‘ef the court and state, the count de 
Cobenzel, to the ambassador count 
Razoumofski, on the 7th of July, 
and in the Memoire Raisonné of the 
gist of July, are assumed by his 
‘majesty the king of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, &c. &c. to serveas a basis for 
‘the concert of measures between the 
three courts of London, Vienna, 
and Petersburgh, and the modifica- 
tions proposed therein, for the regu- 
lation of the affairs of thecontinent, 
are in like manner adopted, in case 
there should be reason to hope that 
war may be avoided by the nieans 
of negociation. 
The British ambassador, while he 
declares.that his positive instructions 
preclude him from acceding to the 
oo demands of the court of 
‘ 
Sovereign, that the monthly subsi- 
dies agreed to by the concert of the 
30th March (11th April), shall be 
payable from the ist of October, 
1805. He engages, likewise, to ad- 
- yanice, with the least possible delay, 
the equivalent of five months subsi- 
dies, under the head of premicre 
“mise en campagne, with this express 
condition, that his Britannic majesty 
may reclaim whatever payments 
shall have been made in favour of 
his imperial and royal majesty, be- 
yond the million stipulated by the 
eleventh additional article of the 
_ above-mentioned treaty, whether as 
_premicre mise en campagne, or. as 
_ current subsidy, in case that the ne- 
_ gociations, which are about to be 
Bet on foot with the French govern- 
ment do not terminate in war. 
He declares, moreover, that.if the 
said negociations shall not be 
brought to a conclusion before the 
Bist day of December, 1805, the 
_ expiration of the first three months 
—‘Whall be the term of the payments 
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jienna, engages, in the name of his. 
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which are to be continued monthly, 
until the commencement of hosti- 
lities. 
His imperial and royal majesty 
having engaged toembody an armed 
force of not less than 320,000 men, 
the undersigned consents, that the 
advances to be made, under the 
head of premiére mise en campagne, 
shall be paid according to this calcu- 
lation, with this condition, neverthe- 
less, that if, contrary to all expecta- 
tion, the Austrian armies do not 
amount to the force above specified, 
his Britannic majesty may deduét 
from this payment a sum propor« 
tionate to the numbers that are 
wanting. 
The British ambassador cannot 
consent to the modifications and de- 
mands contained in the paper, en- 
titled, ‘‘ Remarks on some parti- 
cular objects of the Convention, 
signed between the Courts of Peters- 
burgh andof London, the30th March 
(11th April) of this year; as he has 
hitherto received no instructions 
from his court, which authorize 
him to accede to such demands. 
The British ambassador accepts 
the accession of his majesty the em- 
peror and king, under the condi- 
tions specified in the preliminary 
declarations exchanged this day be- 
tween the plenipotentiaries of their 
imperial and royal majesties, with 
this formal reservation, that this ac- 
ceptation shall not be considered as 
valid, nor the above-mentioned en- 
gagements obligatory, unless the 
court of Vienna shall on their side 
conform themselves to the whole of 
the stipulations of the said act. 
The undersigned, in delivering to 
his excellency prince Czartoryski, 
and count de Stadion, the present 
preliminary declaration, which is to 
be in the place, and have the vali- 
dity of the most solemn treaty, is 
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