below the truth. We may therefore reckon in the empire ten millions and a half of subjects who are not Russians.

The number of inhabitants at present in Russia is 41,253,483, and this number is certainly a minimum.

According to these data the number of Russian inhabitants amounts to 31,043,483, and the foreigners subject to the empire do not exceed one quarter of the whole people. This is a proportion very advantageous for the ruling nation. The variations in the total amount will not alter this proportion.

And these 31 millions of Russians have the inestimable advantage of a concentrated population, while the other nations are spread over a prodigious extent of country. The Russian nation forms the centre of this immense empire, it inhabits the best cultivated provinces, and is the best situated for communicating both by land and water. The south of Russia begins to be peopled by the surplus of the Russian population. All these advantages double the force of the Russian nation, and ensure it the most decided preponderance.

Mr. Edward Frisby,

Thomas Greenaway, Esq. Deputy
Samuel Hayward, Esq. Deputy
Mr. Thomas Marriott,
William Box, Esq. Deputy
Francis Paynter, Esq. Deputy
Mr. James Jacks,

to prepare the Addresses of this Honourable Court, to be presented to his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, and his Majesty the King of Prussia; and to consider what further steps might be necessary to be adopted on the part of the Corporation of London, to evince the sense they entertained of the High Honour conferred on the Metropolis of this Empire, by the presence of such illustrious visitors; and who by their report of the following day (9th June last), recommended, that an Entertainment suitable to the dignity of this City should be provided at the Guildhall, at which His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, also His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of Prussia should be requested to honor this City with their presence; which Report was unanimously approved by this Honourable Court, and the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Sheriffs attended by the Remembrancer, were directed to wait on His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the Emperor of all the Russias, and the King of Prussia, and humbly request them in the name of this Honorable Court, to honor this Corporation with their Royal Presence at dinner in the Guildhall of this City, and upon the Representation made by the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, to this Honorable Court on the

Joseph Daker, Esq. Deputy
Daniel Purder, Esq. Deputy
William John Reeves, Esq. Deputy
Mr. Thomas Ayres,

Edward Colebatch, Esq. Deputy
Mr. Samuel Dixon,
Mr. Thomas Bell,

the following day, (10th of June), That his Lordship had had an audience with the Prince Regent, who was pleased graciously to accept the invitation of this Honorable Court to the dinner at Guildhall, and took upon himself to communicate the invitation to His Illustrious Visitors, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of Prussia, who, he had no doubt, would be as happy as himself to wait upon the Corporation of the City of London, your Committee were fully empowered by this Honorable Court, to proceed in preparing the proposed entertainment in such manner as they should see fit, and to give every necessary direction accordingly. Do certify, that your Committee met on the same day immediately after the adjournment of the Court; and having appointed Mr. Alderman Birch Chairman of the Committee, we gave directions to the Clerk of the Works, to take such immediate measures for preparing Guildhall for the Royal Festival, and to employ such artificers and workmen as he might think necessary, in order to insure the completion of the whole within the short space of time allowed for that purpose. turday the 18th of June, having been appointed by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent for the celebration of the Festival), and we desired him to prepare a plan

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of the Hall, properly arranged for the reception of the Prince Regent and his Illustrious Visitors.

Your Committee being anxious that every thing should be executed in the most superb manner, on this highly important occasion, gave immediate directions for preparing a sumptuous and splendid entertainment, and finding it would be impracticable to complete in time the numerous arrangements necessary to be effected, unless different departments were placed under the management of distinct Sub-committees, we appointed the following, viz.

1st. For directing and superintending the various fittings up in the Hall, and the making proper and commodious avenues thereto.

2d. For providing and taking charge of the plate to be used on the occasion.

3d. For providing the necessary china, glass, linen, and all other articles and things in the butlerage department.

4th. For providing the most rare and choice wines, for taking care of and superintending the receipt and delivery of the same.

5th. For managing, directing, and superintending the necessary regulations for the admission of the company, the conducting the ceremonies to take place, and for the general appropriation and accommodation of the company in the Hall and the Galleries.

By the foregoing classification, and the permanent sitting of the Grand Committee, to receive and confirm from time to time the several proceedings of the Subcommittees, as well as to give further instructions and powers as circumstances required, the whole

was executed in a stile of the first magnificence and splendor.

Your Committee having directed Mr. Remembrancer to procure lists of the persons in the Suites of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia, as well as of the Great Officers of State, Foreign Princes, Ministers, Noblemen, and persons of distinction then in London, found that the number together with the English Nobility and persons of distinction, whom it was thought proper to invite on the occasion, totally precluded the possibility of entertaining the ladies of the members of the Corporation in the body of the Hall at the same time your Committee considering, that the general effect of the coup d'œil of the Entertainment would be lost without their presence, directed spacious galleries to be erected in the Hall for their accommodation, and Mr. TownClerk, and Mr. Comptroller having handsomely offered the use of their houses, the same were accepted, and the latter was wholly appropriated to the accommodation of the Ladies, as being more convenient from its situation and facility of access to the Galleries, drawings of which galleries we have caused to be made; but your Committee recommend, that a perspective view of the whole should also be made as being more explanatory than any written description, or architectural drawing.

The Worshipful Company of Coopers having also obligingly granted the use of their kitchen, your Committee were enabled to provide an entertainment for the

Marquis Camden.

C. Grant, Jun. Esq.

Lords Commissioners of the

Treasury.

Admiral Sir Jos. S. Yorke.

Rt. Hon. Wm. Dundas.

Sir George Warrender, Bart.

Admiral G. J. Hope.

John Osborn, Esq.

Lord Henry Paulet.

Viscount Palmerston, Secretary at War.

Lord Bishop of London.

The Speaker of the House of Commons.

The Master of the Rolls.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Treasurer of the Navy.

Hon. Frederick

The Vice Chancellor.

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