Majefty's Conful here, fhall give the earliest notice to this state; and it is hereby exprefly agreed and declared, that the faid new paffes fhall, during the above-mentioned fpaces of time of three years and one year, be of full and fufficient force and effect to protect all ships and veffels of his faid Majesty's fubjects, who fhall be provided with the fame. XXVI. That all packets bearing his Britannick Majefty's commiffion, which fhall be met by any of the cruizers of Tunis, fhall be treated with the fame respect as his Majefty's fhips of war; and all due refpect fhall be paid to his Majefty's commiffion, and both at meeting and parting they fhall be treated as friends; and if any of the cruizers of Tunis commit the leaft fault or violence against them, the captains or raizes fo offending, fhall, on their arrival at Tunis, and proper complaint being made of them, be most severely punifhed, without admitting of their excuses. All the preceding articles of this treaty, having been approved of and agreed to, are hereby ratified, renewed and confirmed, between his moft facred Majefty the King of Great-Britain, &c. and the most illuftrious Lord Ali Pafha, Begler Bey and fupreme Commander of the State of Tunis, which let no one prefume to infringe or violate. Dated in the prefence of Almighty God, at the Palace of Bardo near Tunis, this nineteenth day of October, One thousand seven hundred and fifty-one, according to the Chriftian computation; and of the Turkish Hageira, One thousand one hundred and fixtyfour, the tenth day of the Moon Zil Hadgi Sheriffay, A. KEPPEL. (L. S.) ADDITIONAL ARTICLE To the antient Treaties fubfifting between his Britannick Majefty and the Dey and Government of Algiers, agreed to by the prefent Dey, Mahomet, and his faid Majefty's Plenipotentiaries, the Honourable Auguftus Keppel, and Ambrofe Stanyford, Efq; his Majesty's Agent and Conful General at Algier. T HAT all packets or exprefs-boats, bearing his Britannick Majesty's commiffion, which shall be met by any of the cruizers of Algiers, fhall be treated with the fame refpect as his Majefty's fhips of war, and all due refpect fhall be paid to his Majesty's commiffion; and both at meeting and parting they fhall be treated as friends: And if any of the Algerine cruizers commit the leaft fault or violence against them, the captains or raizes fo offending fhall, on their arrival at Algiers, and proper complaint being made of them, be most severely punished, without admitting of their excufes. Dated at Algiers the third day of June, 1751, and in the year of Hageira, 1164, the twentieth day of the Moon Regil. Treaty between his Britannick Majefty, and her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias. Signed at St. Petersburg, September, 1755. Together with the two feparate and fecret Articles belonging thereto. In the name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity. W HEREAS the fincere and intimate friendship, which unites his Britannick Majefty and her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias, as well as the engagements which they contracted by the treaty of defenfive alliance of the year 1742, oblige them, at all times, to be watchful of the publick tranquility, and their reciprocal fecurity : And whereas, in the prefent conjuncture of affairs, the prefervation of the general peace, and the defence of their respective dominions, rights and fubjects, have appeared to them neceffarily to require, that they should be guarded against against the attacks, with which they may be threatened on the part of any power whatever, by fecuring a body of troops capable of making a powerful diverfion, in case of fuch attacks: And whereas, confidering the present fituation, the contingents of the fuccours, ftipulated by the above-mentioned treaty, would not be fufficient for all the aforefaid objects: His Britannick Majesty and her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias, have thought proper to concert, before-hand, the further measures of precaution, which the general tranquility, and their common interefts and fecurity, feem to demand; and for this purpose, they have authorized their respective minifters; that is to fay, his Majesty the King of Great-Britain, Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Knight of the most honourable order of the Bath, one of the members of the parliament of Great-Britain, and his Ambaffador at the court of the Empress of all the Ruffias; and her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias, her Chancellor, actual Privy-Counsellor, Senator, and Knight of the orders of St. Andrew, of the White Eagle, and of St. Alexander Newsky, Alexis Count de Bestoucheff Rumin; and her Vice-Chancellor, actual PrivyCounsellor, Lieutenant of the company of the body-guards, actual Chamberlain, and Knight of the orders of St. Andrew, of the White Eagle, of the Black Eagle, of St. Alexander Newfky, and of St. Anne, Michael Count de Woronzow; who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and having conferred together, have agreed on the following articles. I. The high contracting parties renew exprefly, by this convention, the treaty of defenfive alliance, concluded between them, the 11th of December, 1742, at Moscow, in all its articles; and confirm the ftipulations of the fuc cours to be given reciprocally, as they are contained in the IVth article of the faid treaty; which fuccours fhall be furnifhed, on each fide, in the manner and on the conditions therein expreffed. 