The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-01 00:00:00

CITY BUSINJUS.

Yesterday, according to annual custom, the slew
Sheriffs were presented at the Exchequer, and Mr
Phillips, the Junior Sheriff, gave his izauguration
dinner to the Lord Mayor. the Corp*4tion, and his
friends.

At eleven in the morning. Mr. Phillips met his
colleague in office, the Members of this I )rapers' and
Stationars' Company, at Stationers' Hal!, where he
entertained them, the Recorder. and the Law 0:-
Seers of the Corporation, with an elegant breaki as:.
'rho Sheriffs and the Company then proceeded in
state, succeeded by the colours of the Company. and
a band of music, to Guildhall. where they were met
by the Lord Mayor and several Aldermen.
A grand procession then proceeded from Guild-
hall to lltacktriars'abridge, where the Lord Mayor.
Aldermen, and Sheriffs, embarked in the grand
.new city barge, and the members of the two Com-
panies in the splendid Barg. of the Drapers' COM..
NIT - -

_
About two o'clock they arrived at the Court of
Exchequer, where the Cutsitor Baron (Maseres)
waited their approach. Being introduced, the
RECO%DIiII addressed the Court nearly as fellows :
oMy Lord—l have the honour to present at your
Lordship's bar. Christopher Smith, Esq. Citizen and
Draper, and Richard Phillips, Esq. Citizen and
Stationer, who have been chosen from among their
fellow-citizens. to fill the high offices of Sheriffs of
London, and Sheriff of Middlesex. In estimating the
qualifications of these two gentlemen, the Lively of
London were strongly impressed with their loyalty
to their Sovereign. with their attachment to out
most glorious and excellent Concitution, and with
their indelible regard for the chartered rights of
their fellow-citizens. From their acquaintause with
the one (Mr. Sheriff Smith), they naturally expeded,
that, conversant as he is with the municipal laws of
the city of London. he will pursue the stria path
of his ditty, and conscientiously discharge that im-
portant trust which his sworn duty obliges him to
fulfil. In the professional pursuits of the other
(Mr. Sheriff Phillips) tl•cy have the best hopes for
that information, impartiality, and coostitutional in-
dependence, which are so strongly promoted by the
!nee of hit ratore, and for that progres.,ve improve..
ment which is naturally attached to t:ie dissemina-
tions of learning. Co them been the city of Lon-
don look for the display .4 a lib.:ral hospitality, and
en appropriate splendour. A ihrievalty thus eon-
dueled, on the pti :sits of loyalty, iodeper..ence,
and munificence. mist secure for tlainn the bi
and unfasiiieg reward of so important and arduous
an undertaking...the thanks and regards of their
fellow.eitiwtas. One of The late sheriffs, Sir
James &ashcan*, attends to render to His Maj. sty
an account of the issues and raifits of his office I his
upright cheraaer, hit unceasing humanity to the
unhappy perboas committed to his charge. his con-
scientious disposal of the public money, placed under
his care, his unremitting exertions and unwearied
assiduity daring a shrievalry, in which two General
Lledioas had taken place, Wine secured to him the
best wishes of his fellow-citizens, who acknowledged
their gratitude, and declared heir fullest saw.
(Oboes Ina way I cannot express, but which will be
better conceived by my reading the language, held
in the Commen-fiati yesterday. [Him the Rs-

COe D sit read the It esoluitoo of chants to Sir James,
publii:led in our Paper of yesterday
The Cutsitor BAROII-0.1, on the .part of the
Crown, approve M the choice the City has made in
these Gentlemen, and have no doubt but they will
discharge that office with credit to themselves, and
satisfattion to their tellow-citiaens."

The usual writs were then read. pro faMPII. and
Sir James liranscomb, and Mr. Cowley Bromley,
the deputy of Sir Jonathan Miles, who was stated to
be prevented from attending by indisposition, were
sworn to their accounts.

Prodamation was then made for the city to do
suit and service, according to ancient custom,
and the junior Alderman, Mr. Birch, Iwo,: sum-
moned fur that purpose, went through the annual
ceremony of breaking the billets, and counting the
hone-shoes andhobsails.

The procession then withdrew, and proceeded to
Blackfriars in the same tom it set out.

The Barges then returned to Blackfriars, and we
scarcely ever recollea al occasion of this kind, in
which the effea of this Gala was so great, arising at
once from the riehnessof the new Barges, and the
beauty of the day.
At five o'clock one hundred and sixty persons sat
down to dinner with Mr. Phillips, at Stationers%
Hall, consisting of the Lord Mayor, the Lord
Mayor Elea, the City and County Members,
eleven Aldermen, the Recorder, Cr.amberlain.
Common Serjeant, the leading Membrrs of
the City Councils. and • numerous body of
the most wealthy and respeaable persons in the city.
M . Incledon, Taylor. Leer, and other profes-
siphal singers, attended, and we may fairly assert,
•hat an afternoon of more harmony and hilarity has
seldom or ever been spent in the City of London.

Soon after our disasters in Egypt, General Suza-
n/MKS was sent thither from the army in Sicily.
From a letter from Lisbon, dated the Stb
it appears, that the several Members of the Go-
vernment, including of course the Royal Family,
had made consilerable progress in their preparation
to depart for the Brazils. The writer of this let-
ter. after dwelling uprn the tyrannical conduS
cf the French Government towards that of Por-
tugal, describes the disposition of the latter to
make any concession in its power to the terms
proposed by the Envoy of BOMA Those
terms were—Fast, The advance of a certain sum
of money to France ; Secondly, l'he surrender of
all the Portuguse fleet to that Power ; and thirdly,
the closing of the ports of Portugal against the ships
of this country. To the latter proposition the Panics
Rustier expressel his disposition to acquiesce, being
in feel bound to do so upon the demand of Spain, at-
ccrding to the terms of the Treaty of &dojos. in 1801.
But as to the first proposition, the Portuguese Go-
vernment stated to the French Envoy their absolute
incapacity, heal the state of their financial re-
wore's, to comply with it, end the second propo-
sition they entirely declined. Jonas, aar -
ever. pirsiased in his reqsisitions, and the
queues is represented to be, the determined
taus of the Portuguese Goverosest to mood
tae Baud&

..~...