Will you remember me kindly to Miss Cochrane, and believe me, ever affectionately yours, W.E. GLADSTONE. The Dean was greatly affected by a terrible calamity, which happened in his house in Ainslie Place, where, in June of 1866, his niece Lucy Cochrane, one of his family, was burnt to death; out of many letters of condolence which he received at the time, I have only space to insert three--one from the Rev. Dr. Hannah, then head of Glenalmond College, an accomplished scholar, to whom our Dean was much attached, and upon whom he drew very freely in any questions of more recondite scholarship, another from the Rev. D.T.K. Drummond, and the third from the Premier:-- Rev. Dr. J. HANNAH to DEAN RAMSAY. Trinity College, Glenalmond, N.B. June 15, 1866. Dear Mr. Dean--I _must_ write one line, though I know you will be overwhelmed with letters, to say how deeply distressed and shocked we are at the news in this morning's paper, and how profoundly we sympathize with you under this fearful affliction. I thought instantly of Mr. Keble's lovely poem in the Lyra Innocentium:-- "Sweet maiden, for so calm a life, Too bitter seemed thine end." And it applies closely, I am sure, in the consolations it suggests; that "He who willed her tender frame Should rear the martyr's robe of flame," has prepared for her a garland in Heaven, "Tinged faintly with such golden light As crowns His martyr train." But if blessed for her, it will be a sore trial for the survivors. We feel so keenly for her poor sisters, who seem to have to bear the brunt of so many sorrows. May God support them and you! So prays in hearty sympathy, yours ever sincerely, J. HANNAH. Rev. D.T.K. DRUMMOND to DEAN RAMSAY. St. Fillans, Crieff, 16th June. My dear Friend--This morning's paper brought us the sad, sad intelligence of the frightful calamity which has befallen your household. My heart aches when I think of the overwhelming sorrow this great affliction must bring to your kind and loving heart. Long friendship and unbroken esteem must be my apology for intruding on you at this early stage of your bereavement. I cannot but express my deep and heart-felt sympathy with you in it, and my earnest prayer that God the Holy Spirit may sanctify and comfort by his own grace and presence all on whom this great sorrow has fallen. In the expression of this sympathy my dear wife cordially unites with yours most affectionately and truly, D.T.K. DRUMMOND. Right Hon. W.E. GLADSTONE to DEAN RAMSAY. 11 Carlton H. Terrace, June 16, 1866.