The National Register. — London, England, 1818-06-01 00:00:00

divait.„ (i.. elit lki , o. 538.—V0L. XI. POLITICAL DlSOUnrrioN. .•—••mo•--. ON LOTTERIEL THE pester part of our countrymen visiting France return bonze in general u much, or more impoverished by .f.. , lttli!eg. than by the imposition end entrances inci dent tartrayet!ing. 'Vbenui is it' There are g houses enough in London ; yet tinny who never before enteted one, and who, had they not crossed the water, would in all probability never have thought of so doing, are insen3ibly and almost irresistibly drawn into the vortex of play from the povOer of contagion. The source of this evil is not to be found in the national character of Frenchman as compared with that of our own country man. Unquestionably the spirit of adventure, the feel ;..ngs which reader GaT:ing a ruling passion, are much more re.narkable in the inhabitants of this kingdom. than i I any of her neighbours—still, however, the number of individuals who amongst us engage in the consarning vice of pl ly, are cinsparatively raw in proportion to those who are its votaries in France. The cause of this is easily tram' to that demoralizing system adopted by the French Government, which scruples not to sanction vice where it can be male productive of revenue.— All the Gam ng house( in Paris are sanctioned by the Government, and the sums it collects from their licenses are immense. N 3 wonder then that where the odianz attached to vied u this effaced by the countenance is receives from t:e sanct.on of authority, the people should Coate to feel a horror ire: it. " Vice is i - I”ast:r of sts:ll knurls! mien. "'The: to bz. hated. n 23113 bat to be seem" But if Governments, which oaght to prove as much the guardiaasef meat morals as of their persons and property. instead of tearing off the mask which covers the hideous features of vile, strive rather to render her attractive, is it astonishing that misery and immorality abound amongst a people? We believe there are few persons of discernment who it had f r any length of time the opportunity obser..in t ; the manners of the people of France in her capital, but who have male similar observations, and have witneased examples of the truth of them. These evils, as we have said before, are almost the work of the '; ivernmsat, and on contrasting our manners with those of our neighb)urs, we are too apt to congratulate aurae:WO for what we do not possess en abseir:e of those propensities which render Gaming Bit let as be just. The only difference be tween oureapes and our ne:glibatirs on the pint in qaes:ion is, the slilference of opportunity, In Paris the flaming houses are faurlic, here they are pr.:Jr:ft. Tftr:re where the vice of Ga ming is tolerated it Ceases to be t wilerel tli;geteefal -.here, where the laws farbld it tne individual who cliga.-cs in it loses in a great mes tere his character. It is well it is so ; but it is stlll e,:igular, that in tl.is -Mintry, whose laws stigmatise tile vice in toseerv.l—the Government which enforces t;: Ix.: Laws when: the °trance is mera:y betweea sheelti, at the same time, sanction and en ccars.;e the gre >f It, whe:c it finis it conven:eat to biome itso!! . a pa:•ty in Cie tranatactici. We allude to :coteries, marl to tat Bill no in through the House of CCM:71033 in suppart of them ; aril we should coral:lee oars.::ve: deficient in oar duty to warls the pahli;orere we to omit to espress the strong sense we feel of the injurious tend^ney of it. We consider the syeettt of Lotteries us degrading to the Goverment as it is per:lie:las to the people. It is extarting money from the weak, the ignorant, the wretched, and the tle.e;ierate. by