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• Arr..) PARLIAMENTARY PJ FS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 4. ' The Earl of Warawiazavir and Lord Beams took the midis and their seats. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a Peddon from the Parish of St. BotolA Without Aldgate, against the renewal of the Insolvent Hellion Bill. The Earl of DERBY-4 Petition from a number of the Cot ton Manufacturers of Manchester against the Bill now pending for regulating the number of hews in which persons shall he em ployed in Cotton Ilanefisetorks. The Noble Earl then resented two other Petitions, one from the Roman Catholics of the Townships of Manchester and Sal ford, and the second from persons of the same religious perms elan, in the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Bo rough of Southwark, praying for the removal of those disabili ties which prevent them from enjoying the full benefits of the British Constitution. The Earl of DON OUGH MORE informed their Lordships, that as he . unfortunately felt himself very unwell, he should be , leave to postpone the presentation of those Petitions en behalf of his Roman Catholic fellow-subjects in Wand, with which be was entrusted to a futureevening. The Bishop of SALISBURY presented a Petition from the Clergy of Bristol against the Roman Catholic Claims. On the question for its being received, The Earl of CARNARVONT rose and made a few observa tions on the occasion. Ile seemed to question the strict regu- larity, or the Constitutional tight of Clerical Bodies thus coining forward, and opposing contemplated measures which merely went to affect the civil rights of another description of their fel low-subjects, and in which their own special interests were no way concersed.oe the'Established Religion of the country aimed at. Lord KENYON widely differed from the Noble Earl as to the view which he took of the important subject tq which the Petition referred. For his own part, he thought a more impair-' tam question with reference to the Llergy.of the Church of Eng land, could not be a-itated. They were not only justified in so ' doing, but be held i t bounden duty of the Established Clergy so to come forward.- What these persons sought for, went es sentially to affect the security of the Irish branch of the Esta blished Church, which funned a part of the Constitution of these Realms, as solemnly determined at the time of the Revolution; and as the extension of political power, as called for by that part of their fellovt-Subjects, would so seriously tad to the political power of those persons. in a way likely to endanger the safety of our religious establishments, he could not but regard as a vio- Ltion of their duty, if the Clergy did not so come forward. The Petition was then received, and, as the others, ordered to lie on the table. . _ . The Duke of BEDFORD presented a Petition from the Bo- I rough of 'favistock, in support of the Roman Catholic Claims. 'The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, agreeably to his notice, moved the third reading of the Quarter Sessions Division OIL Iu the few words with which his Loedship accompanied the motion, be observed that the measure was very likely to pro- duce a salutary effect, and such'seetned to be the opinion gene- rally of.,ths Idagistrates upon" the sobject..—The Bill was then read the third tune and paused. The Life Anaulties' Bill was read the second time, and the other Bills before the 110 se being respectively forwarded, their Lozdships adjourned till to-morrow. be if house paid no attention to what Was said ter). His first objection to the Lottery sys tem was its immorality. The view which the Chan cellor of the Exchequer took of this part of the quals.` d o n was t hi s that there was. in every society a car tabs quantity of vice always 'bet, end that he, as a: financier, had a right •to make a profit by it. The fancy that privatevices were public benefits was now exploded, and therefore he could not see how the , Right Hon. Gentleman could persist in defending himself on this ground. The scandal of all the dirty work done by the Lottery Contractors, in provoking a spirit of gambling ; all the disgrace of their roguery and cheating, must be laid at the door of the Govern ment. The infamous practice of Lottery Taxation was supported by informers and fraud:. He would endeavour . that evening to remove the tyranny of that taxation. In condemnation of it, he read an extract from a well-informed Author on the subject, a Mr. Davidson, who, on reasoning on the imperfec tions of our Penal Laws, those laws regarding which so much had lately been advanced in that House, attributed a great portion of crime among the lower 'classes to the frauds practised by Lotteries—frauds which induced many a poor wretch to go to the ex • tremity of crime. The Honourable Member then explained the artifices adopted to persuade the ,wretched adventurers of the richness of the wheel.