The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-13 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC.

WI e a man
ipnaartni)c•oabiiieocnt
oin r
twhehiscuhceyeosus
base an int e reirt.e
st ,vedi
our participation
alterably heightens his satlafiction; I am therefore truly gra-
tified, and tike leave to congratulate you upon the rejection
of these 01011106 S Clauses, which some conspirators (for 1
csanot give them a milder name} desired to ingraft upon the
NEW LOTTERY Arr, obrionsly with a view to throw a
mantle over some scheme either In existence or in eontent-
'Mains. For is it possible that any man, entertaining a just
view. should be afraid of the full discussion of a public pro-
? and what else than such fear could suggest the proposi-
of a 13w to prevent a public investigation of the merits
• * Lottery Contract ? But those who might has e felt the
pra-
t
'hate suffered a signal defeat; and if thy Address to you
In the 3fith ult. has esestributed in any degree to produce that
rimillZsdrawing yam attention, and that of the House of
. to the sultiect• or by anutasking its 'character, I
r 111WWWW reflect upon that Address withoffi plassure. •
0.7 g lowsaer convinced that such Causes would never
idlrodtwed into the Bill, if their purpose soar teh-.1
beds' duly understood at the out-set. The nume-
.
j, 11m1 kinportant avocations of the Chancellor of the Ex-
. hWi. ay. quite enough to fill the mind of any man.
Moder it impossible for his fully to consider, or
1 In examine every ohjert, of companittsely e..inor
. that may be submitted to his view. Ile, there-
I het, every other individual occupying a high station, is
liable le be deceived by the representation of minor agents ;
f lk.lbeSipirt little theambls. see the drat intrusion of those
(lento Spon his attention, that they had any tendency to
Weeds epee the Freedom of the Press or the I.iberty of the
Snbleet—se remote imposture or palliate fraud—to invest
a Lottery Secretary with arbitrary pose er, or to shelter trick-
leg Coutrattors from public exposure—to ensure success to
knavery or impunity to knaves : for the moment their real
character was explained, that Right Honourable Oentlemnn
spontaneously end promptly abandoned them, in a manner
that was at once creditable to his judgment and his justice.
But had these New Clauses been enacted, in what a condi-
tion would the Public have been placed, and what might be
the conduct of the Lottery I Dishonest men might become
Contractors. and in order to allure the Public more readily
to purchase Tickets, might bold out the prospect of large
Prizes ip Stoney, which were only so much la Stock. anti
those who presumed to fell truth, by calling those Prizes by
their proper name, might provoke rebuke, perhaps ruinous
revenge. Nay, such Contractors might even contrive, through
secret manceuvre, to put the greaterpnrt of the Prizes in their
own pockets which were promised to the Public ; and if a
Lottery Secretary should be so corrupt as to join in their
scheme, or partlclpate in their profit, he. while the Press was
restrained from publishing any thing without the name and
authority of a licensed Lottery Office-keeper. might issue his
interdict to any Office-keeper or 011 ice-keepers. from whom
any exposure of the fraud was at all apprehended. Ile
might. indeed restrain every one from publishing a line, even
in Dublin or Edinburgh. or is any qmarter of the empire.
hoc et er remote, but what he pleased to license, excepting
those only who hail an interest in advancing the fraud ; and
they the robbery might go on with at interruption, while all
around were prevented from even using the lowly expression
of '• stop thief I— Hut at all events the Lottery Secretary
would have a complete dominion over the Lottery Office-
keepers : lad 1 believe no Englishman will contradict me
when 1 oaf that no man of independent mind could patiently
imbed' to such dotaistiou, or that they who are willing to Ire
slaves are not unwilling to be knaves.
As the Clause, however, in its wisdom, was only to apply
to " Lotteries TO BE drawn" In pursuance of the Act. a
day of reckoning would come, and then those who had the
sagacity to see, and the honesty to detest, the vile eontri-
since, would naturaily express their opinions. Hut then the
chest upon the Pirbile would have been accomplished, and
the general character of the Lottery Office-keeiwrs, with the
permanent character of the Lottery system itself, must mate-
rially staffer from such an exposure. For the Public would
very probably confound both with those tricks for which the
confederacy of a few Contractors with a Lottery Secretary,
might alone he responsible.
Enough of clamour has been already raised ageing' the
Lottery system n Mout such an obnoxious eggravation. For
1 tile lease with great deference to consider the objection to
tt.• system of the Lowery, to a certain extent, as mere eta-
it'' -• While every article of itttot: and necessity is taxed
: . soppis the exireacies of the tillie, can that disposition
v.:''':, is laseparahle from the human mind he 'Weaned an ii•-
ltrttlinarate subject of taxation. This indeed appears the
I..sst itbjecti•ointble species of taxation, as it is quite a volun-
tary contribution.
.1 Lottery, perfectly free from all ambiguity. and condnct-
ed with propriety. whirls should afford the Public a fair
'name of obtelning the Prizes it proposed. would I think be
liable to very little, it any, valid objection, especially at a
period when Government cannot afford to sacrifice any
source of revenue. The plan for the establishment of such
a Lottery, 1 have this day submitted to the consideration of
the Lords of the Treasury ; and should it please their Lord-
li'll'a to art upon it I em persuaded that no tricking scheme
ran et er atter obtain their sanction. unless a Lottery Secre-
tary and the Contractoss. with ,11.. L the licensed Lottery
Office-keepers in town. sisnli combine ;is impose on their
judgment, and nothing, for various reasons, can be more im-
probable than such a combination.
Grateful to you for the many favours with which. foe
such a series of years. you have honoured my Establishment.
and persuaded that you will atrtibate this, as well as the last
Address with which 1 t..ok the liberty of troubling you, to a
just solfritode for the maintenance of that character through
which aloes I can deserve a continuance of those favolies.
I have the honour to be.
Your most dt•voted Servant.
T. MILO