flatterieg their worst ar4 moat dangerous passions It is ex:Jul-aging a re- Lance on the uneortui result of fartisnes in preference to that which depends oa the never-fdlin?; powers of anduetry and exertion, au I taas layin7 the fotindatian of a tvile .spreaii ttg dem wkiet, is the (cre, • • JtN- )41 •r Our Bing, eoptitution aicn Eatol. Aft. i JU must destroy that very. isct, (the increase of revenue) to which it owes its ra 4 ftenee. Tv rueh an extent is thts species of gamb"?4,4t rived,• that we believe (more particularly amongst 41 I*.x.ver orders) every third or fourth individual is with a propensity to it. Success serves only as us, imolai to further hazard , and diaappithettent n ":,iLs to tl evocation . cuack.lver-,:iose :us% yff no roily: •Itied energetically expressel their feelings on :L.; disgraceful Bill, entitled to the thanks of the country ; and must happy should we feel, could our :eeble effort, in any degree. second the exertions made to keep the Govern ment free from t-.e repmach, and tiro people from the misery, that cannot fail to ensue from , its adoption. Probably it may prove some antidote to the evil to pro mulgate, for tile information of those who have not made a calcuhtion of the chances, that it will be found that the smallest prises are only 1 to 5 against a blank, and the higher, one against 2000. With this impor tant truth before their eyes, we should hope the most infatuated would pause before they risked their pro perty..- It will certainly prove an amusing paradox in the history of the present administration, that the very sante•men who have evinced so paternal an anxiety for the morels of the people, who have been the patrons of institutions for the inculcation of religious and moral instruction, should be those who - patronise the most de moralising system that can disgrace a civilized nation ! MONDA NE 1, 1818. Thanks to the liberty of the preas—what w cannot alter vre are free to cettsuro—aod did we net censure the practice of raisin; money b► a tax en credulity, stupidity, an 3 rice, vas should conceive ourselves abet tors to what rat censure. Lair ARRAIROLM!"4ri. , • lit i v A 5. ? ,,..1. „. , 7 ., B ar. that Lord Ellenborouc,:, will immediately resign as Lord Ckief Justice of the Giulia King's Bench, on ' account of ir.disposition, and tbat the present Vice- ' Chancellor w3l succeed him. The successor to the hitter learned .Judeg is not known. Mr. Cock, one of the King's Con nod ut tha Chancel Bar, has declined prartisiog in Cotrt ; he intends w confine his practice to his Charr.bers. Meaini. Wingfield, Horne, 'taupe'', , and Ile.ahl, Barristers at the sante Bar, will be sworn in King's Counsel in the course.of the Term. Should the declining heoltfe of Sir I'. Blurrier render his resig. nation of the Mast..-vt , hip of the Rolls necessary, it is said that Mr Waite tall will be his successor. The Jews of Liips7e have, in consequence of a reso lUti 311 17:1.;SCd by the hookselletiti that city by a ma jority at' 10t votes to It), excluding them from all tnac oa th c E : . : , : l. a;lge , 1 .,,0,,,1.'5hed ang/tddress to their bre thren of the same ;:..e.sii!eion frequenting the Leipsie great fairs. It is drawn up, in theCierman and Hebrew lungitages, -nmplains in s rang bet just terms of the ill treatment they Lave ex i le:loafed, and recommends a petition to the King of I.V.rusibt, entreating his Ma jesty's pernii..iii.in to eittasll.4s a fair at Nattensherr.