In witness whereof, we have figned this prefent treaty, and caufed the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Hanover, the 3d of September 1725. (L.S.) Townshend. (L. S.) Broglio. WH SEPARATE ARTICLE. No. 1. HEREAS the affair that lately happened in the city of Thorn, and what has enfued thereupon, have alarmed many princes and ftates, who apprehend that, to the prejudice of the treaty of Oliva, difturbances may on this occafion arife, not only in Poland, but also in the neighbouring countries, their Britannick, moft Chriftian, and Pruffian Majefties, who, as guaranties of the faid treaty of Oliva, are obliged to fee it maintained and obferved to all intents and purposes, do engage to employ their offices the most effectually they can, to cause reparation to be made for what may have been done contrary to the faid treaty of Oliva; and in order thereunto, their faid majefties will, in concert together, inform themselves by their minifters in Poland, of the infractions that may have been made of the faid treaty of Oliva, and of the means by which the fame may be redreffed, in fuch way as may entirely fecure the publick tranquillity against the dangers to which it might be expofed, fhould fo folemn a treaty as that of Oliva be infringed. SEPARATE ARTICLE. No. 2. F out of refentment, on account of fuccours which his most Christian Majefty may furnish to his Britannick Majefty and to his Pruffian Majefty, to fecure them from the disturbance which they might fuffer in the territories they poffefs, the empire fhould declare war against his faid moft Chriflian Majefty; as in this cafe fuch a declaration would as well affect the moft ferene king of Great Britain, and the moft ferene king of Pruffia, whose interests would be the occafion of fuch a war, war, as his moft Chriftian Majefty; they not only will forbear to furnish their quota in troops, or in any other kind of fuccours whatever, even though their faid Britan nick and Pruffian Majefties fhould not be comprehended and named in the declaration of war which the empire fhould make against France, but they will even act in concert with his moft Chriftian Majefty, until the peace disturbed on that occafion be restored; his faid Britannick Majefty expressly promifing, moreover, to execute in fuch cafe the treaties he has concluded with his moft Chrif tian Majesty, who on his part promises faithfully to observe the fame. SEPARATE ARTICLE. No. 3. F it should happen, that, notwithstanding his most Chriftian Majefty's firm refolution to obferve exactly all his treaties with regard to the empire, in thofe things in which there has been no derogation therefrom by the prefent treaty, it should be attempted on the part of the empire to take any refolution against France, to the prejudice of the general guarantee of poffeffions, as it is ftipu lated by the treaty figned this day; his Britannick Majefty and his Pruffian Majefty promife in fuch case to employ their good offices, credit, and authority, the most effectually they fhall be able, either by their own votes, and thofe of the princes in friendship with them at the diet, or by all other proper means, to prevent any thing being done contrary thereto: and if against all expectation, and notwithstanding all their endeavours, war fhould be declared against France, on the part of the empire, although in this cafe the fame being no longer a defenfive one, they might not by its conftitutions be obliged to furnish any quota; yet to remove all doubt between their faid majefties, if they should think they could not be difpenfed with from performing their duty as members of that body, their faid Britannick and Pruffian Majefties do referve to themselves the liberties of furnishing their quotas of foot or horfe, of their own troops, or of such as they fhall take into their pay from any other prince, at their own choice; and their Britannick and Pruffian Majefties. fhall hall not, on account of fuch furnishing their quotas, be deemed to have acted contrary to the treaty figned this day, which fhall continue in all its force: their Britannick and Pruffian Majefties promifing not to furnish in fuch cafe any other or greater number of troops against his moft Chriftian Majesty, than what they are obliged to find for their quota; and that they will in other respects per· form, in the cafes foreseen, their engagements to his faid moft Chriftian Majefty, who on his part fhall not on account of the faid quota exercise any hoftility against the territories and fubjects of the faid moft ferene king of Great Britain, or the faid moft ferene king of Pruffia, in the empire, or elsewhere; nor demand, or pretend to any contributions, forage, quarters, paffage, or other things at the charge of the faid countries and territories, on any pretence whatfoever. In like manner, it fhall alfo not be lawful for the faid territories, places, countries, and fubjects, to furnifh any of the faid things to the enemies of his moft Chriftian Majefty; who does alfo oblige himself and promise on his part, that if in the empire refolutions fhould come to be taken, like to those that are mentioned in this article, to the prejudice of the kings of Great Britain and Prussia, his moft Chriftian Majefty will openly take their part, and will not fail to affift them with all neceffary vigour, in pursuance of this treaty, until the disturbances, wrongs, and infractions, shall entirely cease. 