SEPARATE ARTICLE. I. "Although it be ftated in the Article II. of the Convention concluded this day, that the corps of Ruffian troops, forming seventeen thousand five hundred and ninety-three men, destined for the expedition to Holland, shall be conveyed to its deftination in English or other veffels freighted by His Majefty the King of Great Britain; nevertheless, in order fo much the more to facilitate this important enterprife, His Majefty 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 of English or other tranfport veffels, freighted by His Britannic Majesty. II. "His Majesty the Emperor of all the Ruffias will lend these fhips and frigates upon the following conditions: 1ft, There shall 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 fifty-eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-feven pounds fterling, and ten fhillings, as a fubfidy for the expences 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 months, His Britannic Majefty fhall continue the fame fubfidies, that is to fay, of nineteen thousand fix hundred and forty-two and a half pounds sterling a month, which shall 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 squadron of His Imperial Majefty, which is united to the English fquadron. 4thly, All these 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 those fix ships, five frigates, and two transport veffels, should not be able, through fome unforeseen event, to return to Ruffia before the clofe of the prefent campaign, His Britannic Majesty engages to admi VOL. X. G them into the ports of England, where they shall 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 transports, abover mentioned, having been originally intended for another deftination, were furnished with provifions for three months, His Britannic Majesty, instead of furnishing them in kind, as it is stated in the fecond article, engages to pay, according to an estimate which fhall be made, the value of those provisions. With regard to the officers, His Majesty the King of Great Britain will adapt 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 shall 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 separate article fhall be confidered as forming part of the Convention above-mentioned, as being inferted therein word for word; and it shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged in the fame manner. "In witnefs whereof we, the undersigned, 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 name, figned the present separate article, and have affixed thereto the feal of our arms. "Done at St. Petersburgh, this 22d of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. 11th (L. S.) CHARLES WHITWORTH. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday, September 26. The Houfe waited upon His Majefty, with the following Ad drefs: "Moft gracious Sovereign, "We, your Majefty's most dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament affembled, beg leave to return your Majefty the thanks of this House for your most gracious speech from the Throne; and to affure your Majesty, that we shall proceed, without delay, to confider of the propriety of enabling your Majefty to avail yourself, to a farther extent, of the voluntary services of the Militia, at a moment when we are fatisfied an increase of our active force abroad may be productive of the most important and beneficial confequences. "We have seen the happy effects of the measure adopted on this subject in the last Seffion; and we reflect with pride that the forces which your Majefty was thereby enabled to employ have already difplayed, in the face of the enemy, a courage, discipline, and steadiness, worthy of the character of British foldiers. "It is with the utmost satisfaction we have observed the rapid improvement of our fituation and profpects, which, under the bleffing of Providence, has taken place in the fhort interval fince the laft Seffion; and we cordially congratulate your Majesty on the continued difplay of the abilities and valour of the Commanders and Troops of the combined Imperial Armies, and on the deliverance of Italy by the refult of a campaign equal in splendour and success to any the most brilliant recorded in history; and we warmly participate with your Majefty in the fatisfaction which must be excited in every British heart by seeing your fleets and armies fuccefsfully employed to the affiftance of your allies, to the fupport of our just cause, and to the advancement of the most important interests of the British empire. Among the happy effects of those exertions, we rejoice to observe the restoration of the kingdom of Naples to the dominion of its, lawful Sovereign, and the renewal of your Majefty's former connections with that power. "We have witneffed, with joy and exultation, the glorious exploits which have rendered the French expedition to Egypt produc tive of fresh calamity and disgrace to our enemies, and which have fruftrated their ultimate views against our Eastern poffeffions; and we cannot forbear to exprefs our juft fenfe of the courage of the Turkish forces, and our warmeft admiration of the skill and heroism of a British