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was only en advantage of eight guineas a the induce-
ment to insure, therefore, was as the number of
days employed in drawing. It was proposed to
have three Lotteries within the year, the drawing
of each ofwhich was not to exceed eight days. It was
thought adviseable not to have any Lottery for Ire-
land, but to confine it wholly to this Country,in order
that every part of it might be effectually controlled.
The Lotteries for Ireland had been so arranged,
that a smaller sum was paid for the tickets than
in the Lotteries here ; there was also a greater
number of tickets, and a longer period employed in
the drawing, all which was produCtive, in a greater
degree, of the evils arising from low inhurance : it
was therefore thought advisable to consolidate the
Lotteries, and to have the sole drawing in this
Cotntry. lie had been fully aware, that those
disposed. to contraa, might be disposed to give a'
less advantage to the Public in consequence of these
1-._;u!ations, which they might consider would affect
t r traffic in Lottery Tickets, or at least that
traffic which, though they were not individually
concerned in, yet gre.v out of the transaction.
He was sure, however, that the House would agree
to any plan that would tend to decrease the evils to
which he had before alluded, although it might in
some measure diminish the advantages to be de-
rived to the Public. He had, nevertheless, the
satisfaQion to state to the House, that the advantage.
to the Public was still very considerable : he had
the satisfaftion to state, that the advantage to the
Public would amount to 555,0001. of which two-
thirds were appropriated to Great Britain, aae. the
remaining one-third to Ireland ; the advantage to
Great Britain would therefore be 370,0001. and
to Ireland 185,0001. He trusted the Committee
would participate with him in the satisfadion
arising, from the advantage thus derived to the Pub-
concluded by moving, That it is the opi-
nion of this Committee that the sum of 1,455,0001.
be raised by three Lotteries-970,000h being for
Great Britain, and 485,0001. for Ireland.
Mr. CORRY said, that the pradice of low in-
surance, alluded to by his Right Hon. Friend, had
been productive of greater evils in Ireland than, in
this Country, and he was sure, that every person
who wished well to the Country, and who had at
heart the interests of the lower class of the people,
would he highly gratified by the plan now proposed.
'the evils produced by the Lotteries in Ireland, had
been, in a great degree, extended to this Country,
as had those arising from the Lotteries here, spread
over Ireland to a great extent ; these would be now
prevented. The evils attending low insurances had
risen to a much greater height in Ireland than in
England, and the greatest praise was due to the
present Lord LieutenAt of Ireland and to the Right
Hon. Gentleman who was last year his Secretary,
for the exertions they had made to check such
practices. The proportion of the sum arising from
the Lottery, had been taken upon a most fair and
liberal consideration of the subject, for the ad-
vantage arising to Ireland would be 50,0001. more
than the advantage before derived.
Mr, M. A. TAYLOR adverted to the evils pro-
duced amongst the lower class of the people by the
practice of insuring, and thought that the Govern-
ment was entitled to public approbation for bringing
forward the regulations now proposed to be carried
into execution.

Mr. BAB INGTO-N disapproved altogether of
the mode of raising any part of the Supplies by way
of .I.,,,ttery.
The Motion was then agreed to, as was also an-
other Motion, fixing the number of Tickets. at
ioc.),000, and specifying the manner in which the
Instalments were to be paid.
The _House having resumed, the Report was or-
der—l r, be received, and the Committee to sit again
.on Monday.
The EXport and Import Duty Bill was read a
third time and passed,