Many of the Country Insurance Companies have offices in London also. Life Insurance Companies in which the assured do not participate in the Profits. Albion-42, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars Asylum-71, Cornhill, and 5, Waterloo- British Commercial-35, Cornhill London Life Association-35, Cannon-st. Companies in which the assured and the Alliance-1, Bartholomew-lane, Bank Atlas-92, Cheapside, and Old Jewry British Commercial-Belongs to the first and second classes, at different premiums Clerical, Medical, &c.-78, Great Russellstreet, Bloomsbury Crown-33, New Bridge-street, Black- Eagle, United Empire-3, Crescent, New 10, Chatham-place, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars Guardian-11, Lombard-street, and St. Hope-6, Bridge-street, Blackfriars Promoter-9, Chatham-place Royal Exchange-29, Pall Mall, & Royal Scottish Union-449, Strand Standard of England-King William-st., Sun-101, Cornhill, and Craig's-court, Westminster-429, Strand, & 21, Cornhill Proprietary participate in the Profits. Law Life Assurance-Fleet.street Metropolitan-Princes-street, Bank-Tem- Rock-14, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars Universal--69, Cornhill University-24, Suffolk-street, Pall Mall Companies in which there is no Proprietary, and where the Contributors are consequently mutual Assurers. Amicable-13, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-street London Life Association-Belongs to the Norwich Union-6, Crescent-place, New Life Annuity, British Annuity, Mutual MEETINGS of the SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY BODIES of LONDON for 1837-38. Those Meetings marked thus (*) are Anniversaries. Royal College of Surgeons.-The Museum is open every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 12 till 4. The Library is open daily from 10 till 4; and a Reading Room is open every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 7 till 10 in the Evening. Geological Society.-The Library and Museums are open every day from 11 till 5. Royal Asiatic Society.-The Museum is open every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 11 till 4. Anniversary Meeting at 1. Zoological Society. The Meetings are continued throughout the year; for General Business on the first Thursday, and for Scientific Business on the second and fourth NEW THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM AND ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, Strand ROYAL ADELPHI THEATRE, Strand. GARRICK THEATRE, Leman Street, Goodman's Fids. Head Nature of Performances. Italian Opera and Ballets Regular Drama, Operas and Spectacle Oratorios Regular Drama, Operas, and Spectacle Oratorios Regular Drama and Operas Operas and Spectacle Burlettas, Farces, and Spectacle Horsemanship and Spectacle Regular and Melo Drama and Spectacle Melo-Drama, Pantomime, and Spectacle Burlettas, Vaudevilles, &c. Vaudevilles, Singing, Fire-works, &c. General Limitation of Season. End of Jan. to mid. of Aug. End of Sep. to mid: of June Easter to November 15th March to 15th Nov. 1 Oct. until Passion Week. past 6 7 past 6 7 past 6 past 6 to 7 7 past 6 7 NOTE.-The above Table describes the general character of the Performances; but the three principal Theatres, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and ABSTRACT OF MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION ACTS. These Acts are two in number-the 6th and 7th Will. IV. caps. 85, 86; but the first, "An Act for Marriage in England," is declared by its 44th section to be part of the second, "An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England," as "fully and effectually as if incorporated therewith." The two Acts are, therefore, virtually and legally one Act. MARRIAGES.-1. Marriages may be performed as heretofore, according to the rules of the Established Church, either in parish churches, as usual, or in episcopal chapels, which may be licensed for the purpose by the bishop of the diocese. But in place of the publication of banns, the marriage may be solemnized on the production of the superintendent registrar's certificate. The right of the Archbishop of Canterbury, &c., to grant marriage licences is not interfered with. 2. Marriages may be solemnized in any place of worship duly registered for the purpose, and with any religious ceremonies which the parties may choose to adopt, provided two declarations given in the Act are introduced into some part of these ceremonies. The superintendent registrar's certificate must be produced, and a registrar of marriage must be present at the solemnization, which must take place between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon. 3. Parties objecting or refusing to be married in a place of worship may be married in the office of the superintendent registrar, in his presence, and that of a registrar and two witnesses. The following declarations are to be used by the parties in this and the previous case: "I do solemnly declare, that I know not of any lawful impediment why I, A. B. may not be joined in matrimony to C. D. "I call upon these persons here present to witness that I, A. B. do take thee, C. D., to be my lawful wedded wife, [or husband.]" 4. Members of the Society of Friends, and Jews, may be married according to their former usages, on production of the superintendent registrar's certificate. All marriages under the Act, in any of the above forms, are as valid and cognizable as marriages hitherto according to the rites of the Church of England. Preliminary Steps to a Marriage.-One of the parties intending to marry must give notice to the superintendent registar of the district, according to a prescribed form; if the parties live in two districts, notice must be given to both superintendent registrars. The superintendent registrar can grant a LICENCE, by which the parties may be mar ried in seven days, or if they prefer being married in the ordinary and cheaper mode, he issues his certificate, on application, in twenty-one days. The certificates issued for a marriage by licence are to have in a water mark on the paper the word "licence," and to be printed with red ink; those for marriages without licence, or in the ordinary way, are to be printed with black ink. But the superintendent registrar cannot grant a licence for a marriage which is to be solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England. In obtaining a licence, one of the parties must make oath, or solemn affirmation, that he or she believes there is no impediment to the marriage, and that other required preliminaries are fulfilled. The notices of marriage are to be read at the meetings of the boards of guardians. The marriage notice book is to be open to inspection without fee. Any properly authorized person may write the word "forbidden" against any entry in the marriage notice book, subscribing his or her name, place of abode, relation to the parties and reasons. A caveat against the issue of a licence or certificate may also be lodged with the superintendent registrar, who is thereupon to cause an examination to be made. A marriage must be celebrated within three months after notice is given, or else the preliminary proceedings are void, and must be renewed. The certificate or licence of the superintendent registrar is to be delivered, if the parties are married according to the forms of the Established Church, to the officiating minister; if in any dissenting place of worship, to the registrar present at the mar riage; and in the case of Quakers and Jews, to the respective officers who register marriages in the place where the marriage is performed. Registration of Places of Worship for Solemnization of Marriages.