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Each call not to exceed £5, and three months' interval between each call. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN. Sin,—The Committee of the Marriage Law Reform As a3ociation are desirous of again submitting to rublic attention the following greatly abridged Statement of Facts and Opi nions, tending to show the Scriptural lawfulness of mar riage with a deceased wife's sister, and the consequent necessity for its legalisation in Great Britain and all its colonies, in accordance with the practice of other Christian nations. Representing the tens of thousands rho are affected by the existing law, and encouraged by extended and influen tial support, they pledge themselves to increased and per severing exertions to obtain for all marriages with a de ceased wife's sister that validity which, with the unanimous consent of the Bench of Bishops, was accorded to all those celebrated before the 31st of August, 1835. Every day's observation yields fresh proof of the fre quency of these marriages, of their ha results to mother less children, and of the favourable estimation in which they are held by society, and the committee f e el inereas high/ confident that, as the result of patient effort and tem perate discussion, the law of the land on this important point will, at no distant period, be brought into conformity to the law of God. With regard to the number of such marriages, they would particularly call attention to the fact relating to the united parishes of St. 'Margaret and St. John, Westminster. I am. Sir, your obedi en t servant, JOSEPH STANSBURY, M.A., Hon. Sec. 21, Parliament -street, March 8, 1862. mr..P ;7;734 r,T.N. ;1)1111: ni;;3s. yov , atica ciBEXchij ctirrCir Xrpkti cirriCriXov cerroeaXistat Tie arrxrbo,ool'nele arils. obrii Ere Ceecres ourese "Neither shalt thou take a woman to her sister to vex her -- t , eside the other, in her lifetime."-Lev. xviii., 18. FACTS. Fact 1. Marriage with a deceased w if e ' s s i s t er i s now h ere Old or Newprohibited Testa whethermentre expssly or impliedly, e ith er i n th e Fact 2. Marriage with a a ife's sister is expressly legislated ler ct ; 1 41 Leviticus xv iii ., 18 , and there the prohibition is atriy limited to the etime of wife. F act 3. The ewe to ff whom, in the their own language, the gar .red oracles w ere g i ven, h ave always understood this mar riage to be impliedly permitted in Leviticus xviii., 18, and set a special mark of appr o b a ti on on such unions by allow ing them to take place, when there were young children withj a shorter interval after the death of the wife than in ordinary cases, Fact 4. Thi s marr i age was Dover prohibited by th e l aws of any country in the world before the fourth century of he Christian era. Pact 5. None of the Six General Councils, hell between A.D. 325 and A.D. 680, condemned this marri age . Fact 6. D uring the first 500 years of the Christian era this marriage was condemned by only one provincial coun cil, that of Eliberis, in Spain, composed of 19 bishops. This council also forbade tapers to be lighted in cemeteries in the daytime, that the spirits of the saints might not be disturbed, and required bishops, priests, and deacons to live apart from their wives. Fact 7. Trio Church of England nowhere claims autho rity to prollibit any marriage net contrary to Holy Scrip tire. Facf, 8. Th e R oman Catholic Church does not regard thisFm e rriage as forbi dden in Scripture. Fact se not enlun 9. T h h e e r of tho A G ree m kC i b ee u . this Church allows such marriages to Fact 10. Prote'stant Dissenters regard the p ro hibiti on of ruar ' riv-e as uns cr ipt ura l ar id i nexpedient, the Depu ties of t aeThree Den om i na ti ons h av i ng repeatedly peti llonnd Parliament for its removal. _ Fact 11. Th e laws of England, Ireland, and Scotland declare all marriages lawful whi c h are not prohibited by G 430 2s law. Fact 12. The canons, articles, and formularies of the 'United Church of England and Ireland, and the confession of faith of the Scotch Church, admit the lawfulness of all Marriages not forbidden in Holy Scripture. _ Pact, 13. Thi s marriage may be lawfully celebrated in every country in the world, except our own. Fact 14. This marriage is lawful in Lower Canada and in all British colonies established before 1835. rFact 15. This marriage was practically permitted in thi s a.,ctrri before 1835, its absolute prohibition in E ng l an d e!og a recent innovation, dating only from that year. Fact 16. No comp l a i nt was made of the operation of the law as it stood before 1835. Neither in this nor in any other country has it been shown that the permission of this marriage has been attended with injurious consequences. Pact 17. The Act of 1835 was an unjustifiable compro- Nee, the majority of the House of Commons reluctantly e.onsenting to the f u t ure pro hibi t i on of marriage with a de ceased wife's sister, as the means of proc ur i ng th e legalisa tion of all past marriages of the kind. Fact 18. The Bench of Bishops on that occasion con sented to legalise marriages with a deceased wife's sister, Previously celebrated-a measure to which it was impossible th ey atiould have assented had they believed the marriage contrary to the Word of God. „_,Vact 19. The Royal Commissioners on the Law of Mar riage declare that the Act of 1835 has not secured the re spect or obedience of society. Fact 20. Th ousan d s of such marriages have been con ray th e d ; 'acte they are f oun d i n every town and neighbourhood kingdom. _ Fact 21. Seventy-four cases of suc h marr i ages h ave b een discover e d i n th e united parishes of St. Margaret and St. 4 eh; Westminster. Fast 22. Society, almost without exception, regards per sons so united as scripturally married, and worthy of re t shPeeicrt,manardriagine so doing condemns th e l aw w hi c h d ec l ares Fact 23. More than 4043 clergymen .of the Ch urc h o f !rgland in and around London, besides numerous others in all the x par existing prohibition. act 24. Twenty-three Spiritual Peers, including two Archbishops, have declared it to be their opinion that there is So scriptural prohibition of these marriages. Fact 25. Eleven Deans and more than 350 o th er c l ergy- Men of th e Established Church in Ireland, have expressed a decided opinion that this marriage is not prohibited in Scripture. Fact 26. Petitions having 1,119,392 signatures have been ,presented for the repeal of the present restriction. Fact 27. The House of Commons, in 32 divisions, have Voted for repealing the existing law. Fact 28. Property left to a wife's sister pays a legacy ( WY of 10 per cent,, as to a " stranger in blood." OPINIONS. the " Had the intentions of the Law-Giver been to prohibit %tiamarriage of a wife's sister altogether, even human wis do age never have taken a course so sure to defeat its t ai P B ,, ulltras I will eatose world lay down a rule forbidding it solely in one -Archdeacon Hare's Charge. undertake to say that in no part of the civilised the„„l is there to be found a more moral and intelligent peo ' especially in regard to the intercourse of the sexes, mY an are the people of the State of Massachusetts ; and yet, lords, in that State the marriages which the noble lord seeks to legalise are consistent with the law. They are not only legal, but they are of constant occurrence."-Speech of Lord Lyndhurst. " It seems to be established and admitted that the moral fe eling of the community at large is not with this law-that the law, in fact, is not obeyed, and that a great number of persons not soosidering themselves to commit any moral offence do contract marriages which the law prohibits. :Chat is not a state of things which ought to exist; and not ceing of opi n i on that there is any moral objection to the eonti acting of these marriages, and believing that the law as it stand s is the cause of a great deal of misery and social evil, especially among the middle and lower classes of the ceearaunity, I shall with great pleasure give my vote for the Motion." -Speech of Lord Palmerston. " I must say that I have satisfied myself that there is not toll' religious prohibition of these marriages. I think where Persons feel that they can without scruple contract them they should be allowed to do so."-Speech of Earl Russell. by the 7he arguments attempted to be drawn from Scripture cpponents of the measure were arguments by infe "'lee ; and, considering the conflict of opinion among emi nent divines a of this and oth er Ch r i s ti an commun iti es , an d that at bestarguments by inference were of a very doubtful Charac ter, he.thought th e y m i g h t very well leave e reso lution. oe the the doubt to the conscience of each individual. at, believing, as he did, that Scripture, so far from prohi ui, ,_tiug, sanctioned these marriages, it was a grievance of vfnich the people might justly complain, that the law of 9ae land was out of ha rmon y w ith the revealed will of ued."-Speech of the Bishop of Ripon. o" We consider that the feeling against these marriages 4. " in a great meas ure f oun d e d ra th er on a vague and unin formed assumption that they are prohibited by God's Word than on a mature examination either of the Scriptures or the law of the Church. We do not find that the persons who contract these marriages and the relations and friends ° aPprove religi ous and the mo m, have a I.ss strong sense than othr of moral obligation, or are marke h d eh by a l e ax e en it s e y ur o! conduct. T hese marriages will take place w rence of circumstances gives rise to mutual attachment ; they are not dependent on legislation."