The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-01 00:00:00

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CONSIDERATIONS ON LOTS : In which is dis-
cussed the Unlawfulness of Games of Chance. Extracted
from an American Journal. With Introductory Remarks,
Preface, and an Appendix, by WILLIAM SYMINGTON,
Stratiraer. Second Edition, price One Shilling.
" There is much powerful writing and reasoning in thi%
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Herald.

" We recommend it particthrly to the,young, whose
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is to be found in every page, mil, at once be.fortifi,d
against all the evils of Games. of Chance, and be taught
to aspire after a higher and more consolatory species of
enjoyment."—Scots Times.

IX.
ANATOMISTS and RESURRECTIONISTS. Price

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REFLECTIONS suggested by the Murders recently
committed in Edinburgh, &c. ; addressed as an Epistle to
the Right lion. Robert Peel, M.P., one of his Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State ; in which Burke's Iniqui-
tous Practices are traced to their Real Source, and an At-
tempt made to Vindicate Measures whereby the recurrence
of Similar Enormities may be for ever prevented. By a
Medical Officer in the Royal Navy.

THE CONFESSIONS OF AN UNEXECUTED
FEMICIDE. Third Edition, price Sixpence.
" Under this title a most extraordinary work has been
recently published by Mr. M'Phun, bookseller, of Glasgow.
As many of our readers,_ after perusal, may be apt, toyon.
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a In conclusion, we mitre our readers, that the main
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