The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN7'.
HOUSE OF LORDS, A rat L 6.
ARREST FOlt • SIBEL.
Lord ERSKINE (in *ger/ low time of voice) said, he had
last Session motted.for muesli of the wsnr, of pe,sons wrested
and held to bail fot.libet.befisretriuf; some of turtle referee had
bees urinde; buishe whole wet yet been prosested. It WWI
lies intenilou to follow up these reiteras lip a swiss or Bill, if
no proposition oo the subject should be brought forward by a
Noble Hari( hart Limy) who had already calkd the attention of
their Lordships to the subject. With regard 111 the object fur
which the returns were mowed, he believed that it isms now to
be understood that arrest before trial fur libel was the piaci ice
of some inferior Magistrates. 'floe law, however, ought not to
be allowed to rensain in a stale of uncertainty on this point.—
It was not his wish to encourage any licentiousitss of the Press,
but it appeared to him necessary to remove all doubt on this
question; and that, he thought, (might to be done. He should
not, however, trouble their Lordships with any prop sition on
the subject, until the Noble Earl io whom he had qlluded came
to lowa.

A pervious from the Treasury presented masons necoents
ive to the state of the Itevenue and Espenditure and Public
Dc ht.
A person trolls the Mint present an Account of the Gold Coin
issued each year from the comoveliceaueut of ,he preseat Reign
to the saii of January, MK and also an Account of the Silver
Coin 'slotted during the same period.
Tule Marquis of CA hl presented a Petition :,gainst the
Leather Duly, bom a lona to Kral, the name of whi.h was
art heard.
A Private Hill wens brought from the Commons by Mr. Ly-
gun, .aail read a brat time.— Adjourned to Wednesday.

, HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Gearsat.VllOUN'fUN gave a notice fur Wednesday, for Re-
turns Bank Notes.
rut" wits receiv. d from Flint agaio,t the Salt Daces.
r.. . Petittoo, presented by Sir 'F. Acland, was receitcd 110t11
Ilfracombe agibilibi Cial-eulso Duties.
A Petition Was retched from Wigtowa agaiatt the Scotch
I.llDatiti Bill.
A Petition was received from Dohlin. praying for Eqnal-
lain/ the Elective Flauchise to to beta reu Freetaeu and
Freeholders.
Petitions respecting the stnte mid operation of the Poor-
IRmes Were received from awe place in Staffordshire, from
Claimborough tor 6isborutigh), &c. and referred to die Com-
mittee.

LEATHER TR %DE,
Petitions were receired from I miner., Leather-mitettfnetus.
refs lte. at %1 alsieghatn, Kyug's Lyssu, Birioisighstio, elassc..es-
ter, Dublin, Windsor, Sheffield, life, Derby, York, she west
part of Nurfolk,aud other pk.ces, agaiust the additional Leather
Defies.
The Order of the Day for the Committee so the Poor Bill
was Postponed from 11ednesday to Enda v
it Petition was .resented by Lind LASCELLES, to bring is.
a Bill fur lightiog ...shetheld llsib gee.
Ordered to lie sou the table.
THAtIIbS WATERM

Alderman WOOD pre-eated several Petitions (eight, we un-
derstood) from Wateraire. W berry men, and Uglier torn, on the
Thaines, who felt that their interests would be (nitre ed by the
building of the proposed bridge at Rosherhitbe. They is muted
In that event for coinpensation; but as their sole employareot
eonsisted in plying uu the River, they prayed against the LAI
Pat Mr. HMV/AL EY took the opportunity of suggesting to
the Members for London, toe propriety of bringing in a Bill to
increase the fares of the Thames Water/nen. Every true who
took a boat must know how unequal the hire was to the labour.
It waled better to remedy an evil is that way, than by check-
iag great public works.
Alderman WOOD said, that the Court of Aldermen had al-
ready the power to do that. He could out say exactly why it
had not been done, He admitted that the fares were too low :
bat this point did not apply to these Petitioners, who said that
the bridge would takeaway their business altogether...
Ordered to lie on the table.
Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from a person in So-
menetsbire, complaining of l'onr Rates. Referred to the Com-
mittee. He then moved for Returns of Duties received on
Coats far the last three years, distinguishing particulars.
Ordered.
COTTON MANUFACTORIES.
Petitions were presented and received against the
Labour Regulation Bill, from Holy well, Manches-
ter, Glasgow, Derby, &c.
•
Mr. PEEL presented a Petition from 173 t kilts-
Wants of Manchester in favour of the pending_Bill.
It bad been said that sufficient evidence had not yet been
produced to show the injuries of the present practice.
Lt had also been said, that the Medical Gentlemen