-Report of Royal Commissioners, signed by the Bishop of Lichfield, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Dr. Lushinton, Mr. Blake, Mr. Justice Wi lliams, and Lo r d Ad vocat e Rutherford. " It is remarkable that while there is an express injunc tion w a gainst the marriage of a man with his brother's othere is no such prohibiion against his marriage With his deceased wife's sister, In verse 18 the prohibition 112 only against m arry i ng th e w if e ' s sister during the life time of the first wife, which of itself implies the liberty to marry the sister after her death."-Rev. Dr. Chalmers. " I cannot bring myself to believe that the Divine law Pre hibits a m an f rom marr i age w ith a d ecease d wife's " Wat,r."-Dr. M usgrave, l ate A rc hbi s h o p o f Y or k. Ile should say that such marriages as the Bill was in- L e aded to legalise were not prohibited, but were tacitly per reitted by the words of the chapter which had been so often quo ted. He protested a ga i ns t th e op i n i ons expresse d by th ose who contended that there existed any Divine prohi bition."-bishop of St. David's Speech (1851). t ‘ Chafin, that hath married two sisters, upon his appeal fr om your Grace and me, hangeth sell before the delegates, cad, as much as I can perceive, is not likely to take any great hurt at their hands. I would they would decree it Were lawful to marry two sisters, so should the world be out of doubt, as now it is passed away in a mockery."-- e 13 ishop Jewel, in a letter to Archbishop Parker, dated " li ce> 1563. From the originl, in the Ahiepisal Palace, Lambeth. ( This opinio a n of . B . 'shop rc Jewel w op as given two years afteeier th adverse opinion so often q e u h ot fi ed. 'Ns Cou r t of Deletes, e which would not condemn an, Was the g rea t Court of Appea h l is Gee in alrlet Seal.ecesiasti l c t al w c e a s u g e es . a ppointed by th e King under . ()neatly filled with Lords Spirztuallveasntdmiln'estemrpoareadl,Daened. alw ays with Judges of the Courts at Doc tors of the Civil Law.) fai‘:lll:hanedS,earsipltucarensfisnholunidotbh e in i g he th r l u tt le mi o li f ta l t i e f s e against 't w in e ! t l such el f Marriages, I feel bound to oppose any proposition Sir pro t p e ositi. untrheastmines terfNes with the liberty of the subj cct *Williams, Bart , It M.A. Chancellor of St. David's. tio iire " ti T ni he e y.artiag. on. M.A. two sisters was meant for the "Is the m of a widower with *wife's s i wit hin the • p ro hibit e d d e mos' ? In all hone s t y I a oleiged to answ It is interdicted answer-No. It frankness rn nei ther by exp ress ve t o , nor ye t by i m plication. Canonical a usterity i s no t t o b e id ent ifi e d w i t h med n Purity or matri monial tidelity."-Rev. Dr. Bridle, Professor of Biblical Lite rature to the United Presbyterian Church, Scotland. It appears to me, therefore, that first, as Scripture she ll ? , that there is nothing immoral in such a connexion- a B , e "ndlY, as it is obvious that much evil would be preven t ed,. - " a ny , Poor children saved from misery and ruin, by having that person over them who, in a majority of instances, would be the next best substitute for a mother, my own mind is led to believe that the law of man ought to tally in this respect with the law of Gcti."-Rev. Canon Champneys." " But has it never occurred to you, my dear 'Wynn, that this law is an a b ominable relic of ecclesiastical tyranny? Of all second marriages I have no hesitation in saying that these are the most suitable, and likely to be the most fre quent, if the law did not sometimes prevent them. It is aed the he had nstance officers. a man mented at the ie said loner of to find ife with r should misoner :ake her d found months' AN.K- made by Inchester he Bank cation on had exe %wince of 94. His awed his signed !'s cord& [r. 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's; m ar , DP :: mar . 13. ~.Mar. 7 ' ~.Mar. .Mar. ~.Mar. 1 4 ' , ..Mar. ..Mar. ..Mar. 10. cet.Mar. moo 1 a r 13. , • , Q Alan Mar. 28. and Pills.!. lies 811*a' ['heir actioil , 0 Mut:Belt • y over anY d soothe It wholeserli e tomach 0 1161 it effects. gu Hollows si t Lken. th e medies ev l . A d nerves, prerall ;13. ire, the wif° astle, 11 05 1 Cadboll, ° T, Sy/order' 311 X. Clll,sClit Of 1 „ f ';. the late ' Placo, Barnsb,ll,"slf, rough, •P ate of East• relict of ° mien, Age PorcheS ter LiMleb°°' , oad, Eliz3'' oris, ~111‘, nseh Chtll24 TTNOf ) YO ce, N o . 11 2 4 WWI h quite monstrous, judges and lawyers speaking as they have done of late upon this subject."—Robert Southey. " People in general do not consider such marriages im proper. They cannot be proved to be improper by Scrip ture. The question is therefore one of expediency, and my experience as a parochial minister Induces me to think the measure expedient. On these grounds, if ever a Convoca tion be called, and I be elected one of the proctors, I shall move for an alteration in this regard in the table of kindred and affinity. Until this be the case, I shall be glad to see such marriages legalised by the civil rite."—Rev. Dr. Hook, Dean of Chichester. " Were the prohibitions founded en Scripture, we ought, at whatever sacrifice, to obey God rather than man ; but I cannot see the expediency of a law which, having no such sanction, is observed only by the scrupulous, evaded by the wealthy, and defied or disregarded by the poor."—Rev. Canon Dale. " It is not onls not considered as prohibited, but it is dis tinctly understood to be permitted ; and on this point nei ther the Divine law, nor the Rabbis, nor historical Judaism, leaves room f or the least doubt. 1 , tan only reiterate my former assertions that all sophistry must split on the clear and unequivocal words ) Lay. xviii. 18, ' in her lifetime."!— Evidenct of Dr. Adler, the Chief Rabbi of the Jews in EP;;land. " Ho asked them to reflect that the parting request of many a dying wife was that the man should marry her sister, which was the best testimony to th e f ee li ng o f woman in this niatter. Such marriages were not repugnant to nature nor to Scripture ; and if they did but l oo k ca l m l y at these facts, sure he Was that the day was n o t f ar di stant when the olmoxions law would be repealed."—Speech of the Rev. J. V. Miller, D.D. "Aa no clear and strong case has been made out of im portant advantage to the public from such restriction, I take my stand on the broad general principle that every restric tion is an evil in itself—the burden of proof lying upon the advocates of any restriction to show its necessity." . . . " You are at liberty to refer to me as approving of the aboli tion of the restriction on marriage to which you allude."— Archbishop Whatley, in a letter to G. A. Crowder, Esq. "I admit that a marriage with a wife's sister is not for bidden in Leviticus. Bishop of London (Dr. Kay). " Such marriages. I apprehend, aro nearly as frequent as the circumstances which UtitifillY give rise to them. I have not known any social disadvantages attending them."— Bishop M'llvain, Ohio, United States. "Nothing is more common in almost all the States of America than second marriages of this sort ; and, so far from being doubtful as to their moral tendency, they are among us deemed the very best sort of marriages. In my whole life I never the slightest suggestion against them, founded on moral or domestic considerations."—Chief aus tice Story, United States. " Whence, I pray you, is this rigour of than against man, which God has not required ? Who has given to men this power (of annulling or prohibiting marriage) ? Be it that they were holy meny and influenced by pious zeal ; why should another's teal infringe my liberty P Let any one be an zealous and as holy as he will, so that he does not injure his neighbour, or rob him of his liberty. Let them arm themselves with the Divine law, and say, 'What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.' The union to husband and wife is of Divine right, which is binding, how ever contrary it may be to human lawe, and the laws of men ought to yield to it without reserve. For if a man leaves father and mother to cleave to his wife, how much rather shall he trample under foot the contemptible and unjust law s o f m en , an d c l eave to h i s wife ? And Pope, Bishop or officer, if he dissolve any marriag e con t rac t e d i n opposition to merely human law, is Antichrist, a violator of nature, a traitor against the Divine Majesty; for that sentence still stands, What God hath joined let no man put asunder.' Perish, therefore, those cursed traditions of men, which have been brought in only to multiply dangers, offences, and miseries in the Church."—Luther. " However inexpedient such marriages may be in certain cases, I have been unable to discover their unscriptural character. With these views I willingly subscribe the opinion already given on the subject by my respected Me tropolitan, the Archbishop of Dublin."—The Bishop of Limerick. "As it is now admitted by the ripest scholars and most accurate critics that there is not the slightest prohibition in the Scriptures against the marriage with a dec€ased wife's sister, I consider the legal restriction to be both unjust and most injurious, producing the deepest social evils."