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71ie Reverend Witi.tais Gun's eraninrd.
Where do you live? At No. 9, Cocil-street,
Strand.
You are a clememan?-1 am Rector of St. Cle-
ment &sac% and Minister to the Free Chapel, in
West-street, St. Giles's. •
• Row loa;;; 'havc you been in these fitnatinna ?
Upwards of six years Minister of the Free Chapel,
and Rector of St. Clement penes not quite a year.
What injurious effects have you seen from the
Lotteries, among the poor is the pvtrialt of St.
Odes ?-4 have heard a great many complaints
from the female part of the-perish. t have limn
frequentli applied to for aid, having a iient•rolent
society at my •:hapel, and I have .in geiterul
el the eases myself; frequeittly I have had the per.
sous with me, and sometimes I went to them to
ask the 'mime of their distnes. It often happened
that then- distress arose from the misconduct of
the husbands, sad sometimes from the nth...cm:duct
of the wives, in their gaioq to in-ore in the Lottery,
in St.Giles'sperish,§ollllPWlltrr ntarSrretal)iikwitli
per.ons who had the habit of collecting in
houses, where those mil's! Collectors of Imnratice

used to come. After they had .drunk a little at
A spirit of adventure mum be excited amongst 1 these places, they were more incline d to embark,
the cooessisnity. in order that t i,tvernotent may r until all the inrosey about- thernewss expended in
derive front it a pecuniary resonece. That qpirit If that way ; sad .cored inittatiCe. hay! come within
to he chethed at a certain itiwcu poi.st, i,i ortl,r Visit lay I:miled-4v, of their returniug home, and selling
wo evil* may attend it—the latter (rivet hp, not their property to noise came raantey, whets I:7trii:;
hitherto been attaimal; with all the tunas A 1101 (been, perlillirS, lone leers 'hiving. at least
/tire been bestowed upon it. Your Committee the common ores...stairs oflifc.
are of siiiiMon that itsattaiiiimeat is iiirio,silol". l)i.1 you awl the Lotteries a very general cause
.The intcrnwity of riemous interested in ht•eakinx of distress ?—Ver; muck sat. I have oftea lament.-
the low, is always upon :be witch few its new enact- eel that there was rock a thing permitted, and I
mews, and hap liitnerto always bathed the se;racity w*. glad the ditiwiti‘ was curtailed, which saved a
of the legislature. 'added to which. there cad he great ,:eal of ini'sclUef.
toe, looms of giouter purity amongst the persons em- i To what extent has insurance been diminished
pos,-ol to tietert cad brim; offenders to ininishininit. since the alteration ?—There is not 141'1 so much
.ti,3,l,4i•ia been hitherto r:sperienired. or than now done antorr4 the poor. I think it- i. more sinouo
e•i.rs. The statute book is hasslened with regal- prr,nos who ill• Ute their own numbers. When
Linage erti.s.iy.repagstant to the spirit of the Can--I the Lottery was an long in draw hur, the premium
notation. ragornas ,a:al n mreinive in the extreme, Ira% during the first day., no low, that many were
which, rf ther are ever es•entril,l4al only upon the: tein!ited to try their chance, and they were hall to
i t•nt.'a et anti -I,,litate. whilst the wealthy aiiii.scont• the whole aerie-, of the forty-two dap. •
ittaiii,,n.; Ooist tortit its utter stantempt : nuCtbis Will you state any particular iusumees• of distrUs
1,

or crime within the last four or five years
knots of iv tiatti.ly iu litolltttrts expeleil to buch cou►'
begat:tired.
What le the date tit thi* eireurwititnet• ?-111e,
latt of the l'atinly died within it fcw months. Site
died in sta uhtsg.lionse (idr.er having lived forty
years 'flour tiet3littourlinini), 04 iu. to tae Lotter.
Until *hat time did Vi/C IOSOre t-.."1:11t11 alt' •
two Yearr and'a huh' of ter death.

