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become very common. So far as subh marriages from be-
ing contrary to public opinion, that people are, on the con-
trary, inclined to consider them both natural and desirable.
We express our 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 no direct scriptural prohi-
bition declaring such 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 aro unobjectionable,
while in many instances they contribute to the hal.piness 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 prohibitint, these marriages, and the
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, not
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 hi-
fringement on Scriptural preeepts 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 ascertained,
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 ex-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
sir h approbation ?"—Lord Chief Justice Denman.
" The unlawfulness of the case you mention arises from
the Canon, 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 ho
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."—Right
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 ; 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 *Univer-
sity 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 pr3duc-
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 opp ,sition 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. I—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."—The Hon. H. M. Browne, Dean of Lismore.
" He frankly confessed that, 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."
" I confess that when I entered upon this inquiry I had not
an idea that the case of those who wish a change in the pre-
sent marriage law was so strong. I had thought that the
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 thatthere 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.

FCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
.1241 6, NeW Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
London, 7th March, 1862.
This is to Give Notice, That the Annual GENERAL
COURT will be held at the Sboiety's House, 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 1861, and to elect Auditors for the present year.

By order of the Board of D,lreciors,
ALEXANDER MAC`DONALD, 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 behig_registered under the
Joint-Stock Companies Act, with limited liability.
Capital, £lOO,OOl, in 1
AA
,OCKI Slaies of £1 each.
Depositmonths, :Ls, and n
per shoat r
exceeding
~58. on application, ss. on allotment.
The remainder will be called up at i6tervals of not less than
three ss. Rer share.
DIRECTORS..R . '
Chairman, HENRY HAYMEN, Esq, (Director of the Bom-
bay, Baroda, and Central Indian ailway 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 Hesketh, Esq, late her Britannic Majesty's Consul
at Rio de Janeiro, Southampton.
William F. Foster, Esq., 16, Montagu-square
Edmund Edwards, Esq., c.E., Dfrmtor of the Pachuca
Silver Mining Company, Boaufort-buildings.
AGENTS IN BRAZIL.
Messrs. John Moore and Co., Rio Janeiro (Messrs. J. Bram-
ley-Moore and Co., Liverpool).
AUDEEORS (OREICIAL).
G. H. Jay Esq. (Messrs. Quitter, Ball, Jay, and Co.).
Joseph Tully, Esq. (late of Rio Janeiro), City Club.
, NiHERB. •
Messrs. Masterman, r Mildred, Masterman, and Co.,
' 35, oloa-la. ne.
ofq
. BRoxnt.
John Power, Esq., 1, Royal oorchange..bundblg.B. . .
Somorro*
Messrs. Kimberley and Pr... 4.,,
.-- - ~..--. Old Broad-street.
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Temporary Offices--82 and
sB3tre, Gresham House, Old Broad-
Detailed prospectuses can be obtained at the offices of the
Company, or by post, containing extracts from the reports of
Captain William Treloar, latem_o anaczer to the St. John Del
Rey, and now chief emineer to
chieftl East Del Rey Company;
Captain William Yerran, latemining agent to the St.
John Del Rep; Captain
Joel Hitchens, and Mr. William
Halfeld.

DON PEDRO NORTH DEL REY GOLD MINING
COMPANY tLIMITED).
with the view of' enabling the
THE Directors Give Notice, that from informa-
tion
without delay, and they
received by the Last Mail, theyare enabled to state
that Captain THOMAS TRELOAR has resigned the situa-
tion of Chief Mining Engineer to the St. John a 1 Rey Gold
Mining Company, and that he has promised to proceed to the
hisn Del Rey Company
management, in con-
nectionpropertyhlo
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to
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commenceh i s C
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operationsy.
manage-
ment of this Company.
suptonjoh
speaks for itself and needs no comment.
By Order of the Board,
Th e
great with success
he celebrated attendant
JOHN E. DAWSON, Secretary.
Offices, 82 and 83, Gresham House, Old Broad-street
'ro, 18. ,

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 for London applicants on Thursday next, the
SON, Secretary.
10th instant, and for Country applicants, on Monday, the 17th
instant. By Order of the Board,
Offices, 82 and 83, GreshhjaMilf 1862 rouEse,DOAVVßroad-street.
Marc, .

