number should be deemed fufficient, and amongst whom there fhall be a proportion of cavalry fuffici cient for the fervices of fuch an army. II. This corps of troops, of 17,593 men, together with the necefiary artillery, fhall affemble at Revel, in order that they may be from thence conveyed to their deftination, either in English or other veffels freighted by his Britannic majefty. III. In order to enable his majetty, the emperor of all the Ruffias, to afford to the common caufe this additional and efficacious fuccour, his majefty, the king of Great Britain, engages to furnish the undermentioned fubfidies, upon the condition that his imperial majefty of all the Ruffias fhall have a right to recall, into his dominions, the abovementioned corps of troops, if, through any unforeseen event, fuch fubfidies fhould not be regularly furnished to him. IV. The amount and the nature of those pecuniary fuccours have been fettled and regulated in the following manner: ift. In order to enable his imperial majefty to affemble and expedite this corps as foon and as well equipped as poffible, his majefty, the king of Great Britain, engages, as foon as he fhall receive advice that the abovementioned troops have reached the place of their rendezvous, that is to fay, at Revel; and that it fhall be declared that they are ready to embark (whether the tranfports be arrived or not), to pay for the first and moft argent expenfes, the fum of $8,000l. fterling, dividing the payments into two parts, to wit, that 44,000l. fterling be paid immediately after it fall have been declared, either by the commanderin-chief of that corps to the English commiffary, or by the miniftry of. his imperial majefty to the minifter of his Britannic majefty refident at St. Petersburgh, that the faid corps is ready; and that the fecond payment, completing the fum total of 88,000l. fterling, fhall take place three months afterwards and at the commencement of the fourth. 2d. His majefty, the king of Great Britain, engages, in like manner, to furnifh to his majefty, the emperor of all the Ruffias, a fubfidy of 44,000l. fterling per month, to be computed from the day on which the above-mentioned corps of troopsfhall be ready. This fubfidy fhall be paid at the commencement of each month, and deftined for the appointments and the entertainment of the troops. It fhall be continued until they fhall return into Ruffian ports, in English or other veffels, freighted by his Britannic majesty. V. If this corps of Ruffian troops fhould meet with difficulties in procuring, during the expedition to which it is defined, or in cafe of its wintering, as fhall be hereafter mentioned, in England, or duringthe voyages it thall have to make, its neceffary fubfiftence, by means of the measures which the Ruffian commanders or commiffaries may take for that purpose, his Britannic majefty, upon the requifition of the minifter of his majefty the emperor of all the Ruffias, refiding at his court, fhall furnish whatever may be neceflary to the Ruffian troops; and an exact account fhall be kept of all the provisions and other articles fo delivered, in order that their value may be afterwards deducted from the fubfidy, fuch provifions P 3 and and other articles being valued at the price paid for them by his majefty for his own troops. VI. As the tranfport of the horses neceffary for the officers, the artillery, and the baggage, would require a great many veffels, and as that arrangement would lead to many other inconveniences, and more particularly to that of a delay, prejudicial to the above-mentioned expedition, his Britannic majefty engages to furnish, at his own expenfe, the neceflary number of horfes, according to the statement which fhall be delivered, and to have them conyeyed to the place where the Ruffian troops are to act: his faid majefty will, in like manner, maintain them at his own expenfe during the whole time thefe troops fhall be employed, and until they fhall be reembarked, in order to return to the, ports of Ruffia. His Britannic majefty will then difpofe of them in fuch a manner as he fall judge proper. VII. In cafe that the Ruffian troops, after having terminated in Holland the projected expedition, or in confequence of its being deferred through, any unforefeen circumftances, fhould not be able to return into the ports of his imperial majefty during the favourable feafon, his majesty the king of Great Britain engages to receive them into his own dominions, to provide fem there with good quarters, and all other advantages, until the troops fhall be able to return on the opening of the navigation, or fhall be employed upon fome other deflination, which fhall be previously fettled between their royal and imperial majefties. VIII. As the principal object of the employment of this corps of troops is a fudden attack to be made on Holland, by means of which his Britannic majefty hopes to produce there a favourable change; as, befiles,no fixed term for the continuance of the fubfidies is ftipulated, whilft on the other hand the faid troops, after their return to Ruffia, muft be reconducted to their ordinary quarters, moftly at a great diftance; and as the marches which they will have to make will require confiderable expenfes, his majefty the king of Great Britain