THE LORD ADVOCATEsaid, he rose to explain that in answering the question on the subject of Lotteries for Charitable purposes put to him on Thursday evening by the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Whalley), he was under the misapprehension at the moment that common informers could prosecute for breaches of the law in reference to lotteries, whereas the Act of 1845 took away the right of private prosecution for such offence.