66 II. Whereas it is declared by the XVIIth article of the above-mentioned alliance; " That if the fuccours therein ftipulated fhould not be fufficient, the contracting par"ties fhall then agree, without delay, on the farther fuc cours to be given;" and as that would not anfwer the 66 ends ends propofed, and there may happen cafes, which may not allow them time to agree thereupon; in order to obviate the inconveniences which would neceffarily refult from fuch a delay, they have agreed to fettle from henceforth, and at all events, the means of their defence. With this view, her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias has not only caused to march towards the frontiers of Livonia, adjoining to Lithuania, but engages alfo, to hold there, as long as this convention fhall fubfift, as near to those frontiers as the quarters will permit, a body of her troops, amounting to 55,000 men; that is to fay, 40,000 infantry of her regular troops, furnished with the neceffary artillery, and 15,000 cavalry, compofed of three regiments of Cuiraffiers, of twenty companies of Horfe Grenadiers, of two regiments of Huffars, and the remainder of Light troops, to wit, of Coflacks and Calmucks, each with two horses, as many as fhall be wanting to compleat thefe 15,000 cavalry; fo that the whole infantry and cavalry shall form a compleat body of 55,000 men. III. Her Imperial Majefty engages, moreover, to cause to be held in readinefs, during the time above specified, on the coafts of the above-mentioned province, 40 or 50 gallies, with the neceflary crews, in condition to act on the firft order. IV. The body of troops and the gallies, mentioned in the two preceding articles, fhall not be put in activity, but in cafe his Britannick Majefty, or any of his allies, fhould be attacked; and, in that cafe, the general commander in chief of the faid corps, who, for this purpose, fhall be furnished before-hand with the orders of her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias, fhall march as foon as he fhall receive the requifition on the part of his Britannick Majesty; and fhall make, as foon as poffible, a diverfion with a body of 30,000 infantry, provided with the neceffary artillery, and with all the 15,000 cavalry, above-mentioned; and fhall embark at the fame time the other 10,000 infantry, on board the 40 or 50 gallies, in order to make a descent, according to the exigence of the cafe, and the utility of the fervice. V. In cafe the dominions of his Britannick Majesty in Germany, fhould be invaded on account of interefts or disputes difputes which regard his kingdoms; her Imperial Majefty declares, that she will look upon fuch an invafion, as a cafe of the above-faid alliance of 1742, and that the said dominions fhall be therein comprized in this respect. VI. In confideration of fo important an augmentation of the fuccour ftipulated by the treaty of defenfive alliance above-mentioned, as alfo of all the other extraordinary expences, which the march and maintenance of troops in Livonia, with the artillery and its appurtenances, as well as the preparations of galleys may have coft, or fhall still coft; his Britannick Majefty promifes and engages to caufe to be paid to her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias, the fum of 500,000 pounds fterling per annum, to be reckoned from the day when the body of her troops fhall have paffed the frontiers of her dominions, in confequence of the requifition made by his Majefty the King of GreatBritain; this fum fhall be paid by Baron Wolff, refident of Great-Britain, in the place where it shall be demanded, at the rate of 10 florins and 15 ftivers, current money of Holland, for every pound sterling, and always four months in advance; and the first payment thereof shall be made the day that this body fhall go out of the dominions of her Imperial Majefty. VII. Whereas her Imperial Majesty of all the Ruffias is particularly interested in the prefervation of the tranquility of the north, and that no innovation should happen in the neighbourhood of her dominions; confidering alfo the proximity of the countries, wherein the diverfion in queftion will probably be made, and the facility her troops will have of fubfifting immediately in an enemy's country; fhe takes upon herself alone, during fuch a diverfion, the subsistence and treatment of the faid troops, by fea and land, as also the heavy artillery, which they may have occafion for, and of the details thereto belonging. VIII. Her Imperial Majefty engages to continue the diverfion to be made, and not to recal her troops, even though the fhould be attacked by any other power. On the other hand, his Britannick Majefty promifes, that, in cafe her Majefty the Emprefs fhould be difturbed in the faid diverfion, or fhould be attacked herfelf; his Britannick Majefty will furnish immediately the fuccour ftipulated by the treaty of 1742. IX. In |