— In the first day's drawing one would suppose that the greater proportion of prizes would be drawn, as well at a greater proportion of tickets. No such thing.. No sooner is the first day's drawing finished, than immediately appear puffs of all descriptions, that as all the prizes remained still undrawn, there was of course an amazingly rich wheel ! , After the second day's drawing, nearly a similar expedient is adopted. Few or none of the larger prizes having been yet drawn, there was consequently a prodi giously rich wheel, highly deserving the attention of the Public. The third came, when very few, if any, went to the Public ; those things being better ma naged by the Contractors ! Ile did not mean to say' but that some of these might be" Honourable Men; but, in allusion to those in power, it was lucky for them that they were not " right Honourable."—(A laugh.)—lf during the drawing any prizes were allotted to the adventurers, mark the gain—for the ticket he pays £2l, and gets on an average CIO in return. Thus, he is not defrauded of the whole ; for, when he gets a prize, he is only defrauded of the half of the sum which he had originally expended I The whole system was an abominable fraud, and that under the sanction of his Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer—(Hear, hear). The profit he sup posed £250,000 a year, and never was such a sum wrung more fatally and more criminally from the , pockets, nay, the vitals of the People. In a late Lottery, they had advertised that Consols would be taken at pa: for tickets ; another specific fraud.... (Hear, hear, hear). There was still a more abomi nable fraud practised by the harpies who were the Contractors. Sorte years ago the Governors of Christ Hcspital, whose boys used to be employed in the drawing, had determined that they should no longer be engaged in such an immoral act—(hear). He knew two of the Governors—Earl Spencer and the Member for Poole—had recommended this amend ment in the conduct of the Charity, as the youth might thus be easily initiated in the practice of gam bling, and so prove injurious to their morals. The Blue Coat Boys were therefore. discontinued. But those who were Lottery Contractors thought that it would disarm them of the chief instruments of con tinuing and creating dupes were the Blue Coat Boys apparently to discontinue their operations, and there fore displayed them ostentatiously at every drawing. The Honourable Member himself went the other day to Coopers Hall, this place where the Contractors carry on "_their little rascally business r It was with difficulty the Honourable Member obtained admis sion ; but he pressed forward, by leaping over some sears, at the hazard of his limbs. This place, where they carried on their nefarious transactions under the sanction and protection of the Char.cellor of the Ex chequer—not that the Rik Hon. Gentleman was directly a party to their infamy—was dark and gloomy as if done so for the purpose of concealing their villanies. There was one grave.looking Gen tleman who gave a most grotesque effect to this scene ! And there also appeared the Blue Coat Boys ! But he could not for a moment believe that they be longed to Christ's Hospital, more especially after the interference of such respectable Governors. He must therefore believe this one more of the numerous ca talogue of frauds committed by the Contractors.— (Hear, hear.) It was a scene of a very suspicious description, whe:e those boys were playing their vil lainous m:uqueradings in the dark ! The Honoura ble' Member assured the House, that he saw enough there to convince him of the moral turpitude of the system, and of the rascally and ungentleman like employment of the Contractors, who directed the whole machiherl !—(hear, hear, hear.)