officer, by whofe efforts, with a small portion of your Majefty's naval force under his command, the defperate attempt of the enemy was defeated. While we rejoice in the additional fecurity which the British interests in India have derived from the overthrow of that reftlefs and perfidious power, who, inftigated by the artifices, 'and deluded by the promises, of the French, had entered into their ambitious and destructive projects; we join with your Majesty in affording the highest praise to the vigilance, decifion, and wisdom, of the Governor General in Council, and to the tried abilities and valour of the Commanders, Officers, and Troops, employed under his direction on this great and important occafion. "We trust that there is every reason to expect that the effort which your Majefty is making for the deliverance of the United Provinces will prove fuccessful, and will, notwithstanding the refiftance which the enemy has been enabled to oppofe, fpeedily furmount every obftacle; and we have already abundant reafon to rejoice in the first fuccefs of the British arms, which has rescued from the poffeffion of the enemy the principal port and naval arsenal of the Dutch Republic, and has opened the pleafing profpect that the fleet which, under the ufurped dominion of France, was defined to co-operate in the invafion of thefe iflands, may thortly, under its antient ftandard, partake of the glory of reftoring the religion, liberty, and independence, of thofe provinces, fo long in intimate union and alliance with this country. "Rejoicing with your Majefty in events which add fo much luftre to the British character, we cordially join in the fentiments fo juftly due to the conduct of your Majefty's good and faithful ally the Emperor of Ruffia, to whose magnanimity and wisdom, directing to fo many quarters of Europe the force of his extenfive and powerful empire, we are in a great degree indebted for the fuccefs of our own efforts, as well as for the rapid and favourable change in the general fituation of affairs. We acknowledge your Majesty's goodness in having directed copies to be laid before us of those engagements, which have confolidated and cemented a connection fo confonant to the permanent interefts of your Majefty's empire, and. fo important at the prefent moment to every part of the civilized world. "It gives us pleasure to learn that the ample supplies, which were granted to your Majesty in the courfe of the laft Seffion, will fo nearly provide for the exigencies of the public fervice, even on the extensive scale which our present operations require, as to enable your Majefty without farther aid to continue thofe exertions to the clofe of the prefent year; and we will, without delay, confider of providing for the expence which will be neceffary for the early part of the year, the proper ettimates for which your Majesty has ordered to be laid before us. "We beg to return your Majesty our fincere thanks for having, in pursuance of our recommendation, judged it proper to communicate to your two Houfes of Parliament in Ireland, at the close of their laft Seffion, the fentiments which we had expreffed to your Majefty refpecting an incorporating Union with that kingdom; we continue to be fatisfied that fignal benefit would be derived to both countries from that important meafure; and we trust that the difpofition of your Parliament there will be found to correspond with that which we have manifefted for the accomplishment of a work which would tend fo much to add to the fecurity and happinefs of all your Majesty's Irish fubjects, and to confolidate the strength and profperity of the empire." To which His Majefty was pleased to give this most gracious Answer: Gentlemen, I return you my particular thanks for this dutiful Addrefs. I receive with the highest fatisfaction your congratulations on the happy improvement of our affairs, which I shall ever principally ascribe, under the bleffing of Providence, to the wisdom, perfeverance, and Spirit of my Parliament, guiding and animating the efforts of a brave and loyal people, in fupport of their dearest interests. Mr. Secretary DUNDAS faid, that on the first day of the Seflion he had the honour of giving notice of his intention of moving the thanks of the Houfe to feveral Commanders of His Majesty's forces by fea and land, and to the officers and men under their command. He had at the fame time announced his intention of moving for the thanks of the Houfe to the Governor General of India; but as it was his with in the latter cafe that the House fhould not proceed to vote their thanks until they were in full poffeffion of the various circumstances which had recently occurred in India, he had moved for the production of various papers, containing every information upon that subject; these papers were not yet laid upon the table, and therefore he should not trouble the House upon that part of the fubject this day, but should confine himself to moving for thanks to the Generals, Admiral, and Officers employed in the land and fea fervice on the coaft of Holland, and also to another moft brave and gallant Officer, whofe |