The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-05 00:00:00

LOTTERIES.

Mr. LYTTELTON said, that in again htinging
forward the question of abolishing Lotteries, so
frequently negatived in that douse, he might
perhaps subject himself to the charge of unwise
perseverance. He was convinced, however, that
although he had not been able to convi►►ce that
!louse, a great impression must be wade un tire

public mind by the dis,cession of the subject ; and
that ultimately his object would be attaied„
on the one hand, it was discouriging to him,
that his propositions had been rejected, without
any arguments having been ailvanced against
them, the friends of the abuse thereby implying,
that they were determined to support it in spite
of reason; on the other hand it was consolatory
to know, that, in a country like this, the public'
voice would eventually make itself heard, and,
when heard, must be triumphant. Public opi-
nion in this country was sloW, but sure, in its
progress. It was doubly sure in cases of moral
feeling. The change of public opinion had, been
most strikingly exemplified in the abolition of the
Slave Trade ; in the recent signal -alteration of
the sentiments -of that House with respect to the
Criminal Law. It was his intenCron, on the pre-
sent occasion, • to avoid any personal appeal to the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite). he had the
highest respect .for that Right Hon. Gentleman,
and would Wish to avoid, when it was practicable
to avoid it, doing any thing that might be perso-
nally offensive to him. Besides,: the rzrgumentum
ad hominenz was good for nothing, -when the horn°
did not mind what was said tar lour .
laugh.)—The grounds on which he meant to re-
commend the -adoption of proposition, lie
would divide •-into three—morkl, financial, and
constitutional. The moral reasons for the dis.
continuance'Wefe so manifest, that it-would be-a
waste of the time of the House to insist on them
at any length. It was doing that by public au-
thority wirich'it was considered reprehensible to
do in private life. In Lotteries, all that was base
in the practice of private gambling, was recog-
nized and adopted by tire State. Nor was it
merely gambling—it was gambling combined with.
fraud. The Right lion. Gentleman's argument in
favour of Lotteries was, that as there eves always
afloat a given qoantity (not of Exchequer Bills,
as. the Right Hon. Gentleman thought perhaps
be was going to say, but) of rank and detestable
vice in society, he had a right to turn it to Iv-
count. But tire doctrine, that private vices might
be rendered available to the public benefit, had
long been exploded. And he would put it to
every impartial man, whether in tire ease of Lot-
teries, the vicious spirit of gambling was not, iii
consequence of the existence of Lotteries, pro-
voked and excited by every villainous artifice
that could be devised ? The Right Honourable
Gentleman might try to shift this scandal from
himself. He -might say that the contractors and
agents for tire Lottery negociated to do ail the
ditty work for hint: But the Right Honourable
Gentleman ought to' recollect " Qui fncit per
alien, fucit per se;" and that, therefore, he
identified himself with some of the lowest of
the people. The shame and the scandal of the
transaction lay at the door of Government, and
of that House, which were responsible for all
the cheating and roguery that it occasioned...—.
Having shewn the moral evil of the system, he
thought it would hardly be argued that that which.
was morally wrong could be financially or politi-
cally right. The world was not so constituted as
to admit of this. It was well known that the Ex-
cheqners of arbitrary Governments, which were
supplied by violent measures, were never so well
filled as those which depended for their support
on legal means. But there was no difference be-
tween such a system of rapacity and plunder and
the system of raising revenue by Lotteries ; ex-
cept that the former was the less disadvantageous.
All inducement to industry was weakened in both.
eases ; but in the latter, corruption and vice
were superadded. He was equally prepared to
strew that the system was constitutionally erro-
neous. On examining the details, it would ap-
pear that great arbitrary power was given to one
person—Mr. Hesse, Secretary of the Lottery; and
that individuals were frequently imprisoned for
offences committed against the Lottery Acts on
the testimony of comtuon informers, communicat-
ed in a way which would hardly admit of its be-
ing disproved. Under those' Acts, proceedings of
low and excessive tyranny took place, which no
supposed public advantage derived front diem
could redeem. In support of his opinion ors
this part of the subject, the. Honourable Gentle-
man quoted a passage from a work by Mr. Da-
vison, on the Criminal Law. He then proceeded,
at considerable length, to detail the fraudulent
means resorted to by the Lottery Contractors to
impose on the public. One of the principal of
these was creating a supposition that the number
of tickets drawn on the first and secontl of three
day's drawing was greater than it really was.
The price was raised in consequence ; although,
instead of being two-thirds of the gross number, it
was frequently not a tenth. Another fraud was:
that notwithstanding the prohibition of the Go-
vernors of the Blue-coat Hospital, against the
einployment of boys of that institution in drawing,
the Lottery, boys in the garb of that institution
were nevertheless so employed. He had gone the
other day to Cooper's-hall, where this rascally
transaction of the Lottery was carrying on, and
having with some difficulty got in, be there saw
several grave persons sitting—for rogues were apt
to look grave, especially when their dopes were
present—(a laugh) ;—and the tickets were drawn
out of the wheel by two boys in the costume of
Christ's Hospital. He assumed, however, that
they were not real:y belonging to that Institution;
but that it was a villainous masquerade, adopted for
the purpose of inducing the people to believe that
the Lottery had still the sanction of such intelli-
gent individuals as the Governors of Christ's Hos-
pital. All this wretched system of roguery was
under the superimendance of persons who were
paid by the public. The effects of the Lottery on
the ignorant portion of the population were most
injurious. In the first place superstition was
cherished by the affected 'declaration of the in-
terested Contractors, that the Goddess Fortune
would be propitious to certain places. And how
stood the tact where she was propitiOus ? Among
those who heard him, there must be Honourable
Gentlemen who had witnessed the sad effects
in a small village of the fatal success of some
poor speculator, whose example, encouraging
other adventurers, spread disappointment .nil
ruin. The Honourable Gentleman here instanced
cases at Bideford and Sheffield, in which the ap-
parent good fortune of several purchasers of shares
of Lottery Tickets had terminated in the most
diSAMOLIS consequences. At the latter place,