--One word more on the abominable practices of the Lot tery : in their speculations on public delusion, the Contractors calculate much on the superstition of their customers. In a Contractor's dvertisement litely, there was a grand display of dB distribution 'of prizes, consisting of a long list of places to which the Goddess Fortune had been uncommonly bountiful by the last Lottery 1 The prizes and places were fin an e o lz er arranged—to such a place £sooo—to such 4:2000—to such. another £lOOO, and so on, mentioning from whole tickets and the highest prizes down to a 16th, or £lO. Wh.lt is the effect of this expedient? In all those places mentioned in the list, the number of adventurers increase ten-fold; and from the perusal of the advertisement, orders for the purchase of tickets and shares multiply from every place. But the mischief was not confined to specu- , lotions in the Lottery; the practice excited a spirit' of gambling, a disposition to drunkenness, and idling away the time of the villagers. Thus the morals of the people were corrupted, all waiting with the great a impatience for ' • golden showers of the Chan - of through the happy medium A many places, its mischievous 'he had now mentioned. When fortunate, what did he do % %fashioned custom of setting —No—He got drunk, and, y, he lavished away what bestowed on him— set on and morals by the Chan (—(Acar, hear).-At Sheffield productive of such - evil couse- 'quences, that Mr. Montgomerf, the Poet, for whose virtues he felt every respect, refusei to insert their puffs and advertisements in the paperafwhich he was ediwead proprietor, thereby losing vat annual . Th e promise of wine was aw6er species of algal) the dupes in the Lottery. Although he %lid no t approve of this fraud, yet be would much lather that the Contractors should promise wine than gin, as the latter would be too shocking in its opera tioll !' The Contractors were a very active set of men, always alive to their interest, consequently to the interest of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, When the Right Hon. Gentleman resumed cash pay ments, they, in imitation, announced in their adver tisemtnts, that the prizes would all be distinguished 7 ,_ by cash payments ! So that all the sots, as well as fools, repaired immediately to the various temples of the lucky goddess (the Lottery Offices), to invoke her for a share of her favours. The Lottery was the greatest fraud that had ever been imposed on a de luded public. As the mischief was only half done, it reminded him of a man who had been half hanged. The adventurer paid at the rate of twenty pounds a ticket, and, should he be so fortunate as to get a prize, he received back at the rate of ten pounds a ticket. Thus, if any man were to tell him that ten pounds was better than twenty pounds, he might freely retort upon him that he fold a lie! The Hon. Member afterwards went into a calculation of the number of tickets, and how many prizes upon an average in every Lottery ; and insisted, that it was a system more abominable than that of Pharo or E. 0. In the raising money by way of lottery, the lion. Member made his calculation from 45,000 tickets, which, selling at the price mentioned, would produce £1,000,000. in this mode, thepurchaser lost £500,000 of what he advanced. Out of the £500,000 which went to the Lottery, the Chancellor of the Exchequer kept £500,000 for the service of Government, and' left £200,000 for the Contractors. By the Report which had been presented to the House on the Lot.'.. .tery, the expense incurred by the Contractors in the management of a Lottery, was, according to the evi... dence of Mr. Richardson and Mr. Swift,E9oo,ooo. Thus £1,000,000 was taken from the pockets of the public and transferred to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. I3esides the manifold evils attendant on such a sys.- tern, there was no other tax or revenue so expels ,,ively collected. He did not absolutely charge the Right Hon. Gentleman with being concerned in those frauds and villanies, but he thought it incumbent upon him to declare, that this House should disclaim any participation of such villanies, by agreeing to the abolition of Lotteries. In the application uf mo nies for the establishment of Schools, Bible Socie ties, &c. the objects were laudable. We ought not to raise money in the manner mentioned, at the ex pense of public morals. It was inconsistent and dis graceful to us as a nation. The Hon. Member'did not pretend to know what might be the distresses of the State, but whatever were the distresses of the State, he would never consent to violate every prin ciple of moral obligation, and thus corrupt and de stroy the best