The post-mortem took place on the afternoon of that same day, and the results amply accounted for the strange symptoms which poor Randall had so faithfully described in his last letter to his mother. On the right side of that portion of the base of the skull which contains the delicate organs of hearing, we found a small, bony excrescence growing down into the labyrinth or inner ear. This, though small, was undoubtedly the cause of the terrible attacks of vertigo which the poor fellow complained of, and in one of which he met with his tragic death. The coroner's inquest was resumed on the following day, and, of course, Carleton was abundantly exonerated. It was two years afterwards, however, before I accidentally saw in the _Times_ the announcement of his marriage with Miss Farnham. _Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives._ MR. JUSTICE LOPES. BORN 1828. [Illustration: AGE 34. _From a Photo. by J. F. Long, Exeter._] [Illustration: AGE 48. _From a Photo. by Alexander Bassano._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._] The Right Hon. Sir Henry Charles Lopes, P.C., Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal, third son of the late Sir Ralph Lopes, the second baronet of Maristow, was born at Devonport, and received his education at Winchester School and at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1850). He was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1852. Mr. Lopes was made Recorder of Exeter in 1867, obtained his silk gown in 1869, and was elected a Bencher of his Inn shortly afterwards. In April, 1868, he was returned to the House of Commons as member for Launceston. On November 3rd, 1876, he accepted the vacant Judgeship in the Court of Common Pleas, and shortly afterwards received the honour of Knighthood. In 1885 he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, and subsequently sworn of the Privy Council. Sir Henry was Treasurer of the Inner Temple for the year 1890, and is a member of the Council of Legal Education. THE GRAND DUKE OF HESSE. BORN 1868. [Illustration: AGE 15. _From a Photo. by Carl Backofen, Darmstadt._] [Illustration: AGE 21. _From a Photo. by Carl Backofen, Darmstadt._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Carl Backofen, Darmstadt._]