— The rroecription thus enforce 't by the Christian 111- sellers of Lei:7:a,', noLt he cons.lered as highly disgrace ful to foe character of thns.: fro:* whom it. Lis proceed ed. The Jews affirm in theirs. resit, that it has been eSiefly owt"g to the perseverirg doatry of merchants of their rel:gion, thnt Lcip:is 114 ' been raised to the di , ,t.i r. git is a ...,1 ran'a it hods a roang . be cam inerriii cities of Coe Continent ; and, should the a tempt to transfer their intleen.e to another itlace, to v. icli they are now driven ji al u.igr i...e'0l intolerinee, attended with sacceht, there can he injury es resitith o• from it which the people of T.,e'lisie will not, in the j l lgement of all unprecedented met, Lave justly de-terve It appears fraei the Quelice rapers,, that Mr. R. diatiay has etYare.l to enter into a _coati lid with Go stern:nen', fir settling Upper Canada ..pith British subjects. on condition of having the I:tat:torment of 'the pubiici lands fur Sa years. iI.I %YE: veldertako to insiuteits during that period two rights for his - Majesty, and to pay, during the last VI years of tLe term, 103.0001. a year to the British Ttett:ure. The. King of Wirtemburg has pevoloiet the Or-inance by w'ai..'n Le prohibited the importation of corn from his Statea. with tiiia qualiftbatson, that corn en; trted ben Bavaria snail be subinet to the same export ..taty "I:i'h I;'''`l esivr.-61 fin tbiai.ltiu into ‘Virt,t;u- burg is littble to. .. ii... lbw irli PRICE 91A, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, May 2S. The Haute went into a Committee on the Queen's Coca,•l Rill, when the LorJ Chancellor propesed a c.attte giving to Parliament the power of ' , vain; tLe iut ividr.ats %.i.O were to compose the Queen's Coithcll. The Nettle L , rJ t.ten • pruceeiF'd to elatlNSlßit toot .2e aims ; nartriv, no. Earl a Maccle:firlet the Pishep set tdr LCII4 It. Helens, instl. , Lundlteuley ; illiaaftS were •dupted oy tl.n honer, L.., 1 Ifos,Lasin objee.ed to lice pecan' isle of this Br,, as welt as to the passing of the Bill itself. 'rhe House, it , win nig this Bin ouw , proceeded to legislate on the grind that hopes of his is Josty's recovery were :It au end ; and would they do this without int:miry t A nuttier uhjectioa also, which he bad iu poising this Bill was, that it wont to seer tie Kr gen..), Bill in a manner which proved that the recovery .11hr• Majesty teat 13 , 1 Y, tscrooto tosi•robsnle. Wt:en f.e ,Ze i fettre 13.11 was passed lastly of its pro.i•ion. were adopted ou rise probability of his Majesty's recovery ; tae estahitsltmeet about Ins Majesty's person was formed ea the pronah.litv, sod if thst prob., inlity W4S at ao end, the v , hole of "•!,, Re ' gent} Dill tiagh• to he revi-ed. tie Noble Lerd could not consent to pass One Bill.. without inquiry to ascertain what was tbe state of !or Majesty's health. Lard Lies:wets. could not consent to. consider the pre• bability of his Majesty's recovery as catirtrt whatever UAW pass over. With respect to inettiry oo the suk;ect of his Maj.,:sty's state of health, no Inquiry on that head wag ',.cowry, the tlavo:aly -sport of the pt•ysicians put the peb lie in full posseseion of the state of health in which his Ma jesty was. bolsi Oitetv:sfid, the Dill in its present form assumed chat the state of tits Majesty's health was wow such as rendered the Care of his persist) a matter of less importance than formerly. It might be so for :went he knew, ii,.t he could not csoisidre it decent to proceed to teLidute oa such a pieviumptien, without farther atigoir%. Wi,t, respect to the pi ovNlisolt of the bill, the Ikeite. c till pi ov,deit, that in case of the deans of the Pi tare inegent, dorms chstalutta nof Natli s nent,tile*kJ Pal it..aneut sliontJ assemu,e. Now theParnament were a! pre:oat asattatated oli w.:7its issued sit the ![rue's audit. T.le sow Parliament would atseinhle Cill issue.! byttic I'. into 1.