their arrival, be restored to their full liberty, with their hip and merchandize, without any delay or exception. And if any veffel whatfoever, after having been armed or equipped, wholly or partially, in the ports of either of the allies, fhould be employed in taking prizes, or in committing hoftilities against the fubjects of the other, fuch veffel, in cafe of their returning into the faid ports, fhail, at the requifition of the injured parties, be seized and confifcated for their benefit. The high contracting parties do not intend that the ftipulations in these two articles fhould derogate from the execution of anterior treaties actually exifting with other powers; the high contracting parties not being, however, at liberty to form new engagements hereafter to the prejudice of the faid ftipulations. 8. Their imperial and Britannic majefties engage to ratify the prefent treaty of alliance, and the ratifications thereof fhall be exchanged in the fpace of fix weeks, or fooner if it can be done. In witnefs whereof, we the underfigned, being furnished with the full powers of their imperial and Britannic majesties, have figned the prefent treaty in their names, and have caufed the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Vienna, the 20th day of May, 1795(L. S.) LE BARON DE THUGUT. (L. S.) MORTON EDEN. SEPARATE ARTICLE. In cafe the establishment, in general limited, of the land forces of Great Britain fhould not permit his Britannic majefty to furnish, within the term fpecified, the fuccour in men ftipulated by the 5th article of the prefent treaty of alliance, and that confequently his imperial majefty fhould be obliged to fupply that fuccour by an equal number of other troops, to be taken into his pay, the confidence which the emperor repofes in the friendship and equity of the king of Great Britain leaves him no room to doubt but that his Britannic majefty will readily grant him an indemnification for the difference, which, according to a just valuation at the time, fhall exift between the expences of the taking into pay and fubfiftence of thote troops, and the estimate in Dutch florins, which, in order to avoid every delay of difcuffion, has been adopted in the above-mentioned 5th article, in conformity to the eftimate contained in ancient treaties. The feparate article, making part of the treaty of alliance, figned this day in the name of their imperial and Britannic majefties, fhall have the fame force and validity as if it were inferted word for word in the faid treaty of alliance. In witness whereof, we, the underfigued, being furnifhed with the full powers of their imperial and Britannic majefties, have, in their names, figned the prefent feparate article, and have caufed the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Vienna, the 20th of May, 1795(L. S.) MORTON EDEN. (L. S.) LE BARON DE THUGUT. SEPARATE ARTICLE, Their imperial and Britannic majefties fhall concert together upon the invitation to be given to her imperial majefty of all the Ruflias, in order to form, by the union of the three courts, in confequence of the intimate connections which exift already between them, a fyftem of triple alliance, proper for the re-establishment and mainte(I 4) nance nance in future of peace and general tranquillity in Europe. This article fhall have the fame force as if it were inferted in the prefent treaty. In witness whereof, we the undersigned, being furni@bed with the full powers of their imperial and Britannic majefties, have in their names figned the prefent feparate article, and have caufed the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Vienna, the 20th of May, 1795. (L. S.) MORTON EDEN. (L. S.) LE BARON DE THUGUT. His royal highness having, fince the very beginning of the prefent war, been of opinion, that it was neither juft nor convenient for Tufcany to take any active part in the tranfactions which at this prefent time convulfe Europe; that the welfare and fafety of this country fhould not be entrusted to the preponderance of any of the belligerent powers, but to the facred right of nations, and to the inviolable faith of thofe treaties, which guarantee the immunities, and of course the neutrality of the port of Leghorn; and lastly, that the natural and political fituation of his dominions demands the most impartial line of conduct, has refolved, with the ftri&teft impartiality, to obferve the edict of neutrality, published by his auguft father, under date of the 1ft of Auguft, 1778, as a fundamental law of the duchy. The beneficial confequences of this refolution rendered it highly agreeable to his beloved fubjects, who, profiting by the trade and commerce of other nations, with out hurting any of them, found themselves relieved from those alarms and troubles which are occafioned by the fear of war. Whilft his royal highnefs enjoyed the fatisfaction of feeing, that Tufcany, fuperior as it were, to the occurrences of the times, rested peaceful and quiet on that neutrality, which was conftantly refpected by the French republic, he found himself involved in thofe unpleasant tranfactions, which are already known to all Europe. Although his royal highness was unable to refift them, yet he confented to nothing but the removal of the French minifter