—The Bishop of Down and Connor. "I believe such marriages as you wish to make lawful are already lawful, according to the letter and spirit of Holy Scripture, and T hope the civil and ecclesiastical law will speedily be made conformable to the Divine."—Dr. Close, Dean of Carlisle. " You are understood to state that you are of opinion that so far as the interpretation of Scripture goes, either in the Mosaic or Christian dispensation, there is nothing repug • nant to those marriages ?" —" There is nothing repugnant in my opinion."—Evidence of Rev. R. C. Jenkins, ➢T.A. " The petition was probably entrusted to me in conse quence of my having declared without hesitation that the marriage of a sister of a deceased wife was not prohibited by the Levitical law."—The late Dr. Copleston, Bishop of Landaff. "I shall only add that all persons who voted for the Act of Parliament which legalised such marriages of that de scription as had taken place—nay, all who had an oppor tunity of opposing that act, and did not oppose it, must be regarded as subscribing to the declaration that these mar riages were not in opposition to the Word of GoL"—The late Bishop of Meath, "Without pursuing the subject further, I shall give it as my opinion that the marriage in question is not against either nature or the law of God."--Rev. T. Binney. "Are marriages of this description considered in Ger many to be at at all contra bones, mores ?"—" Not at all. So far from their being considered contra bonos mores,' the feeling of the people of Germany is undoubtedly in favour of such marriages."—Evidence of A. Bach, Esq. " Socially speaking, if a case was made out that morality would be endangered by th© Bill, that would be a reason for rejecting it ; but he had not heard it established that such danger could arise. Marriage being a civil rite, they were bound t 3 make that civil rite co•extensive with the feelings of the country. He had therefore come to the conclusion that it was his duty to support the second reading of the Bill."—Speech of the late Lord Herbert. "He was entitled to say that the evils anticipated from permitting these marriages here had not manifested them selves in those countries; for if they had, the law which had authorised them would not have been suffered to con tinue for 12 months."—Speech of Lord Chief Justice Cock burn. "He had before stated his belief that if the matter came to be investigated before the courts, it would turn out that the marriage contemplated in this Bill was in Scotland a lawful marriage ; and he had good reason for saying that that was the opinion of an hon. baronet than whom no per son ever stood higher in the Church of Scotland—Sir H. Moncrieff. For himself, having come to the deliberate opinion that the marriage in question was not forbidden by the law of Leviticus, he came also to the opinion that the connection was not a crime, and that the marriage was effectual for civil purposes."—Speech of the LordbAdvo cate of Scotland (Rutherfurd.) " I express my conviction that Scripture says not one word against marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Surely it is not a crime, and, if it be not, the law that constitutes it so must be, for the worst of all crimes is an evil and un just law."—Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, Dundee. " The prohibition of such marriages is, in my judgment, sanctioned neither by Scripture, nor by physiology, nor by expediency."—Rev H. Renton, Kelso, Scotland. " If this marriage be lawful in the sight of God, then I go upon the broad ground that, in such a case, no man has a right to impose a restriction on his fellow-man which God has not imposed ; that the doing so can only bring a snare upon the conscience, and be the occasion of sin ; and that no sanction of human law can be expected ultimately to succeed in enforcing what a man feels is no transgres sion of the law of God. . • " That it is lawful, accord ing to the Word of God, I consider incontrovertibly proved by the passages in Leviticus of which I feel sure I have established the only correct translation."—Rev. C. J, Goodhart, M.A. " The petition from the City of London in favour of this marriage was signed by a large number of persons, and among others by the Lord Mayor, Governor and Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England, and a considerable number of the Directors of the establishment, 59 private bankers, by the Chamberlain of the City of London, by 237 merchants, 146 solicitors, 124 barristers, and 61 phy sicians. It was his good fortune to be acquainted with a large number of persons who signed this petition, and he could say, from his k now l e d ge o f th e i r c h arac t ers , th a t their opinions were entitl e d t o th e grea t es t we i g h t an d at tention."—.Speech of Lord Overstone. " That the enactments of the Levitical law are entirely misinterpreted whon applied in condemnation of marriage with a deceased wife's sister, was the decided judgment of Mr. Wesley, the founder of our societies ; and I believe that similar views have since been entertained by many of those among us who have been led by circumstances carefully to examine the matter, and whose competency b judge of such a question has given great weight to their conclusion."— Rev. Dr. Bunting. "He had given his best attention to the arguments ad duced to show that there was a Divine prohibition against these marriages, but he was satisfied in his own mind that no such prohibition existed.”..." Then came the question as to the effects of this measure upon society, and he thought that the great preponderance of arguments, and facts upon which arguments were grounded, were in favour of the alte ration of this law."—Speech of Sir George Grey. " There was no prohibition of the wife's sister, except during the lifetime of the wife."—Rev. Professor Robinson, New York, author of " Researches in Palestine." " From the fact that the prohibition of marriage with the sister of a wife is restricted to the lifetime of the wife, it is evident that under this prohibition is not comprehended marriage with the sister of a deceased wife, the limitation ' in her lifetime' leaving the marriage free after her death" —Cardinal Cajetan. "Moses, in Leviticus, prohibited certain marriages and permitted others in the same degree. For he prohibited marriage with the wife of a brother even after his death, and did not prohibit marriage with the sister of a wife, un less in her lifetime ; and, consequently, did not prohibit it with the sister of a deceased wife."—Cardinal Bellarmine. "Do you construe that passage in Leviticus (xviii., 18) as prohibiting marriage with a deceased wife's sister, or merely as saying that a man should not take two wives together, at the same time, being so related P—Certainly, that verse ap pears to have the latter meaning, that two sisters should not be living together in the same house as wives of the same person." " Is such a marriage held by your church as prohibited in Scripture ?"—" Certainly not. It is con sidered a matter of ecclesiastical legislation."—Cardinal Wiseman. "The prohibition in Leviticus xviii. 18, being limited to marrying a wife's sister dating the life of the firet, wife, ne cessarily (though virtually and tacitly, which is, in many cases, the strongest mode of sanctioning), implies the non existence of any Prohibition against marrying her after the death of the first wife."—The Rev. Dr. Bagot, Dean of Dromore. "fie had given his best attention to the arguments ad duced to show-that there was a Divine prohibition against these marriages, but he wax satisfied that no such prohibi tion existed. Then came the question as to the effects of this measure upon society, and he thought that the great preponderance of arguments and facts was in favour of the alteration of this law."—Speech of Sir George Grey. "From the best consideration which I can give to it, it a ppears to me that Lord Bury's Bill o ff ers a fair and rea son able compromise a mid th e conflicting opinions respect ing the marriage of a deceased wife's sister."—The Rev. T. Hartwell Horne, B.D. 6$ F rom va ricw cousiderations, each mar r i age s here have become very common. So far as such marriages from be ing contrary to public opinion, that people are, on the con trary, inclined to consider them both natural and desirable. We expresq ottr conviction that there ought to exist perfect liberty between widowers and the sisters of their late wives to contract such marriage."—Ducal Saxe Coburg, Minis try in Council, " It is my decided conviction, after careful investigation and consideration, that there is xto direct scriptural prohi bition declaring Stich marriages unlawful. Ido not stop to consider how the repeal of the present law may affect the intercourse between a husband and his wife's sister. This is not a matter for legislation. I could not support the law as it now stands."