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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



tannic maj esties, have in their names 

 signed the present convention, and 

 have affixed thereunto the seal of 

 our arms. 



Done at Vienna the 20th of 

 June, in the year 1800. 

 (L. S.) Le baron de Thugut. 

 (L. S.) Minto. 



Treaty between the King of Great 

 Britain and the Elector of Mentz. 



BE it known to all whom it may 

 concern, that as his electoral 

 highness of Mentz, as a member of 

 the empire, and agreeably to his 

 attachment to its constitution, par- 

 ticipates in the war which the Ger- 

 man empire has been forced to de- 

 clare against France, for defending 

 and maintainingits constitution, and 

 the integrity of its territory ; and 

 as his highness is convinced of the 

 necessity for gaining this salutary 

 purpose, not only of .employing all 

 the forces which the laws of the 

 empire require of every state under 

 the title of contingents, but also 

 of using stiU greater means, the 

 sooner to procure an honourable and 

 lasting peace, which the occupation 

 of a considerable part of the elec- 

 toral territories on the side of France, 

 and the repeated invasion of the re- 

 maining ten-itories of his electoral 

 highness by the same power, as well 

 as the exhausted state of his re- 

 sources, effected by his extraordi- 

 nary exertions for the good of the 

 armies fighting in Germany for the 

 general cause, did not allow his 

 electoral highness to do to the ex- 

 tent he might have wished, his elec- 

 toral highness has applied to his 

 Britannic majesty (likewise engaged 

 in war with the same enemy, in 

 consequence of the attack made by 



France), inviting his majesty to as- 

 sist his electoral highness in the exe- 

 cution of these measures, in a man- 

 ner that might be thought the most 

 effective. As his Britannic majesty 

 on his part entertains similar senti- 

 ments with his electoral highness, 

 and wishes to give him a proof of 

 his friendship, and of his desire to 

 promote the just and salutary object 

 he has in view, his majesty has 

 nominated Mr. Wickham his minis- 

 ter plenipotentiary and commis- 

 sioner, to adj u St the points relating to 

 this important object ; and his elec- 

 toral highness, on his part, has no- 

 minated count Spaur his privy coun- 

 sellor, for the same purpose, who, 

 having exchanged their full powers, 

 have agreed on the following arti- 

 cles : 



Art. 1. His electoral highness 

 of Mentz offers to form a corps of 

 3464 men, infantry as well as ca- 

 valry (but so that the latter shall not 

 constitute above one eleventh part 

 of the whole corps), which is to be 

 left at the disposal of his Britannic 

 majesty, to be employed by him in 

 any part of Europe he should wish 

 it ; and that for so long as his ma- 

 jesty shall take an active share in 

 the war at present carrying on on 

 the continent, and for three years, 

 if after the expiration of that time, 

 or sooner, fortunate events should 

 procure to Europe the enjoyment 

 of a solid and lasting peace. In the 

 latter case, viz. if a continental 

 peace should be effected before the 

 expiration of the three years, his 

 Britannic majesty shall be at liberty 

 to dispense with the service of that 

 corps, having made known to his 

 electoral highness his resolution, 

 three months beforehand, during 

 which period the salary and other 

 wages of the troops shall continue 