hereby engages to make good this charge by a payment of fubfidies for two months, to be computed from the day of the arrival of thofe troops in Ruffian ports. In like manner his majesty the emperor of all the Ruffias, without fixing any term, referves to himself the right of caufing the faid corps of troops to return into his dominions, in the fpring of the next year 1800; or if any hoftile aggreffion upon Ruffia, or any other important event, fiould render it neceflary: in thefe two cafes, the above-mentioned engagement of his Britannic majefty, concerning the payment of two months fubfidy, fhall equally take place. IX. As it is understood that the expedition to Holland, which has given rife to the prefent convention, is to be effected in common by Ruffian and English troops, each party fhall follow, relative to the employment and to the command of the troops, Eterally the treaty of defenfive alliance concluded between the two high contracting parties the 7th (18th) of February, in the year 1795. In like manner, -if any difficulties fhould arife either between the commanders of the refpective forces or otherwife, which may regard the above-mentioned troops of his majefty the emperor of all the Ruffias, Ruffias, the folution of fuch difficul- of English or other tranfport-veffels, freighted by his Britannic majefty. ties fhall be looked for in the ftipulations of the faid treaty of the year 1795, or likewife in that concluded with the court of Vienna the 3d (14th) of July, 1792. X. The prefent convention fhall be ratified by his majefty the king of Great Britain, and by his majefty the emperor of all the Rufiias; and the ratifications fhall be exchanged here in the space of two months, to be computed from the day of its fignature, or fooner, if it can be done. In witness whereof, we, the underfigned, furnished with full powers by his majesty the king of Great Britain, and by his majefty the emperor of all the Ruffias, have, in their names, figned the prefent convention, and have affixed thereto, the feal of our arms. Done at St. Petersburgh, the 22d (11th) of June, 1799. (L. S.) Le comte de Kotfchoubey. (L. S.) Le comte de Roftopfchin. (L. S.) Charles Whitworth. Separate Article. I. Although it be ftated in article II. of the convention concluded this `day, that the corps of Ruffian troops, forming 17,593 men, deftined for the expedition to Holland, fhall be conveyed to its deftination in Englith, or other veffels freighted by his majefty the king of Great Britain; nevertheless, in order fo much the more to facilitate this important enterprize, his majesty the emperor of all the Ruffias confents to furnish fix fhips, five frigates, and two tranfport veffels, which being armed en fluttes, will receive on board as many troops as they fhall be able to contain, whilft the remainder of the faid corps fhall be embarked on board II. His majesty the emperor of all the Ruffias will lend these ships and frigates upon the following con ditions: 1ft. There fhall be paid by England, upon their quitting the port of Cronstadt, in order to go to the place of rendezvous, which is Revel, the fum of 58,9271. 10s. fterling, as a fubfidy for the expenfes of equipment, &c. for three months, to be computed from the day, as it is above stated, of their departure from Cronstadt. 2dly, After the expiration of these three months, his Britannic majefty fhall continue the fame fubfidies, that is to fay, of 19,6427. 10s. fterling a month, which fhall be paid at the commencement of each month. 3dly. Independently of this pecuniary fuccour, his Britannic majefty fhall provide for the fubfiftence of the crews; and the officers and failors fhall be treated on the fame footing as are the English officers and failors in time of war, and as are the Ruffian officers and failors, who are at prefent in the fquadron of his imperial majefty, which is united to the English fquadron. 4thly. AH thefe ftipulations fhall have full and entire effect until the return of the above-mentioned fhips and frigates into Ruffian ports. III. If it should happen, contrary to all expectation, that thofe fix fhips, five frigates, and two tranfport veffels, fhould not be able, through fome unforeseen event, to return to Ruflia before the clofe of the prefent campaign, his Britannic ma jefty engages to admit them into the ports of England, where they fhall receive every poffible affiftance both for neceffary repairs, and for the accommodation of the crews and officers. IV. As the fix fhips, five frigates, and two tranfports, above men tended for another deftination, tioned, having been originally in- To the Honourable the Court of Di were furnished with provifions for three months, his Britannic majefty, rectors. Honourable firs, inftead of furnishing them in kind,November, by the Eurydice, my feparate difpatch of the 21ft as it is ftated in the fecond article, engages to pay, according to an eftimate which fhall be made, the value of these provifions. With regard to the officers, his majefty the king of Great Britain will adopt the fame principle as has been followed until the prefent time, refpecting the officers of the Ruffian fquadron which is joined to the naval forces of England. That fhall ferve as a rule for indemnifying them for the preparations which