'Montgomery, the poet, who was the Editor of a
Paper there (the Sheffield his). nod of whose ta-
lents and virtues every one must speck with re-
spect, was so impressed with the evils of ',orie-
-1 ies, that he voluntarily abandoned the large pro-
fit which arose from Lottery Advertisements, by
excluding them from his publication. It was a
great aggravation of this ditty system, that it was
promised to pay a part of the advantages in wine.
11811 gin beets offered it would have shocked the
public, but wine was a gentlemanly and attrac-
tive liclnnr. " Wine and golf' !" The
Hon. Gentleman had made gold so rare, that the
Lottery Gentry found their account in holding it •
out as a temptation ; and by these two induce-
ments they endeavoured to add as Many sots and
misers as they could to the took who were. taken
in by their inflated and false rept esentations. He
had nearly forgo ten to mention one of their
trends, mis-naming prizes. They called than
by which a man lost only half his money.
With reference to those prizes, they did not pi'k
the pockets of the purchasers of their tickets,-
.but they half picked their pockets ; and, in hi's
opinion, they deserted to he half hanged for it
laugh).-41e who said that a man had got a
prize alto, having paid WI. for his ticket,: received
101. at the Lottery Office, lied.—(A laugh.)-6
the last Lottery there were fourteen thousatol
tickets, and 2,865 prizes. But of. those 2,865,
prizes, 2,810 were prizes of only 101. each ; that
..was, they were prizes, the purchasers of winch,
having given 201: each for them, were cheated of
only half their money. The fact-was, that it was
above 253 to I that the purchase of a ticket ob-.
tained a bona fide prize. Did ever any man keep -
a photo-table on such terms ? Was there ever any
description of gambling. like this ? It was the most ,
lavish mode that could,be devised-of raising mo-
ney for the service of the State. It was a mode
by which the public were made to pay largely,
.uhile the Exchepier received but a compa-
ratively small suns. The Honourable Gentleman,
.here entered into a minute calculation on the sub-
ject, to prove that for a Lottery' by which the
Exchequer gained only 300,0001, the public were
-made to. pay bet wern 600,0001. and 700,00 W.;
the difference, after deducting The necessary ex-
.pences,,,going into . the pockets of. the contrac-
tors. They would do better if they acted.on a
system diametrically opposite ; if, instead of hav-
ing reconrse to means avhich demoralized- the
people, they rejected every measure of kouestion-
Able tendency, adopted a simple.and consistent
.course of legislation, and endeavoured to improve
.and enlighten the people, by the establishment of
schools and other suitable means. .Thcgreater
the distress of the country, the. greater-the twee*,
city for acting with .a due regard to morality.—
The strength of a .country-was essentially con-.
sleeted with its morality ; and the resources which
were derived from the violation of.its rules ought
to be rejected as beneath. the dignity of a great
nation. He once inure requested the House to
consider how impolitic it was to.go on with this
execrable system, As he found many men of
sense and education out of the House who agreed
with him in opinion on this subject, he trusted he
should receive their support out of doors, and he
hoped he.should also meet with that support its
that House -which he hrid received without from
those from whom he had hitherto received silent
approbation. The Honourable Geutleman con,
chided with moving a Resolution,
That by the establishment .of a State• Lottery the Govern-
ment injured in the highest degree the morals of the people,
and encouraged and provoked a spirit of gambling—=that such
a spirit of gambling, by diminishing the industry and conse-
quently impairing the means of the people, necessarily im-
paired the sources of revenue: that the Lottery was produc-
tive of numerous other evils, and that the' House could there-
fore no longer authorize the establishment of a State Lottery
Under any system of regulations whatever.
The CHANCELLoR of the ExCHEatilia was as-
tonished that any man in the present state orthe
country cool!) seriously propose to abandon a sum
Of nearly 300,0001. raised by means which were
less felt by the people than any other which
could be resorted to. The advantage to the re-
venue from the Lottery on the whole, indepen-
dent of all collateral advantages, amounted to be-
tween 2 and 300,0001. a year, and a saving of in-
terest of 30 or 40,0001. a year ; in all a sum of
about 300,0001. He really did not see why a
man might not invest a small part of hi's savings
without blame in the purchase of a ticket for the
Lottery. If he were obliged to admit_ that the
principle of gambling was called forth'hy a State
Lottery, he should think the objections of the
Honourable Gentleman to it good to their utmost
extent ; _but the Hon. Gentleman, forgetting t-Itat
the principle of gambling existed, independent of
the State Lottery, very unfairly argued that it was
attributable to the Lottery. Now he was pre-
pared to contend, that the spirit of gambling, in-
stead of being called forth, was kept in check by
the State Lottery. '1 he State Lottery Offices were
obliged to keep up establishments, which operated
as checks on the Little!goes, which were much
more ruinous to the commoo people. This was
proved by the Papers on the table,. Front these
it would be seen, that for the last three years,
While the prosecutions for insuring in the
State Lottery had decreased, those for pri-
vate Lotteries had increased. The Honourable
Gentleman had not given a correct representa7
tion of the stock prizes—they were never stated
as money prizes. The Hon. Gentleman could
not be more delighted than he should he himself,
if the progress of education should improve the
knowledge, industry, and domestic economy of
the people—should be such as to make it no
longer profitable to have a State Lottery. No
ntan could rejoice at this more than himself ; for
then the same motive which pin a stop to the
Lottery itself, would also put a stop to those
other more mischievous practices which Were in
some degree kept its check by the State Lottery.
Ile did not mean lo oppose the arguments which
the Hon. Gentleman had attaanced against a Lot-
tery, but he could not now consent to renounce a
sum, the place of which must be supplied by some
tax, which would operate in a mole oppressive
way on the people.
ELLIS agreed with the Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Lyttelton) in thinking that a State Lottery
was attended with the worst elects on the morals
of the people ; that it held out a temptation 10
gambling ; and he concluded with expressing his
determination to support the motion.
Ir, 1314.r05t supported the motion. If the

