It rarely happens that the object of a Lottery is interesting to the whole community. To save the _Metropolis of New-England_ from declining in its commerce and consequence on the return of a general peace--to open its internal resources, to unite New-Hampshire & Vermont to Massachusetts, by bonds of mutual benefit, as permanent as the rivers and canals, by which their intercourse will be carried on--to make Boston advance like New York, supported by a populous, extensive and productive back country, are _considerations_ into which every reflecting man, every merchant, and every owner of real estate, must enter and must feel. It is therefore, confidently expected, that a Lottery, granted to complete the great undertaking of opening Inland Navigation, will receive peculiar support; and that _many_ who have not been in the habit of adventuring in Lotteries, will be willing and desirous of contributing to the success of this for the sake of _its object._ The Highest Prize will be paid in ninety days after the drawing shall be completed; and all other Prizes in sixty days, and payment will be made in bills generally current in Boston. Prizes must be demanded in one year from the end of the drawing of the Class. This Class will commence drawing in Boston, on the 12th December next. Tickets to be returned on or before the 2d December. BENJAMIN WELD, WILLIAM A. KENT, ANDREW SIGOURNEY, _Boston, Nov._ 8, 1814. _Managers._ * * * * * After lotteries had been drawn, notices frequently appeared in the papers announcing the names of the lucky prize-winners. For instance, a Boston paper of 1790 says: "The highest Prize (L3,000) in the New York Lottery was drawn by 2 deserving Servant girls of New York;" and in Sept. 21, 1793: "The highest prize in the 4th Class of the State Lottery ($1,000) was drawn by Mr. Benjamin Blodgett, of this town;" and the "Salem Gazette" of 1815 says: "Luther Martin, Esq., has drawn $15,000, the Highest prize in the Baltimore Hospital Lottery;" and it adds: "Those who envy the good Fortune of Mr. Martin will call on Cushing & Appleton for Tickets in the Harvard College Lottery." In November, 1790, the "Salem Gazette" says that the call for tickets in the Massachusetts Semi-annual Lottery "has been so great in the other States that the Managers expect to draw much sooner than the time which was at first mentioned;" also that the tickets in the Marblehead Lottery are meeting with a rapid sale; and concludes that "this does not indicate a scarcity of Cash." Here are some curious advertisements:-- From the "Columbian Centinel," Boston, May 22, 1790. WILLIAMSTOWN _FREE SCHOOL_ LOTTERY.