potentiary of her British majesty and deputies of the lords the States-general have figned the prefent feparate article, and have affixed their feals thereunto. Atthe Hague, the 29th of October 1709. (L. S.) Townfhend. (L. S.) J. B. Van Reede, (L. S.) H. Sminia. (L. S.) E. V. Itterfum. The articles of the Counter-project, which were ftruck out or altered by the Dutch in the Barrier-treaty; with fome Remarks. To ARTICLE VI. Othis end their high mightineffes fhall have power to put and keep garrifons in the following places, viz. Newport, Knocke, Menin, the citadel of Lifle, Tournay, Conde, Valenciennes, Namur and its citadel, Lier, Halle, to fortify the fort of Perle, Damme, and the caftle of Gand. RE REMARK S. In the barrier-treaty, the States added the following places to those mentioned in this article, viz. Furnes, Ypres, towns of Lifle, Maubeuge, Charleroy, Philippe, fort of St. Donas (which is to be in property tothe States), and the fort of Rhodenhuysen to be demolished. To fay nothing of the other places, Dendermonde is the key of all Brabant; and the demolishing of the fort of Rhodenbuyfen, fituate between Gand and Sas Van Gand, can only ferve to defraud the king of Spain of the duties upon goods imported and exported there. The faid States may put into the faid towns, forts, and places, and in case of open war with France, into all the other towns, places, and forts, whatever troops the reafon of war fhall require. REMARK S. But in the barrier-treaty it is faid: in cafe of an apparent attack, or war, without specifying against France: neither is the the number of troops limited to what the reason of war fhall require, but what the States fhall think neceffary. ARTICLE IX, Befides fome fmaller differences, ends with a falvo, not only for the ecclefiaftical and civil rights of the king of Spain, but likewife for his revenues in the faid towns; which revenues in the barrier-treaty are all given to the States. ARTICLE XI. The revenues of the chatellanies and dependencies of the towns and places, which the States fhall have for their barrier against France, and which were not in the poffeffion of the crown of Spain at the late king of Spain's death, fhall be fettled to be a fund for maintaining garrisons, and providing for the fortifications and magazines, and other neceffary charges of the faid towns of the barrier. REMARK S. I defire the reader to compare this with the eleventh article of the barrier-treaty, where where he will fee how prodigioufly it is enlarged. ARTICLE XIV. All this to be without prejudice to fuch other treaties and conventions as the QUEEN of Great Britain and their high mightineffes may think fit to make for the future with the faid king Charles the third, relating to the faid Spanish Netherlands, or to the faid barrier. And to the end that the faid States may enjoy at present as much as it is poffible a barrier in the Spanish Netherlands, they shall be permitted to put their garrisons in the chief towns already taken, or that may be taken, before a peace be made. REMARK S. These two articles are not in the barriertreaty, but two others in their ftead; to which I refer the reader. And indeed it was highly neceffary for the Dutch to strike out the former of thefe articles, when fo great a part of the treaty is so highly and manifeftly manifeftly prejudicial to Great Britain, as well as to the king of Spain; efpecially in the two articles inferted in the place of thefe, which I defire the reader will examine. ARTICLE XX. And whereas by the fifth and ninth are ticles of the alliance between the Emperor, the late king of Great Britain, and the States-general, concluded the feventh of September, 1701, it is agreed and ftipulated, that the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily with all the dependencies of the crown of Spain in Italy fhall be recovered from the poffeffion of France, as being of the laft confequence to the trade of both nations, as well as the Spanish Netherlands, for a barrier for the States-general; therefore the faid QUEEN of Great Britain and the States-general agree and oblige themselves not to enter into any negotiation or treaty of peace with France, before the reftitution of the faid kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, with all the dependencies of the crown of Spain in Italy as well as the Spanish Low-countries, with VOL. IX. S the |