continuance of State Lotteries prodneed great'
revenue, it also produ.,:ed grvat vices anti great
immorality. He cool.' not believe that this colon-
y Wag so reduced as to sell the morals of the
people for the s4ke of revenue. The tax was de-
and fraudulent, and dangerous in its opera-
tions. When this tax was condemned with the
execration which it deserved, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer brought in his set-off of 300,0001.
+r-year. But he hoped that the [louse would no
lont;er sanction any compromise of character for
the sake of revenue. The Hon. Gentleman Theo
detailed many instances of cotruption and immo-
rality. in several villages, arising from the evil
effects of Lott et-iv.. In one village in patticn-
lar, a prize of 20001. had fallen to the lot of a
club.. The result• was a complete sacrifice of
morals by a multiplicity of' new adventurers,
to the rub, of many, who, before this pursuit of
fortune by the lonely, were iodustrioos and re.-
strectable. But, after an absence of 15 years, he
bad.learnt that every, one of the lottery clubs had
tailed, •and that the one half of the members had
died by profligacy and waist, and the other half
had. become bankrupts.! . The system .of lottery
ought to he put down as a public nuisance. No
man could enter a village without being annoyed
by large blazoning letters respecting, the lottery.
The adventurers • were of the lowest descrip-
•tion, and as such merited commiseration
They consisted of young servant maids anti ser-
vant men, who were freqnently .ncocet to rot)
their masters awl mil-tresses to gratify their spirit
of speculation in the lottery. It was orur these
poor, deluded• creatures that.. the- Chancellor of
-the Exchequer and his insatiable Cowractors ..vere
.victorious. When: at last reduced to the. greatest
extremity, .they became desperate, and were tre-
,qu.eutly :Rstracted in mind.. In the list of bank-
ropts and Insolvent debtors, many of them anti-
hilted their etnbarras,sments to speculations in the
Lottery. In a. late -insrance, when a person had
become involved, he (Mr. B.) had occasion to
,into ,his ,affairs, he found that 4001.,
which he had alluded to as belonging to It Be-
nefit Society, be ...had, adventured in the Lot-
tery, noel had lost every farthing. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer hatlyautrtiogly said, in his finan-
cial view of the subject, that he had put an end to
the Little Goes ! He lamented that a million was
in this manni,:texorred ftiith the people, in order
to increase the number of paupers, and to fill the
workhouses 4 And,all these-evils 'were sanctioned
merely for the,slke‘folsopporting and cherishing
a set of rogues and vagabonds.
Mr. PAuti,st,t," ludicrously observed, that the
Right Hon. 'Chancellor of the Exchequer contra-
dicted by flis;crivhdriat the policy-of Queen Eliza-
beth, who said, that-inoney- in her subjects'
pockets, was, money. in ber own. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer was, not contented till he ex-
tracted it from his Tellow-subjects, and pot it into
his own official -pockets.. He. had boasted of nearly
.destroying the Little, Go;' Nut the Only way he
•had chosen tordestraY•tbe'Little Go, was by get-
ting up theGreatGo. The. Right Hon. Gentle-
man had some of thepectillatities of the Irishman.
He was allowed to 'speak 'twice. He was that
sort of character that he Was allowed to change
his mind .without-being ridiculed, It was curious
how the Chantelfor of the •Exchequer connected
the transactions of ,Government with the corrup-
tion of 'public 'morals, 1 It was a system which
could not fail of shaking the character of any
Government. Knowing that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer-was a religious and moral charac-
ter, he begged leave :.to ask if he ever bought
a lottery ticket ? He cheerfully supported the
motion.

