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Treaties,&c, presented by His Majesty’s 
Command to both Houses of Parlia- 
ment, Fan.3,. 1806. 
Treaty of Concert between His Majes- 
ty and the Emperor of all the Kus- 
sias, signed at St. Petersburgh, the 
11th of April, 1805. 
Anr,. I.—As the state of suffering 
in which Europe is placed, demands 
speedy remedy—Their majesties the 
king of the united kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and the 
emperor of all the Russias, have 
mutually agreed to consult upon the 
means of putting a stop thereto, 
without waiting for farther encreach- 
ments on the part of the French 
government. They have agreed, in 
consequence, to employ the most 
speedy and the most efficacious means 
to form a general League of the 
states of Europe, and to engage them 
to accede to the present concert ; 
and, in order to accomplish the end 
proposed, to colleét together a force, 
which, independently of thesuccours 
furnished by his Britannic majesty, 
may amount to five hundred thou- 
sand effective men; and to employ 
the same energy, in order either to 
induce or compel the French govern- 
ment to agree to the re-establishment 
of peace, and the equilibrium of 
Europe, 
Arr. IT.— The object of this 
league will be to carry into effect 
what is proposed by the present 
concert, namely : 
a, The evacuation of the country 
of Hanover, and the north of Ger. 
many. 
b. The establishment of the inde- 
pendence of the republics of Holland 
and Swisserland. 
c. The re-establishment of the king 
of Sardinia in Piedmont, with as 
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large an augmentation of territor 
as circumstances will permit. 
d. The future security of th 
kingdom of Naples, and the com 
plete evacuation of Italy, the islan 
of Elba included, by the French 
forces. 
e. The establishment of an orde 
of things in Europe,. which ma 
effectually guarantee the security an 
independence of the different states, 
and present a solid barrier agains 
future usurpations. 
Ant. I11.—His Britannic majesty, 
in order to concur efficaciously on 
his side to the happy effects o 
the present concert, engages to con- 
tribute to the common efforts, by 
employing his forces both by sea 
and land, as well as his vessels 
adapted for transporting troops, in 
such manner as shall be determined 
upon in the general plan of opera- 
tions. His majesty will moreover 
assist the different powers who shall 
accede thereto by subsidies, the 
amount of which shall correspond to 
the respective forces which shall be 
employed ; and in order that the said 
pecuniary succours may be propor- 
tioned in the manner most conducive 
to the general good, and to assist the 
powers in proportion to the exer- 
tions they may make, to contribu:e 
to the common success, it is agreed, 
that these subsidies, (barring parti- 
cular arrangements) shall be furnish- 
ed in the proportion of one million 
two hundred and fifty thousand 
pounds sterling, for each hundred 
thousand men of regular troops, and 
so in proportion for a greater or 
smaller number, payable according ; 
to the conditions hereafter specified. 
Arr. [V.—The said subsidies shall 
be payable by instalments, from 
month to month, in propertion to 
the forces which each power shall 
" employ 
