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VIII. The provisions of these Articles are to continue in force till the Corps shall actually return to Brunswick.

Done at Paris, the 28th August, 1815.

(L. S.) WELLINGTON.

(L. S.) MUNSTER.

(5.)—TREATY oetween Great Britain and Denmark.—Signed (in English and French) at Paris, 14th July, 1815.

His Majesty the King of Denmark having engaged to employ a Force amounting to 15,000 men, Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery, in support of the Common Cause in the existing War;

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous, as far as may be in his power, to assist the King of Denmark, in order to enable His Majesty to make exertions to carry into execution his engagements, has named the Duke of Wellington, &c.;

And His Majesty the King of Denmark has named General Baron de Waltersdorff, in order to discuss and settle the terms on which the said assistance shall be given;

Who, having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, have agreed to the following Articles:

ART. I. His Britannic Majesty engages to pay to His Majesty the. King of Denmark, a Subsidy of £11 2s. per man, for the service of the year ending on the 1st of April, 1816, to the number of 15,000 men.

This Subsidy shall be paid in London, at the end of each month, by monthly instalments, to the Person duly authorized to receive the same on the part of His Majesty the King of Denmark, and the 1st payment is to be made upon the exchange of the Ratifications of this Treaty.

In case Peace should take place, or be signed between the Allied Powers and France before the expiration of the said year, the Subsidy shall be paid up to the end of the month in which the Definitive Treaty shall have been signed; and His Britannic Majesty promises, in addition, to pay to His Majesty the King of Denmark the Subsidy of 2 months, to cover the expenses of the return of his Troops within his own Frontiers.

II. The Minister of His Majesty the King of Denmark in London, shall concert with the Officers to be appointed by His Britannic Majesty, as to the mode most convenient for the transmission of the money for the use of His Majesty the King of Denmark.

III. This Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged in London, as soon as possible.

In faith of which, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereunto the Seal of their Arms.

Done at Paris, this 14th day of July, 1815. (L. S.) WELLINGTON.

(L. S.) WALTERSDORFF.

(6.)-TREATY of Subsidy between Great Britain and Frankfort on the Maine.-Signed (in English and French) at Paris, 1st August, 1815.

THE Burgomaster and Senate of the Free Town of Frankfort on the Maine, having, by a Treaty signed at Vienna, on the 27th of April, 1815, acceded to the Treaty of General Alliance, signed at the same place on the 25th of March last by the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia, and having engaged to employ in the field a Contingent of 750 men;

And His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous, as far as may be in his power, to assist the Senate of the Town of Frankfort, in order to enable the said Senate to make the exertions for carrying into execution its engagements, has named the Duke of Wellington, &c. &c.;

And the Senate of the Town of Frankfort has named M. Abel, &c., in order to discuss and settle the terms on which the said assistance shall be given :

Who, having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, have agreed to the following Articles:

ART. I. His Britannic Majesty engages to pay to the Senate of the Town of Frankfort, a Subsidy of £11 2s. per man, for the service of the year ending on the 1st day of April, 1816, to the number of 750 men.

This Subsidy shall be paid in London at the end of each month, by monthly instalments, to the Person duly authorized to receive the same, on the part of the Senate of the Town of Frankfort on the Maine; and the 1st payment is to be made upon the exchange of the Ratifications of this Treaty.

In case Peace should take place or be signed between the Allied Powers and France before the expiration of the said year, the Subsidy shall be paid up to the end of the month in which the Definitive Treaty shall have been signed, and His Britannic Majesty promises, in addition, to pay to the Senate of the Town of Frankfort the Subsidy of 1 month, to cover the expenses of the return of its Troops within its own Frontiers.

II. The Agent of the Senate of the Town of Frankfort, in London, shall concert with the Officers to be appointed by His Britannic

Majesty, as to the mode most convenient for the transmission of the money for the use of the Senate of the Town of Frankfort.

III. This Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged in London, as soon as possible.

In faith of which, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their Arms.

Done at Paris, this 1st day of August, 1815, (L. S.) WELLINGTON.

(L. S.) ABEL.

(7.)-TREATY of Subsidy between Great Britain and Hanover.— Signed at Paris, the 26th August, 1815.

COUNT Munster, on the part of the Hanoverian Government, having, by a Treaty signed at Vienna on the 1st [7th] of April 1815, acceded to the Treaty of General Alliance signed at the same place on the 25th of March last, by the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia; and having engaged to employ in the field a Contingent of 26,400 men;

And His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland being desirous, as far as may be in his power, to assist the Hanoverian Government, in order to enable it to make the exertions to carry into execution its engagements, has named the Duke of Wellington, &c. &c.;

And the Hanoverian Government has named His Excellency Count Munster;

Who, having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, have agreed to the following Articles:

ART. I. His Britannic Majesty engages to pay to the Hanoverian Government, a Subsidy of £11 2s. per man, for the service of the year ending on the 1st of April 1816, to the number of 26,400 men. This Subsidy shall be paid in London, at the end of each month, by monthly instalments, to the Person duly authorized to receive the same on the part of the Hanoverian Government; this Treaty beginning to be in force from the 25th of May last.

