The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-09 00:00:00

CITY BUsiNiss.

Testezday the Lord Mayor held a Court of Commas
Conseil, which was numerously attended.
A Petition was preseated from Mr. Waterhouse, on the
•abject of the late election of Comities Compellinen fur
the Ward of Cripplegate Within, respectia; his baring the
neat greater number of votes an I:frit:eta the persons who
ware elected ; and praying the gat e of the Court, as
Ur. Habertuu bad been declared by t►e Court of Aldermen
out to be duly elected, as he was net free of th• city at the
time; which was referred to the flpeend Committee, ap-
pointed at the last Court to consider and report.
Upon • Report from the Navigation Committee, the
Court voted an enmity of two hundred pomade per animal, to
Mr. Charles Truss, their late Clerk of the Works, fur the
improvement of the anvigstios, on seam% Si his very long
and faithful woke,.

The Court agreed to petition Parliament for a Bill, for
the future support of Blarkfriars' Bridge, and also for the
improvement of the Navigation ef the River, westward of
Loudon Bridge ; for the removal and enlargement of Smith-
field motel; for dein; away details rights of St. Ceerge•
Fields; sod respecting Leadenhall marAet. And petltlttoa
being prepared, were read sod agreed to, and the tilseriffs,
attended by the Remembnuiecr, requested to present them
to the Hinter of Cummours. It was carried by a majority of
three, on • division, that no address or petition should be re-
eoasOkred, or altered, after havieg keen agreed to by the
Court, sod ordered to become &Standing Order.
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Amongst the equipages which attracted the at-
tention or the spectators about the Palace, yester-
day, for grandeur and splendid state lieeres, were
Ihoseof the Duk, of BEDFORD. Lord HARRWOOD,
the Pnasitsr AMBASSADOR. Colonel Bzatrmorlfs
and the Earl of NOlTHAlerrosr.—Amongst the ele-
gant chairs wail that of the Duchess of Baoroao,
with three servants walking before the chair, dressed
in state hectic,. The Marchioness of STAFFORD.
the Countess of CARDIGAN. and Mrs. BLaussoor,
went in state. The Ladies wore mostly the sane
dresses as on the birth day—plumes of' various
colours were very general. The Palace was cleared
as early as four o'clock.

Mr. Puteservar will give his second pnlitiesl
dinner, to-morrow, •t his house in Arlington-street.

A private letter from Paris has communicated an
extract from the Mouitntr of the 31st Jan., contain-
ing a Note, which we shall subjoin, upon that part
of the King's Speech, at the Meeting of Parlia-
ment, which relates to the state of our commerce.
The rem% wordi of His Majesty's Speech are—t

" Whatever temporary aneparlial Mc. euversiencieS may
have vesa;ted from the measures whirls were directed by
Embus against those great sources of our prosperity and
strength (vie. the trade and revenue) those measures have
wholly failed of producing any general effect."
These words are thus cited in the .Vonitenr:—
" Yoe are aware that the measures adopted by the French
to dry up the groat soarees of yes, prosperity, have beau to
s certain extent efficient. Their elect, however, has only
been momentary." . _ _

,•
Upon the senteneethisa disfigured, the annotator
say•—" We shall explain how that has happened*
The state of affairs in Spain has opened to you the
greater part of the ports of that kingdom ; they
shall be shut against you. Trieste afforded a greut
vent for your commerce; and that port is for ever
shut. flatland, in particular. has impaired the
effect of those measure*, which could and ought
to hate been completely enforced by her. She
has betrayed the rominon cause. She has received
your merchandise under the American tag. in
spite of the United States. or under other pre-
texts; but this will sin ionizer be the ease. Your
Orders in Council of lsrr7 mak.. it Necessary
that the coasts and ports of fiolland should be oc-
cupied by revenue of:fivers and troops, who 'hall be
efficient. soil who can be relied on; and as the re-
sult of the tirst and second coalition was. the ex-
teusion of. the notch coasts to the Scheldt, the
result of year Orders itsCounril of ism wilt be the
extensiou of the French coasts to the Elhe. The
obstructions which you have hitherto found to be
only momentary. will henceforth make a deep and
permanent impression. It is obvious that the ope,
rations ef the war upon the Continent. by the. onion
of the two grim reamers, and the adoptioa of the
same oysters by Prussia. Denmark. Sweilen, and
Austria. will give new vigour to one measures. and
totally deprive you of the 111-an, of any commercial
Wit TCO4IIMII With EilfOpt."

EXPEDITION TO THE SCHELDT.