Mr. Alderman WOOD entered into minute par-
ticulars of the_Litklergoes, a'knowledge of which
he bad obtained in the course of his magisterial
vocation in the City. The Little-goes were nu-
merously attended-; and their harvest was during
the drawing of the Lottery. They were in all
the adjoining streets, and crowded with adven-
ture's. The poor wretches were so deluded as to
depend upon particular or favourite numbers in
the Lottery. In a search, the Worthy Alder-
man eastired the noitie'that he found the names
of'maify elerks of respectable firms as adven-
torers. The Little-go.vvas- drawn from a band-
box. The servants in London gained more mo-
ney :than servants else Where ; and he was sorry
to. say, - that many of them robbed their masters
to support their speculations in the Little Goes
:and in the Lottery. Government were now ex-
pending one million in building of churchei ; the
Chancellor of the Exchequer took a million from
:the people, and 'ihui *prevented them from sup-
!plying themselves with clothes to go to church.
Mr. WiLaeuroace rose to express his strong
disapprobation of the Lottery system—a system
conceived and executed in fraud, andproductive,
'in the highest degree, of immorality and misery.
Ele conceived that there was no burthen to which
we might not cheerfully to submit, if laid on as a
iu'hoiiiite for this most impolitic and unrighteous
:tax.
_„

. Mr. CANNING rose to support his Right Hon.
Friend Ole Chancellor of tie Exchequer.) The
:•whole argument against the Lotteries had, in his
Opinion, been foitoded on a wrong basis. The
motion was to deprive the country of the benefits
Of a considerable revenue, without providing an
equally tiroductive tax, It was one of the oldest
modes of taxation in modern history. It had
Continued, he believed, since the Revolution ; and
it ought not 'to be abandoned on light and trivial
krounds. The Right Honourable Gentleman re-
iOrted Upon the Gentlemen on the opposite side
Of the Liontre, who had used his Right Hon.
Friend somewhat illiberally. because he bad
faithfully discharged his duty to the public.--
Among,all the. great and transcendent qualities of
the mind of his Right Hon. Friend, none sur-
passed or equalled his profound knowledge of
finance. But lately it had been fashionable to
rim down taxes, and to declaim loudly against
them as oppressive to the people. The Right Ho-
notnable"Gentletuan then enumerated those which
had been vehemently condemned. The Salt Tax
hat! fallen into disgeitee,•beenuse some Gentlemen
thought it Militated too much against the landed
interest. The Leather Tax next became unpo-
pular, because it operated oppressively against
certain classes ii trade. Next the Spirit Tax,
because it was injurious to .the minds of the peo-
ple. 4411_14i,* %seising tiny weic ought to ex.

