Who, after having verified and exchanged their full powers, have concluded the following articles: Art. 1. The object of the present war being to re-establish the independence of the states oppressed by France, the two High Contracting Parties bind themselves in consequence, to direct all their operations towards that end; and as, in order to accomplish the same, it will be essential to replace Prussia in possession of her relative power, and to prevent France from ever occupying henceforward any of the strong places in the north of Germany, or exercising any sort of influence in that quarter; his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland engages to cooperate effectually to that end. On the other hand, his Majesty the King of Prussia, who, in his transactions with Russia, has already expressly reserved the rights of the House of Brunswick Lunenburgh upon Hanover, will co-operate with all his means towards the restoration of their hereditary states, to that august House, and to the Ducal House of Brunswick. Art. II. Prussia engages to maintain in the field an army of eighty thousand men, exclusive of the garrisons in the fortresses. Art. III. England engages to place at the disposal of his Prussian Majesty, for the year 1813, 666,6661. in monthly payments. The same enagement for five millions of federative paper, as in the Russian treaty. Articles IV. V. and VI. as in the Russian treaty. Art. VII. The British navy shall Co-operate, wherever it is practicable, in the defence of the Prussian states, in support of the military expeditions in aid of the common cause, and in the protection of the commerce of Prussia. Art. VIII. This Treaty shall forthwith be communicated to Russia, Sweden, and Austria. Art. IX. It shall be ratified with the least possible delay. In witness whereof, &c. Reichenbach, the 14th June, 1813. CHARLES STEWART, Convention between His Britannic Majesty and the Emperor of all the Russias, signed at Peterswaldaw, 5th July, 1813. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, being desirous, in consequence of the intimate bonds of friendship and alliance which subsist between them, to concert together the means, and to facilitate the efforts, which they reciprocally employ in the present struggle against France, have agreed to conclude a Convention upon these principles. For this purpose they have appointed their Plenipotentiaries; namely, his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland, William Shaw, Viscount Cathcart. Baron Cathcart and Greenock, a Peer of the Realm, one of his Privy Councillors, Vice-admiral of Scotland, General in Chief, Colonel of the Second Regiment of LifeGuards, and Knight of the Most. Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, David d'Alopeus, his Privy Councillor and Actual Chamberlain, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Prussia, Kaight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Vladimir of the -Second Class, and of that of St. Anne of the First Class: who, after having reciprocally communicated their full powers, have agreed -upon the following articles: Art. I. The vast resources of the Russian empire furnishing to his Imperial Majesty the number of troops which he had determined to employ beyond the frontiers of his empire, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland having appropriated the greatest part of his own to the defence of Spain, and to the protection of Portugal, his Britannic Majesty has consented to take upon himself the expense of the maintenance of the German Legion in the service of his Imperial Majesty, the strength of which shall be increased to ten thousand men. Art. II. So long as Great Britain shall provide for the maintenance of the said legion, the same shall remain at the absolute disposal of his Britannic Majesty, to be employed on the continent of Eu. rope. It shall be commanded by general officers of his choice. His Imperial Majesty engages to provide for the recruiting of the legion, and to keep it in a state for service, and complete, as far as may be practicable, whilst the replacing the articles furnished for the equipment, arming, and the nise en campagne of the said le gion, shall appertain to his Britannic Majesty. All the sums paid by Great Britain in virtue of the articles of the present Convention, shall be em ployed solely for the purpose of defraying the expenses and the maintenance of the German legion in the service of his Imperial Majesty. Art. III. The High Contracting Parties have agreed, that the sums destined for the maintenance of the said corps shall be paid to the order of the government of his Imperial Majesty, at the rate of ten pounds fifteen shillings sterling per annum for each effective man of the legion, with the express reservation, that its numbers shall not exceed ten thousand men. His Britannic Majesty engages to furnish the arms, ammunition, clothing, and the articles of equipment, which shall be wanting at the period when the corps shall be placed at his disposal. All the articles of clothing and equipment for the legion having been furnished by his Majesty the Emperor, and the companies of horse and foot artillery, the two regiments of hussars, the company of chasseurs, and the four battelions of infantry, having been already partly equipped and clothed on the 1st of April, his Britannic Majesty engages to pay for each recruit in the said corps from the 4th of April, the sum specified in the under-mentioned list, marked I. annexed to the present Convention, If after the 4th of April the legion shall be augmented by one or more battalions, the expense of the clothing and equipment furnished by by his Imperial Majesty shall be reimbursed, according to the terms -specified in the said list marked I. In proportion as the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth battalions shall be found complete, the expense of the carriages, horses and other appointments detailed in the undermentioned, list of the articles supplied to the first four battalions, to enable them to take the field, shall be reimbursed to the Russian government. Art. IV. The formation of the legions, and the expenses calculated for its maintenance, and detailed in the list annexed to the present Convention, under the letters A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. are declared to for.n an integral part thereof. The sum mentioned in the preceding article, of ten pounds fifteen shillings sterling, is destined to constitute the pay of each officer, soldier, and other effective men, mentioned in the said list as actually serving, as well as to defray the other expences therein detailed. The remounting, provisioning, and general hospital, of the German legion, shall also be at the charge of the British government, who shall superintend the administration and expenditure of the same. All the arrangements made with the government of the countries which form the theatre of war, for provisioning the troops of his Imperial Majesty, shall be applicable to the German legion in his service, whenever his Britannic Majesty shall call for its service. Árt. V. The subsidy fixed by the third article shall be paid every two months in advance, for the