TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY.

MY LORDS, LADIES, and GENTLEMEN,-I beg to thank you for the honour you have done me by Electing me a Surgeon of the Cumberland Infirmary.   Your appointment is the more grateful to me as I am a comparative stranger to the county.  It will be my constant endeavour to justify the selection you have made. 

I am, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, 

    Your obedient servant, 
        Henry A. LEDIARD.