refiding at his court, the only act of that period could extort from which the imperious circumstances him, and which can never be quoted as an act derogatory to the conftitutional neutrality of Tuscany. The fincere explanation of these facts, which admit neither difcuffion nor refutation, and the impartial line of acting obferved afterwards towards the French republic, as well as towards individuals of that nation, have restored Tufcany to the enjoyment of all the bleffings which had been taken from her. His royal highness having concluded with the national convention of France a treaty, calculated to re-establish his former neutrality for the benefit of his fubjects, without encroaching upon the rights and interefts of the belligerent powers, with refpect to whom he had never taken upon himself any particular obligation, has thought proper to publish the terms of that treaty, which are as follows: Art. 1. The great duke of Tufcany repeals all acts of adhesion, confent, and acceffion to the armed coalition against the French Repub. lic. 2. In 2. In confequence thereof, peace, friendship, and good understanding are to prevail between the French republic and the great duchy of Tuscany. 3. The neutrality of Tufcany is re-established on the fame footing as it was before the 8th of October, 1793. 4. The prefent treaty fhall have no effect before it has been ratified by the national convention. His royal highnefs, therefore, wills that in all his dominions, the edict of neutrality of the 1ft of Auguft, 1778, confirmed by the ordinance of the 22d of March, 1790, and republifhed at Leghorn on the 28th of April, 1792, be fcrupuloufly obferved, for which purpose a fufficient number of copies of this edict fhall be fent to the confuls of foreign nations refiding at Leghorn, and to the Tufcan confuls refiding in foreign ports. Given on the ift of March, 1795. V. ANTHONY SERRISTORI, Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the King of Pruffia, April 5. The French republic and his majefty the king of Pruffia, equally animated with the defire of putting an end to the war which divides them, by a folid peace between the two nations, have nominated for their plenipotentiaries, viz. The French republic, the citizen François Barthelemy, its ambaffador in Switzerland; and the king of Pruffia, his minister of state, of war, and the cabinet, Charles Augufte, baron de Hardenberg, knight of the order of the red eagle, of the white eagle, and of St. Stanislaus: who have agreed upon the following articles: 1. There fhall be peace, amity, and good understanding between the French republic and the king of Pruffia, confidered both as fuch, and as elector of Brandenburg, and co-state of the German empire. 2. In confequence, all hoftilities between the two contracting powers fhall cease, from the day of the ratification of the prefent treaty; and neither of them, from the fame period, fhall furnish against the other, in any quality, or under any title whatfoever, any fuccours or contingent, in men, horses, provifions, money, warlike stores, or otherwise. 3. Neither of the contracting powers fhall grant a paffage through its territory, to the troops of the enemies of the other. 4. The troops of the French republic fhall evacuate, within fifteen days after the ratification of the prefent treaty, the parts of the Pruffian ftates they may occupy on the right bank of the Rhine. The contributions, deliveries, fupplies, and fervices of war, fhall ceafe entirely within fifteen days after the fignature of this treaty. All arrearages due at that period, as well as billets and promifes given or made in that refpect, fhall be null. Whatever fhall be taken or received after the period aforefaid, fhall be restored gratuitously, or paid for in ready money. 5. The troops of the French republic fhall continue to occupy the parts of the ftates of the king of Pruffia, fituated on the left bank of the Rhine. All definitive arrangement with refpect to these provinces, fhall be deferred till the general pacification with the German empire. 6. Until 6. Until a treaty of commerce between the two contracting powers fhall be made, all the commercial communications and relations between France and the Pruffian ftates, fhall be re-established on the footing upon which they were before the prefent war. 7. As the difpofitions of article 6 cannot have their full effect, but in proportion as liberty of commerce fhall be re-established for all the north of Germany, the two contracting powers fhall take measures for removing from it the theatre of war. 8. To individuals of the two nations refpectively fhall be granted the restoration of all effects, revenues, or property of what kind foever, detained, feized, or confifcated on account of the war between France and Pruffia, as well as prompt juftice with refpect to all debts due in the states of either of the two contracting powers to the fubjects of the other. 