Soh. Ae By PA: PLE QRYS: 
which subsists between them, his 
Britannic majesty, in order to re- 
gulate the object relative to this 
treaty, has thought proper to nomi- 
nate Charles Craufurd, his envoy 
at the imperial and royal armies ; 
and his serene highness has nomi- 
nated, on his part, for the same pur- 
pose, the baron Charles of Bark- 
haus, his privy counsellor, and di- 
rector of the council of war; who, 
being furnished with the necessary 
full powers, have agreed to take 
for basis of the present treaty, the 
one formerly concluded between 
Great Britain and Hesse, the fifth 
of October, one thousand seven 
hundred and ninety-three, to adopt 
such parts of it as may be applica- 
ble to the present circumstances, 
or to settle, by new articles, those 
points which it may be necessary 
to regulate otherwise :/and as it is 
not possible to specify each particu. 
lar case, every thing which shall 
not appear to be determined in a 
precise manner, either in the pre- 
sent treaty or in the former treaty, 
|shall be settled with equity and 
‘faith, in conformity to the same 
rinciples which bave been adopted 
in former instances. 
Arr. 1. There shall be, there- 
ore, in virtue of this treaty, be- 
‘tween his majesty the king of Great 
ritain and his serene highness the 
andgrave of Hesse Darmstadt, 
heir heirs and successors, a strict 
iendship, and a sincere, firm, and 
onstant union, so that the one 
hall consider the interests of the 
Mither as his own, and shall strive 
‘lo promote them with good faith 
‘ks much as possible, and to prevent 
‘}nd removeal! disturbance and in- 
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« His majesty the king of Great 
‘britain desiring to have in his ser- 
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[129 
vice a body of troops, to be employ- 
ed wherever he may think proper, 
excepting in the East Indies, or on 
board the fleet; and his serene 
highness, wishing for nothing more 
than to give his majesty this fresh 
proof of his attachment, engages, 
by virtue of this article, to set on 
foot three battalions .of infantry, 
forming a body of two thousand 
two hundred and eighty-four men, 
according to the annexed specifica- 
tion. These troops shall be ready 
to passin review before his Britan~ 
nic majesty’s* commissary the four- 
teenth day of July of the present 
year, at Darmstadt, and to begin 
their march the following day for 
the place of theirdestination. The 
general whom his Britannic majes- 
ty shall appoint. commander in 
chief in the countries where these 
shall serve, shall bave authority to 
employ them, either together or in 
detachments, and even to disperse 
them amongst the different islands 
or districts of his command, in the 
manner which he shall judge the 
most advantageous for his majesty’s 
service. It being, notwithstanding, 
well understood, that these troops 
shall always remain under the im- 
mediate orders of their own chiefs, 
—The said corps shall consist of 
men disciplined and exercised, and 
well armed and equipped. 
3. In order to defray the ex. 
pences to which theserenelandgrave 
shall be put for the equipment of 
the said corps of troops, his Britan., 
nic majesty promises to pay to his 
serene highness for each man thir- 
ty crowns banco, the crown being 
reckoned at fifty-three sols of Hole 
land, or at four shillings and nine» 
pence three farthings English mo- 
ney, of which payment shall be 
madeimmediately after the review, 
K and 