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I.7PERIAL PARLI.I.IIENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. WLUSESDAV, ell'LV 13.

The House proceeded in Appe.tls.
Mr. Johnson, from the °thee of the Chief Secretary
for Ireland, presented the EiLlith report of the Com-
missioners appointed to inspect the pothlic accounts of
that part of the United Kingdom ; orirreil to lie upon
the table.—Also an Account of the ). itiomil Debt, bv
Mr. IValpole from the Treasury, which was ordered to
be printer,.
The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill, the East In-
dia Volunteers Bill, the Excheipier Bill, Public Works
(Ireland) Bill, the Deceased Marine Relatives Bill, and
others, were brought up from the House of Commons
by Mr. Brogden, Sir James Oraham, and other Mem-
bers, and read a first time.
Lord K►.syoN presented two petitions, one from the
Duild of Merchants of Dublin, mod the other from cer-
tain Electors against the Clause in the Irish C •art of
Chancery Bill, excluding Masters in Chancery of the
Court in Ireland from sitting in Parliament. His
Lordship expressed his disappr.ihntion of the clause
in question, and his intention .•f voCi_• for its being
expunged, if any other Noble Lord should wake a ►no-
tion to tl.at effect.
Lord Ilot.t.ssto wished due notice to be given of the
discussion on this clause, which he was dispo•sed to
support.
Some fnrther conversation took place between the
alp.ve Noble Lords, the Earl of Li and the Earl
of ItossLys, which was put an end to by the Loan
(*wort ia.t.ott observing, that no notice hail yet been
given of moving the seeond reading of the Bill, and
consequently the clause in question could not yet come
under the cognizance of the House.
Respecting the East India Volunteers Bill, the Earl
tiaosvexon gave notice of his intention to make some
observations on Friday.
The Dunleary Harbour Bill, and others, were read
a third time and pissed.
The Smuggling Prevention Bill, and others, passed
through Committees, and were reported without amend-
ment.
Pellew•s Divorce Bill passel through a Committee,
with an amendment.—Report to-uturre•w.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day.)

HOUSE OF COMMON& WEDVESD•V. iSiLT if.

