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being decreased, bad actually been increased in a way to secure what this !tem had in view, 4,
great degree (hear hear!/ Where one office or thou;h he was never sanenaie in the piethabiety
et
sinecure had been abolished, it had been thought its passing elsewhere.
necessary to estate tea. It was hardly necessary to MT. Wet. Du Noss strongly opposed the meee,ire
put the matter in a plainer point of vice, if upon his formerground, that it trenched exceed.
Parliament wished at all that any good should arise ingly upon the Prerogaeve of the Crown.
from that Committee, which had been instituted by j Mr. Poems eav ably supported it; he said that
the former l'urliainent, and continued by the pre- it was • mistaken idea to suppose that the pic-o.
scut one. There had us yet been no established rule gative of the Crown was merely riel..tedeat
or law upon this subject; and, therefore, if pen- i the will or pleasure of the reibiling Prince. It is,e a
shins could be granted for two or more lives, a trust for the benefit of those he goveratd, sod cot
great many thOusaude might be squandered away to be acted upon arbitiarily, or abused by tire ad-
upon the same principle. He believed the pen- j vice of others. There never was a period when Biel,
rem list lied extruded much beyond a hatever was were so many improvident grunts as there ilea bees
intended by Mr. Burke's Act. The Honourable of late years. What,he would ask, would have beta
Gentleman then conelueled with moving, For the constitution of Engh,did, if Parliament had Ina
leave to bring in a Bilk to prohibit the grunting of j occasionally interfeied with the Itoyal Brerogetire
offices in reversion,t fur joint lives, or ler the be- It would have been a shadow without name or sob,
treat of survii Orsini), for a time to be limited." stance. The Crown would, by an ueetnnulatrou ef
Upon the Mutton being prepoiied from the
dpnrvoirotaiavrtesi,iyhaineeEbuetiosspem.elaise
tahretiriettzrerytesupcslthatz
Chair,
The Cesticesson of the EXCHEQUER stated, . Parliament would always continue to interfere eel
that although be did not object to the Motion, yeti it and to limit it for the good of the people. This
he thought it due, in candour to the !louse, to measure was one that mere properly beloneed to the
make a few obrervations upon what had been house of Commons tIVII2 to the other Hume of
stated by the Honourable Mover. He should feel l'erliainent, as it held its it were the purse of the
it his duty to teopeiw some unveil: wets to the patron, and called upon the people to coutribate to
Bill, provided it was brought in in the manner its expenses.
stated. It was extremely desirable that no dis- Mr. Bieuefen also supported the motion.
agreement in matters of magnitude should occur Mr. HAISKINS Snows was song to bear the
between the two branches of the Legislature, and Chanecllor of the Exchequer proposing any meat',
still more so when the object to be attained. wee meats to the motion, as they could teed to irs
not likely to prove of great I.,eaentl interest or ira- goud effect, lent only retard its progress.
portent:v. It might, however, be possible to frame 1 Lord POICIICSTICR was sorry to hod from so high
the Bill so as Slat to erecte any interrup- nit authority, that any amendment to the J. et
hint of that good understanding which ought to present the .abject of discussion, was about to le
exist; and it Nuts with that view that he *houldaf- merle, which must. inevitably tend to defeat Um
terwards trader seine amendments. He thought laudable eieleavouns of the Honourable Mender.
that the Honourable Mover was likely to incur The present discussion was not, lie said, a queetiee
some of those Meonveniences be seemed anxious to of eremgaiive ;it was a necessary questiou of G.
in old. He apprehended that one great cause of its n*neial regulation; surd if the subject- were to 1 e
frilare was, that a previous inquiry had not been tliscuseed over MA over again, he still conceived it
imeituted us to the extent to winch die Prerogative a duty this house owed to the country to *tides-
had been eilually exercised ; and to skew that it emir to meet the wishes of the other House, by
was reasonable for Parliament to interfere. One of different propositions, in sortie of, which he had no