9. All prifoners taken refpective ly fince the commencement of the war, without regard to difference of number or rank, including Pruffian marines and failors, taken either in Pruffian fhips or fhips of other nations, as well as in general all those detained on either fide on account of the war, fhall be reftored within the fpace of two months at the latest after the exchange of the ratifications of the prefent treaty, on paying the private debts they may have contracted during their captivity. The fame fhall be done with respect to the fick and wounded immediately after their getting well. Commiffioners fhall be immediately appointed on both fides, for executing this article. 10. The prifoners of Saxon, Mentz, Palatine, and Heffian corps, with thofe of Heffe-Caffel and Darmstadt, who have served in the army of the king of Pruffia, fhall be included in the exchange abovementioned. 11. The French republic will accept of the good offices of his majefty the king of Pruffia in favour of the princes and states of the German empire, who fhall defire to enter directly into negotiation with it, and who to that end have already requested, or fhall request, the interpofition of the king. The French republic, to give to the king of Pruffia a first proof of its defire to concur in the re-eftablifhment of the ancient bonds of amity which have fubfifted between the two nations, confents not to treat as an enemy's country, during the space of three months after the ratification of the prefent treaty, the territories of those princes and ftates of the empire aforefaid, fituated on the left bank of the Rhine, in whofe favour the king fhall intereft himself. 12. The prefent treaty fhall have no effect till after being ratified by the contracting parties; and the ratifications fhall be exchanged in the city of Bafle within one month from this date, or fooner if poffible. In teftimony of which, we the underfigned minifters plenipotentiary of the French republic, and his majesty the king of Pruffia, by virtue of our full powers, have figned the prefent treaty of peace and amity, and affixed to it our refpective feals. Done at Bafle the 16th of Germinal, the third year of the French Republic, April 5, 1795. Signed FRANÇOIS BARTHELEMY. CHARLES-AUGUSTE BARON DE HARDENBERG. Additional Additional Convention concluded, in confequence of the Treaty of Peace of April 5, 1795, figned at Bafle, between Baron Hardenberg, the Pruffian Minifter Plenipotentiary on the one part, and Citizen Barthelemy, the Minifter of the French Republic, on the other. Article 1. In order to remove the theatre of war from the frontiers of the territories of his Pruffian majefty, to preferve the tranquillity of the north of Germany, and to reftore the entire freedom of commerce between this part of the empire and France, as it has been before the war, the French republic confents not to extend her warlike operations either to thofe countries and states which are fituate beyond the following line of demarcation, nor to let her troops, naval or military, enter them. This line will comprise East Friesland, and go down along the Ems and, the Aa, or Alpha, as far as Munfter, then take its direction to Coesfeld, Borcken, Bockholt, as far as the frontier of the duchy of Cleves, near Ifleburg; follow this frontier at Magenporft on the New Yffel; afcend the Rhine as far as Duisburg, from thence along the frontier of the county of Mark to Vreden, Germark and along the Wipper, to Hombourg, Altenberg upon Lahn, Limburg upon Lahn, along this latter river and that which comes from Idftein; then extend from this place, Ephem and Hochet on the Mayn, then follow the brook which flows through this place to the frontiers of the Palati. nate, including the space between Raunheim and Dornheim; to continue along the frontier of Darmftadt and the circle of Franconia, which the line fhall entirely include, to Ebersbach on the Necker; then the course of this river to the free imperial city of Wimpfen, and from thence to Loewenftein, Murhard, Honenftadt, the free imperial city of Nordfingen and Holtzkirs on the Wetniz, alfo the county of Pappenheim, and the whole circle of Franconia and Upper Saxony, along Bavaria, the Upper Palatinate, and Bohemia, to the frontiers of Silefia. The French republic will confider as neutral ftates and countries all thofe which are fituate behind this line, on condition that they obferve on their part a ftrict neutrality, the firft point of which would be to call back their contingents with the army of the empire, and to enter into no fresh engagements which would authorize them to furnish troops to the powers at war with France. Those who fhall not fulfil thefe conditions, to which the king will endeavour to perfuade them, fhall be excluded from the benefit of the neutrality. His Pruflian majefty takes upon him, as far as the above line of demarcation is on the right bank of the Rhine, to guarantee, that no troops hoftile to France fhall pafs the faid line, or come from the countries included in it, to combat the French armies. For this pur pofe both contracting parties, after having concerted with each other, will keep fufficient corps of obfer- ́ vation on the principal points, to make this neutrality refpected. The paffage of troops, whether they belong to the French republic, to the empire, or to Auftria, fhall however remain free on thofe routes which lead on the right bank of the Mayn, through Frankfort to Koenigftein and Limburgh toward Cologne; to Haderfteim, Wifbaden and Naffau, toward Coblentz : laftly, to Haderftein against Mentz, and |