In case Peace should take place or be signed between the Allied Powers and France, before the expiration of the said year, the Subsidy shall be paid up to the end of the month in which the Definitive Treaty shall have been signed; and His Britannic Majesty promises, in addition, to pay to the Hanoverian Government the Subsidy of 1 month, to cover the expenses of the return of the Troops within the Hanoverian Frontier.

II. The Minister of Hanover, in London, shall concert with the Officers of His Britannic Majesty, as to the mode most convenient for

the transmission of the money for the use of the Hanoverian Govern

ment.

Done at Paris, the 26th August, 1815. (L.S.) WELLINGTON.

(L.S.) MUNSTER.

Additional Articles.

ART. I. Whereas His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty the King of Hanover, has agreed to contribute, for the Common Cause, the continued services of 16,400 men, heretofore subsidized by Great Britain, over and above the Contingent of 10,000 men, and as the rate of £11 2s. per man, paid in London, is insufficient to defray the expense of this Additional Corps, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, agrees to pay monthly to Hanover, such sum as shall be found to cover the actual expense to Hanover of the above-mentioned 16,400 men.

II. The Commanding Officer of the said Army shall give in to the Comptroller of Army Accounts with the British Army, monthly, an estimate of the expense incurred, including pay and other allowances to the Officers and Troops, and contingent expenses of all descriptious. The amount of this estimate, which shall exceed the sum of £11 2s. per man, paid in London for the 16,400 men, after having been examined and checked, shall be paid to the Hanoverian Military Chest with the Army.

III. Hanover shall be at no expense for provisions or hospitals for the Officers and Troops of this Corps of 16,400 men, and the British Government shall be entitled to receive the stoppage of 18 pfennigs per diem, which is usually deducted from the pay of every Non-commissioned Officer, Musician, and Private, while in hospital.

IV. All arms, accoutrements, camp-kettles, and other military effects belonging to the said Corps, which may be lost, or become unserviceable during the existence of this Treaty, shall be replaced at the expense of Great Britain.

The British Government shall likewise make good to Individuals, the amount of their personal losses, to which they may be entitled according to the regulations of the Hanoverian Army, such losses being first investigated, ascertained and certified by a Board of Hanoverian Officers, whose proceedings, and the regulations by which they are governed, are to be submitted to the Comptroller of Army Accounts.

V. In order to cover all the expense which the Hanoverian Government would have to defray in maintaining the said Corps of Troops in an efficient state for service, it is agreed that the British Government shall pay :

Rix Dollars.

For every Artillery and Draught Horse lost, at the rate of...
For every Bat Horse ........

For every Cavalry Appointment

For every Soldier sent from Hanover, to make up losses by casualties, according to the different description of the Arm to which he may belong :

115

80

27

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The existence of these losses, as also that they have been made good, must be ascertained every month by a Board of British and Hanoverian Officers, whose Report shall be laid before the Comptroller of Army Accounts.

VI. Such of the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Musicians and Privates, belonging to the Corps of 16,400 men, as may become disabled, or rendered unfit for service, by wounds or by other casualties happening to them, whilst actually in British Subsidy, shall be allowed the usual Hanoverian Pension, at the expense of Great Britain; which said Pensions are moreover to be paid to them in their own Country, upon authentic and satisfactory Certificates of their existence and identity being, from time to time, produced by His Majesty's Hanoverian Chancery of War.

VII. The Hanoverian Army being, in the month of January next, entitled to Clothing for the year 1816, Great Britain engages to pay to Hanover a compensation for such Clothing, for the time it may continue in British Subsidy.

VIII. The provisions of these Articles are to continue in force till the Corps shall actually return to Hanover.

Done at Paris, the 26th August, 1815.

(L. S.) WELLINGTON.

(L. S.) MUNSTER.

(8.)-TREATY of Subsidy between Great Britain and Hesse-Darmstadt.-Signed (in English and French) at Paris, 15th July, 1815.

His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse having, by a Treaty, signed at Vienna on the 20th June, [23rd May,] acceded to the Treaty of General Alliance signed at the same place, on the 25th of March last, by the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia, and having engaged to employ in the field a Contingent of 8,000 men, one-tenth of which shall be Cavalry, with Artillery in proportion;

And His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ire

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