—Bishop of Manchester. " Whether the question is considered in a religious, moral, or social point of view, such marriages are unobjectionable, while in many instances they contribute to the happiness of the parties, and to the welfare of motherless children, and among the poor have a tendency to prevent immorality." —Petition signed by the Bishop of London (Dr. Tait), 1819. " There is even among the opponents of this bill (the Marriages Bill) a wide diversity of opinion as to there being a Divine command prohibiting these marriages, and th e 'weight of authority is against the existence of any such Divine injunction. If among the richer classes there is a dislike upon social grounds to a change in the law, that dislike rests upon sentimental rather than on substantial grounds ; whereas among the poorer classes it cannot be denied that the law causes great immorality and unhappi ness."—Speech of Lord Wodehouse. " We who support this bill do not think that the marriage of a deceased wife's sister is opposed to the law of God, and we do think that it is as wrong to restrict that which God permits, as to grant dispensation for that which God for bids."—Speech of Viscount Lifford. "These marriages are not contrary to the Divine com mand. The Scriptural argument against them seems to me to break down at every step. In proportion as, by our prohibitions, we multiply the opportunities of temptation, and prevent the enjoyment of any seeming: advantage. Tint evil in itself, in the same proportion we extend and increase the power of the enemy of mankind."— Speech of the Bishop of Killaloe. "He did not think the measure proposed was any in fringement on Scriptural precepts or commands. It was a remarkable fact that from the time when the Scriptural law was given to the present day, so far as could be asce r t a i ne d, the Jewish people themselves had never interpreted that law as a law of prohibition. Referring to marriage with a brother's widow, the Bishop said it was inconceivable that, on a subject of moral purity and moral principle the author of a Scriptural law should in one place permit that which in another place was prohibited. He felt bound to say that he did not perceive in the Scriptures any direct prohibition or any inferential prohibition against such marriages."— Speech of the ox-Bishop of Norwich. _ "So far as the poor are concerned, I believe that an al teration of the present law is much to be desired."—Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells. _ " If a layman may, without presumption, take place in controversy, and adopt the conclusion arrived at by the Bishops of St. David's and Norwich, that marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not only not prohibited, but permitted by the Divine law—not through negligence, as too fre quently happens in the best essays of human legislation, but studiously and of purpose—can any human authority be justified in nullifying a marriage contracted under such sanction, and putting asunder those who are united with such approbation ?"—Lord Chief Justice Denman. " The unlawfulness of the case you mention arises from the Caner not the Civil Law. As for sinfulness, it is en tirely out of the question ; and as to natural consanguinity, in such cases, it does not exist. Against such a connexion as that which, your friend projects, there is nothing in na ture, nothing in grace."—The Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke. " in the judgment of the Board, the marriage of a widower with the sister of his deceased wife is scripturally lawful, and ought not to be prohibited by human legislation.'—The Board of Baptist Ministers in London and Westminster. " I certainly have a strong opinion against the Act which forbids the marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and have no objection to put my sentiments on paper for you to make any use of that you think proper."—Rev. J. H. Gurney, Hon. Canon of St. Paul's, and Rector of St. Mary's, Mary lebone. "He was acquainted with the working classes, and he must tell the House that the Act of 1835, in reference to their happiness, had worked most injuriously. He consi dered that the religious objection to legalising the marriage had been virtually given up."—Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart., M.P. " I know of no social disadvantage attending such mar riages. The apprehensions expressed in England on this head are entirely dissipated by our experience."—Hight Rev. Bishop Burgess, Maine, United States. " I am not one of those who hold that such marriages are forbidden by Scripture—and I am not aware that any spe cial disadvantages, social or domestic, have resulted from them."—Right Rev. Bishop Potter, Pennsylvania, United States. " The question was discussed extensively in the Presby terian Church in the United States, and the new school body as it is called generally held to the propriety of such marriages. I did then, and stilt do coincide with them in that opinion."—Authoress of " Uncle Tom's Cabin." " The division the other night (in the House of Commons in 1835), proceeded upon the principle that there was one particular degree of affinity within which marriage ought to be allowed—viz., the sister of a deceased wife."--Speech of Sir William Follett. • " He denied the right of the Legislature to infringe upon the conscience of any individual whatever with respect to those natural rights of which marriage was, of all others, the foremost and most necessary. The right of marriage was given by Providence, and it was not for man to impose restrictions upon it."—Speech of Dr, Lushington, M.P. " These marriages were formerly permitted only by dis pensation 2 • but by a law of 1832, for the Evangelican Lu theran Church of Russia, they are perfectly free to parties contracting them. Such marriages are indeed frequent, particularly among the rural population, where members of families are thrown more together. It is more than mere supposition that such marriages are happy ones. Public opinion in this country is for, rather than against, such. marriages."—Theological Faculty of the Imperial. Unive rsity of Dorpat, and Livonian Evangelical Consistory of Russia . " Public opinion, which feels no scruples of any kind as to such marriages, approves of them most particularly when there are young children of a first marriage, as giving them in the sister of their late mother a second loving mother. The permission of such marriages has with us been produc tive in no way of evil consequences."—Consistory Court of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz. " My Lords, the vote which I shall give in support of the Bill before your Lordships' House, will, I think, be in ac cordance with, and not in opposition to, the Levitical law. I acknowledge that law to be binding. I hold as strongly as any one a belief in the inspiration of the Scriptures, but in saying that, I mean that there is not a word too much, nor a word too little. Believing, then, that every word has its own important meaning, I would remark that the verse in Leviticus, which has been so often alluded to, contains these words, during her lifetime.' My impression is that these are qualifying words; that they imply a prohibition to take a wife's sister as a wife, during the wife's lifetime to vex her—but, that the wife being dead, the prohibition was removed—that the marrying a wife's sister on the death of the wife is virtually pronounced to be perfectly lawful." — Speech of the late Bishop of Durham. " I can see no Scriptural prohibition of the marriages in question. I believe the repeal of the laws which forbid them is desired by a very large number of the people of England, and by many clergymen and other persons in Ireland, and that such repeal would be followed by beneficial results."— The late Dean of Cashel. " I am of opinion that marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not forbidden in Holy Scripture, and that the repeal of the laws which prohibit it would be followed by results beneficial to society."—The Dean of Kilmacduagh. " I can find no Scriptural objection to marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and I consider that the repeal of the existing laws against such unions would be of much public usefulness."—Tne Hon. H. M. Browne, Dean of Lismore. " He frankly confessed tbat, if founding a new republic, he might be disposed to authorise marriage with a deceased Wife's sister."—Speech of Lord Robert Cecil, M.P. " Having again carefully examined the question, and con sulted some of the highest authorities in Hebrew literature as to the meaning of the Scripture passages, I am confirmed in the opinion formerly expressed, that marriage with a de ceased wife's sister is not only not prohibited, ' either ex pressly or by implication,' but that, according to Leviticus xviii. 18 (concerning the translation of which there is not the least uncertainty), such marriage is plainly allowed." " Iconfess that when I entered upon this Inquiry I had not anidea that the case of those who wish a change in the pre sent marriage law was s o s t ro n g . I h a d th oug ht th a t th e opinions of grave and learned students of the Bible were more equally divided, and that, as authorities were pretty evenly balanced, they who had contracted such marriages must bear the inconvenience arising from such doubtful interpretation. But Ido not think so now. Confirmed by the testimony of antiquity, and the judgment of the most considerable interpreters at the Reformation, and since the Reformation, I now believe that there is no reasonable room for doubt—that there is no verse in the Bible of which the interpretation is more sure than that of Leviticus xviii. 