§ SIR G. CAMPBELLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the circulation of foreign lottery and gambling advertisements in this country through the post; whether such a circulation is lawful or unlawful, and, in particular, whether the advertisement of the " New Great Money Lottery, guaranteed by the Government of the State of Hamburg (Germany)," is lawful and is permitted; and whether the advertisement in English newspapers of gambling transactions, such as the "odds" on horse races, is lawful and permitted?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI am advised that the printing or publishing in this country of advertisements of foreign lotteries is illegal, but not the transmission of these lottery papers through the Post Office, and legislation would be necessary to enable the authorities of the Post Office to detain such papers. For the law with regard to sporting advertisements I must refer the hon. Member to the case of " Cox v. Andrews," which was decided in the Queen's Bench Division on December 12, 1883.