Dear Mr. Editor,—I was born at Lards-hill Common, in the parish of Wonersh, Surrey, on the 12th of August, 1836; and was not expected to live but a very short time. All but my mother who saw me said I should soon die. As I grew up I proved to be very delicate and weak, which sometimes filled me with fear. When about 12 years old I met with an accident. I was sitting on a loaded cart, and it tipped up, and the front part caught me by the neck, and I was suspended by it; a man lifted me down and held the torn part till a doctor came and sewed it up. I had to lay on my side for nine weeks,…