ST AT’ ¢P’A ‘PERS. 
Convention betaveen his Britannic 
Majesty and the Emperor of Germa- 
ny, signed at Vienna 4th May, 1795. 
THE emperor and the king of 
Great Britain, being equally con- 
vinced of the necessity of ating 
with vigour and energy against the 
common enemy, in order to pro- 
cure to their respective dominions 
a safe and honourable peace, and 
to preserve Europe from the danger 
with which it is threatened, their 
Imperial and Britannic majesties 
have thought proper to concert to- 
gether upon the measures to be 
adopted for the next campaign, and 
to agree, for this purpose, on such 
stipulations as may best conduce 
to the salutary object of their in- 
tentions already mentioned. With 
this view, their majesties have ap- 
pointed their respective plenipo- 
tentiaries ; that is to say, his Im- 
perial majesty, his privy counsellor 
actual, and minister for foreign af- 
fairs, baron de Thugut, comman- 
der of the order of Sr. Stephen ; 
and his Britannic majesty, sir Mor- 
ton Eden, knight of the bath, one 
of his majesty’s most honourable 
privy council, and his envoy extra- 
ordinary and minister plenipoten- 
tiary at the court of Vienna; who, 
after having communicated to cach 
other their respedtiye full powers, 
have agreed upon the following: ar- 
ticles : 
Art. 1. In order to assist the ef. 
forts which his Imperial majesty is 
desirous of making, and to facili- 
tate to him:the means of ‘bringing 
forward. the resources of his domi- 
nions, in the defence of the com- 
mon cause, his Britannic majesty 
engages to propose to his parlia- 
Went to guarantee the regular pay. 
ment of the haif-yearly dividends, 
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on the sum of four millions six 
hundred thousand pounds sterling, 
which is, oris tobe raised, on ac- 
count of his Imperial majesty, on 
the terms and in the manner 
specified in the two engagements 
or o¢trois, the tenor of which is 
annexed to this convention; his - 
Imperial majesty solemnly engag- 
ing to his Britannic majesty, that 
he will make due provision for the 
regular discharge of the payments 
which shall become due in conse- 
quence of the said loans, so as that. 
those payments shall never fall as a 
burthen on the finances of Great. 
Britain. 
2. In return for the stipulation 
contained in the preceding: article, 
and by the means of the said loan 
of four millions six hundred thou-' 
sand pounds sterling, assured. by 
eae guarantee of Great Britain, his’ 
Imperial majesty shall employ in. 
his different armies, in the ensuing 
campaign, a number of troops, 
which shall not only amount at” 
least to two hundred thousand -ef- 
fective men, but which his Impe- 
ria! majesty will exert himself, as 
much as possible, to augment even 
above that number; which troops 
shall a&t against the common ene- 
my, according to the disp%sitions 
agreed upon by a secret article, 
forming a part of this convention. 
3- The emperor will see with 
pleasure, the appointment of general 
officers, or other persons of con- 
‘fidence, to bz present with his ar- 
mies on the part of his Britannic 
majesty, to whom all the necessary 
communication ‘and information 
will be furnished, with respect to 
the state and strength of the ar- 
mies, and the number of troops of 
which they may consist; and if, 
in order to facilitate and promote 
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