affections of the people. If we expect pa strengthen Government, we must improve and guard the morals of the people—if we aim at pros perity, we must guide the people to laudable objects of pursuit. He hoped the House would agree with him this night in the resolutions which he was about to submit to their consideration. He hoped also that several Gentlemen who had declared themselves at taihed to the measure, would comeforward to co-ope rate with him. He had now done his duty by exposing some of the frauds and villanies arising from the Lot wry. He flattered himself some Gentlemen whom he now saw, and who were known to be enemies to cor ruption, immorality, and rascally frauds, would avail themselves of this opportunity to avow their determi nation on a subject of the first importance to the people—(Dear hear.)—ln short, he hoped that this night would put an end to taxation by way of Lot ter•. He concluded by moving a Resolution in sub stance—That this House can no longer sanction the raising of money for the service of Government by established State Lotteries; that Lotteries give rise to other species of gambling, to the injury of the people, and the corruption of their morals ; and that this House will no longer authorize State Lotteries, under 'any regulation whatever.—(Hear, Hear!) The motion being seconded, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER en tered into an explanation of the advantages and dis advantages of State Lotteries. The Right Honour able Gentleman approved of the professed motives which had induced the Honourable Member to spb- mit to the House the Resolution which had now been read. But with as warm an attachment to the mo. rats of the people as the Honourable Gentleman, or any other Member of that House, the Honourable Gentleman could nor conceive how he, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, could make up his mind to sacri fice so large a portion of the Public Revenue as £300,000 a-year, without being . able to produce something equally productive in its stead. He was as anxiously solicitous as the Honourable Gentleman for the protection of public morals ; but with the greatest deference to the feelings of the people, he drought it incumbent upon him, while he remained in the office which he held, to be careful of the Pub. tic Revenue. In a financial view, the Lottery was a necessary expedient; and with respect to the-conse quences brought on certain adventurers by means of their imprudent speculation, he was no pan; to the transaction. It any individual, careful of Orr inte rest of his family, was desirous of improving his circumstances by a speculation, he saw no harm in the adventure ; but, be the result as it may, he did not conceive himself as a party to the affair.--- The whole of the Honourable Gentleman's speech seas founded on a principle of fraud and gambling; the evil effects he lamented as much as the Honour able Member; bat he could not, as a testimony of gratitude for that speech, which might be considered as a dissertation on morals, consent to forego a seri ous portion of the public revenue without having something equally productive. If some of the sto ries stated by the Honourable Gentleman were well ftitlndsd, it was the duty of Government to inquire into the particulars, and to remedy the evils by vigi lance and activity. The Right Honourable Gentle man then detailed the result of the Lotteries for the last three years, proving that prosecutions had won derfully diminished, and that the Little Goes, the sources of many evils, had been almost totally' sup pressed. The Right Hononrable Gentleman then lititisepa aiendment for the regulations for future I r Lotteries. The wine, promised ac an the purchasers of tickets, was a proje , tractors, and not suggested by G over , saw no harm in that scheme. If Gi anxious, from principles of philaathn the morals of the people, they ought them some plans for exciting tlsem habits. The Honourable Gentlemal House that he would rtoice is the /lonourable Member had been very am argumentative on the occasion ; but wi which that speech deserved,, the Rigi Gentleman could not consent to !. , -en the public revenue; and thereto7e he the resolution. th: Mr. ELLIS thought that th e w l State Lotteries had a teradency to morals of the people ; and the re f ore port the Motion. . Mr. BUXTON, in support of the "M, c if the continuance of State Lotterie s produced revenue, it also produced great vices andgreat 'g4 morality. He