Defensive Treaty of Peace and Alliance among Great Britain, Hungary (the Holy Roman Empire), and Sardinia
the parties, who are to co-operate towards the fame end, his
Majefty the King of Sardinia promifes, upon the faith and word
of a Prince, to her Majtfty the Queen of Hungary ; Firft, That,
for as long time as the prefent provifional agreement fhall laft,
he will not avail himfelf of his pretended rights to the ftate of
Milan, which are not entered into in this provifional conven-
tion, forafmuch as the Queen of Hungary cannot admit them,
and the King of Sardinia on the contrary thinks them founded ;
and Secondly, That if it fhould be neceffary that his faid Majefty
fhould enter, with his forces, into any one of the ftates above-
mentioned, he will not exercife in the fame any act of fover-
eignty, and will not in any wife hinder the Queen of Hungary
from continuing to exercife them in the manner, that that
princefs has done it hitherto; neither will his Majefty exact any
contribution, and will content himfelf in the faid cafe with
being furnifhed with fuch things as are indifpenfably requifite
to an army ; as for inftance, forage, wood, quarters, carts, beds,
caferns, and ftraw, the rations where of fhall be regulated upon
the foot on which they are ufually allowed to his troops ; as alfo
horfes, mules, and oxen, for the ufe of the artillery, and victuals.
Article V. On the other hand, her Majefty the Queen of Hun-
gary declares in the like folemn manner, that it is not her mean-
ing, that the abovefaid promifes of his Majefty the King of Sar-
dinia, nor the execution of them, fhould prejudice the rights by
him pretended to the ftate of Milan, nor ever to avail herfelf of
them, fo as to infer from thence that the faid rights were no
longer fubfifting; the intention of the two high contracting par-
ties being to preferve to each of them their refpective rights in
their full force, in fuch manner as they may appertain to them,
independently of the prefent convention.
Article VI. And it is likewife in this view, that his Majefty the
King of Sardinia referves to himfelf exprefly the entire liberty of
availing himfelf of his faid rights, at whatever time, and by
whatever means, either by himfelf fingly, or by fuch alliance as
he fhall judge to be moft for his convenience.
Article VII. But as his Majefty does not mean to acquire, any
advantage by the faid refervation, and defigns to proceed withall
the good faith, which is natural to him, he promifes and
engages, in the cafe above-mentioned, not to act himfelf, nor to
permit any prince, with whom he might be allied, to act, (which
his Majefty will take care to ftipulate as a principal condition, in
any treaty whatfoever, which he might conclude) fooner than
after the fpace of one month, from the time that he fhall have
caufed notice to be given by the means of the general officer,
which he fhall have at the Queen of Hungary’s army ; to the end
that the commanding officer of the Auftrian troops, being thus
put upon his guard, may take fuch meafures and refolutions, as
he fhall judge moft for his advantage.
Article VIII. Moreover the King of Sardinia promifes, in that
cafe, to make his troops evacuate all the dominions of the
Queen of Hungary, and all the places and pofts, which he
fhould have taken poffeffion of during the prefent provifional
agreement, without carrying any thing off ; to the end that the
troops of the abovefaid Queen, may, during the faid month,
retake, freely, and without any hindrance, the pofts which they
fhall think proper.
Article IX. The prefent convention fhall be ratified by the
King of Sardinia and by the Queen of Hungary, and the acts of
ratification fhall be exchanged within the term of twenty days.
Article X. During the faid term, the King of Sardinia fhall not
underftand himfelf to be obliged to caufe his troops to enter
into the ftates poffeffed by the Queen of Hungary ; and if, after
the expiration of the faid term, the Queen fhould not have fent
her ratification, fo that for want of it, the prefent convention
fhould remain without effect, neverthelefs the king fhall not, in
that cafe, caufe his troops to enter into the above-mentioned
ftates, during the term of other ten days, neither during that
term fhall he give any hindrance to the free return of the Auf-
trian troops into the fame ftates, and into fuch pofts as the
Queen of Hungary’s generals fhall judge to be moft convenient.
In witnefs whereof, we the underwritten plenipoten-
tiaries have figned the prefent convention, &c. at Turin,
the firft of February, 1742.In confequence of this convention, his Majefty the King of Sar-
dinia did immediately join a confiderable body of his troops to
thofe of the faid Queen, his Majefty the King of Great-Britain
having fent a ftrong fquadron to co-operate for the mainte-
nance of the liberties of Italy.
In order not to leave fruitlefs fo great expences, and to fecure
ftill farther, and to accelerate, for the prefent, the entire execu-
tion of fo neceffary and juft a refolution, and in order likewife
to perpetuate the effect of it for the times to come, their faid
Majefties have authorized, and do authorize their minifters
plenipotentiary to make an immediate regulation of the partic-
ulars and of the conditions, viz. His Majefty the King of Great-
Britain, his privy-counfellor John Lord Carteret, Baron of
Hawnes, one of his principal fecretaries of ftate, &c. His Majefty
the King of Sardinia, the Chevalier Offirio, Chevalier Grande
Croix, and Grand Confervator of the religious and military
orders of the Saints Maurice and Lazarus, envoy extraordinary
and minifter plenipotentiary of his faid Majefty to his Majefty
the King of Great-Britain. And her Majefty the Queen of Hun-
gary and Bohemia, the Sieur Ignatius John de Wafner, her
minifter plenipotentiary to his faid Britannick Majefty ; who,
after having communicated to each other their refpective full
powers, and having maturely conferred together, have agreed
upon the following articles.
Article I. There fhall be, from the prefent time, and for all
times to come, between his Majefty the King of Great-Britain,
her Majefty the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and his
Majefty the King of Sardinia, a clofe friendfhip, and fincere, per-
petual, and inviolable alliance, by virtue of which they fhall be
obliged to fupport, defend, and fuccour each other reciprocally
and conftantly, to be attentive to the fecurity each of the other, as
to their own, to procure all advantages, and to keep off all dam-
age and prejudice from one another to the utmoft of their power.