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is true that this is caused by the falling off of the revenue he may be heard upon his former petition, (presented Mare'A
and the extraordinary expewes which are required for the 9,) complaining of non-compliance r,ith the Standing Orders,
Canadian war ; but then it is to be hoped that w;th the return notwithstanding the said petition was not presented three clear
of spring trade will revive, the revenue increase, the Canadian days before the sitting of the Committee on the petition for
war be brought to a close, and, consequently, the money now the Bill. Referred to the Select Committee on petitions for
drawn from the Bank of England be replaced in the course private Bills.
of a short period. At all events, our Contemporary must
perceive that his allusions about juggling between Mr. Spring
Rice and the Bank Directors are wholly refuted by the refer-
ence which we have made of the printed Evidence and Report
of the year 1832 ; and so far from the true effect having been
produced in the fall of Consols which took place a few clays
since through the error of our Contemporary, it is clear that
the funds ought rather to have risen from the circumstance
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is only drawing out his
true balance from the Bank of England, and that the nation
is 4,000,0001. richer than our Contemporary anticipated.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15.

Glasgow Waterworks Bill.—Petition of John Douglas, znd
John Boyle Gray, Esqrs., complaining of non-compliance
with the Standing Orders.
Bury Waterworks Bill.—Read first time.

Exeter Commercial Gas.--Petition of Samuel and John
Eyre Kingdon, complaining of non-compliance with the
Standing Orders. Referred to the Select Committee on peti-
tions for private Bills.
Exmouth Market Bill.—Reported.
Necropolis Cemetery Bill.—Petition of the Churchwardens
and Vestrymen Saint Pancras against. Referred to the Com-
mittee on the Bill. Counsel ordered.

MORNING HERALD. —lt appears by the last advices from Bom-
bay, which reach down to the 7th of January, that the apathy
of the Government of that Presidency, with regard to its local
improvements and the reformation of some of its public insti-
tutions, has created no small feeling of dissatisfaction amongst
the most respectable portion of that community, whether of
European or native origin, who seem to feel that all enter-
prise, public or private, is completely stifled by the little en-
couragement given on the part of the Government to those
improvements so essentially necessary in a comparatively young
country. In contradistinction to the sweeping reforms of the
home Government, which threaten the ruin of the noblest
establishments of the mother country, abuses of all kinds
canker the institutions which should promote the march of
civilization as well as fraternization between the natives and
their British fellow-subjects; whilst the slothful attempts on
the part of the Government of the Presidency to effect local
improvements appear to mock the efforts of both native and
European industry and enterprise. Indeed it would appear
that Sir Robert Grant, who promised so much in anticipation
for the Presidency, now that he is well harnessed in his Go-
vernorship, had fallen into that description of lethargy which
has so strikingly affected his noble relative at home, and
swamped his good intentions in the dark deep streams of the
Lethelan waters. One of the addresses to Sir Robert Grant
reminds him of his professions in the following terms :
To India your connections are indebted for their greatness,
and yourself for your political elevation ; and, if from no
higher principle than ordinary gratitude, you are loudly called
upon to exercise your influence as a;Governor, and your energy
as a private individual, for the welfare of a community, which
has contributed so largely to the fortunes of your house.
" You will not dare to run counter to the tenor of your pre-
vious professions; you will not dare to recede from the prin-
ciples which have heretofore actuated your conduct in connec-
tion with a reforming administration. Whatever your faults
may be, you will not desert the cause in which you have em-
barked, although your lords paramount may disapprove of the
measures taken by you as their deputy, and order your recal
or they may pass a vote of approbation on your non-interference
with the established order of things."
It is to be hoped that this gentle hint may have aroused Sir
Robert from his slumbers, and stimulated his senses to the im-
portant duties of his office.
The last commercial advices from New York state that Mr.
Cowell, the agent of the Bank of England, was in very active
movement alternately in that city and Philadelphia. He is
said to be engaged in collecting the assets due to the suspended
American houses, but there was some difficulty in realizing
those assets, in consequence of the general want of credit and
the prostration of the currency system. Yet in New York it
was confidently asserted that, after making every allowance,
two of the houses, Wilde's and Wilson's (Wiggins' are not
mentioned), will come out of the revulsion with considerable
surpluses, after paying all their debts. The impression has
obtained in New York that the Directors of the Bank of

England, as advised by Mr. Cowell, are now satisfied that their
hasty restrictive policy of 1836 was the cause of half the ca-
lamity in the commercial relations between the two countries,
and that it is probable, therefore, that they will shange their
policy, and that hereafter Mr. Cowell, or some other• able i
man, will be stationed permanently at New York as an agent to I I
collect and transmit to London correct information of the future
mighty movements of America in commercial affairs. This is
all very fine on the part of the New Yorkers, but they talk only
of the restriction, without any allusion to the primary causes of
the mischief—namely the encouragement given to a fahely ex•
tended trade and credit, originally fostered by the Bank o
England for the sheer sake of making the most of its monopoly.

PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT
UP TO THIS DAY.

RAILWAYS, CANALS, BRIDGES, &c.
MONDAY, MARCH 12.
Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill.—Read first time.
Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway.—Petition for Bill repor-
ted ; Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing
Orders.
St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway.—Petition reported;
Bill ordered to be brought in.
TUESDAY, NIARCII 13.
Ladykirk and Norham (Tweed) Bridge.—Petition for
Bill reported.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill.—Petitions in favour,
from Kelso, Irvine, Montrose, Lochwinnoch, Falkirk, An-
struther Easter, Ayr, Dundee, (two petitions) Dunfermline,
and Kincardine.—Read second time and committed.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14.
Bristol ( St. Philips') Pridge.—Petition for Bill reported,
and Bill ordered to be brought in.
Montgomeryshire ( Western Branch) Canal Bill.—Or-
dered for second reading read, motion made and question
proposed, "that the Bill be now read a second time;" amend-
ment proposed, that the Bill be read a second " upon this day
six months."—Amendment carried by 77 against the Bill, and
three in favour of it, consequently the Bill was thrown out.
Oxford and Great Western Union Railway Bill.—Read a
second time and committed.
Newtylc and Coupar Angus Railway.—Report (9th March)
from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill or-
dered to be brought in.
London and Croydon 'Railway (No. 1) Bill.—Petitions
against, from James Anderson, Philip Zachariah Cox, and Ro-
bert Henry Bartholomew, and Paving Commissioners of East
Southwark ; referred to the Committee on the Bill ; Counse'
ordered.
Bolton and Preston Railway Bill.—Read first time.
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Bill.—Re
ported.