This day the gallery was opened at four o'clock.
Mr. Johnsonrfrom the office of the Chief Secretary
for Ireland, appeared at the bar %vitt, certain paper,
containing an account of the exports and imports of
Ireland.—Laid on the table.
A petition was presented by Sir J. Yonne from
Henry Constantine Jennings, offering to effect a sav-
ing in the printing of ill.. proceedings of the House of
100,9001. in three years.
Mr. HIINTIR BLAIR brought up the. Report of the
Aberdeen Election Committee, which declared that Jo-
seph Hume, Esq. was duly elected, and that the peti-
tion was not fri • loua and vexatious.
OPHTHALMIC INSTITUTION.—Mr. HeTCHIS-
, nom said, be was sorry he had not been present rester-
day, when at an early hour his lion. Friend, the
Member for Shrewsbury(Mr. Bennet), had complained
of a misrepresentation of words uttered by him (Mr.
II.) in a report in a respectable Morning Paper (The
-Nerning Chrodiele). His Hon. Friend had not been
**celeriac in his representation of that Report he (Mr.
►'llittchinson) bad read it, and found it contained no-
Idog but sentiments which he hail more than once
repeated in that House, with the exception of one line,
which attributed to his Hun. Friend • retraction of
his opinion respecting Sir IV. Mains' plan. He had
said then what be now repeated, that his Non. Friend's
opinion on that sttbject was not wort% one fartiiing on
such a subject, nor his opinion, nor the opinion of the

Dr. PHILLIMORE said, that as that Resolution was
not in a shape in which it could be adopted by the
House, hr had trained a Resolution to the same effect.
It was not his intention to propose any ulterior pro-
ceedings with respect to the case which had brought
the subject before the Honse. It appeared that Mr.
Hughes had fallen a victim to a practice which had been
inveterate* in the borough, and nhich hail been
strangely considered by some persons to be legal. It
was fair to the Candidate in question, and to other
Gentlemen, that a declaratory Resolution should be
passed. He movtol a Revolution,

**That the practice of paying money to out-voters at
eleetions. under colour of Indemnify ing them for loss of time.
is highly illegal. subversive of the freedom of election, and
tending to the most dangerous corruption."
Mr. Anseckostatt: said, there appeared to him the
strongest objections to a Re•olution of the Douse de-
claratory as to a doubtful pint of law.
Dr. PHILLI3IOItr, in explanation, said, that he never
admitted that there was any fair doubt as to the ille-
gality of the practice.
Mr. Wvaat said, he had never heard it doubted
that fuel, payments as the Resolution referred to were
illegal, though it was matter of question whether they
carat under the Bribery and Treating Act. De had
himself no doubt, that even the payment of travelikE
espenees to a voter was an act of briber., and that
ev. ry election nt "'birch slack a paytuelit made
should he miattrWid. If the practice which the Re-
solution reprobated were sanctioned, and there seemed
to be an attempt to sanction it, the Muse hail better
repeal all the laws against bribery and treating.
Mr. W. SMITH said the case was-so clear, that he
hail at first thought the Resolution innecessary, but
the doubts which had been raised, convinced him
of the necessity of t, and therefore he should give his
vote for it.

Mr. LOCKHART was of opinion, that if money were
paid to voters, as such, under any pretence whatever,
the payment was bribery. Rut if there was any doubt
as to the construction of the statutes, he thought it
most improper for the House to attempt, by its lieso-
Iteion to eontreml the decision of the Judges or others,
who were specially appointed to decide on those sta-
tutes.
Mr. IVA RRIN argued, that it eas improper that
the Moose shonld attempt to contr oil an Art of Par-
liament by its Angle Resolution; that ;he n•onls " un-
der colour of indemnifying them for loss of time,'
were vague, and might Le construed to apply either
to payments wade, not really for intleninilication, lint
under that pretence, or to payments even male inno-
cently and bona time for loss of time; and that a Re-
solution should be matter of more !teflon% considera-
tion than had been then bestowed upon it.
Mr. 11'vxx., in explanation, stated his opinion dis-
tinctly, that all payments of money to voters for their
loss of time in voting, at elections vvrre illegal. and
contrary, not only to statute, but to the law of Parlia-
ment, which existed previnusly to statute, which law
'it was the right and duty of the Muse to ileelare.
Dr. PHILLINORF. replied, and the House divided—
For the Resoiution tat
Againstjt - - - tin

Majority for it —8
Mr. BESET presented a petition from an
whose name we could nut catch, that the short-hand
writer who had attended the Police Con tttt ince, aright
have leave to give ecidetere in an action against state
Mitltlltsex Magistrates.
Leave was given accordingly.
Mr. Anuttent»tetz gave n Nice, that as he foresaw
g,re:tt inconvenience from the re,nlittion which had just
now been pmsed by a small majority, he sl Id in the
next Session again call the attention of the House to
the subject.—(ileac:)
QUEEN'S COUNCIL.