pect a declamation against the Window Tax, for
reasons which the Mover would -soon favour
them with. It Gentlemen were to act upon this
fastidious principle of Finance—if Revenue was
Ni be reduced to the whim of the moment—if all
these operations of the mind arose from the care
of public morals—let them call a meeting, and
agree to some standard of morals, say at what de-
gree of mmality they would make their stand, and
then perhaps it would be easier to ascertain their
real meaning. His Right Honourable Friend had
too much good se►+se, and too much manliness,
to he induced to abandon an useful mode of taxa-
tion, on account of a violent but amusing decla-
mation against Lotteries, or the Life ar►d Adven-
tnres of a Servant Maid, as presented by a Worthy
Alderman—(tiinch cheering.)—He knew that no
taunting or wanton attacks on his official charac-
ter would ever induce his Right Hon. Friend to
forget his ditty to the country.—(Hear, hear !)--
By following this line of conduct, his Right Hon.
Friend would imitate the example of his most il-
lustrious predecessors, and obtain the applause of
his countrymen!—(Hear, hear !)
Mr. WILBERFoRCB explained,.
Mr. Woonnouse would sooner agree to a
viva) of the Property Tax than the continuance
of Lotteries.

Jr.N PLUNKETT conceived that this question
would decide whether the House had a Moral
feeling. The Right Honourable Gentleman
opposite (Mr. Canning) admitted the criminali4
of lotteries, but'talked of the age of the crime.—
If it were as old as the foundation of the other
world, it ought to be rooted out. The present
tax created a vice, for the purpose' of making it
productive. It was a question, not of revenue,
but -of morals, and in acting as they were now
doing, the Government of the country abdicated
their place to debauch the integrity of the people..
Lord GAF. TLEREAGH denied that his Right Hon.
Friend had acknowledged the criminality of Lot,
teries. was their abuse, like that of spirituous
1 ivors, which might turn into vice or crime. The
ractice .?ad been sanctioued•by the highest and
most moral names. He.ohjected to that kind of
sp uribus and sublimated morality, which Might
attack any other tax with as much justice as the
Lottery. It was the bounden duty of Govern-
ment, while they maintained the morals of the
people,- to, beware not to sacrifice its strength,
Which was, their best security.
'Mr. F. DOUGLAS contended, that a substitute
had been proffered for the Lottery Tax, whenever
it had been proposed 'to reduce the Army, or carry
real economy into any -other department. Had
thaSe'suggestions been adopted, there would be
no cause to call for the present tax. Much hor-
ror had been expressed at the manner in which
foreign Governments raised money on gambling-
housts ; but here the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer was the keeper. of the gambling-house him
self.

Mr. WILLIAMS wss understood to state, that it
might be as well to deck brothels and give them
a voluntary embrace, as to support Lotteries.—
The species of gambling which they created was
the more pernicious, as it was not that of the
rich, but of the poor.
Mr. CANNING explained. He had said nothing
about brothels, and assured the Hon. Member
that he bad not mentioned the word concupis-
cence once in the whole course of his speech.—
(Hear, hear !)
•Mr. COLCLoUGH (we believe) gave some details
respecting the foreign Lotteries, respecting which
he had obtained information, the result of which
was, that the Lottery in this country was above
all others unfair to the public. The Genoese
Lottery, a model which was followed in France,
was carried on at an expence to the public of
one-fifth ; the Lotteries in Switzerland at one-
tenth ; while,,in this country, the expence was
one-third.