the great objects which the Hoare had in view, in
ramensineudiug this matter to the Legillature.
was to obviate as much as possible the impro-
vidence of those grants to, persons who shel-
tered the:nselves by having them court-4'lod from
the public notice. He should therefore recom-
mend the insertion of a clause requiring, in
order to give validity. to reversionary grants,
a publication of thou in feature in The Vazeite,
so as to attract the .attention of the public
to such a grant being made. He should propose
also that the Committee should not be disuppo;uted
in any of its labours of reform and abolition of
offices, which might be deemed proper by the
House to be afterwards recommended to the mica-

doubt their Lordships would' ultimately concur.
The amendments he uudemtood the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman intended to make, were *0
totally subversive of the intended reform, that he
said he wculd much puller the liou.:e should meet
the measure with a direct uegstive, than was de-
stroy it indirectlf.
Mr. Bawstas thanked the Nicht Hosea rib!,
Chancellor of the Excise:rimer for generally signify-
i.l4 his intended Amendments. •He was apprr.
Iseasive they %mild, however, defeat the intestinal
of the Dill, and .*tare he earnestly recommended
to the House to deliberately couturier die u►ents.
and necessity of the. Bill, and also the tendency
and probable eirect of the proposed Ain endodeuts.

tion of His Majesty, and that the existing prero- Leave was then given to brine in the Bill,
reties should not be abolished without stating the I LOTI'IRIES.
reasons for doing so. These, and other alterations, . Mr. Sce.ooe BEKN ANA mitered into a general
he should tuke the liberty of suggesting when the invective spina the evils produced by the Lottery
Bill came to he committed, as he wished every System, en the poor and middling classy, of tie,
attentieu should be paid to the report of the Corn- community. He said he had long considered
mittee, of which the Right Hon. Gentlemair was them as the greatest piddle nuisances, and eagerly
Chairman. wished for their abolition. The proprietors of the
Mr. WALD made on able speech in support of. Lottery of /ate bed recourse to publications, trite
the measure of abolition of all isu'pertluons offices niteatoes, andadvertisemeuts of the most 'ramie-
and sinecures. He was particularly anxious for pint and pernicious nature, which promised to the
its success, on account of its being the filet fruits ignorant .and inexrrienced • certain benefit from
of that system of ingniry which had been establish. adventuring in this delusive scheme. Herres Me
ed some years ago. The last vow: of the House of unwary tradesman returning on Satuidity eveuiag
Lords chewed that that branch of the Legislature from labour with the wages of his weekly industt!,
was adverse from reform, sad not desirous to the only hopes of his family's subsistence, is ei -
carry into effect that pledge wl.ich the House trapped by this ingenious artifice, mid gilled of his
of Commons had given to the t. e. , i., I e of Bug- incise by the false statements of the Lettriv
land, and to which His Majeetv had exp„swd proprietors. But the abuses of the Lottery ware
himself favourable iu two of his speeches fern not confined to the legal Scheme of Lottery aloe,.
the throne, in ditlisrent Administrations. He eould More deadly used dangerous to the community were
not, however, help thinking, that the wisdom • those ansiug resin the system of insurance, which
of their decision had corresponded with the purity j was so illegally cud universally earned ire to the
of their motives. Altl/eugh be could uot expect destruction dem industry, fidelity, and virtue of
that Much rout) be effected by this measure, to- I the lower °tiler of society. He wished these evt°
wards public economy, yet it was a great console- if possible to be remedied, and as he knew so
tion for the House to think that they had done as means so likely to produce it. reformation, as re-
much as was possible to guard "aims the pimp e ferrite!, the matter to a selem rommittee, he should
suffering any mmeceseary inconvenience or burden. move. e That a Committee be appointed to eel-
'. It would be well " said Mr. Want, .• for all the miner how far the evils atteoding tlie Lottery had
branches of the Legislature to recollect, that there p been remedied by the late laws, passed for that
exists a faction that grows with our weaknesa, i par epee, and to inquire what may be further done,
