 which he has caused to be deliver- 

 ed to the ministers of tlie maritime 

 powers ; which establishment shall 

 be considered as making part of the 

 present treaty. This army aha\l rtjr 

 main united under a Prussian JCon^- 

 iria;ider, and shall act, in the most 

 eifectual manner, against the com- 

 mon enemy, either separately or 

 jointly, with a body of troops, in 

 the pay of the marltirne p<i\veri, or 

 of one ^f them. The -said army 

 shall be and shall remain .as cpin- 

 plcte as j.ossibic, ai.d sUaK hf em- 

 ployed 



