The Sun. — 1808-08-18 (London, England)

LOTTERIES.  Two Reports from the Committee of the 1-rotl#! of' Commons, appointed to ascertain to what-degree the laws passed for the purpose of obviating the mischiefs attendant upon Lotteries have operated/ I have been published. In the first Report, the Coo' mittee propose the following Resolutioni:Ist. It is their opinion, that in case it shall be thought expedient to continue State Lotteries, they should be-limiteo to two yearly, of not more than 30,000 tickets each ; that 's days of drawing should be eight instead of ten, and that number oftickets to be drawn should be kept secret till dose of ibedrawing each day, care being taken that too toPPg shall not be left to be drawn on the latter days. 2dly. That no persons should be permitted to deal In t•°., tery tickets, except those who...take out a licence, and OOP Agents. 3,11 y. That to prevent persons setting up Lottery Office:l as a cloak fbr carrying on illegal insurances, no person shou., be entitle.: to a licence unless he shared one hundred and MP tickets, instead of thirty, the present number. 4thly. That all Lottery Offices should, not be permitted to do business before eight o'clock in the rooming, or after eiglag o'clock in the evening.. • sally. That the pradice of illuminating Lottery Offices, for outside slim, exhibiting Lottery bills and schemes up hoards, carts, or carriages, in town or country, should IA r subjected, on conviction, to a considerable- penalty, or tbe 7, party imprisoned for a limited period. . 6thly. That the exemption of Lottery Office-keeper; frcT3 the jarisdietion of lustices of the Pease, and Police MAO' trees, should be discontinued As inexpedient. In the second Report, the Committee enter more particulatilty into a consideration' of the ill effetts of Lotteries-, and appear to think that it is impossible to devise any,system of regulations to render therP an efficient source of revenue, and, at the same tiro° . divest them of all the evils and calamities of which it has hitherto proved so baneful a source. It says OP punishments inflided by the statutes upon offenderl aaainst the Lotter Ads, fall on the ignorant sp9 the destitute, whilst the wealthy offenders hold,thePir in utter. .contempt. The effects of the Lottery, undea its present rettriaions, idleness, dissipation, 00poverty, have materially increased, sacred and coo" ' tidentiA trusts are betrayed, domektic comfort is stroyed, madness is often created, 'crimes„ subjea:: ing the perpetrators of them to the puniShment 0), death, and even suicide itself, are committed, o' fully appear by evidence submitted to the Cony mittee. Such fatal attendants upon State Lotterie this Committee are afraid will always continue, s° long as State Lotteries are permitted to exist. 1.1.1: Committee conclude with their opinion, that 05.. money paid to Government by the Contraaors not equivalent to the distress occasioned to inani persons, ultimately forced, to apply: for parochial re" • lief.  A few days since a robbery, singular for its flo" dacity, was perpetrated at the stores belonging to 14 china-merchant in Temple-lane, Dublin. Two lei' lows, 'leading a horse and car; stopped opposite tl'° premises between eight and nine o'clock in the moto' ing, and with much composure unlocked the door 01 the stores, from whence,without the least appearance of hurry or alarm, they proceeded to remove a larg crate .of earthenware ; finding it, .however, some" `what too ponderons to' he lifted with facility ()1; : the cart, and perceiving a groom employed in ' avocation at an adjoining stable, the villains had to 'consummate impudence to request .hiS'asSistance) bn which they quickly accomplished the business,whe, thanking him for his aid; and wishing. him goo,v inorrow, they deliberately bore off their booty Widl,s' •' ,turbed and unsuspected. cORN-