Mr. RICARDO shortly supported the motion,
and pointed out the evils which arose from the
draWiugs of the Lottery so often in the year. He
quoted the resolutions of a society to which many
of the Ministers belonged, deprecating the Lot-
tery ; and observed, that they were thus con-
demning as individuals the law which they came
to support by their votes.
Mr. TIERNEY conceived that so trifling a .sum as
250,0001. was disgracefully purchased by the de-
gradation which accompanied the measure. Such
a sum could make no great difference in the Loan
for the present year, and he should have no ob-
jection to see 20,250,0001. thus raised, instead of
20,000,000!. He contended that Lotteries were
not now what they had been, and objected to the
manner in which the Contractors disposed of the
tickets. Whatever the other merits of his Hon.
Friend's motion might he, it had that of being the
only one which had brought all the Members of
Government to act together ; and on what ques-
tion ? Put morality in the one scale and 250,0001.
in the other, and they were all agreed that the mo-
ney should be taken, and that morality should
shift for herself. In this business, however, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had drawn the grand
prize, for he had gained the admiration of the
Right Honourable President of the Board of Con-
ronl. But if he embarked in that Little Go, he
Would live to repent it.
Mr. HusmssoN maintained, that the mode of
drawing the Lottery was greatly improved. It
now did not exceed twelve days in the year, whilst
in former times there was one in England and one
in Ireland, and each of them took forty clays in
drawing. It was easy to say, that 250,0001.
might be added to. the Loan for the year ; but so
might the 300,0001. a-year produced by the Win-
dow Fax in Ireland, or any other tax burthen-
some to the people. He contended that the pre-
sent mode of drawing bad put down all the evils
of in4erance.

Atter a few words in explanation, by Mr.
TIERNEY,

Mr. LYTTELTON briefly replied, and the House
divided—

Fort he Motion
Against it . 133

Majority against the Motion --49

ALIEN OFFICE.

Mr. HUTCHINsoN moved for Pt return of all per-
sons employed in or nutter the Mien Office in
Great thilain and Ireland,- with their salaries,
4liti also iur a return of the nuwber of ~ersouti seat

oot of the country from .tyintsry, 1316, to we
same perio►l, 1819.—AgreP1I to.

WINDOW-TAM.
Sir G. HILL ''preiented a Petition•fibrtirltle
-
habitants Lontlonderry„pruving for Illf7r9eot
of the Window Tax y. y
agree with the etilittienti'of -1)"
~1
last year the reduction of th:e.AisesSetrf vb
-
produced a decrease of 3,lo,„o.ooL.,itrctbe-,Ti,
Revenue. From ether clnses,„thg,,llo.l,F47
':re
ency amounted to 1,000,0001. It vros
clear that itw.finl4l iinpUssibletoeep6'' „a
Window Tax.- The Petitinti, was thew realtri'tl"
ordeleil to lie on the table.
-

Mr. Stt A%V, on account of the latene”
hour and the it pOrtance of the saject, p"s!P:rof
rill ro-morrow.his mOtion:reF•pecting the riPt6
the Irish %Vinitow. Tax. • • -:.;„l,in
Mr. W.l-I,owoilTi obtainedleave P,
<r Bill to preven'ethe'sale'idp,'.lS.nliriiiiSit6l4,
unless tinder certain', restrictions':•:'
The 11plybeFtd.Road:BilLwas.reati a
and passed.
••ROMAN bATixitics. 44
Sir H. PARNELL gave notice, that t"'",,;:ilig
se'nnight he should ask for leave to bring in Phro•
enable Roniaii.CithOliesr'igii7cl)—ase frechol'i
end
pert), without taking the Qualikcariim Oaf'.
grant them the same protection in, places
ligious worship 'as other 'Dksenters, and tciifi.
tier it unnecessary for them-to tike the Q'"`
cation Oath before keeping schOols.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gfq7e' for
tice, that on Thurslay next 10 should. 'T'stra
leave to bring in a Bill to apply to the pub:ll% of
vice the profi,•!sreliriquislied by the Marques
, )
Camden, as Teller of the Exchequer. f git 9
Mr. Lust-iiNGToN moved' for an account
e cq'
number of Ale, Nine, and Spirit L''; '7;.the
granted during the last three .years, find 0
duties paid.on sweet wines during the Stito:•r-'
.
„
riod.—Agreed to.
Mr. Clarkson, from the 'lnsolvent 'at".
Courts,' presented, returns of all peysnos v'l)%ipt
petitioned to' be. discharged' under the PIO'," d
aq
Debtors' Act since 1.815; on the table'•
ordered to be•retereed to the '.cUmmittee °P-•
Insolvent DebtOrs' Act.—Adijonrned: •
•
From the LONDON Z Efa'TE Juat

Canton House Mau 4, 1819. . ,salqs
The Prince RegCnt lias been graciouslyi pleased t°,lf.tr'7o?"l
Arthur Wellesley Torrens, Esq:Paie of Ho-twin' to In
Ortlitutryivice Frederick.Williazu'CallinS7
Esq. prOmUteti.

