The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-06
LOTTERlES.

tIfy curiosity tolknow something Of M.
antiquity. The following parasraoh,
relation tn this subject. are extracted fr,=
Collst's " Relics of Literature" -
" kotterieS In England.
The Iil7t English Lottery | hayp M,
with, WIS drawn \. ID. 1869. ltcop,.,.'
of forty thousand lots, at ten shlliint,.,.i.
lot. The prizes were plate and ,hp ,,'
| fits were La 20 towards repairing I'M
vens of this kingdom. Il was draw, H..
Maitland from Stow informs rs. .ol
e5T. at the west door Of st. Paups c,tl.
DIAL. I he drawing began on the III, :
January, 500, and continued incess,nn
| day and night, until the 9th Of Nav foil.
i Jog. At this time there were only M.
lottery offices in London. The prop,4 /,
| forthis lattery were published in the y.a,,
1867 and 1868. II was, at first. intended
to have been drawn at the house of NJ,
| De,icke, Ter Majesty's servant, II. 9. he,
Icwellrr,l hut was afterwards drawn A, a
hove menl med.
Dr.. Raw lia,0n Showed the Society r
| Antiquaries, in 1913, a copy Of the pf,c,-
| ding lortel y-scheue, aud il is thus entitled
- A proposal fol- very rich lottery. &c.
morally without any blankps ; Containing
greet number ofgood prizes, as well OF rea.
dy eanney as ofplate a. g. certain sorts II
inerchandiZes, having been valued and m
sed by the commandment of the Qaeenes
mast excellent Majestys order, to the in.
tent thtt such commodities as may chance
to arls- thereof, after the charges borne.
/ i
Of thr Ravens, and strength Of the realme,
and toward such Other good works. The
number of lots shall he forty thousand, and
no more : and every lot shall be the summe
ol tcnne shlllings sterling only, & no more.
To be filled by the teasls of Bartholomew.
The shrw OF prizes are to be seen in Cheap
side, at the Sign nf the Qurene's Armes,
at the house ofMr. Dericke, goldsmith, ser.
vant to the Queene. Printed by Henry
Benneman.'
In 16l2 King James. for the special
encouragement Of the plantation OF 81.
gllsh colonies IN Virglnia, granted lottery
To be he'd at the west eud of st. Paups.
One Thomas Sharpys. tailor of London,
had the chief prize, amounting 10 (odr thou
sand CROWDS in " fare plate"
In the reign of Queen Anne, it was
Thought necessary To suppress lotteries As
nulsances to the public.
In the reign Of George |. il was found
lrxpedient to revive them, as helps to 60.
Vrrnment in bribnG the REPRESENTATIVES Of
the people To vote away the rights and pre-.
/ perty of their constituents =
10 To raise a new fund TO pay placemen then
wages
In the reign of George III. they we're
! still continued no longer, certainly, Coz
purposes of bribery, but for a purpose g
qually hagitlous, that of supporting Chris.
| tan government by means of the worst VI
ces that can possibly atflict community
While we are on the subject of Lotterie@
i may moi BE- amiss to say word or two
in relation to their influence on SOCIETY.
Tha hey have generally beenrendered sub
servlent = pnrposes nj public utility, Is az
1Itte6. sa' Il 3 cqatlly fact & we believe
sass generally admitted thatth tender
cles are SO great as To more than cOuntrrbal.
ance all their benefits. The tempting, ard
Mt the same time, deceitfu lures which they
hold forth TO the public, inducing the indo-
lent and the credulous, by the promise Of
attaining competence and wealth, without
the slow and laborlous process ofindnstry
and economy, 10 throw away money wh'eh
they and their families are in need of, is an
evil, which, however trivial it may appear
al tho fret rla &c Of
tude, and is attended with most deslrue~
tive Consequences destructive both 10
morals and to happIness.-lt is singular
fact, that almost every man who purchases
a ticket, is saneuine in the belief that no
will draw, if not the highest prize IN the
lottery,yet one Of SO high denomination as
to make him comfortable for life, without
rejecting that there are only about jory
high prizes generally in a scheme, and thai
as there are usually some twenty-odd thou
sand tickets, there must ofnecessity, be az
every drawing, almost as many persons
who have to "chew the bitter cud II
disappointment" and taste Of tina: q SICK
ness of the heart" which Is more frequent
ly and more naturally thr CONSEQUENCE OIL
hlighted than of deferred hope How
many airy castles, resting on this 7nnoa-
ton, have been in moment prostrated
How many good deeds have been germ
mated in the mind, destined never to come
TO f,uiton-how many dreams ofgranden'
have vanished into I" air, thin air"--in CON
sequence Of the blindness or the ill-nn'nr'
of Dame Fortune! Yet, notnithstaod'1,
an adycntnrer may have made hnndre'
attempts 10 WOO the fcIie Goddess, an
hn.n har.l.ly rnn1Isnl Ia all and nnlM lll