-:rgeni. Ise gait of the prince Regeer., demise doffing a diesoiut.en, this tnignt uceasion a cons:del able iiitheulty to Returning Oificers. He would, therefore. to obviate that ditfienits, pr , .pour a clause, that in case of .he &mhe of the Prince Reg, in dui toga dissolution, the writs issued by the Cleric of Cie Cruwu Lis noose ebOnici be sispersedv.t, and the old Pailiainent assent hied on his writs issued °rig malty is the King's name. Lunn Cu4rensoa propec.il some verbal amend menu", to meet the Noble Lord's ideal. 'rhe set,eral clatoies were then Agreed to. Toe Unite resumed—the Eepo:t was ecul ed—rod the Bill ordered to be read 'Mid time. TUE POOR LAWS AMENDMENT BILL On the Order of tue day for this Bill hying referred to a Committee, Lord Ihriiwich entered into& detail and defence of the general principles of the Bill, *ad porticulvrly of um two CLAWS IYIIIOII provided for the payinerit by the tonillori of the rates of houses above 51. and under Sul. per annure, and for the tolling cuildren front their parents, and hfingiag them up >etiolate Imin them. The Marquis of BUG KINGI4 AK particalmly objected In the clause which related to the separation M . children from their parents, which, he said, a cold lend to destroy all the feelings of affection between the parent and the child ; and would in its opesist.on, prove destructive to the moral principles of the people, lle thmght the proper stop to he talsm would be to raise the price of lakour so •as to anittile a elan to maintain Lis family by his earnings, and tins by degrees ilvi.tray his cite prudence un the parish for the support of his family, and store the ancient slink of imlrpciiitence 10 ti.e lower classes of the, toinithitity. The Noble Nlatiluis aim objected to the clause w'oich empowered parish ofh.t.ll to purchase parish faring, and to viol ley the p toper Isom/eel s 11')Oia 14111: Ca the first clause to *loch lie oi.jeoted he altoulti certainly ta►e the SCUMe of the ltuute. The Muse then went into a Committee or the Bill. Lord Lovur.rmoz. orposcti the clause i eii eclitia; the eret+ tiou of parish 110116c/I fur the reception of children, and i: was uegativi d \sit hunt a t:s Ater a iet• rativetistioe between JAW% ifairowby, nit•von. LA% capitol; Laatil.) , rpr,ihc. at r, thee' LeriMLV, , e'• 'skied on toe Cs:gemir wutca pr , •vi.tee that lorai lit h0.,..s and tai.der 241. it.). di be 114.,k, lathe ray was of the puor-r.iteN. Tile isiianiierieese— tour the el..Nie 17:- . 7evoM it 7-11...iority its favour of the dr ei4; 0111.• r V;al):teil *err aVt0•11 ta. 'Til:: Qiiiiiieffl.4 BUILDING Lord 1101.1. AND plopowtl a Antra tr• —1.04 the C:!1. va.rtiele tot, t.tt . oa as 1:1 , ! *a la tvvoil v ilellititiOs or Clergymen yerfrretniag I)ivihe 10rell nil cee•e - Crated ACt•Oiol64: 10 tt - e rift,Vt•itons of the 3: I of Ch4rte, tI. Tule Arri.b i 4h ,,,, khrt t ow; if 'Appose., tile C1.4116e,N1.1( • , if adopted. g 0 TO 100 4.1 end to the c0nt,..01 of Ica 0 , ollJ1141: tits elleet of IML:f. InrNtnl Om I.luotto of Ills (Attired. The I.oltlo CH 1N , 10,11..01l 01,0 eirpo4otl the clime, WA* friertc.l. r4lt• hi. rt.! tttvis 4i 10, and the 0.J0rt.4.1 to In trail a thar.# tiast.--I.lputut d. 'P:r•Da v. Oat the no.tien of the F...ri of f.h.terpool. the lionse• mgr.!, ed j,„„ i ra r,.a uonsmptr•e ot. the 43.0.1 tar illivonding Cub m eets or the 14.401 c ./i n o: E., o i LAtibERD,. tr. roved au 1104•10inttli ttOriet• u e vr.sisots id the nil to six wt.t.i.s .41tcr the of r 1 nt; ul• fir 41 be l.:0011 Of 1.'416.171WD: 4 Whiell was 1141: 4 414 , m.jecely 4)1 Z tuft. Tile Bill Hirt* writ Chic uili Ci.n ruttier sad %Ai reporled.—Adjourned. c/'( •,‘" 44 11 • ) bt ?..V.: • 24. t~! .i .^ i Y ~ Eii