18: and I think it a case of great hardship that they should by the civil law be punished as transgressors, whose marriage, according to the Divine law, is permitted and valid; and harder still, that the children of such marriages, legitimate in the sight of the infallible Judge, should be visited with civil disabilities."—Rev.'Alexander M'Caul, D.D.. Profes sor of Divinity and Hebrew Literature in King's College, London. TEETH. —MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION, of which he is the only Patentee. 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This is to Give Notice, That the Annual GENERAL COURT will be held at the Society's 'louse, No. 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 22d day of March, at Two o'clock precisely, to receive the Auditors' Re port of the receipts and disbursements of the Society during the year 186!, and to elect Auditors for the present year. By order of the Board of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. BRAZIL. -THE DON PEDRO NORTH DEL REY GOLD MINING COMPANY (Limited). The liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount :their shares, the Company being registered under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, with limited liability. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 100,000 Shares of £1 each. Deposit 10s. per share, ss. on application, ss. on allotment. The remainder will be called up at intervals of not less than three months, and not exceeding se. per share. DIRECTORS. Chairman, HENRY HAYMEN, Esq. (Director of the Bom bay, Baroda, and Central Indian Railway Company), Claren don-road, Kensington. John Wormald, Esq., late of Rio Janeiro, Brockworth Manor, Gloucestershire. W. F. Drought Stephens, Esq., Cleveland-gardens, Hyde park. Robert Besketh, Esq., late her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Rio de Janeiro, Southampton. William F. Foster, vEy7 Beaufort-buildings. 16, q., C.E. Director of the Pachuca q AGENTS Montage-square Edmundlerisa gsu. Company, Messrs. John Moore and Co., Rio Janeiro (Messrs. J. Bram iMining Edwards, comp IN BRAZIL. a ley-Moore and Co., Liverpool). AUDITORS (OFFICIAL). a IL jay ' Esq. (Messrs. Quilter, Ball, Jay, and Co.). Joseph Tully, Esq. (late of Rio Janeiro), City Club. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, Masterman, and Co., Nicholas-lane. BFiONER. John Power, Esq., 1, Royal Exchange-buildings. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Kimberley and Pope. 26, Old Broad-street. SECRETARY. John E. Dawson, Esq. Temporary Offices-82 and 83, Gresham House, Old Broad street. Detailed prospectuses can be obtained at the offices of the Company, or by post, containing extracts from the reports of Captain William Treloar, late manager to the St. John Del Rey, and now chief engineer to the East Del Rey Company; Captain William Verran, late chief mining agent to the St. John Del Rey; Captain Joel Hitchens, and Mr. William Halfeld. DON PEDRO NORTH DEL REY GOLD MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). T HE Directors Give Notice, that from informa tion received by the Last Mail ß , theyarehas resignedenab h le t dt e oi os t t u a a te . Miningttihoa n t oCfaupchtoai Company n fpma T ni nHy Engineer,ionyndA St. John Del Rey Gold romised to proceed to the property of this Company, with the view of enabling the Directors to commence operat i ons without delay, and they have every reason to believe that he will accept the manage tSh T a tR he EL ht O ao sA the i p manage ment of this Company. The great success attendant upon his management, in con nection with the celebrated St. John Del Rey Company speaks for itself and needs no comment. By Order of the Board, JOHN E. DAWSON, Secretary. Offices, 82 and 83, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, March, 1862. DON PEDRO NORTH DEL REY GOLD MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). THE DIRECTORS GIVE NOTICE, that the list of Applications for Shares in this Company, will be closed fbr London j a o p H pl N ican E t . s p o A n w Tl s m o r N, sda s y ee n r e e x ta t, i7. the 10th instant, and for Country applicants, on Monday, the 17th instant. By Order of t h e Board, Offices, 82 and 83, Gresham House, Old Broad-street. March, 1862. BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER'S ISLAND BANKING AND GOLD TRADING COM PANY (LIMITED). Capital, £250,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. issued. With power to increase to £500,000. allot ment, fo r r S vi h h ar ic e h p s a c y ri ab p le ce u r p t o ifi n c m l W i ct i t i io b n e , and £1 upon Esq. (of •the firm of Messrs. Early DIRECTORS. Thomas Early Smith, and'Smith), Upper Clapton. Thomas Edgley, Esq., Tottenham Park, Middlesex, and 1, St. Paul's-buildings, London. Abingds-square Major Erlam, 12, St. James' T. A. Douce, Esq., 37, Argyll-oad, Notting-hill. , Campden-hill. Captain Rawstorne, R.N., on-villas, Kensington. George Peart, Esq., Dartmouth-row, Blackheath. With power to add to their number. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Oliverson, Lavie, and Peachey, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. BROKERS. Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal-exchange. BANKERS. • The National Bank, Old Broad-street. SECRETARY (pro tem). William W. Holmes, Esq. The Island of Vancouver, and the district of British Co lumbia, have long been gradually growing into importance ; but it was not until the amazing deposits of gold ore were covered, and published to the world through the columns of our leading nevillspapers, that that sudden and vast influx of emigrants took plact whinbihas at once converted the whole territory into a scene of active life. The energies of the multitude have been entirely devoted to obtaining the gold, found, as it is, in an abundance almost totally unknown, even in the most favoured districts of California or Aus tralia. Already there is growing up an extensive commerce, called for by the wants of the ever-increasing population. It is clearly seen that, whether for the purchase or the safe transmission of the gold, the agency of a bank is a matter of absolute necessity that the profits of such an enterprise would be large, the experience of all mercantile men will attest. It is needless to enter into the details of such an under taking ; but attention may be called to the fact of the ever growing trade so suddenly called into existence, between these districts and the mother country. The Directors have therefore decided to establish the pre sent Company in London, with a Branch at Victoria, the chief town of Vancouver's Island, and further to add such other branches in British Columbia as may from time to time be required. These ramifications will be of the utmost im portance, not only to the inhabitants already established there, but also to the emigrants who may proceed thither from this country. The remuneration of the promoters is limited to the sum of £4,000 in lieu of all further claims on, or prospective advan tages from, the Company. The following letter on the subject appeared in the "Globe" newspaper no later than January the Ist of this present year; and all its assertions are more than verified in subsequent information furnished to the Government, as appears by re cent Parliamentary reports I have told you before of the almost fabulous richness of the mines of British Columbia; recent accounts place this beyond a doubt. Many men are making 100 dollars per day, and not a few have picked up 100 ounces in the same space of time. Numbers who left Victoria penniless are now worth from 1,000 dollars to 10,000 dollars, the result of one summer's labour. Those who had not luck enough to get good claims of their own, obtained plenty of employment at from 10 dol lars to 20 dollars per day. Want is unknown, provisions are plentiful, and hardships are among the things of the past. According to all accounts, the gold must have been taken out by spadefuls. Think of 100 dollars to the pan—not a fancy. but a reality ! Miners think that richer diggings are yet to be found, and that the true seat of the gold is not yet disco covered. All the metal is coarse, and in small nuggets —say, from 10 to 20 dollar pieces. The largest lump yet found weighs 71b. ; and this, strange to say, was found on Thomp son's River (old and neglected ground). Miners are now coming down in large numbers, each with his little sack of Fold; but the majority of those with `piles' proceed to San rancisco, a loss at present to us unavoidable from the want of a mint, and the scarcity of the circulating medium. The Otter within the last fortnight has brought down not less than 500,000 dollars, and there is plenty more to come. Wells, Fargo, and Co. alone will have shipped this year not less than a million and a half of dollars. Scrip certificates will be issued until such time as registra tion shall be required. Application for Prospectuses, in the annexed form, may be made to Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, the Brokers of the Com pany, 22, Royal-exchange ; but no application will be consi dered unless accompanied by the Banners' receipt for the pre liminary deposit of £1 per share. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES- N.B.