number of officers and soldiers who shall have been returned as etic tise in the last day of the preceding month. The first payment is to bear date from the 1st of April, 1913, (new style), for the number stated in the report of Colonel H. Lowe, in the service of his Britannic Majesty, who has b en appointed to inspect the legion in the mouth of April. As to the sick, who have remained in the hospitals in Russia, they shall not be taken into ac count until they have passed the Russian frontier, after convales cence. For any changes that may have taken place in the preceding months, deductions shall be made from, or additions made to each payment, according to the circumstances of the case that is to say, that the pay advanced for such as shall have died have been discharged, or have deserted for the last two months, sh ́ll be deducted, and that for the recruits be added to the payment, In order to meet the expenses of recruiting and marching, one month's pay shall be given as a bounty to every recruit on joining his corps. Art. VI. The rations shall be delivered to the German legion according to the received practice of the Prussian army, which shall also serve as a regulation for the deduction from the pay of the soldier, for the provisions furnished by the government, as well as for the sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals. Art. VII. The estimate being made made on a war establishment, the rate of payments shall be reduced in the proportion specified in the lists annexed to this Convention, in the event of the legion being subsidized by Great Britain, when circumstances shall allow of its being placed upon a peace establishment. - Art. VIII. All payments to be made in virtue of the present Convention, shall be calculated in Prussian money, at the rate of eight gros current money, for one shilling sterling or three shillings per thaler. The expenses of exchange and bills shall be regulated each month according to the course of exchange most generally established by merchants upon the continent, at the time of payment, and every bill of exchange shall be accompanied by a note of the state of exchange certified by two bankers. Art. IX. The prices and pay which form the basis of this arrangement, having been calculated in silver roubles and gold crowns, the two High Contracting Parties agree to determine the value of a gold crown, in order to regulate the rates of pay, and the price of the other objects set down in the lists, in, the current, money of Prussia. The value of a gold crown is therefore, by the present article, fixed at one rix-thaler, two gros, and eight pfennings current money of Prussia. Art. X. His Majesty the Emperor consents to cede to his Britannic Majesty, either in his character of King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in that of the Elector of Hanover, the property of the legion, if the circumstances of the war should induce his Majesty the King to desire this arrangement, which, however, shall in no way invalidate the capitulation, granted by his Imperial Majesty, to the individuals who compose the legion. Art. XI. Individuals invalided by sickness, or in consequence of wounds, shall receive their pay at the same rate as invalids in the Prussian army. The payment shallbe made by the powers in whose service the German legion shall be, at the time of the invalids retiring from service, so that his Majesty the Emperor takes upon himself the payment of these pensions, until the period when the legion shall pass into the service of Great Britain, or into that of the Elector of Hanover, according to the tenor of Article X. Art. XII. The present Convention shall remain in force, during the continuance of the present war; and if at a period of a defi nitive peace, the legion still continues a Russian corps, subsidized by Great Britain, a month's subsidy shall be paid to it, as also at the rate of one month's subsidy for every fifty German miles which the legion shall have to march to the Russian frontier, or to the place of its being disbanded, or of its ulterior destination beyond the Russian frontier. Art. XIII. Should there remain any other objects to be adjusted relative to the legion, that shall not have been arranged and pros vided for in the present Convention, the High Contracting Parties reserve to themselves, to cause them to be settled by their respective missions, leaving also te the the same, the correction of any errors of calculation, which may have been admitted into the lists annexed to this Convention. Art. XIV. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged, in two months from the day of its signature, or sooner if possible. In testimony whereof we the undersigned, furnished with full powers from his Majesty the King of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and from his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, have signed the present convention, and have affixed to it the seal of our arms. Done at Peterswaldo, in Silesia, the 24th June (6th July) 1813. (Signed) CATHCART. (L. S.) (Signed) D'ALOPEUS. (L. S.) A supplementary Convention to the Treaty of Concert and Subsidy of the 15th of June, 1813, hetween his Britannic Majesty, and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, signed at London, the 30th of September, 1813. In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. The scarcity of specie producing difficulties and considerable loss in furnishing the pecuniary succours which his Britannic Majesty is desirous of furnishing to his allies, to assist them in supporting the expenses of the war with France, it has been agreed between his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the one hand, and their Majesties the Emperor of all the Russias and the King of Prussia on suc the other, that a part of these cours shall be furnished by aid of the public credit of Great Bri tain, and under the form of bills of credit, exclusively applicable to the expenses of the war, and to be" reimbursed in specie on the terms and conditions hereinafter stipulated. In consequence and in execution of the fourth article of the Convention concluded at Reichenbach, on the 3d (15th) June of the present year, his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, have named their plenipotentia-" ries to conclude the present Convention; namely, his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, a Privy Councillor, and one of his principal Secretaries of State; and' his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Count de Lieven, Lieutenant-General of his armies, his Aid-de-Camp General, his Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to his Britannic Majesty, Knight of the Orders of St. Alexander Newsky, of St. George, of the 3d class, Grand Cross of St. Vlodimir, of the 2d class, of St. Anne of the 1st class, Commander of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of the Prussian Orders of the Black and Red Eagles, and Commander Grand Cross of the Swedish Order of the Sword: who, after exchanging their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following articles: Art. I. His Britannic Majesty' engages to propose to his parliament to authorise the issue of these |