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London, England, 1812-12-24 00:00:00

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' Pit 461.14&: :4(44' 01?frtION for the RELIEF V
FARING REISSMYS. . .
stiatit'.4. 'i.Oon. Advertisement, which had appear,
led
sei.eral of the Papers for convening a meeting
• tnsider of the propriety of enteriag into a- sub-
.• s n tor the Relief of the Russians who have
sufferer,' by the invasion of their country and the
.. destruction of Moscow by -the French, a ntmles3us
. . and highly respectable assemblage of Noblemen and
Gentlemen met yesterday at the Crown and AnChor
.Tavern. The company did not meet in the Large
-Room. burin a room beloso stairs. Sher:ly after
lite o'clock ths Duke of Yr eel Lord Liveiteeoe;
Laird C.ahntinkaost, and Mr. VANS' rTART entered,
••t •f atulpst immediately after, the Doke of YORK was
:31W-in-...the Chair. • --
' ttiraS. Tunewxow rose to propo'se the Resolutions,'
• anii ohs: tied. that the occasion on which they met
was.onse *hick must MSe the feelings of every Bri-
ton. 11)411.4,6cm the greater part of the forces of
Europe-comilined against Russia. They had seen
do r farces resisted by the Russians with equal Ira._
. lour and prudence. And.followed by the most heroic
sacrificer. Their conduct and constancy,.it was to
be hoped, would have the erect of teaching Europe
. to overcome the common enemy. They had seen
the inhabitants of some of the Russian provinces de-
ps ived of the t•helter of their bouses, which they vo-
luntarily consigned to the flames, at, the commence.
wentc i the winter season and Willingly submitting,
ill every Instance, to the most severe -privations.—
I lff• ir sufferings had excited :the commiseration of the
greatest personages in Russia, and sul,scriptions had
been commenced at St- Petersburgh, let the bead of
nbcll appeared the Royal Family til that Empire.
AI) classes were ;calm to appear most forward in
assisting the unfortunate sufferers, and one Priniess,
who pinaessed late domains in she invaded provinces,
had distingukhed herself by making it known that it
was her deterntination to receive no rent nor other
pecuniary contributions from any of the peasants on
her lands, till they had recovered from that afllicting
situa• ion into n hich they had been i lunged by this
calamitous war. He felt it to he tinwcessary to en-
deavour further to interest the fee liegs of the Meeting,
recollecting as let: did their liberality on former occa-
Liens. Prom the generous assistance given to Spain
and Portugal, he could not doubt their disposition to
relieve distress, and. he was confident the same liber-
ality which was extended to those nations would be
exerted on the present occasion. He felt it to be a
circumstance highly &Daring, that, the subscription
about to be opened would be commenced by a Prince
of'the Blood, and he was satisfied the ensmple set by
his Royal Highness would be followed with gem rous
seal by all daises. He then proceeded to lead cer-
tain Resoliitions, for which see the ,idtertistment.
Mr. Serjeant PELL rose to second the Resolutions.
When he entered the ream he was not aware that he
should meet with those illustrious persons whose pre:
sense graced this Mating. All he had known of the
nature of the Meeting was, that it had patriotism for
its source, and benevolence for' its foundation. ft
was impossible to contemplate that which called them
together, without mixed emotions of wonder and de-
light. The wealth of England, rich as she is; could
not be better applied than in the way in which it was
now proposed to apply part cf her wealth: Russia
had saved herself, and she had saved Europe. He
hoped the example which this day would set, would
be followed by all ciasses, from the Prince to the
Peasant. When i• was seen that the rich contributed
liberally, the poor (it they could not give so much)
would feel a desire to prove that they were actu ited
by siiiiilar motives. This he hoped to see, and the
contributions of those who were not wealthy would
be snore particularly valuable, as they would mark
that principle which it was most desirable should be
'trongly manifested. While assisting and encou- 1
.. raging Russia to continue her resistance to Fraoce,
we consulted our own interest, and the honour of
England ; and while our conduct stimulated Russia to
new exertions, her conduct would stimulate the whole
world to oppose the common enemy of all Nations.
Mr. Witareuronez said, if he had any doubt of the
good which WAS likely to result from this meeting, it
arose from an apprehension that sufficient notice had
not beer given to make it known to all who might
wish to attend. He had heard of it by mere acci-
dent, when about to go another way. He could have
wished that a greater opportunity had been given to
the many persons who would have been happy to be
• present, and mho might feel hurt at not being enabled
to come forwnrd at the commencement of a subscrip-
tion, which was prompted, not only by benevolence,
but by justice, for it was but justice that those who
had die means cf being benevolent should dispense
the blessings they enjoyed to others who were in dis-
tress.— Pipidaure.)—lt would ill become him on such
an accasion, when he saw so many present who were
better able to direct him, to take the lead in making
any proposition for adjourning the Meeting. He
should leave it to others to determine, whether they
should do so, or whether 'hey should begin new. If
the latter course were adopted, he hoped they would-
be cordially joined by others hereafter ; but some.
times it was found that things of this kind went oti
most prosperously after a spirited beginning.—He,
then noticed she honour conferred on the Meeting by
the R yal Chairman. He knew not how the rank
nal situation he held in society could he made a bet-
ter use of than was made of then, when they were
employed to diminish the miseries and increase the
comforts of others. His Royal Highness }night have
forgotten it, bnt be (Mr. W. ) had not, that the last
t me he saw him was on an occasion when he put him-
self as forvrard•to relieve our owtacountrytnen, as he
now did to assist the suffering Russians. His Royal
Highne/ss at that time lent himself to the formatiOn
of an institution whills had already conferred many
• benefits on our own population. • This was well done,
as if it were now insinuated that they met to assist
others instead of their own countrymen, be hoped it
would be seen that they had at heart the welfare of
their own countrymen, and that, meeting as they did,
they went on the principle of endeavouring-to extend
their assistance to distresses wherever they might`be
found.—(aVidneres.)—He felt with the Hon. Gen-
tlerpan shoo spoke last, that they consulted the in-
terest of this country, while they did that which
IA ould honour ifs character by acting on a principle
of benevolence, which it would be a disgrace to the
name of an Englishman not to feel on such ant occa-

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