Mr. BROI*MIAM said, he had risen in pursuance of
the notice be had given yesterday, anal he should
simply move that leave he given to the Queen's At-
torney-General and Solicitor-General (Members of this
House), to plead as Counsel at the Bar of the House
of Lords, against the Bill now pending e.meerning
her Majesty, under the peculiar circumstances of the
case, and that the said case be not drawn into prece.
dent for permitting Members to act_as Counsel in the
House of Lords. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman
observed, that he had framed the latter part of his mo-
tion to comprolieud the attendance of Nletnhers at the
House of Lords in all eases.
Lord CAS ELIMAOU said, that he did not mean to
object to the motion, as it was but fair that the Learn-
ed Gentlemen, who were acquainted with the ease of
the Queen, and the materials.for her defence, should
be at liberty to plead her cause at the Bar of the Hesse
of Lards. On this ground, then, he thought the
Home would not hesitate to dispense with its Stand-

in Order. But it mus►
satiou should he granted
rister who was a Mernhet
interpo•sitinn in the proceedi
might be deemed necessa]
of justice. A similar del
so obviously just, that
House was disposed of,
Majesty's Attorney and
also allowed to plead
the proceedings with
understanding, however,
in tl:at of the Queen's
that if the Bina Pains
down Irani the other House,
should not vote upon the
Mr. Wrsix observed,
involved a deviation fro!
Order, from witich.it
unless under very peculi
tint' in the Journals an:
and any motion of this
peculiar jealousy. In
felt the propriety if aet
Member's attendance at
cause a precedent was
in the Lords in the reil
impropriety, indeed, of
must occur to any runs
of any Member's havini
other House upon any
liable to embarrass or pi
when surd) proceeding
u hen he was called upon
Judge, after having acts
If au Barrister who was
allowed, as a matter of
the other House, it wi
every private Bill of
Member was likely to I
that the Bill fur which
might L., secure of a st
mons. Ile did not into,
member of the learned
of a seat in that Hotter,
ment thus unduly biassed.
g tard against the possil•'
House in its wisdom resot
with which tl
dispense. The House
this Order upon s
strung case was utatle out
the 'abject was steenousi;
1660, and upon this it
the Contour's, which was
troversy with the Lurd,
at their Lordships' Bar,
t•is • of its authority as
Communcr, whenever i
Sider hint as guilty of
towards the Court. Tt
against any such in.ligni
slot why the (louse shoal
Order under consitleraf
hibiting a.ty Barrister
pleading at the Bar of
Causes. Still he felt tin
referred, was of such a
not mist that in •tion,
with a provision, that
should nut he drawn i
promised motion of th,
Affairs, with respect It
:tenee to the Kiitg's At
he must say the case stood
ing. 'I he Learned Gm
motion referred, were
case. y, or at leas]
iu thy h ml it of consulti,
jesty, and it..) reins? ht (
assistance upon such al
thou allt.deti to, would
Majesty's Attorney ant
means in the sante sit
party i t the measure i
of lords, and, therei
answer as well for the
Majesty's Law Officers.
the Noble Loris mot;
motion could not stand k.
the rs. mt. There was,
distinctit•u between the

Mr. BANKIE.4, %OM
pinery. and who is t:
4.n this °erasion s lion
legit the expression of
`meats of the last spealt‘
The Motiou was agreed
Lord t'SSTI.I.IIEACH
except:on in fa:-our of
liener:l-, who
public. Hi, ..• it oh.'
said, that in ease the
should be brought do,
House might have an
merits of the question
who should have to cr
other House as well .
would become possessed
through those who should
tocerial to its piaci,.
eluded with moving tha
tiolicitor Helmets shoal!
the Hons. of Lords in r

Penalties respedillg
don should not be drawn
Mr. WNNN expressed .
withstanding tine concluding
Lord's motion, the &depths* a
to be drawn into pritt'eileit
in
l'rown might r•el as I.
slur in the House of Lords,