—This must be presented to the Bankers entire. The applicant to retain the receipt at foot. To the Directors of the British Columbia and Vancouver's Island Banking and Gold Trading. Company (Limited), Gentlemen, —Having raid to the National Bank to your credit £ , being £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I request you to allot to me that num ber of shares, and agree to accept the same, or any less num ber, and to pay £1 per share on allotment, as required. Name in full Address .. Date ......... -•••••• •• •• •• GIVEN:AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike , o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Sze., :which, if post free, secure from obl and premature n dane eg adt l hvi ce ;g te ow d irt.h re pl e T u ha lt ient i , n z co keew n ti s iol um ul gb p ieo t sr i e o np n te , , servatfon, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., S, Burton crescent, Tavbtook-square, London, W.C. London and Wes tminster London Joint stock Union Bank of London City Bank of London London & County National Provin cial Bank of England 1,00C,000 1 1 15,384,785 600,000111,381,757 £ 180-81 20 10 37-38 12 33-34 50 97-99 50 80-82 20 38-39 42 127 £ 122,975 94,312 720,00011,795,232 300,000 i 34,06,782 300,000 1,927,907 500,000', 6,483,900 600,000' not published 88,372 42,791 39,151 43,730 70,900 reppo, Banks in London en the 31st Deem. Led to a total of £50,180,363, being very large. the cor responding period of last year. These results have been achieved whilst the existing law rendered the whole property of every shareholder liable for the debts and engagements of the Bank. The law, however, was most wisely altered in 1858, and banking companies are now permitted to be formed on the principle of limited liability. Already several Banks have been so constructed, and it is stated by the Directors, that whilst the law has placed a limit on the liability of the share holders the business of the Bank has been considerably ex tended and increased. The Current Accounts and DI I held by the Joh fiber last amoun^ ly in excess of it-stock Although during the last 25 years the Port of Liverpool has more than doubled itself in population and wealth, and the commercial intercourse between the Metropolis and Lan cashire has been prodigiously augmented, no new Bank has been established in Liverpool during that period. And it is further worthy of remark, that no Joint-stock Bank which embraces London and Liverpool within its own independent business operations exists at present. The Directors believing that there is ample room for further banking accommodation in London, and having regard to the increasing trade and opulence of Liverpool and its vicinity, are of opinion that the time has arrived when a new Bank may be established under limited liability with every pros pect of perfect success. It is proposed, therefore, to establish the Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Limited), with the head office in London and branches at Liverpool, and, in due course, at such other places as the interests of trade may require. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Limited) will— Open Current Accounts and allow Interest on Minimum ronthly Balances of not less than £200; Receive Money on Deposit at Interest; Grant Drafts on its Branches ; Issue Circular Notes and Letters of Credit for all parts of Europe and elsewhere; Undertake Agencies of Foreign and Country Banks ; Effect Purchases and Sales in British and Foreign Stocks, Shares, and Securities, receiving the Dividends thereon, and collecting or negotiating Coupons, &c. ; And transact every other desc. iption of Banking business. The Directors purpose calling up only £25 per share, thus leaving £75 per cent. as a guarantee fund to the depositors, reserving the power to issue such portion of the unallotted shares at such periods and on such terms as they may see fit. A'depoait of £1 per share must be paid to the Company's bankers at the same time that the application for shares is made, according to the subjoined form. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Brokers, Messrs. J. and J. Whithead, Moorgate-street, Lon don ; and Messrs. G. and T. Irvine, Liverpool ; or the Sec retary, at the Company's Offices, No. 34, Gracechurch-street, London, E.C. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Alliance Bank of London and Liver pool (Limited). _ _ Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sam of £ being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num ber, and I agree (according to the form prescribed by the Articles of Association) to accept such shares, or any less number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of Association when required ; and I request that my name may be placed on the register of shareholders for the shat es so allotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date OO ••••••• • TOOTHACHE. —HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and medi tine vendors, Price ls, A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. PPS'S COCO A. mpaca,kers,ataetfiuls. 6d.sm opoetrhnib:sbsy, E (Commonly called Epps's Homceopathic Cocoa). invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general Ganrodceradoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. deliciousd lib. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE (}BEAT EXHIBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two it cannot dbeagdeetected, Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of 11 ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, body, while the requisite resisting being worn round the Moe-Main Bad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease power is supplied by the i and here clo during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, - . and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228 , Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Doublo Truss, 315. 6d., 125., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,' Post office, Piccadilly. -- - &c., for Varicose Veins and all oases of ¶EW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS 01 tile Legs, Sprains, & o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and arc drawn on lii . e an'ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., to 165. eajh. Postage 6d. Weakness iCN l ati C S A Z lBl ing JOIIN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. TIEAFNESS.—A Newly-invented Insfrun3ent for extreme cases of Deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Con ductor. It fits into the ear, not perceptible ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies. Every other kind of hearing instrument. Messrs. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Ilotal. DIRECTORS. Alfred Castellain, Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co.), Liverpool, Ingram Chapman, Esq. 6, Austin-friars, London (Chairman of the United General Gas Company). James Nugent Daniell, Esq., 19, Norfolk-crescent, Hyde rark London. John Ihoxanifain, Esq., P 4, Abehurch-lane, London, Direc tor of the Union Bank of Australia. Louis Gruning, Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co.), Liver pool. James Houghton, Esq., Liverpool. William litotes, Esq. (Messrs. Newton, Keates, and Co.), Liverpool. Chas. Edward Mangles, Esq., Poyle Park, Farnham, Surrey, Chairman of the London and South-Western Railway Company. John Grant Morris, Esq. (Messrs. Case and Morris), Liver• pool. John Edward Naylor, Esq., Liverpool. George Palmer Robinson, Esq., 52, Threadneedle•street, London, Director of the Chartered Mercantile Hank of India, London, and China. . I, Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., 15, Cannon-street West, London. John Torrance, Esq., 5, Chester-place, Hyde-park-square, Loudon. (With power to add to their number.) •- Arrangements are being made to secure the services of thoroughly qualified Managers both in London and Liver pool SOLICITORS. London —Messrs. Crossley and Burn, 34, Lombard-street, E. C. Messrs. Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane, E.C. Liverpool-:-Messrs. Fletcher and Hull. BROKERS. ATessrs. J. and .L Whitehead. 8. Mooraate-street, London. Messrs. G. and T. Irvine, Liverpool. BANKERS. London—The Union Bank of London. Liverpool—The Bank of England. SECRETARY.—EIIis Clowes, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES OF THE COMPANY.