STATE PAPERS. 



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Message from the Prince Regent 

 to both Houses of Parliament, 

 Dec. 17, on a Grant to Russia. 



*' G. P. R. 



" The Prince Regent, acting in 

 the name and on the behalf of his 

 Majesty, having taken into his se- 

 rious consideration the accounts 

 which he has received of the severe 

 distresses to which the inhabitants 

 of a part of the empire of Russia 

 have been exposed in their per- 

 sons and property, in consequence 

 of the unprovoked and atrocious 

 invasion of that country by the 

 Ruler of France, and the exem- 

 plary and extraordinary magnani- 

 mity and fortitude with which they 



have submitted to the greatest pri- 

 vations and sufferings in the de- 

 fence of their country, and the ar- 

 dent loyalty and unconquerable 

 spirit they have displayed in its 

 cause, whereby results have been 

 produced of the utmost import- 

 ance to the interests of this king- 

 dom, and to the general cause 

 of Europe, recommends to the 

 House of Commons, to enable his 

 Royal Highness, in aid of the con- 

 tributions which have been com- 

 menced within the Russian empire 

 for this purpose, to afford to the 

 suffering subjects of his Majesty's 

 good and great ally, the Emperor 

 of Russia, such speedy and effectual 

 relief as may be suitable to this 

 most interesting occasion." 



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