STATE PA PERS: 
‘plenipotentiaries, that is to say, 
his Britannic majesty, the sieur 
Charles Whitworth, his envoy ex- 
traordinary and minister plenipo- 
tentiary to her Imperial majesty of 
all the Russias, knight of the or- 
der of the Bath; and her Imperial 
majesty of all the Russias, the sieut 
John count Osterman, her vice- 
chancellor, a€tual privy counsellor, 
senator, and knight of the orders 
of St. Andrew, of St. Alexander 
~ Newsky, great cross of that of St. 
Viadimir of the first class and of 
St. Anne; the sieur Alexander count 
of Besborodko, her great master of 
the court, a¢tual privy-counsellor, 
diretor-general of the posts, and 
knight of the orders of St. An- 
drew, of St. Alexander Newsky, 
and great cross of that of St. Vla- 
dimir of the first class; and the 
sieer Arcadi de Marcoff, privy- 
counsellor, member of the col- 
lege of foreign affairs, knight of 
the order of St. Alexander New- 
sky, and great cross of that of St. 
Vladimir of the first class : who, 
after having mutually exchanged 
their full powers, found to be in 
good and due form, have agreed 
upon the following articles : 
_ Art. 1. There shall be a sincere 
and constant friendship between his 
Britannic majesty and her majesty 
the empress of all the Russias, their 
heirs and successors ; and, in con- 
sequence of this intimate union, 
the high contratting parties shall 
have nothing more strongly at heart 
than to promote by all possible 
means their mutual interests, to 
avert from each other whatever 
might cause them any injury, da- 
mage, or prejudice, and to main- 
tain themselves reciprocally in the 
undisturbed possession of their do- 
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minions, rights, commerce, and 
prerogatives whatsoever, by gua. 
ranteeing reciprocally for this pur- 
pose all their countries, dominions, 
and possessions, as well such as 
they actually possess, as those which 
they may acquire by treaty. | 
2. If, notwithstanding the ef- 
forts which they shall employ by 
common consent, in order to ob- 
tain this end, it should nevertheless 
happen that one of them should be 
attacked by sea or land, the other 
shall furnish him, immediately on 
the requisition being made, the 
succours stipulated by the follow~ 
ing articles of this treaty, 
3. His Britannic majesty and 
her Imperial majesty of all the 
Russias declare, however, that in 
contracting the present alliance, 
their intention is by no means to 
give offence thereby, or to injure 
any one, but that their sole inten- 
tion is to provide by these engage- 
ments for their reciprocal advan- 
tage and security, as well as for. 
the re-establishment of peace, and 
_for the maintenance of the general 
tranquillity of Europe, and above 
all, that of the North. 
4. As the two high contracting 
parties profess the same desire to 
render each other their mutual suc- 
cours as advantageous as possible, 
and as the natural force of Russia 
consists in land troaps, whilst Great 
Britain can principally furnish ships 
of war, it is agreed upon, that if 
his Britannic majesty should be at- 
tacked or disturbed by any other 
power, and in whatever manner it 
might be, in the possession of his 
dominions and provinces, so that 
he should think it necessary to re- 
quire the assistance of his ally, her 
Imperial majesty of all the Russias 
a shall 