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IN; 401Ittilik I I
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PRICE SEYItN PENCE.
..- ...
ist be felt that the same dispen-
rd in favour of any other Bar-
ber of that House, and uhus •
roceedings of the other Holt,.
)
ary with a view to the attainnieit.
akary was indeed, in his view.
t when the motion before !h.-
r, he should also move that his
id Solicitor-Generals should he -
at the Bar of the Lords te.on .
respect to the Queen, with an
rr; that iii this ease, as well. as ,
tttorney and Solicitor-Oetierals,
and Penalties should be brought .
louse, those Learned Gentlemen •
he sul jeet. . .
I, that the present proposition •
om a long-established Standing .
would not be wise to depart,
liar circurestauces. He did !wit
sy instance of a similar inuti.n.,
nature was always viewed with i i
1604, the Speaker said that 1.. e
weeding to a proposition for a
t the liar of the feuds, only be-
created by his own attencanc.
ign of Queen Elizabeth. 'I he
'agreeing to such a proposition`t
siderate mind, because the fact
ug pleaded at the Bar of the . i
legislative proceeding was !.►l. !
prepossess that Meniber's mind,
was brought into that lioise—
pun in the one case to art as a
...•
ted in the other as an Advocate,' S 1
as a Member of that House were i
I
f course, to plead at the Bar of
las obviously probable that on,
Hi:orce, for iustance, such a I i
be retained, on the speculatioa i 1 •
r he pleaded in the other House I
supporter in the House of Com-
fend even to insinuate that an)
I profession who had the lionour
tee, was likely to have his judg-
sed. But it was with a vii wto
sibility of such an evil that the
solved upon the Standing Order
..
the present motion proposed "
had, no doubt, dispensed with
! particular occasions, where a
out ; but every propositi.m upon
11
rusty withstood about the year
{round—that if any Menther of
was then engaged in some cou- . I
Is, should atteud as an advo:et.! . I
r, that House might, in the e'er-.
~ a Judicial Court, commit suck
it should think proper to con•
f any contempt or irregularity
To protect the House, indeed,
pity, formed an additipnal Tea-
il
tuld be tenacious of the Standing
ition, almost to the extent of pro-
r who belonged to its body trout
of the Lords, even upon Appeal
bat the case to which the motion
a peculiar nature, that he 511(.0.1
t, especially as it was canner:cif
t the adoption of such a motion r
into precedent. But as to ti,, k
he Noble Secretary for Foreign
to the grant of the saute indul-
kttorpeF and Solicitor Generals.
stood upon quite a different foot.-
ientlenten to whom the present
e in
east one posse
ofsthem, sion ohadf thebeQen lueen.•
one. r
king with and advising her Ma- •1
..
,r Majesty the advantage of their ,r
an important occasion as the mit-
Ibe an act of injustice. But hi• . P.,"
nil Solicitor (lettere!, were by no
late. Besides, the King was n i
at present pending in the Homo.
efore any other Counsel would
e purpose of public justice as his
rs. But still he would nut oppose
tittn, although he thought that '
id on equally strong grounds with
cos, indeed, in his view, a masked
he two eases.
i always speaks from under the
therefore imperfectly heard, was
audible that we could merely col-
t' his concurrence with the seuti-
tier.
greed to.
n proposed the grant of a similar
if Ida Majesty's Attorney old Se-
were also the Counsel for toe
lij ct in this proposition was, m-
ike Bill of Pains and Pen.kltitte •
lown from the tither House, that
it opportunity of knowing all tfre
ts from the toutivl o'n both shiest
:ross-exatnine the witaesses in she •
I as in that. Thus the
„House •
tsed of the substance of the v.v. .
atonid have to put the queettoPie .
:illation. The Noble Lord too: .
that his Majesty's Attar:rep tur4
ioultrbe permitted to plead Wont
n support of the-Bills of Pains sod
the Queen, but that sus& permit.-
rillWll into precedent. .
..
seed his. apprehension that, sot- •
including
utiofpritovrsisjonjoie4
jelb; Niiisositepe .
vieaelt in Other cases in which the / •
t interest in supporting any mea- .
Lords, while in the former motion - .
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