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When did olio. die ?-She died eve or rix
mouths ago, I think. - This persoa was a widow.
Site was in • good line of business as a silk-dyer,
which I suppose bruit:4lst her in, about IUJt. a-year
Sue kept a very good house, and I was to
habits of iiitiotaer wali•the family. The 13:Warm
Ilse had wan in the Isetiit of insuring, 'fie was lei
astray, rod they insureo to the amount of 3001. or
•4031. a-mght, although the foreman Itri only 301.
a-year wages. It appeared,' on his decease, lie had
ism/red-immense au 14 of iiisaley. Within the last
year of his 4ife, I found that hefted spent it pa a.-d 4 of
100 guineas in the Lottery, purcha lig one ticket at
161. and insuring away the rest, It cause up
blank at last, and I verily believe it was the death
of hitt). Ile died insolvent ; I acted as exe-
cutor, and paid three or fear shillings ia the pound
for him. He had received' a great many bills for.
his mistress, which he had never crossed out, and
be rained her. She was not able:to-pay three shil-
lings in the pound. It is a. trade; to wYielt they
deal with respectahle person*, and give a good
deal of credit. She was obliged to go into au
altmehosse, and she died there in four or five
months. They would scud all the plate she had to
raise money to carry on au insuratice, which had be-
gun perhaps at a low price: '
Did she continue the practice alter those regitlat-
tMns had taken place ?—lt was in 1802. 1 know,
that he implored to the last of his time; even within
the last five or six days pf hiv death he insured 60
guineas, A gontleman who draw bins into the
snare, was ruined by it. his wife had 4001. a-year,
and it was settled upon her. Ile sold-hi. life-inte-'
rest, and she was obliged to live upon charity
ditemetc the hie seven or eight years ; he died with-
in the rules of the Firer-prima., Ile forMerly kept
his carriage, end lived Qoeen-square. It was
like intoxication with him. If a man gets into the-
habit of it, lie I,oll't leave it.

«'d! you mention any further instances, and
confine yourself to the period since the year 1801?
I know of another verx remarkable cone. The mutt
Irsis..a coachman. The faintly consisted of the mud,
his wife, luel an orphau child they took care or.—
Tide was two years and a half ago. They resolver!,
its soon as they bought some Tickets, to insure
their; which they unelerstoml was legal ; they in-
sured, and kept on insuring during the eight data
(the Lottery was eight dens drawing,) atd on the
eighth Coy they got all their money Nick by in-
setting They took care to cover the premium of
the day before on the succeeding doe, they got
each of them one sixteenth of a 20,000!..pi lee. the
coats:norm, his wife, and the child. Prom that
period the man became a noted gambler in the
Lottery. He did not know what to do with the
rnoit-1, and he we gnlnz to spew! it all that way ;
on which she entreseed that he would buy into the
Stocks; iend, after 10bi. eves gene, he hottaht into
the Stocks. and soon of erwarils I.e vrei.t lint of his
suited, and he was teltvap, Turing about the LotOry.
He has since re-overed his senses. and he cotnes to
my chapel. The wife fr fled herself to death ; the
last stage of her illness was the dropsY. [attended
Im..in her hug moments.. •
Do you know any other remarkable instances ?
I have kasown several nistumes, in . which I have.
given money ...4 relieve' the distress of persons goon-
bling in the Lottery, which has been taken from
theta immediateLy at my own door. TO One nit..
Men I gate live shillings to buy bread with for
herself and her children. I gave it as treasurer to
a benevolent society. Iler husband took it away,
and went to one of those collectors of insurances
and In it out. and they were obliged to go. to
the oversee r x.f the poor to get relief that night,
otherwise they mould have been starved. There,
is nenither instance of a youus wotuau tints at Lo-
' tone-bay.
How long since ?—lt is two years age since she
we. tried and sei.tenced to be transported to tie-
totny-boy. Her father is a very respectable man,
and her sister a respectable young woman. I know
them extremely well.
Ilad you coy communication with her, after her
conviction she had insured three uumbers
which she had dreamt about; and site procured
money by improper ineans, which led her to her
fate. I knew her before she lived with the person
whom she robbed.
' (To be continued.)