-Episcopal chapels may be licensed according to regulations laid down in the Act. Any place of worship which has been in use as such for at least a year may, on the application of a proprietor or trustee to the superintendent registrar, (which application must be accompanied with a certificate signed in duplicate by at least twenty householders,) be registered for the solemnization of marriages; and should the congregation remove to another place of worship, the registry may be cancelled and the new building registered. These registries are to be advertised in a local paper, and in the " London Gazette." REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.-The registrar general is to furnish each superintendent registrar, for the use of the registrars, with books and iron boxes to hold them; each box is to have a lock and two keys, one to be kept by the superintendent registrar, the other by the registrar. Ministers of churches and chapels, and officers of Quaker or Jewish congregations, are also to be furnished with marriage registration books. There are other regulations in the Act respecting the expense of furnishing these books, &c. The superintendent registrar is also to have a book for the registering of buildings for solemnizing marriages. Registration of Marriages.-Notices of marriage, when given to the superintendent registrar in the required manner, are entered by him in the marriage notice book; and, if not forbidden, he issues in due time (in seven or twenty-one days) his licence or certificate. The registrar present at marriages solemnized under the Act registers the marriage, which is signed by the officiating minister, the parties, two witnesses, and the registrar. Registration of Births.-It is the duty of every registrar of births and deaths to inform himself of every birth and death that may occur in his district. Notice may be given of a birth within forty-two days after by the father or mother, or by the occupier of the house in which the child is born, to the registrar, who is to enter it without receiving a fee from the parties. If forty-two days have elapsed, the child cannot be registered except in the presence of the superintendent registrar, when a fee must be paid to him of 2s. 6d., and 5s. to the registrar; and moreover the child must not be more than six months old. Auy name given to a child in baptism, within six months after registration, may be added to the registration, on production of the minister's certificate, and on payment of a fee of 1s. Registration of Deaths.-Intimation of a death may be given by some person who was present or in attendance during the deceased's illness, or by some inmate of the house where the death took place. On the death being registered, a certificate is to be delivered by the registrar, without fee, to the undertaker, or other person having charge of the funeral. This certificate is to be delivered to the minister or person who performs the funeral service, and who, if no certificate is delivered to him, is to give notice to the registrar, within seven days, under a penalty. Any coroner who has held an inquest over a dead body may order it to be buried before registry of the death, on giving a certificate. Any person giving information to the registrar of a birth or death, must sign his or her name, description, and place of abode, in the register. Captains of British vessels at sea are to note down the particulars required of the birth or death of any of His Majesty's English subjects which may occur on board, which they are to transmit to the registrar-general, to be entered by him in a "Marine Register Book," to be kept in the "General Register Office." N.B.-The cause of death is one of the particulars required in giving notice of a death. There are four Schedules appended to the Marriage Act: the first exhibits the form in which a notice of marriage is to be given; the second is the form of the superintendent registrar's certificate, to be issued at the end of twenty-one days; the third is a copy of the superintendent registrar's licence of marriage, which may be issued in illegal, are null and void; and where one person only is guilty of a fraudulent marriage, he or she forfeits all property that may accrue by the marriage. REGISTRATION FEES.-Births.-No fees are paid on the registration of a birth, if within the required time; after forty-two days, 2s. 6d. to superintendent registrar, and seven days after notice is given; and the fourth, a copy of the registrar's quarterly certificate of the solemnization of all marriages in his district. The schedules to the Registration Act are seven in number: they give the forms of the registration of births, marriages, and deaths, of registrar's and coroner's orders for burial, and of certificate of baptism, to be produced when the name of the child is to be inserted in the registry after the birth has been registered. MARRIAGE FEES.-Superintendent Registrar's Fees For entering notice of intended marriage For certificate granted at the end of twenty-one days £. s. d. 010 0 1 0 For licence (in addition to stamp duties) by which the parties can 3 0 0 0 5 0 300 certificate 050 0 10 0 For every caveat lodged against the grant of a certificate or licence. Registrar's Fees.-For being presentat, and registering a marriage by If by licence. PENALTIES ANNEXED TO THE MARRIAGE ACT.-For entering a caveat against a marriage on frivolous grounds, a person is liable to costs and damages, to be recovered by special action. The making of a false declaration, signing a false notice or certificate, or unduly forbidding the issue of the superintendent-registrar's certificate on a false represen tation, is held to be perjury, and punishable as such. Improperly solemnizing marriages, contrary to the regulations of the Act, is felony. Illegal marriages, solemnized with the knowledge of both parties that they are illegal, are null and void; and where one person only is guilty of a fraudulent marriage, he or she forfeits all property that may accrue by the marriage. REGISTRATION FEES.-Births.-No fees are paid on the registration of a birth, if within the required time; after forty-two days, 2s. 6d. to superintendent registrar, and 5s. to registrar. To minister for certificate of performing baptism, in order that the name of the child may be added to the registration, ls.; and to superintendent registrar or registrar for |