Crown-Office, Nay 4.. • ,
Member retnrned to 'serre in this present j'afrialuel3,iT
Borough of We'stliorv.—William' Leader Mabef.l9,, A
the moot of, RAO; Franco, -Esq. 'Who has a4"cee`c
Chiltern Hundreds.

BANKRUPTCYSLYPERSEPED. .
T. A. Coeksedge, Woolpit, Stitt)lk, ntereihaUt.
1
.
- • BANKRITTS.
NV. Manning, Bristol,- dealer, to surrender ivJA3' 1", '"' 'eV
I,‘„ing;..Stejeiew
~ • i
15, t the Bash 'lament. Attorney, 'MI'
Wsi.l:ll3:la'a:c.:ll,:brcittor-rsittnr,_atdenetdat Pr.s•C, ..NS:i.ayßo.sti,Ssit.Ba,u
j.
tiC
tit!): odd, Fin!
'l4
at Gail Se.,
Attornies, Messrs. Smith and Son, Dorset-street, S'''•,-,
bury-square. , - 51e It
It.'Wild; •CriVe d.street,,' Strand, 'tailor', 'Nisi; C. l':' 'ad; 4;11 .1 r
at Guildhall.-: Attorney, • ,NII.. Patitiori, Warty,..- --, , •:'
S.
Tuharior
pi:
sobooill.-sstg
Iteeets'treet, tavern-keeper, May 89, 48:1j.i.1e,,
15, at Guildhall. Attornies,' Messrs. Allistna 3°" -
• 4 .144.
G.3b(511,01 oriteerezn:uNay:lldi'hl-ocati7urptAo' t(tialnii:itiietial Ise:s,lbiree:resr. ,
illNolgatyislla,i-ol'
ManehesterAmildings, Westminster". oteti
T. Wyatt, St. John's street, •Siiiithfield, stage-coacti:4o#
May 11, 22, June 15, at Guildhall. AttorneY, --r. l• • a
• 1. ill.
liams, Blacknaatt street.. . , ~,e 1-.4t,ig.
It. Finc, jun. NorWich, silk-mercer, May 7,'2„5'''!.. 'PI
the Norfolk,,flotel, Not wich. ..Attornies, 'OJ"--'-'' ' ;4:
and Roscoe, King's-Bench-walk, Temele. •..•
S. Bourne, Leek, Staffordshire, ironmongers, Mn, most"
June 15, at the George Inn, Leek. , Atterttits°.
11 -
Long and Austen; Gray's Inn. b t ite-tiiote -
J. Ewbauk, Little Bush lane, Cannon-street, -: - '
chan Mti t, ay 8, 18, JIIIIC 15, at Guildhall. iktt,.6lcl' .• it
Harrison, Rucklersbury. June 3.Sit
NV. Hall, Highgate, victualler, Ma .
Guildhall.: At Mr. ilowell,YSyBu9toindl.":" rd.,,it
W.J.s 411171.neLiln5d,seayt and i 1 fl. Hewer,
A toßraliteli;,siNlkir-t.°llr:ig;ont v".
Jewry. .. • • . • be °S.
Ids, lii4
NV. Warim, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-e, e.y '
maker, May 8, 22, June 15, at G 6.161141. • 1•11•"';-1 '
• eh
Jones, New Init. JO? k
J. Eitudet son and J. Morley, Ludgate-bill, litie,av"a. eliAr
wit.ell;!.
INtvlea,,tvtJsßu:nGie4,l,lleo,
o,.slrtstr:e:a.iztt,t,tiutialuialiclkirlfraNialltr:.:%9A6t,t2u7r,t,toe4:,Yitlynelfiy.:::
ilt*
Sun Inn, Gosport. Attorney, Mr.. Flaslintatt, - -
150
Holborn. -- Mitr e.
J. B. Grimsby, Kingston-Upon-Hull, haberdashery 'l_ 111,.4”,
14;*3iiiii. 15, at tile DOg and Ditek 'favern, K•ilig%g"'llo'' '
Hull. Attornies, Messrs. ROsSer, S6ll, and 110-'l-r!, '.
lett's-huildings. ~ - • • . fl'
G. Brooke, Lockwood, Yorli'shire, woollen,Pr•Pdfltne'el.e.
May 11, its, 'Ju'ne I's; at the' King's Head lolly ~
..,••
field. Attorney, Mr. Battye''Chaticery-lane. ... Of ..,,
T., Goode, Leominster, Hereeordshire, draper, 1"r