could not thatbelievex h thiseghe hypeduerbmu m,' to t e was so reduced as to sell the moral s o f t h e peril:4h ' the sake of revenue. The Tax wa s delusive all; fraudulent, and dangerous in its ope rat i ons . Wll this Tax was condemned with the e:ecration it in d h e i , s e se ry t ed .oi tl o i f e L. C 3oo, hanc ot el o lorofthe Ebc.ut a-year ; the House would no longer sanction any campts mice of character for the sake of revenue. Th e H„ nces It te n o: ci li b e y re lm' :; e noun able Gentleman then detailed m ftsa a ir ri o y rrirs:fi i corruption and immorality is several villages, aili ng from the evil effects of Lotteries. In one village, r n particular, a prize of £2OOO had falhm to the lot of lo a r club.aftmany, bany ya, Tlmwruhelotr,iei:blui before multiplicity e w a ot s fhni a se c tpv o u m ards p u‘ l i e et t n e ot [ Lottery, were industrious and respectable. but afar an absence of fifteen years, he had learnt that every one of the Lottery Clubs had failed, and that ti l e one-half of the members had died by prof,igacv and want, and the other half had become bar.krupts! Tie system of Lottery ought to be put down, as a public nuisance. .No man could enter a villa` e, without being annoyed by large blazoning letters re;pecCng the Lottery. The adventurers were of the lowest de scription, and, as such, merited commiseration. Th e y consisted of young servant maids and servant inn, who were frequently induced to rots their mauersaad mistresses to gratify their spirit of speculation. It was over ! these poor deluded creatures that th e Chancellor of the Exchequer and his insatiable Con tractors were victorious. When at last reduced to the greatest extremity, they became desperate, and were frequently distracted it mind. In the list of bankrupts and insolvent debtors, manv of them at. tributed their embarrassments to specula - ions in the Lottery. In a late instance. when a person had be come ins;olved, he (Mr. Benton) had occasion to look 4nw his affairs, and found, with respect to he had alluded to as belonging to a Isenetit :c:c;v, that be had adventured the whole in the Lottery, ~rd had lost every farthing. The Chancellor of the Exc:iequer had vauntingly said, in his financial view of the subject, that he had put an end to the Little Goes ! He la mented that a million was in this manner extorted from the people, in order to increase the number of paupers, and to fill the workhouses ; and all thesewas were sanctioned merely for the sake ofsupportiegl.sd cherishing a set of rogues and vagabonds!—(Haar.) Mr. PARNELL observed, that the Right Homthe Chancellor of the Exchequer contradicted by his conduct the policy of Queen Elizabeth, who said, that money in her subjects' pockets, was money in 'her own. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was act contented till he extracted it from his fellow-subjects, and put it into his own official pockets. He had boasted of nearly destroying the Little Go. But the only way he had chosen to destroy the Little Go, was by getting up the Great Go!—(Loudlaughter). The Right Hon. Gentleman had some of the peculiarities of the Irishman. He was allowed to speak twice. He was that sort of characterthat he was allowed to charge his mind without seeming ridiculous—Varighten.-- It was curious how the Chancellor of the Exchequer connected the transactions of Government with the corruption of public , morals. It was a system winch coUldnot fail of shaking the character of any Govern ment. Knowing that the Chancellor of the Eiche quer was a religious and moral character, he begged leave to ask if he ever bought a Lottery Ticket?— ( Laughter.) He would cheerfully support the motion. Mr. Alderman WOOD considered it very extraor dinary that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite should have talked of the suppression of Little-goes, when his own statement had shewn a large increase of them daring the last three years ; and he (AlderrnanWood) was prepared to shew, on the contrary, that Little goes were encouraged in consequence of Lotteries. — The worthy Alderman proceeded to detail the mari ner in which fraudulent insurances of numbers vest effected—the infatuation being so great, that in the House of one of those poor wretches, he said, who existed by these nefarious means (but who, neverthe less, had accumulated from the credulity of his dupes. 