ant cootie-elect with any Perliameatary party, who to effect this tieeinible purpose."
deem all Parliamentary preens squally corrii.pt mid I TheCIIAI Cr: I. Loa of the Exc.:taints said, it
erinully inattentive to the interests of their Conon- ry
euldill herein.: a man in his sensation to coin-
teems. The best way. therefore, of treating this I niche in the sentiments which had fallen from the
ontwurel (Mager is to thew that we are willing to I Hon. limber, relative to the total. abolition of
adopt a line of conduct time is, above suspicion, ioid I.otteries iiltogether. They were eminently token-
evince to the people that we are tit:willing to in- I Ingenue to the Stete, and produced annually tier
crease the public eapetediture. It will be proper or me lin !Area thouesuel pounds, without imponce
fur this House to shire, that under difficulties IN e any el" i°"4l hntden on the ccennutnitY• lie
have uot contributed to corruption. It so little I hart uo intention to frustrate the intention of the
affects the picrogutive of the Crown, that it is isii- II°". 51""he'.• nod should consent to the "'CI"
possible the other House could bate rejected it, I for a Committee to obviate any defects of for
Fitt from an mowed determination to oppose every a' stem. This had always been his wish, and the:
thing of the kind submitted to their cousideration: of the Representative Belly; far this purpose
~ several statuteble remedies had been alreadyFr-
this is au unfortunate circumstance ut env e
but lucre so at the resent moment, when the roe- I plied, particidarly to the real source of the nee
thknce of the peeirle, in those who retie:emit them I unties of the lower order; namely, the seippreeec,
in Parliament, was so necessary. We have wit- of private lotteries and insurance. Ile was 4,!:
nested one of the greatest revolutions that ever I front premising, however, that any Committee et
took place, and have seen some of the most an- common prudence could ever suggest the pee
cient monarchies torn up by the roots. if we priety of lowering the prices of tickets, since three.
look into the history of these revolutions, we will was nu possible means of rendering the Lottery nt
find that they have been uniformly preceded by public advantage, but by selling these Carts to
some strong desire on the part of the people for the Contractors, ut the highest poa.e:ble price.--
80m,• retiree% which hits becu opposed by a stupid, The motion then passed..
obstinate, ill-judged determination All the part of This being the last day for receiving Pei sic
thee Nobles of the land to resist it. ( Hear ! hear ! l'eliti°n%
the :icemen' inquired it' there reinenie
hear.') HeiliTil avert such a catastrophe ; but I ;icy to be presented, to which litilig answered IA
must say, that if any thing approaches near to such the negative, the Melee immediately adjourned at
n situnitiou as caused it in other countries, it is that eight o'clock.
line of of conduct which had been lately pursued by - from ercouets
the other Brem•li of the Legislature. lam Pair- ~, that the tee
prised to foil the Rielit Hon. Cenlleinauiopposite, ;,iidera is F
after having allowed this interstice twice to eess this trete, es, Peer
House without any objection, now propnee seine eine, togethe
fre ohne, amendments, to !retard i:s progress', amid of \soiled,
thwart its completion. In this it siance the presect tither ei.e
3iiiiistry must five! that they rimed upon much lower
..223: St?)
g ourels than their predeceseors, and it is impose- cier*, e le
sue they tan long hold the confidence of their So- ; ; 1' eek
vereign." The pi cheat inensure, in every pent rep
tectee ,
view, hie! his inost conliiil support.
..!3 'All-
The CIIA NfEI.II.OII 4t. the Excuree ea adeed,
e;,i/,1.
that he lind u iri forte ly stated, upon former 0,',11,10nt, 4. 17,..1.95:
t the, this immune cease strut* him es Idelv to 2 i "•.1 ; ese,
I produce nay Miro/tate benefit, but it was tee ugly

It appears frotu orrou:its laid before the Howe
of Commons, that the tAtol number of tried er-
rand' io the ;.ii•itin is Eoghosti, ►iace the 1•t of

5t lit. rnlxr, lb')7, 1.4 Pilawilmlo, 3,149, Snbstitut:4
tuaLiiitt together 46,i)ulk. That the Cre"
tit a tomiller of N. olotiter•ri ni Great Britain eu the
lst of I.);:ceinl,er wnii. Field Officer*, 1.367:
SohaiteenA,o4,4sls Stuti'Offitrn.
2,5 I I ; Trumpoers and Drina-
In•-rs. : k .");(i,t,iif); and th
t• b!,•:•i4th of the IZ-vilar and r•I•
litiu l'orCe3 ,Vll-, on the Ist of Fehrnary
(7;tv:ilr, Itevlar Infantry, inelu.'
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