The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-09 00:00:00

FOREIGN LOTTERIES BILL.

A 13i1I to :la.( tad an Act of the Seventh Year of King
William the Fourth, for preventing the advel tising
of For,-iL4n and oth?r illegal Lottern's, and to ;Ascon-
tinue ruin actions commenc, d under the provisions
of the Aet.
Note.—The words printed in it lies are proposed to be
inserted in the Committee.

Whereas by :.n Act passed in the seventh veir of the
re:pi of hi, fate Mejes,y King William the Fourth, in-
tituted, " An Act to prevent the advert sing of ;oreign
and other illegal I,,,ttelies," it is enacted, that if
any person shall print or publish, or cause to
be printed or published, any advertisement or other
notice of or rebehig to the drawing or intended draw-
ing of any foreign lottery, or of any lottery or lotteries
not r,,;thorised by some Act or Acts of Parliament, or if
any person shall print or publish, or cause to be printed
oe edvertisement or other notice of or for
the sale of any ticket or tickets, chance or chances,
or or any share or shares of any ticket or tickets, chance
or chances of or in any such lottery or lotteries as afore-
add, or any advertistment or rmitlee concerning or in
any matter relating to any such lottery or lotteries, (Jr
any ticket, chance, or share, tickets, chances, or shares,
thereof rr therein, every person so offending shaft, for
every su •h offence, forfeit the sum of fifty pounds, to be
recovered with full costs of suit by action of debt, bill,
plaint, or information in any of his Maj.sty's Courts of
Record in We stminster or Dublin respectively, or in the
Court of Bcesion in Scotland, one moiety thereof to the
use of his Alejes:ty, his heirs and successors, and the
other moiety thereof to the use of the person who shall
inform or se.e fur the same.
And whereas the printers, publishers, and proprietors
of divers newspapers have inadvertently printed and
published some advertisements or notices of or relating
to the matters in the said Act mentioned, or some of
them, and many actions, suits, informations, and prose-
cutions have bean brought and commenced against such
printers, publishers, and proprietors, or some of them,
by persons who sue, inform, and prosecute, as well on
their own behalf as on behalf of her Majesty, to reco:er
various penalties incurred, or alleged to have bet n in-
curred, under the provisions of the said Act ; and it is
expedient that all further proceedings in such actions,
suits, informations, and prosecutions should be prevented,
and such other provision made in relation thereto and
others ise as in hereinafter mentioned ;
Be it then fine enacted, by the Queen's most excellent
Majesty, Icy a tid with the advice and consent of the
Lords spiritual end temporal, anti Commor s, in this
present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, that immediately from and after the passing
of his Act, it shall be lawful for any person or persons
,n_noost it nom any origin,' writ, shit, action, bill, plaint,
or information shall have been sued oet, commenced, or
prosecuted on or before the day of the passing of this
Act, fer the recovery of any pecuniary penalty or le- •
nalties intuit red under the said Act, except in the ca, es
hereinafter provide d, to apply to the Court in which
such origin 1 twit, suit, mtion, bill, plaint, or informa-
tion, shall have b: era sued nut, commenced or prosecuted,
if such Court shall be sitting, or if such Court shall net
be sitting, to any Judge of either of the Superior Courts
at Westminster ur Dublin resp-ctively, or to any judge
of the Court of Session in Scotland (as the case may
have arisen in England, Irelrnd, or Seotiend
resneetiveiy), fir an order that sueh writ,
suit, action, bill, plaint, or in'Ormatiou shall be discon-
tinued, upon payment of the costs incurred to the time
of such apelication being made ; such costs to be taxed
according to ti,e pinctice of such Courts re,pectively ;
:Ind every sue:h('ours aforesaid is hereby auvori,ed and
required, eve; su •h application, and pronf that seffich nt
eotice has be n given to t,e plaintiff or plaintiffs, er to
nix ,r their atto,ney, of the application, to make such
eel r as afoesstitl ; and upon the makl.g of such order,
rid payment or terrier of such cos s as store-aid, such
writ, suit, action, plaint or information shall b,
forthwith discontirued.

Pr,vided alway 5, and be it enacted, that nothinc
her. in contai,,ed shall extend or be construed to extend
to any acti,,n, suit, bill, plaint, or information in %hich
any jud4ment or convic ion shall hrire pas, ed en or be-
fore the day of the passifl9 of ells Ad, or to any action.
suit, bill, or information v:hich shall have been
or shall be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed by
or in the nao:e of her Majesty's Attorney-General or
SoFcitor-General in that p irt of Great liritain called
En2land, r her Alajety's Attorney or Solicitor-General
f r Irelan or her 11,1±,ty's Advocate for ocotland, for
or on behali-ut her said Maj. sty.
And be it enacte that from and after the passing of
this Act, all fines, penalties and falei,ures imposed by
or incurred, or which may be incurred tinder the said
recited Act, shall go and be applied to the use of her
Majesty, her heirs and successors.
Provided always, and be it enacted, that from and
after the passing of this Ad, it 512,a1l not be lawful for
any person or p,rsons whatsoever to commence, prose-
cute, enter or tile, or cause or procure to be commenced,
prosecuted, entered or tiled, any action, bill, plaint or
information in any of her Majesty's Courts of Record in
Westminster or Dublin, or in the Court of Session in
Scotland, ngain st any person or persons for the recovery
of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture made or incurred, or
which may he incurred, by virtue of the said
recited Act, unless due notice thereof be given to, and
the same.hall be commenced, prosecuted, (divred or