100 guineas in gold, riO in silver, and a large hoard of copper, which were discovered at the same owe!. a paper was found, containing a list of the name , of the insureirsdrey were of various classes--clerk , public offices, merchants, and tradesmen. A ser a" of his own, the wife of a man who earned at his eme. o7. meet two guineas a week, had carried her convictio of the efficacy of those insurances and the certainty her obtaining a prize so far, that she completely mad him, and he died amidst want, and wretchedness.-- If the Right Hon. Gentleman would grant hier . 3 Committee, he pledged himself to prove th at Goes were always caused by Lotteries ; which wze an evil that he was astonished to find the Chancelicr of the Exchequer, who was always foremost at ere? Meeting, whose object was one of public u:ility the amelioration of private morals, lendii:g his ale tenanc . e to. They had just voted £1,000,00 0 3 ",'Y for New Churches : to tolerate this syAem yeas to‘..e prive them of the means of going there decently 5.44' Mr. WILBERFORCE said, that when be cow a cdoerenct thaton in fraud ; perfected in guilt and t ermioated, ind th this a w u a d s .th s pe a t c i i t e s u of ,as i n alli cep bi te il d ig ta be nd g c lr u pa::!tion :4, misery ; ending perhaps in the public execution the individuals who had unhappily engaged in 14 _ be had felt it to be a ;natter of duty to come down t: 7 tmheotlicLouosce his to honourable 11r. C.V.sr.N Ci rot: to support has • Bight and to support 14 r: e uratle itA: Fr i aeg') c,:t induceofrne-.. t h e C rnment B ut ientleineo w eTe •s PriP) to a rt , tri t to hold out to t ig67u he v t e i r ia i :s u inagl e i s would op t hole s °23; t a•l 11 a SAcriEzt rE s.sse ro of demoralize lotions cl'oentti, produced grra s and great at this coun t , ' of the peopl e Is delusive ail !rations. Wl tz !:earation which chequer brougbt t he hoped th At in any campy. cnue. The Ho. 'any instances of villages, arisin g a one village, t u Ilan to the tot o f sacrifice of 530: arers, to the rein f fortune by th e table. but after learnt that every !d, and that the y profiigacy aad bat,krupts! T t e own, as a public village, without otters respecting of the lowest de- niscration. They nd servant men, their marten and f speculation.— eatures that the insatiable Coo- lest reduced to e desperate, and . In the list of aanv of them at- ectilici.ns in the I person had be- occasion to loot ct to- 1 :400 be had St:ciuty, that he cry, ..nd had lost e Exciiequer had nre of the subject, e Goes ! He la- manner extorted e the nun,ber of' and all these evas If - supporting 'Lid ronds!—(l-ker.) e Hight Hoo.the tradicted by his beth, who said, s, was money in chequer was not s fellow-subjects, ockets. He had de Go. But the he Little Go, was dlaughter ). The the peculiarities speak twice. He Jloveed to charge rs--(kroghteT if the Exchequer nment with the a system which of any Govern- or of the Eiche- acter, he begged ittery Ticket ? : P ii i tt P o li t lder i e ilo egoe t ! e tl fl sh: °t : t. i od " ; e iri ni ‘ .ary, that Little- e of Lotteries. — detail the mart- of numbers wise Teat, that in the es, he said, who t who, neverthe- ility of his dupes. nd a large hoard : the same time). : of the name; of lasses—clerk ,, Tien. A set; .ed at his eml): o 7' cd her co nvictio . the CertailltY a ompletely rywai wretchedness.- - old grant him 1 o ip p)eir i , c r er: r ,uo v; i e lirez il i: o c y lcg, th i st: :o7, i t a a*n i c iss t t i h yitci ceL e 3 t l et:; : : ;: : ef r .e . :y e when he cons- oling, begun aid pted and 01 . 17 '' a id terminated '1 die execution " p - engaged inn, to come down t° I to support the [Hear, D ieu,.) Bight ilor,cc' 11017 SE OF COMMON& Sir M. W. RIDLEY withdrew his motion, of which he had given notice far to-morrow, relative' to the Assessed Taxes, on an understanding that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to brie; forward a motion upon the subject. • - Mr. JOHN SMITII postponed the Committee on the Boeh m! Laws' Ainendynent MIL. • . The following - Members were chosen by Ballot, and sworn to try the ;perks of the Truro Election: g'' Sir ..f. Cain, R.'Priee; Esq. J. M. Lloyd, Esq. W. A. Mon t Signe, Eiql'lL'Efratighatts, Esq. G. M. Grant, Esq. C. Rainer, Esq. Twiner, Esq.' Goff, Esq. W. T. Hobart', Esq. R. erf.'DIVIS,, It is :llir Edward Buller, W. H. Whitbread, Esq. W . : 191Arell', • 'G. Batiks, F.sq. Mr. W. , ~___WY 'NE said, that from the willingness with which • -. setiffelfill iff Serve a second time on Election Committees, g o al li 'yeneniphlkth iiis k he 2 W Alike &Mgt ' : - , e .e: '. ' itIR COMPANIES. ..