Επιστολή Αρ.3 του γραμματέα της Βρετανικής πρεσβείας στην Αγία Πετρούπολη και πληρεξούσιου υπουργού (minister plenipotentiary) Lord Walpole (Secretary of Embassy) (Αγία Πετρούπολη, 30 Ιανουαρίου 1815) προς τον Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Foreign Secretary στο Λονδίνο με την οποία τον ενημερώνει για τις πληροφορίες που έχει σχετικά με την απόφαση αρκετών Βρετανών εμπόρων της Πετρούπολης να εγγραφούν στις γκίλντες ως ξένοι φιλοξενούμενοι. Επίσης σημειώνει την απόγνωση των τελευταίων καθώς η απουσία προοπτικής υπογραφής μίας νέας αγγγλο-ρωσικής εμπορικής συνθήκης και με το μανιφέστο του 1807 σε ισχύ, τους ανάγκασε να επανεκκινήσουν τις εμπορικές τους δραστηριότητες εγγραφόμενοι στις γκίλντες, έχοντας διακόψει τις επιχειρηματικές τους δραστηριότητες από το 1807 έως και το 1814.

Συγκεκριμένα γράφει ο Walpole:

I have lately been made acquainted with the determination of many respectable British merchants here, to write themselves into the guilds as foreign guests.

Since the promulgation of the commercial code of 1807 [manifest of 1^st January 1807] to the present time, they have preferred the cessation of their commercial enterprises to acquiescence in that ukase, and in the hope of a renewal of the treaty between Great Britain and Russia have hitherto refused to weaken the arguments which may be brought in support of such a demand, by any apparent concurrence in the principles of trade established by Count Romanzoff. The little hope entertained of the reestablishment of a commercial connection between the two countries upon the former footing has induced them reluctantly to take this step.

The late news from Vienna of disagreements between the different powers at the Congress has created great alarm here; purchases to a considerable amount have been made with the clause that they shall be null and void, should an embargo take place, and every vessel fit for service at Cronstadt is ordered to be fitted for sea and ready to sail upon the opening of the navigation.

It is almost superfluous to add, that the language of those, who are in the habit of approaching His Imperial Majesty is most abusive of Great Britain.

The state of the interior daily assumes a more threating aspect, the long absence of the Empreror, and the impossibility of throwing his attention to the most necessary acts for the internal government of the Empire, have entirely put a stop to many important functions in the administration of the provinces.

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The general circumstances of the country are materially affected by the present commercial regulations and the want of capitals, the interest upon the best bills is now between 1 ¼ and 1 ½ per month; and the importers of foreign produce will be most serious sufferers by the total failure of all demands from the interior, arising partly from the state of the roads, partly from the increasing poverty of the former consumers. […]