they may have made for the campaign, fuch as it had been originally intended to take place.. This feparate article fhall be confidered as forming part of the convention above-mentioned, as being inferted therein word for word; and it fhall be ratified, and the ratification exchanged in the fame manner. In witnefs whereof, we the underfigned, furnished with the full powers of his majefty the king of Great Britain, and of his majefty the emperor of all the Ruffias, have, in their names, figned the prefent feparate article, and have affixed thereto the feal of our arms. Done at St. Petersburgh, this 22d (11th) of June, 1799. (L. S.) Le comte de Kotfchoubey. (L. S.) Le comte de Roftopfchin. (L. S.) Charles Whitworth. Copy of a Letter from the Right Honourable the Earl of Mornington to I informed your honourable court, that, although I had deemed it my duty to call your armies into the field in every part of your poffeffions, my views and expectations were all directed to the prefervation of peace in India. 2. In the letter of the 13th of January, from the governor-general in council at Fort St. George, I apprized your honourable court of my arrival at this prefidency, to which I thought it my duty to proceed from Bengal, in the hope of opening a negociation with Tippoo Sultaun, for the amicable adjustment of the differences which had arifen between that prince and the honour, able company's government. 3. In my difpatches to the fecret committee of your honourable court, I have regularly tranfmitted advices of the ftate of political affairs in India, and I have fully explained the principles which have governed my conduct, not only towards Tippoo Sultaun, but towards all the native powers, fince I have taken charge of the government general. 4. Having ultimately been compelled to commence hoftilities a gainft Tippoo Sultaun, it is now become my duty to lay before your honourable court an accurate detail of the caufes of the war in which we are engaged. 5. For this purpose, it will be neceffary to draw your attention to a period a period of time as remote as the month of June, 1798, and to trace from that date the progrefs of thofe events which have finally produced the neceflity of reforting to arms for the fecurity of your interefts committed to my charge. and commander-in-chief on the coast of Coromandel, informing him, that, if the proclamation fhould prove authentic, it must lead to a ferious difcuffion with Tippoo Sultaun; and directing lieutenant-general Harris to confider, without delay, the means of affembling the army on the coaft of Coromandel, if ne ceffity fhould unfortunately require fuch a precaution. 9. On the 18th of June, 1798, I received a regular authentication of the proclamation, in a letter from his excellency the earl of Macartney, dated the 28th of March; and at the fame time feveral perfons arrived at Calcutta, who had been prefent in the Isle of France, at the time of the publication of the proclamation. 6. A proclamation iffued by the governor-general of the Ifle of France, in the month of February, 1798, made its first appearance at Calcutta on the 8th June of the fame year. (A. Enclosure, No. 1*.) 7. This proclamation ftates, that an embaffy had arrived at the Isle of France with letters from Tippoo Sultaun, addreffed not only to the government of that ifland, but to the executive directory of France, propofing to conclude an offenfive and defenfive alliance with the French, to fubfidize and to fupply whatever 10. By a ftrict examination of troops the French might furnish to the moft refpectable of thefe perthe fultaun, and to commence a- fons, I was enabled to obtain an gainst the British power in India a authentic and accurate statement of war of aggreffion, for which the all the material circumstances atfultaun is declared to be fully pre- tending the publication of the propared, waiting with anxiety the clamation at the Ife of France; the moment when the fuccour of France fubftance of which statement I have fhall enable him to fatisfy his ardent already forwarded to your fecret defire of expelling the British nation committee, and now have the hofrom India. The proclamation con-nour to fubmit to your honourable cludes by offering encouragement court. to the fubjects of France to enter into the fervice of Tippoo Sultaun, on terms to be fixed with his ambaffadors then on the spot. 8. Although I was inclined, in the first inftance, to doubt the authenticity of this extraordinary publication, I thought it advisable to tranfmit a copy of it, on the 9th of June, to lieutenant-general Harris, (then governor of Fort St. George, 11. Tippoo Sultaun dispatched two amballadors, who embarked at Mangalore for the Ifle of France, and arrived at Port Nord-oucft in that ifland, towards the clofe of the month of January, 1798. The ambaffadors were received publicly and formally by the French government, with every circumftance of diftinction and refpect, and they entertained at the public were * In the courfe of this letter will be found referrences to feveral documents, which, as the fubftance of them is herein stated, we do not think it neceffary to lay at full length before the public. The proclamation above mentioned may be found in our Annual Regifter, for 1798, p. 255. expense |