Star.
London, England, 1820-07-13 00:00:00

NuliBER 10,416.

SOCIETY teethe DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS
IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS.
Craven-street, Strand, July 5, 111120.
BENEFACTIONS SINCE' THE LAST RE-
POST, via. £. s. is.
5i Henry Calvert, per Hasnineraleys Annual 2 2 0
Bev. Dr. Hughes - • - A. 2 2 0
See. George Waddington, per Cocks and Co. 2 2 0
Gezeral Cartwright, per Messrs. Hoaxes A. 5 5 0
Geode Vansittart, Esq. - - A. 2 2 0
Jolla Smith IVriglit., Nag. per }ferries and Co. 5 5 0
lit. Wm. Fuller, per Hoare' - - 5 5 0
31s. Eden - - A. 2 2 0
Mr. Nicholls, three years' benefaction ti 6 0
Lady C. W. Wynn, per .Hanunersleys - 5 0 0,
Miss Cleaver - - - A. 2 0 0.
M. G. C. per Post from Bristol - - .5 0 0
'X. Y. Z. per }ferries and Co. - 2 2 0
M. F. per Hammersleys - - 2 0 0
il. Friend, per ditto - - 1 0 0
11. H. £2. 0. V. £2. per Hoaxes * - 4 • 0
A Compromise for au Assault by J. R. on W. H. S. 1 1 0
A. B. per Treasurer - - 100 0 0

£122 12 0
IX/charged and relleved from various Prisons
12i I)ebtors, for the sum of - /344 4 1
_ . .

Considered the Cases of -4:: Petitioners,
Approved - - 54
Inadmissible - - If Petitions,
And Rejected - - 0
tenefactio:ls arc received by 3. C. Nei! 1, Esq. the Treasurer,
Cheytts-v:dk, Chelsea.; also by ;feasts. Hurries, Farquhar, Ind
Co. St. James's-street i Messrs. bosses, Fleet-street ; Messrs.
Whitmore and Co. Lombard-street ; Messrs. Cocks's and Ridge,
- -

CI ring-cross ; Messrs. Dorrien and Co.' Finch-lane, norn-
hill ; Alessrs. Ilammemleys, Pall-mall ; :Messrs. Veres and C..
77, Lombard-street; and by Air. Grasswell, the Secsetary, No..
7, Craven-street, Strand, where the Rooks may be seen by those
who are inclined to support this Charity, and wherethe Soeiett
meet on the first Wednesday in August next.

TO THE PUBLIC.