filed in the name and with the consent of h Majesty's
Attorney-General or Solicitor• General in that part of
Great Britain cant d Ergland, or her Majesty's Attor
nu- General or Solicitor-Gentral for Ireland, or her
Majesty's Advocate for Scotland (as the case may be re-
speetiv ly); aLd if any action, bill, plaint or information
shall be coninn need, prosecuted, entered or riled without
such notice and consent, or in the name or names of any
other person or persons than is or are in that behalf be-
fore-mention, d, the same and every proceeding there
under had are hereby declared and the same shall be null
and void to all intents and purposes.
And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or
repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session
of Parliament.

THE 211(AINING MAILS.—The arrangements with
the different railway directors throughout the United King-
dom for the remainder of the present year have been concluded
for the transmission of morning as well as evening mails. The
following is the official list of post towns to which letters and
newspapers may now be forwarded by the morning mails, which
was issued on Monday by order of the Right Hon. the Earl of
Lontdale, the Postmaster-General t—‘. Abingdon, Accrington,
Alnw:ek, Andover-read, Appleby, Ashford, Banbury, Bangor,
Bath, Barnsley, Basingstoke, Battle, Beaumaris, Belford, Bel-
per, Berwick, Berkhampstead, Bilstone, Birmingham, Bishops
Stortford, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford (Yorkshire), Brackley,
Brent wood, Bridgewater, Bristol, Brighton, Brough, Bucking-
ham, Burnley, Bury ( Suffolk), Cambridge, Canterbury, Car-
lisle, Carnarvon, Chatham, Chepstow, Cheltenham, Chelmsford,
Chester, Chester-le-street, Chesterfield, Chippenham, Cirences-
ter, Clitheree, Choi ley, Cockermouth, Colchester, Conway, Co-
ventry, Cowes, Cranbrook, Cuckfield, Dartford, Daventry,
Derby, Dorking, Dover, Dunmow, Durham, Dursiey, Exeter,
Fart ham, Fairiord, F.tringdon, Felton, Fenny Stratford,, Faver-
sham, Folkestone, Gateshead, Godalmi,g. Gloucester, Gos-
tort, Grantham. Gravesend, Guernsey, Guildford, Haleax,
Hartlepool, Hastings, Hemel Hemp-toad, Hertford, High-
w.rth, floddesden, Holyhead, Holvwell, Iludderstield,
Hythe, Hurst green, Ipswich, Jersey, Kendal, Kelvedon,
Lancaster, Leeds, Leamington, Leicester, Lechlade, Leigh-
ton Buzz ird, Lewes, Liverpool, Loughborough, Maidenhead,
M idstone, Manchester, Nlargate, Maryport, Melton Slow-
bray, Milotherpe, Monmouth, Morpe,h, Newcastle-on-
T 3 ne, Newmarket, Nevkport ( Isle of Wight), Newport Pagnel,
Northampton, North Shields, Nottingham, Oxford, Penkridge.
Penrith, Portsmouth, Preston, Preston Brook, Pwilheli,,
Ramsgate, Reading, Reigate, Rickmansworth, Rochdale, Ro-
chester, Rotnei hatn, Rugby, Hyde, R)e, Saffron Weldon,
Sevenoaks, Shiffnell, Sittingbourne, Shoreham,
Shrewsbury. Slough, Sunderland, South Shields, Southamp-
ton. Stailahurst, St. Asap!), St. Alban's, St.
.Leonard's, Staf-
f°, d, Stockton, Stock, ort, Stone, Stroud, Stony Stratford,
Strattord-on Avon, Swinton, Taunton, Tetbury, Thirsk,
Tow cester, Tring, Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Ulverstone,
Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wallingford, Walsall, Ware, Warrington,
Warwick, Watford, Wednesbury, Weedon, West Bromwich,
Wellington (Salop), Wellington ( Somerset), Whitehaven,
Witham, W;gau, Wigton, Winehester, Windsor, Wolver-
hampton, Workington, Worthing, Wotton-under-Edge, York.
All Scotland and Ireland. For all the above places the letter-
boxes at the receiving-houses are open till 7, a.m., for news-
papers, and 8, a.m., for letters; and those at the branch-
offices, Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the Borough,
for the reception of newspapers, until 7-30, a.m., and for letters
until 8, a.m. At the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-
Grand, and the branch-office in Lombard-street, the boxes
close for newspapers at 7-45, a us., and for letters at 8-30, a.m.
—General Post-office, July, 1845."
.2ERONAUTICS.—On Monday evening Mr. Charles
Green ascended with his handsome balloon, called the" Albion,"
from the garden of the Royal Standard and Albert Saloon, at
Hoxton. It was his third ascent this season, making upon the
whole, no less than three hundred and two times that he has thus
explored the atmospheric regions. On this occasion he was ac.
companied in his flight by his father, now upwards of seventy
years cf age, and by Mr. Brading, jun., son of the proprietor
of the Albert. The exhibition attracted countless thousands
of spectators to the fields and highways in the vicinity, and
the gardens of the tavern were very well filled. The balloon, fully
inflated, was displayed during the afternoon, besides which a sort of
.fite champare had been prepared for the company. It was after
seven o'clock when the travellers took their places in the car, and
the buoyancy of the machine having been tested, it was released,
and rose most majestically into the air, amidst the cheers of the
spectators. The balloou having attained a considerable altitude,
bore away in a direction for Essex, and the travellers wereexpected
to return at night to the Albert, where the company were in the
meantime entertained by the theatrical company, by Ramo Samee,
a display of fireworks, &c.