-34, Gracechurch street, London, E.C. _ The confidence felt by the Public in Banks undertaken on the Joint-stock principle has continued to increase year by year. The London Joint-stock Banks in particular have been very successful. They have paid large dividends, ranging from 10 to 25 per cent. to their Shareholders ; whilst the high rate of premium, varying from 80 to 309 per cent., at which their Shares stand on the Stock Exchange, indicates that the mercattile community appreciate them as a safe means of in vestment. The following Tabular Statement shows the business re sults of six of the London Joint-stock Banks to 31st Decem ber last, and the present market value of their Shares : Justipublished, flvo, in cloth, price 5 5., by post f ree, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREAT MENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Sure urgeonof Strictu to there Metropolitan In fi rmary for the C Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained; and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Xedical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Joint-stockßanks, THE GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY Office—Horseferry-road, Westminster. In pursuance of the Provisions of the Act 50 Geo. 111. cap. 103, intituled "An Act for granting certain Powers and Authorities to a Company to be incorporated by Charter, to be called The Gas Light and Coke Company,' for making Inflammable Air for the Lighting °film Streets of the Metro polis, and for procuring Coke, Oil, Tar, Pitch, Asphaltum, Ammoniacal Liquors, and Essential Oil from Coal, and for other purposes relating* thereto," Notice is Hereby Given, by and on behalf of the Directors, of the Gas Light and Coke Company, that it is the intention of the said Directors, at the first General Meeting next, after the expiration of twenty one days from the date of this Notice, to declare forfeited the undermentioned Shares, standing in the Register of Share holders of the said Company in the names following, in con sequence of the Call of £lO made upon such Shares having remained unpaid for the space of three calendar months and upwards from the day appointed for the payment thereof, that is to say : TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA.-STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. TEA._ STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing Room" Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Hassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. No. I FOURTH CAPITAL. c 5 6 . of Shares. I I: tr x JLD est ß ab l l D ish G ed E' S upwa ß rd AL s o Names of Holders. .... 5 8 and only certain remedy ever discovered 19 Sold in or moustaches, and preventing t Ri b he u. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, 13,122, 13,123, Samuel Alexander, Thomas Benson, bottles, Ss. 6d., as., and 0., y d i , l Lonoon, W.C., and all chemists BALM thfr O ty F yeart, C . C:L t tl, r r rerv ß e A gs f John Morrice, and Thomas Richard- L .,,, 13,124, 13,125, "" strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the g.air ey : ~,,,, Wellington-street. St l arena' and ladies' hair it is most 13,126 & 13,127 son (Assignees of Fry & Chapman\ and perfumers. William Fry being the late owner.... efficacious and rivalledun. James Williams, Braise, William Jo- whiskers, CD Goodwin and Samuel Arm -16433 & 16,43442° D R. . CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, Morley) wife of ********* ) ~, OURSELVES. Elizabeth White Coles ( .i xi' On Spermatorrhaia, Syphilis, Stricture,ll is, mmorrhoids, 14,398 S str n lg Lane (Ex' ecutors of Atkinson Coles) Morn Anti - V.+ oo . arid meets. Nerimus rinh;lifp , P.lp;+.4-1,...... I.ts . 1 .,. Mgr; IMA aVigrrfiVkaM (deceased), Executors ~a 5 MARRIAGE : 15,514, 16,155 of Thomas Allen (2d instalment) and 17,972 Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. 16,972 Archibald Duncan Joyce (Admor. of ) Gertrude Joyce)3, Great Marlborough-street , Oxford - street , W. £lO Price is., by post Is. Id. ;of Mann, 2 9 , Cornhill ;or Author, 17,954 ...... 13,129 & 13,130 Henry Lowndes £2o Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. ••••• John Nicholson, John Thompson, Wil- 1 13,986 liam Smith, and John Milner (Exors. '£lo AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S of Anthony Soulby) ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the 16,003 ( Emma Eliza O'Brien (widow), Extrix. i , ....o, ~ bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, i of Michael O'Brien is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving William Russell, Accountant-General coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. 13,128 .. I tfrequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in ter of H. White and others curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent (Jonathan Warburton (deceased), and 17,839 - £lO i George Duerr, Exors. of Herman 1 1 £2O Coughing. Ina pproachi consumtion its effects are truly _ beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lyingdown,...lor AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. I tfrequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by a ll nruggists, in bottles, 13id., and three times the quantitY l , o one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular , and ask for L ambert 'C Asthmatic Balsam. Dated this 10' Flatliman )th day of March, 1862. By order. JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Socret, TE L E SCOPE S, Opera, Race , Field , and general Out-door Day and Night powerful waistcoat pocket Perspective Glasses, each containing 12 lenses, will show a person to know him at two and a half and three miles. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles distant. They have been tested at the School of Musketry, Hythe, and a testimonial to the effect that they surpass all others. Their powerful telescopes, 3 inches, with an astro nomical eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's MOMS, Saturn's rings, and the double stars; with the same tele scope a person may be seen and known 3i miles distant, and an object at 14 to 16 miles. In endless variety, with increas ing powers, secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, London, IV., opposite the York Hotel. AMERICAN SLAVERT. The Morris Town correspondence of the .Rich mond Despatch of January 23d, sar : a here to-day, There was an auction of 4 6 neg roe and a Dols. £ Negro girl 17 years of age, ht brought 1,505 equal to 301 ~ 1,570 „ 314 1, 17 9, " 1,880 " 376 A Blacksmith 23 " 1800 , 360 1 N e gro 29 99 91 1,305 „ 26 2, Negro girl l3 ” 15 '' I 99 1,509 , 30p If ~ 1,100 g p e r t i vary from el even to e i g h teen her uninteresting to remar k t h at 15 220 ), 12 1, Average price...... nis or at ti me s the aver a g e amount given as compensation t o British slav eowners in 1834 . All denunciations o f the traffic in human flesh will, we fear, be vain, as long as it continues so profitable. Cannot means be devised, in the interest o f h um anity, of attacking the evil in its most susce ptibl e a n d v it a l pa r t, by the fore impairing the com merc i a l pro fit a tt en di ng it ? This is a problem Which the right thinking public should weigh deeply. A re w e doi ng we ll in welcoming slave-grown p ro d uc e into our p or ts, or is there not a sad la c k o f h armon y b e tween ou r profession and goi a r l l a l to gether prices our practice ?-4/oney Market Review. . , On Sat ay the awing tive body. sof a most animated character, the climax bei marked by a masterly speech by M. Jules Fan n support of the amendments pro posed by t. lye members of the left. M. Favre defended in dual liberty and the liberty of the press, and a 'need in the strongest terms the in terference m a Government with electoral and municipal p 'dings. He examined the report of M. Fould letter of the Emperor, and the consequences h had resulted to the institutions of the country I asked if it was wise, or even safe, to keep i 'blic mind under Government tutelage. He s/ It at present there is in France but one journal. he Emperor ; all others are but i'Assals, oblig ) bow their heads before a warning or il can?) rue—things which constitute a usurpation of the tidal power, and a penalty arbitrarily applied, punting to confiscation of property. Elections, , I now conducted, he ob ey:mayors are compelled, let` p enalty of losing their served, were a negatior tnd a mockery, for all th posts, to make the al 1 vote in the sense deter mined by authority. concluded by bitterly at tacking the law of gel safety, so ;tailed, he said, doubtless " because it us everybody , '" The speech caused g. ensation. We' ,subjoin extracts from it : " The President of tl ancil of State has in veighed against the pre 'n of a small number of deputiei; who arrogate roselves the right of speaking in the name of t try. What are we in fact? An impc.rceptihii escaped from the skilfully -arranged mochani t works in the elections. What do we rcpri Some millions of electors ! Never was such - Ye held in a free assembly. And unless it bi -d that a majority is always in the right, . ' - be admitted that the minority is entitled opinions upon all sorts of things, on condit.. it does not violate either the rules of decorn. , the laws. But the character of the deputy must not be degraded under the pretext of making the laws respected. Precisely because an assembly is invested with the right of voting the laws, it is superior to them, and the right of criticising exist ing laws cannot be denied to the minority." After some happy quotations from a speech in favour of the freedom of the press, made " at an other epoch" by M. Baroche, now a minister and a denouncer of that principle, M. Jules Favre. con- tinned : "In France there is a superior director of thought, in so far as it can express itself through the periodical press. The press is planed under a regime which has not yet been applied to books and pamphlets, doubtless because the press is the surest and most potent means of scrutinising the acts of the administration. Its efficiency is the very thing for which it is garotted by our laws. Books and pamphlets are but secondary means, so they are allowed more liberty. Be assured that if they were of the same importance as the journals' they would be subjected to the same regime. If this rigorous measure