'PI'
Juite 15, at.the White Hart Inn, Bristol.
Pear'sUit,'Plitni“Ciiner, TeuiPle. ' •cf Jo
~,,
'.7 . Slingsby, Nlanctiester, ealieo-printer, May 18, gA, O.-
at the:Star Inn, Manchester. • Attorney, la e• '''.• lit
:. • MOO'''.
chester. . .
D. and T. Mall; niOn, Lepton, Yorkshire, elothierst., -,St
12, June 1.5, at tic Pack Horse Inn, Hilddel-stie"'
_a. •
nies,,Nlessrs. Jacomb and Bentley, B,,ingli,,u.stret;l; jjort
W. Dixon, lon. L,iyei:ppol, wine-ineichant,Al'.l,l P'''lrti:s.Kl'
15, at the Githrge Inn, Liverpool. AttOrniesit.‘,l,eqj.,:"'‘,..
and Bower, Scutliampton,buildiligs, CliatiCery-111a00;31- •
NV Jepson and C. Wignall, Liverpool, turfientjt":o•ol. h'•' •
May I'7, 19, JUne 15, at ande Inn, irir' OW.' ',
tornii•s, Messrs. Adlington Gre:torV, Bed tioro:riioi,4•
M. IV ot herspoim,.' Liverpoid; Merchant, itlaY4; 4,,,,6',.0::11°,
at the George-inn,. Liverpool- Attorliies, ,t91',`'..".., t't.
and Bower, Southampton •huililings, ChaticeeY•44,"'' 4 OA,/ '''..
G. 'Ter, New pint, Nli,ntnotithshire, siniplceeper,..,o'ooll,,i•
, June 15, at the Rammer-tavern, Bristol. Atturnles! , ..,
• • • "' 404'
Poole and Greenfield, Gray's-inn-square. • • - ~,,„,, ittt;i.t.
E. Wilson', Newcastle-upon-Tyne, nierebtint, ••"`;;;,ae..,'""'
June IS, at the GeOrge-inn, Newcastle-tipon-.';,.,,,,,t-4, ~
' tomtits, Messrs. Atkinson and Wink's, CIIIIIICCIP.:i47,• i! • .
[Dividends, &c. To-morrow.) . ;,.! - '':
. i •.c. :
.77-77•12'7"--"•-•
•
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONit
i. 4,firisitti
April 28, Robert and Hugh Mitchell, w.ood-roerebiatL44o
~
tOw-CreditOrs meet in the Royal Exchange t)° P''' e • i'''
0 . hi
Edinburgh, 12th Nlay and
and et 3: iid'ite,ell '
April 28, R. and A. Hervey Coi: niel'ehaiiti a
ttigo, ~ ,
Glasgow-Creditors meet in the •LyeentniKdoto 9o'
and 80th May; at 12. 40111
• April 28, Andrew Geddes, straw plait anufacturcr,,- tioe f;
in i .. per
Thirertr, . ,
near Diartioch-Crediiots meet in RoSs's
llth aud 28th May, at li. , ,tee'
bbele te e'•
April 48, John Johnstiine, maiiiifactiirer, New 3- •,,Cqn,i''
at try 'of Kirkeudhright;--Creditors meet in Grier y
~ • t
house, Dumfries, 13th and 26111 May; at 2. , er, GI
April ".23, James Dobson,.drysalter, merchant and 07
__,
,7
gow-Creditors meet in the King's arras Lan tliv`P , 1
• • • o°l7
aril JO,,
May •at 2 • ' ' '
, , • . , . _b_..Cie ,i:
Aprii SO, Jame 3 Hislop, spirit-dealer,•Edinuurg a
meet in John's Coffeehouse there, 10th and $l4 L. >,
77,77.--!---...""__ ____. • - •• - --'--------; Oise
_ . - .• ' t- so 0,, Oise
LONDON: Printed hy J, B. CARS'fAIRSt °' •if‘v ' ri /
Orm.'ond-street, Queen-square; and published .4,0,,,114
SCRIPPS, of• No. t , South' Molton-street, at Oder
Office, No. Ile. Strand ; where Advettisementsy
Lettete, acc. (p,451.-yaisi) lutist he addressed.