WOOLWICH, JULY 8.---The Fairy steam-vessel,
her Majesty's river yacht, proceeded down the river yesterday to
have her compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson, and will proceed
thence to Portsmouth, to wait her Majesty's commands. The
fittings of this handsome yacht are of the chastest description, and
universally admired by all who have seen them. The Terrible
steam.vessel is in the inner basin of Woolwich Dockyard, fitting
with her engines and paddle-wheels. This powerful vessel begins
to assume a formidable appearance, owing to the great strength of
her timbers and the dimensions of her paddle.boxes. She will
have four funnels, two of which are already put up, and the other
two in progress, and everything connected with her appears to be
on a gigantic scale, her engines being of 800-horse power. The
officers and crew of the Swallow Dover packet have been trans.
feu', el to the Myrtle steam-vessel, and she left Woolwich this
morning to perform the duties of the Swallow steamer on the Dover
station.

GRAND PROCESSION OF THE SOCIETY OF OLD
FRIENDS.—The twenty-seventh anniversary of this Society (whose
object is the relief of distressed brothers, and whose branches have
spread over all parts of the kingdom), was yesterday ctlebrated
with grand processional pomp. The main body of the precession
rendezvoused in Finsbury-square, each lodge furnished with its
respective banner and band of musicians, and formed in order of
four deep, the lodges (of which there are 101 in London) taking
position according to seniority. The procession then moved, ac-
companied by a vast assemblage of people, onward to Vauxhall
Gardens, where an excellent dinner was spread for 2,000 members.
The procession in its course was, from time to time, consiCerably
augmented by tributary lodges falling in from the side streets at
which they awaited their opportunity of joining. After dinner
the evening was passed amid the varied attractions for which " the
royal property " (Vauxhal) is remarkable.

ili.C. iriATIIEWS AND ins CREDITORS-Mr.
Commissioner Law (of the Insolvent Debtors' Court) has finished
the atm t of Or In, uneer the ins,,lvency of Mr. C. Mathews, in the
Seat Ate kr,bto proved amount to about 13,0001., on
which a dividend of 4iti. in the pound has been declared. The
debts on the face of the schedule exceed In amount 27,0001. The
insolvency arose !torn the lesseeship et Covent-garden Theatre.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(1 ESTE RD AY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
DUBLIN AND BEE FAST SUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Frederick Turner, a merchant, and Mr. Smith, a dealer in
agricultural produce at Drogheda, rpoke to the important accom-
modation the proposed Tare would afford to the trade and commerce
of that line.

Mr. Shillington, a corn- dealer at Portadown, proved that the
proposed line would greatly facilitate the linen and flax trade of that
district.

Mr. P. Russell, a distiller of Dundalk, proved that the line would
be of considerable importance to that town.
Mr. Ackerley estimated the traffic likely to come on the pro.
posed line at 129,7411. 135., an ,l, after deducting forty per cent.
for working expenses, and forty per cent. fur other purposes, there
would still be left nine per cent. for the shareholders.
The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow.

NOIZTEE WALES ra111.7.2111.3 IMILV7II.Y.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yetterday.)
On the termination of the evidence, which only lasted a
short time, the Committee decided the preamble of the Bill to be
proved, and the cl. uses being gone through, the report to the
House was agreed upon, when the Committee broke up,

RICHMOND AND SURELY RAILWAY..
The Select Committee on this Bill met this morning at elevon
o'clock, when the opposition to it was withdrawn, and the evidence
on behalf of the preamble taken. This occupied but a short time,
when the preamble of the Bill was declared to be proved, the clauses
read and agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up before
the House.