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that the sura accruing to govern- 

 ment from the annual lotter}', was 

 not, as had been stated, 300,000/. 

 only, but, together with stamps, 

 700,000/. The Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer said, that it had been 

 argued by Mr. Whitbread, that if 

 this species of gambling was put 

 an end to, it would stop all kinds 

 of vice. This was straining the 

 argument too far. The circum- 

 etances of misery tliat had been 

 alluded to, arose not out of lotte- 

 ries, but from insurances; and 

 could never be the effect even of 

 insurance, if the lottery was drawn 

 in one day — a period to which he 

 proposed to confine the drawing. 

 If Dr. Mandeville* had been alive, 

 and a member of the honourable 

 house, he would doubtless have 

 made a very ingenious speech on 

 the present occasion. And it 

 might, perhaps, have excited some 

 alarm in weak minds, to find Mr, 

 Perceval voting on the same side 

 with the notorious doctor. 



On a division of the House there 

 appeared — 



For lotteries 90. 

 Against them 36. 

 After this, the resolution of the 

 house in favour of a lottery was 

 passed through the remaining 

 stages into a law. So also were 

 the other resolutions moved by 

 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 

 May 12. 



House of Commons, May 24'. — 

 The house having resolved itself 

 into a committee of ways and 

 means, Mr. Foster stated the an- 

 nual ways and means for Ireland, 

 which were as follows :— 



WAYS AND MEANS. 



Unappropriated balances... 1,739,381 

 Deduct unfunded 



Debt .£.29,080 



arrear to 



Howth 3,814 



. Navigations 191,792 



224,687 



1,514,G94 



Estimated revenue 4,500,000 



Loan in Great Bri- 

 tain, 3 millions 



British 8,250,000 



Ditto in Ireland.. .1,250,000 



4,500,000 



10,514,694 



SUPPLY. 



Quotaforlreland,6,273,966/. 



British 6,796,796 



Interest and sinking fund... 3,690,404 



10,487,200 

 Excess of ways and means 27,494 



10,514,694 



Money to be borrowed 



(Irish) 4,500,000 



Interest and sinking 



fund thereon 264,000 



(In 1809, 212,800/.) 



WAYS AND MEANS. 



1. Prohibit- Per An. In 1809. 

 ing raw 



corn in 



Brewery 248,000 hf-yr. 124,000 



2. Increase 

 of duty on 

 strength 



of spirits 130,000 2 months 32,600 



3. Increase 

 work on 



Stills ... 240,000 2 months 60,000 



618,000 



216,500 



Author of the iable of the Bees ; or Private Vices, Public Benefits. 