典 These separate articles fhall be of the fame force, as if they had been inserted word for word in the treaty this day concluded and figned: they fhall be ratified in the fame manner, and the ratifications thereof fhall be exchanged at the fame time as the treaty. In witness whereof, we have figned thefe articles, and have fet thereto the feals of our arms. Done at Hanover the third of September 1725. Act of the acceffion of the United Provinces to the treaty of defenfive alliance, figned at Hanover on the 3d of September 1725. Made at the Hague the 9th day of August 1726. In the name of the Moft Holy and Undivided Trinity. HEREAS their majefties, the most Christian King, WHE the king of Great Britain, and the king of Pruffia, as well for cementing the ftrict union which fubfifts betwixt them, as for the fafety of their own kingdoms and dominions, and alfo for the prefervation of the peace and of the publick tranquillity, thought fit to enter into an alliance with one another; the treaty for which purpose was concluded at Hanover the 3d of September 1725, together with three separate articles, which were communicated to their High Mightineffes the lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, by the marquifs de Fenelon, ambaffador of France; by Mr. Finch, envoy extraordinary of Great Britain; and by the fieur Meynhertshagen, envoy extraordinary from the king of Pruffia; who in the name of the kings their mafters, jointly invited the faid lords the States General to accede to the faid treaty, and the feparate articles, conformably to the agreement in the feventh article of the faid treaty, which with the separate articles are here inferted verbatim. Fiat Infertio. . And whereas the faid lords the States General, after having feen and examined the faid treaty and its feparate articles, have declared that they are fully fenfible of the honour which their majefties did them by fo ready and obliging an invitation to accede to the faid treaty; and as at the fame time they acknowledge the care they took in the making of this treaty, as well for the prefervation of the publick tranquillity in general (without which the peace of their republick cannot be fecure) as in particular for the maintenance of its commerce, without which t cannot fubfift; and as they are fully convinced moreover, that the aim of this alliance does not at all tend to give the leaft infringement to any former treaty or alliance, contracted either by them, or by any one of them, with other princes or ftates, but that their intention is rather to corroborate them; and that the grand view of this alliance only tends to the uniting of themselves the more closely together, without giving offence to any perfon whatfoever, for the guarantee, protection, and maintenance of all the dominions, countries, and towns, in or out of Europe, which each of the allies fhall be actually in poffeffion of at the time of the figning the faid treaty, as well as of the rights, immunities, and advantages, particularly thofe relating to commerce, either in Europe or out of it, which each of the allies enjoyed at the time of the figning of the faid acceffion. Moreover, the faid lords the States General being firmly perfuaded, that by their acceffion to the faid treaty of Hanover, it is not required of them that they fhall undertake the general guarantee of the treaties of Weftphalia and Oliva, mentioned in the fifth article of the treaty of Hanover, and in the first of the separate articles, to which general guarantee they were never engaged; but that their guarantee in this refpect extends only to the rights and poffeffions, which tl:e high allies, or any one of them, have acquired by thofe treaties, and which they enjoy at the time of the figning. And as to the affair of Thorn, mentioned in the first of the feparate articles of the treaty of Hanover, as they only engage to employ their amicable offices jointly with the high contracting powers, to obtain a reasonable fatisfac tion and reparation for the infraction of the treaty of Oliva; and in cafe thofe amicable offices be employed without effect, and it should be thought neceffary to do any thing further, then their High Mightineffes fhall be at full liberty of giving their thoughts, without being obliged to any thing more than good offices, unless they renew their agreement. Finally, fince this alliance has a particular view to the eftablishment of an intire confidence between the contracting partics, and the lords the States General, fup. |