is good for the press, why is it not good for books and pamphlets ; and if it is bad for books and pamphlets, why is it good for the press ? (Murmurs.) The Government arro gates to itself such extraordinary prerogatives, that the question naturally suggests itself why it does not apply them to every kind of manifestation. From the chair whence it issues avertisseggens, it can give lessons on religion, morals, history, as already it does on politics—and on manure; (Laughter.) If it acts thus, it is because it deems itself more learned, more moral, more religious than anybody ; but then why does it not prescribe the limits of what one may say upon each and every subject P That system io not new, it reigned before 1789. It might in those days be said that the brain of France was in the monarch's hands. Fortunately it escaped at times from his grasp, but we all know how ; it was by the benefit of the Reformation, which had opened asylums for freedom of thought in several parts of Europe. It makes one shudder to think that the Esprit des Lois would have been unpublished for France if there had not been presses in those days in Holland and London. (Movement.) At the present day there is but one sole journalist in France, namely the Emperor. (Exclamations and murmurs.) M. Baroche, the President of the Council, made a reply to M. Favre, in which he contended that the Government only interfered in elections when it was necessary, and that the press had rather too much liberty iu France than otherwise. THE STORM OP SUNDAY.-2112 LOSS OP EIGHT LIVES OFT _PLYMOUTH. .. _ __... During a part of Saturday night and the whole of Sunday morning the weather was very boister ous on the coast of Devon and Cornwall. The wind from the S.S.W., which was blowing irregu larly, sometimes attained the force of a gale. The weather had been foul on Thursday and Friday, had lulled on Saturday, and this, in spite of the warning signal at the storm signal station on Ply mouth Hoe, tempted many vessels out of harbour, and amongst them a fleet of fishing vessels belong ing to Hastings, Worthing, and Shoreham: They found in the course of the night it had been better for them had they remained in harbour, for the wind freshened into a gale, and was accompanied with drifts of rain and considerable sea. It was found necessary to get in the nets and run for port. This was safely accom plished by a good many of the vessels, but others sustained more or less loss. The C hristiana fishing smack of Worthing came in on Sunday with loss of mast and bulwarks , and the Mar y and Ellen of Worthing hod swep t from her desk b y a sea a boat e a B n d o r w 9 h o e f n w n h e i a c r h t only l y li w no e p r e b s u a o v y e o d ff . n in a , ck Crystal Palace, of Hastings, g o ssm :for the Sound about 11 o'clock on ts w Ta h n u h h en de i ldwe2afi fi s hing unhtfnieoent net s — n n of the breakwater, was struck with a very heavy sea that capsized her, and she sunk, and ' all her crew were unfortunately drowned. Their names are George Page, the master; G. Sergent, J. Cramp,W.Down,— and Bales, a boy. Several of these unfortunate men were married and had families. The accident was and yesterday the wreck, Croll steamer. Boats were at once lowered and sent PP o s had e d , from been appearances, kitocked o ut to the spot, and the boat of the harbour master went seen from some ship C s h n a e t a fi r e , l al — f B ro w m ai tl —lP sa ebt e e l r l: out with all whio seen of the men. In the course of the afternoon the possible despatch, but nothing could be m I o t f was t h e sm ac k su boat'sh steharnd w ra p te icked w up a; towards Redding Point, was The Isabella Croll, steamer, from Southampton for Cardiff, in ballast, was at the time of the accident to the Crystal Palace near the Breakwater. She was coming in in consequence of having lost her sails in the gale. The Aurora steamer, for London, was obliged to put back. In the course of Sunday night the schooner Ilamah, ttbakatentbion btoowtto. corvette, of Jersey, bound from St. Malo to Llanelly, put into Ply mouth, with loss of mainmast. Yesterday morning a report reached Plymouth that an Austrian brig, laden with brick and coal, had gone on shore at Mothecombe, just east of the entrance to Plymouth Sound, and become a total wreck. All on board had been saved. y n e deceased ci n SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN.—About a fortnight ago the body of a young woman was picked up by some boatmen, at two in the morning, by the Park-road bridge of the canal, Regent's-park, and conveyed to the and the other Marylebone Workhouse. The affair is at present enveloped person at Paddington, her age in much mystery. On the scalp arc two wounds, one of which was in all probabilit3 inflicted bcfc,ro, .mi o ss n ed s . atur ln da o after death. There is also a collar bone broken and a frac ture of the jaw, as well as one arm broken. Numerous parties have, from day to day, been to the .. workhouse, i n . order to view the body to see if it is that . of a missing relative, the niece of a respecta ble was identified, her name being Elizabeth Davies, as being being twenty yeam It appears on the evening before the finding of the b o dy she was at the Marylebone Theatre fewer many than eight g w h o t m m en o thhearevinagt tenbedend. with another young woman, and they p ar t e d a t h a lf-p as t eleven,there being .nothing unusu a l a t th e ti me i n d eeease d' e appe arance. The inquest has not yet been held, a As per the Accounts for the Half-year ending Dec. 31, 1862. t " AL' • 10.3 , B',e 4 7.lcn .4 I a, tr riO ; rg cel I ""A g" - ci ~.'l.- 1 1 ,- 4 .94 ;-(c..) a • cc , +.4a ..' 0 E g el § ti A .4 U NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., T HE WHITig ROSE OF CHAYLEIGH. :Also, nd, ready, in 3 vols., PASSAGES IN THE. LIFE OF A FAST YOUNG LADY. By Mtg, GREY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY SCRUTATOR. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. By SCRUTATOR, "There is plenty of stirring interest in this novel, particu larly for those readers who enjoy manly sport." Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On Friday next, in Crown Svo., 7s. NI, THE MILLENNIAL REST ; or, THE WORLD As IT Wine, BE. By the Rev. Dr. CplinlNG, Richard Bentley, New Burling,ton-street. This Day, Post itvo., price 108. 6d., THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER ; OR, A CHRONICLE OF MISTAKES. By the Author of "The Heir Of Redelyffe." London : Parker, Son, and Bolus, West Strand. TOTI C E. - ESSAYS AND REVIEWS, CHEAP EDITION.—A New Edition, oi Essvra and REVIEWS, complete in One Volume fcpi 89'04 - price Zs. cloth, will be ready on Friday next. _ _ • _ .cady London: Long - man, Green, Longnian, and Roberta. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN qRADE fully explained in J. OBLOPS II . II IX I '$ " GOVERNMENT" -- UPON 14111FLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, musianimate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith'a "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. R OYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. A LECTURE by Dr. VOELCKER, on MILK, will be de livered to the Members, at the Society's House, 12, Hanover square, London, at half-past twelve, on Wednesday (TO MORROW), March 12. • By order of the Council. H. HALL DARE, Secretary. MR. CHAS. DICKENS' NEW READINGS.- On Thursday Evening, March 13, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS will read, in ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly, at 8 precisely, DAVID COPPERFIELD (in six chapters). and Mr. 808 SAWYER'S PARTY from PICKWICK. Body of Hall and Balconies, Two Shillings • Areas, One Shil ling. Tickets at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, publishers, 193, Piccadilly; and at Austin's Ticket-office, St. James's Hall. THOMAS HEADLAND, Secretary. egr (exceptM a e s Majesty's Saturday), Concertda HOME,", atR Boxes, e ts Haymarket.i vs edn e ;Unreserved sd a y and MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS Every Evenin g Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten• Stalls, 55.. First Circle, 95.; 'Upper Seats, 2s. and ls. A ROYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. BouL eony, C onductor evening at andi o'clock, Composer. clk gentleman unt ilTrurth s eric ote, variations lplay every arranged by - him - 6M on the Vornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission is. THE WELLINGTON RE-OPENED.—The GROUND FLOOR of the WELLINGTON, containing dining, smoking, and reading rooms, is now OPEN, from 9 a.m. to midnight daily. Breakfast (plain and ala fourchette), lkncheons, dinners, and suppers are served during those hours. The saloon dining rooms, on the first floor, are open for dinners only, from 5.30 to 9 p.m. The billiard rooms are open as usual. Gentlemen requiring private rooms should apply to the secretary. Mr. Cates ; or to Mr. Scowen, super intendent.—The Wellington, entrances, St. James's-street, and 160, Piccadilly. BROWN and GREEN'S KITCHEN RANGES surpass all others in efficiency, economy, ventilation, and cure of smoky chimneys. From £4 10s. to £lOO. The large sizes, with two or more ovens, steaming apparatus, &c., form the most complete appointment for hotels and large establishments. In action at 81, Bishopsgate-street-within. Designs and prices free.