4 JUNE 1859, Page 9

. The Court of Common Council yesterday, at the Guildhall,

presented to Sir John Lawrence the freedom of the City, contained in a gold box of most elaborate workmanship, "as a testimony of the high opinion entertained by the citizens of London of the distinguished services rendered by Sir John Lawrence in the civil department of the govern- • reent of India, and the success that has attended his exertions to promote civilization and religion, and to stay the progress of rebellion at one of the most momentous periods of British rule in India."