On Sunday eveniuti last, a bout, with kve tarn,
was staldealy ovecset istilwver remise also. half a
*vile from the shore. Three boats put of Mum,
rhately to her assistance, and they 'succeeded in
slitting four of the crew, Pod also recovering 'the
dead body of tie fifth. One of the persona saved
was several feet under stater, and the boat only
found him in consequence of an oar, one rod of
which was stickinte, up above the surface of the
water, while he held fast the other end 'hene4th it.

Yesterday, in the neighbourhood of l'orti:inil-
pktee, a mud dog, /nun appearance, threatened
some mischief, but after biting einrend.nther dogs,
was kiileal be a chimney-sweeper, ill' Dube-street.
Vi'e hare been favoured with the folloivingtirtieh.,.
which, we doubt not, will prnve very-satisfaetorj :
hi a lett,r just received from a Gehtlemin of high rout in.
the hour in India, who haft t.tireu rt inertia ou •Lia way hoed:.
hr his Mother itt this countri, we bare the pk-asure to
be intOrniev/, tarn the greatest pert or the peeVe of proper.
sad the nventiotottshete ..!etrotta of peace with r.oshr.l
in preti-arvier to Feiner, if both cannot be hid t aid Itt4
• n.nkrrAltrlittnes lout been made bv the Northirh S
nate, an Slat. agairst the tett) •rco, which it was 41011:tht
wiiuld soon be toile* off; its this Gmticiuss was 4cll
itaretivesed to the few eempeuits in Baltimore, Wasbit4l„ia,
Isttiiafalpbta acid Isisie Tod:, and rettleci {ow jar
an ni once% he fistr the hest opiorttinits;or Leib;
oraphisitrit with the sebtiiiseeta of the pet,,,ple rpon this
sirl.
ond.ly evening, *brim sit cirinet. n-t brit:mat
wee held at the
,lifter and Crpwn ,Piltdie.;leritisr,
near the Tent*, Iwlnre SsitolroN, ltircl. tin
11 air Sri's Coroner. tnr iht t;its.uf L.ondwa, ou tins
busty of the youth also ass anfortotwatelv d!Wwirtlid.
while anterting hinteell in a ptintoltt the Grated
Junction W bar"; "I'Ffist4 LIFO.
~rte,...lta,,,T,Asfter
a .hol retoccesi syeAdict o-nwlcei-
neat:arty Drowewd.

NAFULINTE4LIGENCE.

• • • I'ORTSMOUTR, AUG. 17.
Suited the Ababdaves. iur the itwer ; awl der
Violet lugger, ma a-eruibe.

Arriveaeile Veteran' of 64 gun., Captain Evanii,
bearing the dai of Admiral Darr% front Itruaic,,;
fitret r Capt. Aipeas, tro.a Nt4.fouotl:..,:t;;
itad thi Sharpshurner, limn a creme. he ki trret
brought a ectoro.•. whit li went peg for the. Gown.
the Salrbay Inger ant cruise; Perariaa
brig. Captain ilouglar, with diaplitclies tor Cadiz;
and the Ceaverica and Diligeace, with a Conroy for
fialitiix. Alan the .I)NcLofle44 Cntniteit, tor ja.
MAI ea.

Tile Ant is ap?oiuted convoy to the eastward.
PLYMOUTH; LUOU%7 16.
Came in the Peterell, trove Jimmies, having seen
the trade up the liri,tol Channel ou her Arriv,i
she iirt d u %Mute of is guns, by %Inch it is coo-
lectured she less ou bound some persou of du-
ti.totam.

.Sailed the Porn pee for Portsmouth ; •nd I trim.
Matz, to joiti the 4.:+tanuel

lOUTH, AUG. IL
Ailed the Blark Joke lugger. with Mails for
Cerautia.

:Arrived the Alert, with n fleet of tranniorts for
Cork uko the brig 11.1.rgaret. Spent lure, for
Quebec ; she parted from the fleet yesterday is
coasequenee of having sprung a leak, Ind btu four
feet wises' fp her hold.—Viud

DEAL, AUGUST 17.
Sailed the Alaamortll., Narcissus, and Tvronse,
with the 21:ia, Fort William, and WaWoormstor,
East Itadiana:u ; and a fleet of other outstanl.4;oitan
vessels, rallters and colliers. Bader courtly. for
Portstuaatli.—W;ort N.N.E.