oned, his majesty king Charles III. will be much more gratified and advantaged in other places, than that equivalent can avail : to the end therefore that the lords the Statesgeneral may have the upper quarter of Guelder with entire property and fovereignty; and that the faid upper quarter of Guelder may be yielded in this manner to the faid lords the States-general, in the convention, or the treaty that they are to make with his majefty king Charles III. according to the thirteenth article of the treaty concluded this day; as alfo that their garifons in the citadel of Liege, in that of Huy, and in Bonne, may remain there, until it be otherwife agreed upon with his imperial majefty and the empire; her majesty the QUEEN of Great Britain engages herself, and promifes by this feparate article, which shall have the fame force as if it were inferted in the principal treaty, to make the fame efforts for all this, as he hath engaged herself to make for the obtaining the barrier in the fpanish Low-countries. In teftimony whereof the under-written ambasador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of her british majefty and deputies of the lords the Statesgeneral general, have figned the prefent feparate article, and have affixed their feals thereunto. At the Hague the 29th of OƐtober 1709. (L. S.) Townshend. (L. S.) J. B. Van Reede. (L. S.) A. Heinfius. (L. S.) W. Wichers. THE SECOND SEPARATE ARTICLE. AS the lords the States-general have re prefented, that in Flanders the limits between spanish Flanders and that of the States are fettled in fuch a manner, as that the land belonging to the States is extremely narrow there; fo that in fome places the territory of spanish Flanders extends itself to the fortifications, and under the cannon of the places, towns, and forts of the States, which occafions many inconveniencies, as bath been feen by an example a little before the beginning of the prefent war, when a fort was was defigned to have been built under the cannon of the Sas Van Gand, under pretence, that it was upon the territory of Spain: and as it is necessary, for avoiding thefe, and other forts of inconveniencies, that the land of the States upon the confines of Flanders should be enlarged, and that the places, towns, and forts should by that means be better covered: her british majefty entering into the just motives of the faid lords the States-general in this refpect, promifes and engages herself by this feparate article, that in the convention which the faid lords the States-general are to make with his majesty king Charles the third, fhe will affift them as that it may be agreed, that by the ceffion to the faid lords the States general of the property of an extent of land neceffary to obviate fuch like, and other inconveniencies, their limits in Flanders shall be enlarged more conveniently for their fecurity; and thofe of the fpanish Flanders removed farther from their towns, places and forts, to the end that these may not be fo expofed any more. In teftimony whereof the under-written ambassador extraordinary and pleni pontiary pontiary of ber british majefty and deputies of the lords the States-general have figned the prefent feparate article, and have affixed their feals thereunto. At the Hague the 29th of October 1709. (L. S.) Townshend. (L. S) J. B. Van Reede. (L. S.) G. Hoeuft. (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. T ARTICLE VI. O this 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 to the States) and the fort of Rodenbuyfen to be demolished. To fay nothing of the other places, Dendermonde is the key of all Brabant; and the demolishing of the fort of Rhodenhuyfen, 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. ARTICLE VII. The faid States may put into the faid towns, forts, and places, and in cafe 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 |