•
VirEN a man succeeds ir. any object in which
you have an interest, your participation of the success
rat:Arany heightens his satisfaction; I am therefore truly grati-
herl, and take leave to congratulate you upon the rejection of
thaw obnciious Clauses, which some conspirators (for I canrot
give them a milder name) desired to inerail coon the: New
LOTTERY ACT, obviously with a view to throw a' mantle
over some Scheele either in existence or in contemplation. For
id it possible that any man, ei:tertair.ing a just view, should be
airai.l of the full discussion of a pubiic project? and what else
than such fear could suggest the proposition of a law to prs-venr
a pubic investigation of the merits of any Lottery Contract?
Bat those who might have felt the fear have suffered a signal de-
feat ;'and if my Address to you on the -aoth ult. has contributed
in any degree coproduce that elafeat by drawing your attention,
end out of the :loose of Commons, to the subject, or by On-
meeting its character,. I can never reflect upon "that Address
without .pleasure.
I ama however, convinced that Ruch Chases would never
have been introduced into the Bill, if their purpose and ten-
detcy -had been duly understood at the outset. Teo numerous
and Important avocations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
which are quite enough to fill the mind of any man, naturally
reindldr It impossible for libp fully to consider, or minutely-to
ermine every object, of comparatively minor consequence,
that may be submitted to his view. He, therefore, like every
other individual occupying a high station, ieliable to be deceived
by the representation of miner agents.: Mr. Vienartaar little
'thought, on the first intrusion of those Clauses upon his Atten-
tion, that they had any tendency to trench upon the Freedom of
the Press or the Liberty of the Subject—to promote imposture
or palliate fraud—to invest a Lottery Secretary with arbitrary
power, of to shelter tricking Contractors front public exposure
—to ensure success to knavery or 'impunity to knaves; for the
enement doledolereal character was explained, that Right Honour-
able Genflenian spontaneously and promptly abandoned:them,
in a manner at once creditable both judgment and his justice.
Bat had these New Clauses been enacted, in what a condi-
tien would the Public have been placed, and whit might be
the conduct of the Lowry ! Dishonest men might become
Contractors, and in order to .allure the Public more readily to
teal 3.=4: Tickets, might hold out the prospect of large Prizes
in Mott, which were only so much in Stuck, and those who
p .e.elatel to tell truth by calling those Prizes by their proper
came, might provoke rebuke, perhaps ruirioue revenge. Nay,
such Contractors might even contrive, through secret inanceuerc,
t'. rut fee greater pact of the Prizes in their own pockets which
tr. o e premised to the Public; and if a Lottery Secretary should
be ei corrupt as to join in their Scheme, or participate in their
smelt, he, while the Press was restrained from publishing any
tairg without the -name and authority of a licensed Lottery-
Oflice-keepar, anialet issue his interdict to any OL%:e-keeper or
0:11;c-keepers, li,nt Whom any exposure of tae fraud was at
tit apprehended. Ile might, indeed, restrain evers one front
polilialeing a line, tree in Dublin or Edruburgh, or in any quat"
t.r of the Empire, however remote, hut what he pleased to) li-
ceaie, excepting those 9nly who had an interest in advancing
the fatud; and thus the robbet y might go on without interrup-
tion, while all around were prevented from even thing the lowly
esioreseion of 1' Stop thief But at all events the Lottery Se-
c:ma:7 would have a complete dominion over the Lottery Of-
fice-keepers, and I believe no Engli;dintaa will contradict me
when I say, ILA no man of indee: ndent lidos/ could patiently
ealonit to such dominion, er that they who are willing to be
*Elves are nut unwilling to be hooves.
As the Clause, however, is its toistiere, was orle to apply to
" Lotteries TO UR drawn" In pursuance of the Act, a day of
r,ealoaina would come, and then those who had tin sagacity to
se', and the honesty ao detest, the vile contrivauce, areiold na-
turely express their opinions. But. then the cheat trawl the
Public would have been accompliehed, afici the general cliara:-
ts. of the Lottery (Mice-keepers, with tire permanent ch :rata
t.r of the lorttesa eystom itself, intuit raatesially suffer from
etch w expooire. Fur the Pantie would very probably coo-
reund both with those tricks for whirls the confederacy of a ;eh-
-1 ootrac.orswith a Lot tidy Secretary, might alone be respowsible.
Enough of clamour has been already raised against the Lot-
tery' syooon, without such an °boo:tie:is aggravation. For I
ta'e.: Lave, with great deference, to consider the objection to the
75t0.1 of the Lottery, to a certain extent, as mere clamour.
lif fele every article of luxury and necessity is taxed to supply
We exigencies of the State, can that disposition which is insepa.
table from the human mind be deemed au illegitimate subject
of taxotioti? This indeed appears the least objectionable species
of taxation, a, it is quite a voluntary contribution.
A lAtter,t, fce frees all aostiguita, and coed:eta
with propriety, which should afford the Public a fair chance of
oh:thing the Prizes it proposed, would I think be liable to very
little, if any, valid oojection, especially at a period when Go.
vernenent cannot afford to sacrifice any source of revenue. The
n:an for the establiahnient of such a Lottery, I have this day
submitted to the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury ;
sod should it please their Loodito:ps to act upon it, I am per.
waded that no tricking fiches can ever after ebtain their sane.
toe, uroass a Lottery Secretary and the Contractors, ,with ata.
eac Licensed Lottery-02:e Keepers in Town shall combine to
larawe on their jadgment, and nothing, for MUMS reasons, can
be atore improbable than such a combination.
crateful to you for the many favours with which, for such a
solo of years, you have honoured my Establishment, and pest-
le:ad-al that you well attribute this, as well as the lost Address
which I took the liberty of troubling you, to a just solicl-
t.ea: for the maintenance of that character through which alone
eua deserve a continuance of thoselavours,
I have the honour to be, your nuns devoted Servant,
4, Cornhili, and 9, Charing-Crossa. T. BUM
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