5 DECEMBER 1840, Page 3

VIbe _Metropolis.

The election of Sir James Duke, Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon Without, in the room of Mr. Harmer, took place on Tuesday. There was no opposition.

Mr. Lawrence has been elected into the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons, in place of Sir A. Carlisle ; and the vacancy which that gentleman's decease caused in the Council of the College is now filled by Mr Listou.