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER'S
ISLAND BANKING AND GOLD TRADING COM-
PANY (LIMITED).
Capital, £250,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each.
With power to increase to £500,000.
£1 per Share payable upon application, and £1 upon allot-
ment, for which Scrip Certificates win be issued.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas Early Smith, Esq• (of the firm of Messrs. Early
an d' Smith), Up per Clapton.
Thomas Edgley, Esq., Tottenham Park, Middlesex, and 1,
St. Paul's-buildings, London.
Major Erlam, 12, St. James's-square, Notting-hill.
T. A. Douce, Esq., 37, Argyll-road, Campden-hill.
Captain Rawstorne, R.N., Abingdon-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. SuAtton, 22, Royal-exchange.
BNKERS.
The National Bank, Old Broad-street.
SECRETARY (pro tem).
William W. Holmes, E'sq.
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 neimPpapers, that that sudden and vast influx of
emigrants took place, which has 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 ev#lr-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 tom add such
other branches in British Columbia as may from tie 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
Francisco, 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 Bankers' receipt for the pre-
liminary deposit of £1 per share.

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, Spermatorrhcca, Local Weakness, Muscular Re-
'axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Aro.,..which, if
neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature
death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health
and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob
servatlon, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope
and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., ts, Burton-
crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C.

THE ALLIANCE BANK of LONDON and
LIVERPOOL (Limited). Established under the Joint-
stock Banking Companies Amendment Acts, 20th and 21st
Viet., cap. 49, and 21st and 22d Viet., cap. 91, which specially
limit the liability of each shareholder to the amount of his
shares.

Capital Two Millions, in 20,000 Shares cf £lOO each.
£25 per share only to be called up. First issue, 10;000 shales,
Deposit on application, £1 per share, and a further payment
of £1 on allotment. Each call not to exceed £5, and three
months' interval between each call.
DIRECTORS.

Alfred Casten/11n, Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co.),
Liverpool.
Ingrain Chapman, Esq. 6, Austin-friars, London (Chairman
of the United General Gas Company).
James Nugent Daniell, Esq., 19, Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-
_ Park, London.

John Ifloxaltiilln, Esq., 24, Abchurch-lane, London, Direc-
tor of the. Union Dank of Australia.
Louis Griming, Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co.), Liver-
pool.
James Houghton, Esq., Liverpool.
William li.-ates, Esq. (Messrs. Newton, Keates, and Co.),
LiverpooL
Chas. Edward Mangles, Esq., Poyle Park, Farnham, Surrey,
Chairman of the London and South-Western Railway
COVaIIY.
John Brant,- 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 Bank of
India, London, and China.
Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., 15, Cannon-street West, London.
John Torrance, Esq., 5, Chester-place, Hyde-park-square,
London.
gem(Weetitshaproewbeeir toegamddedtoe thiceirsecenumrebethr.e)
services
of
thoroughly qualified Managers both in London and Liver-
pooL
S9LICITORS.
London—Messrs. Crossley and Burn, 34, Lombard-street, B.C.
Messrs. Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane, E.C.
Liverpool—Messrs. Fletcher and Hull.
••
:BROKERS.
Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street, London.
Messrs. G. and T. Irvise, Liverpool.
BANKERS.
London—The -Union Bank of London. •
isive.pootratie.Bankvi England.
SECRETARY.—Ents Clowes, Esq. -
TEMPORARY OrrlcEs 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
mercantile community appreciate them as a safe means of in-
vestment.
The 4ollowing 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 :

As per the Accounts for the Hall-year
ending Dec. 31, 1862.

Joint-stockßanks.

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94,312

THE GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY
Office—Horseferry-road, Westminster.
In pursuance of the Provisions of the Act 50 Geo. 111. cap.
163, 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 of the 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 :