`lite: l A . TAYLORMoved the second reading of the Mary- V.b o guSe Water Works 8111. Jli,, P. MOORE said, that when the House came to under stand the stature of this Bill ho thought they would not agree to it. Vast sums of money had already been expended for the purpose of procuring a sami)? of water, and the object of the present Bill eni.s to enable - a' Raect Vestry to assess the Parish for the p,iirpcise t f pising PM firther sums. He moved, as an Antencinient, thatthe ROI be read a second time this day six wittlii. TsfOr.:A.TAYLOR said he was far from say i ng that this Bill did n ot need ainciiibrient. There was another Bill relating to this sulajees nape before the House.' But he implored the house w . a l llcw' ibis *togo to a Committee , two constant that it ould come out' of the Committee in its present shape. The objrie,t of the Bill was to give the inhabitants of the pariah the tol•tver'j3f supplying theiliselves with water from other Compa nies; t.:;tier certain restrictions. His whole object was to be nefit the public; 'and he thought be might venture to•say, that though he 4kt not expect to procure for the public a supply of water it a rate much blow that now levied, yet that eate should never be increased. sir..llll am remarked that the public bad of late been quite at the mercy of the Water Companies. He did not approve of the Bill, as far as it went to authorise vestries to levy money for establishing a stipply.of water to the parish—but be approved of the Main principle of the nu, and hoped the House would allow it to go into a Committee. A.I(. WROTIESLEY hoped the House would not .hastily reject this Bill. air. HARVEY objected to the power which the Bill would give to the Vestries. Mr. 11. SU MN ER said, that he should generally much dis approve of enabling parishes to establish Water Cotnpanisis • among themselves. But if this power could be safely given to any parish, it would be to the parses of Mary-la-bonne. One of the most abominable conspiracies and breaches of faith that ever had been committed was that of which the Water Companies - lia beengulk towards the public. But st" there was another Bill before Al house on the same subject, he thought it would be better to one the second reading of this Bill till the other bad been c ommi tted. He hoped the Amendment would be withdrawn. 11r. P. MOORE then withdrew his Amendment. Mr. IL SUMNER then moved as an Amendment, that the Bill he read a second time this day fortnight. 3lr. BYNG seconded this Amendment. After a few words from Mr. M. A. TAYLOR this Amend ment was agreed to. GALWAY TOWN ELECTION. The Cisawappeared at the bar with the reduced List of the Members chosen by ballot to try the merits of the GalwayTown •Ficc/lon. The mimes were read over as follows: G.U. Drummond, Rag. M. Singleton, Esq. J. Marweß, Req. 11,Xienes, Rsok_ A. Robertson, lin. Sir U. Innee, T. Craw. Turd. Esq. W. W. Becher, Esq. F. M. Onunanney, Esq. F. C. Wivendisicßaq. Sir C. Robinson; Page, Fog. 11. Gurney, EN. Right Hon. J. M. Barry, R. hlartin,,Raq. . 41.-711 .1 • • STATE LOTTSSEIati , • -Mr.'LYTTLETON rose, pursue* to his 'to ,subrtiitio the House a Motica far the Aholi of state Lotteries. He said, that after the repea • decisions of the Haase in &lout of the Lottery sp. tern, be should not now has brought forward the iinestion 2gain, if kwere not that no argument had been urged against it, and that there was reason to think that the agitation of. the question had eY-' - • (memos, - think that the agitation of. the question had excited est impatience for the gOl, the public ettenuos, and =gare good hope of eaccets caw of the Exchequer, thi by perseverance. The ultimate succeed of theefforte of the Lottery. But in ma for the abolition ortitißlitire Ti4e, and the great ects exceeded what; eha ',change this Session in the oOn of the House re a poor fellow became fortu lutitelo the Criminal La*, luthiced Maio try the Hi'did not adopt the old•fa e f f e et of peseverlug in arguments Which rebuked the paridpbelisn ringing— :nhaniereted. On the present ottaiion he didisot iti• in/ this cartel , of profligacy '_ad. to appal to the Chatrialior of the Excheque thelitvourite Goddess had r ittist i Umfi l a ;for he bad abandoned all hw'ef exciting to this violation of sobriety • 14: - Non. Geothamm't moral ..gs, An cel.lor of the Exchequer—( a ' id hdatititso Was good, but it could not the toiteries had been iroch - • % -;-i . .. 1-1 ,►, II I