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AS. SHAW SINCLAIR, Q.C., Hamilton, Judge of the County Court of the County of Wentworth, was born in Ramsay, County of Lanark, on the 7th of April, 1838. His parents were Alexander and Elizabeth (Shaw) Sinclair, of Ramsay township, County of Lanark, his father being formerly of Caithness-shire, Scotland. The Judge was educated at Perth Grammar School and by private tuition. He was married in 1861 to Henrietta, daughter of the late Rev. J. Padfield, of Burford, Ont. Judge Sinclair studied law with the late William McNairn Shaw, and was called to the Bar in

1863. He commenced by profession in Goderich = partnership with Alexander Shaw, Esq., CT QUO Walkerton. He was elected a Bencher of the Lav Society in 1871, re-elected in 1876, and resigned the same year. He was also created a Q.C. in 1876. He conducted for the Crown the important trial of William John Beals, at Welland in 1874, for the murder of his wife at Fort Erie, which resulted in a verdict of manslaughter. He was Crown counsel in the conviction of McConnell, for the murder of Nelson Mills, at the Hamilton Winter Assizes in 1876. In this case, the plea of prisoner's insanity was set up and strongly urged by his counsel, and still forms a theme for discussion among medical men. The prisoner was convicted and executed. He also defended Joseph France, who was tried for murder at the Goderich Fall Assizes in 1874, and Maria Elliott, for the murder of her child, at the Spring Assizes in 1876. In both of which cases the prisoners were acquitted. Mr. Sinclair was appointed to the Bench in April, 1876, and at the time was senior partner of the law firm of Sinclair, Seager & Wade, at Goderich, and much occupied with nisi-prius business. Judge is the author of a number of important legal works and publications, among them several works on "Division Courts," "Absconding Debtors," "Landlord and Tenant," and "The License Law of Ontario." Such men are always an honor to the Bench.

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EV. JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A., Ph.D., Collingwood, Ont., was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, 1845. His father was a relative of Sir James Brown, Edinburgh, and Sir Colin Campbell, whose name became immortalized by his bravery at the relief of Lucknow and by the "Thin Red Line" of Highlanders at Balaklava. His mother was Margaret Anderson, a relative of Sir John Dick, of Glasgow. His parents came to Canada about the year 1851. and settled in Nottawasaga. Dr. Campbell was educated at Stayner public school, Toronto Collegiate Institute, University of Toronto and Knox College. He received the degree of B.A. at the University of Toronto in 1873, M.A. in 1883, and graduated in theology in Knox College in 1874. He took a post graduate course of four years at Bloomington University, obtaining the degree

of Ph.D. in 1885. Of all the honors he secured during his college career, the one he valued most highly was the first prize as public speaker in the graduating class at Knox College. Prior to entering college, he taught school with marked success for a few years. He was ordained and inducted into the Presbyterian Church at Cannington, Ont., in 1874. In 1878 he accepted a call to Knox Church, Harriston, and remained there until 1886, when he accepted a call to Collingwood. He declined a number of calls from the United States and Canada. Dr. Campbell as a preacher is eloquent, clear, logical,

evangelical and impressive, and as a pastor endears himself to his people by his strong social qualities. He has been most successful as a minister of the Gospel, being faithful, conscientious and energetic, filling every church of which he has had charge to its utmost capacity. The roll of his Sabbath School at Collingwood numbers over six hundred. He has been Moderator of three different Presbyteries, a member of the General Assembly, the Home Mission Committee and Sabbath Obserance Committee. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., A.O.U.W., and St. Andrew's Society.

SSAC FRANCIS TOMS, Senior Judge of the County of Huron, Goderich, Ontario, was born at Charlotteville, Norfolk County, in February, 1840. His father was Albert Toms, of Devonshire, Eng. His greatgreat-grandfather was a Highlander from Argyleshire, who took part in the taking of Quebec in 1759. Judge Toms was educated at private and public schools, and then studied law in Simcoe and Toronto, and afterwards came to Goderich in 1860, where, in the following year, he commenced the practice of law. His success soon brought him into prominence, and, in 1866,

being then only twenty-six years old, he was appointed Deputy Judge of Huron and Bruce, but resigned in 1867. In 1872 he was appointed Junior Judge of Huron, and in 1879 Surrogate Judge of the Maritime Court of Ontario. In March, 1881, he was appointed Local Judge of the High Court of Justice for Huron, in 1882 Senior Judge of the County Court of Huron, and, in 1885, Revising Officer for South Huron. Judge Toms was one of the very first shareholders in the company that put down the first salt well in Goderich. He is a member of the Masonic body, and has held the highest offices within the gift of that fraternity, and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and other societies. Previous to his elevation to the Bench in 1872, Judge Toms was a zealous member of the Liberal-Conservative party,

and was president of the South Huron Liberal - Conservative Association, and afterwards of Centre Huron Association. He was married in August, 1875, to Georgina Charlotte, only surviving child of Dr. John Geo. Rosonkin, a distinguished linguist and homeopathist, who came originally from Prussia, and practiced at different times in St. Louis, U.S., in London, Eng., and in Montreal, where he died in 1859. When at the Bar Judge Toms was one of the most able chancery lawyers in Ontario, and had a large and valuable practice. As a Judge he is distinguished for his legal knowledge and correct judgments.

EV. JAS. GORDON, M.A., London, Ont.,

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was born on the 22nd February, 1827, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His parents were William and Jean (Piper) Gordon. His father was a farmer and an elder in the Church of Scotland. Our subject commenced his education at the parish schools of Scotland, and continued it at the public schools of Ontario, (whither he had come with his widowed mother), Palermo Grammar School and Queen's College, Kingston. Previous to attending college, he taught school four years. He matriculated into Queen's College in 1848, received the degree of B.A. in 1851, and the degree M.A. in 1853, and completed his theological course in 1854. He then received a call to St. Andrew's Church, Markham, and was ordained and inducted into that church September 27th, 1854, and remained there eleven years.

He then accepted a call to Crumlin, a few miles east of London. He remained here eleven years also, and was then called to St. Andrew's Church, Niagara Falls, where he was inducted on August 22nd, 1876. He remained here until October, 1886, when failing health compelled him to retire from active work. He has since resided in London, and is an elder of St. Andrew's Church. Mr. Gordon was convener and treasurer of the Toronto Presbytery's Home Mission about nine years, clerk of the London Presbytery ten years, secretary of the Board of Education for East and West Middlesex

about ten years, Superintendent of Public Schools of North Dorchester seven years, and was Inspector of Public Schools of Niagara Falls during the greater part of his residence there. Mr. Gordon preaches as often as health will permit, and is constant in Christian labors, doing an elder's work in connection with St. Andrew's Church, conducting services in the benevolent institutions in turn with the city pastors, and is at the present time treasurer of the Presbytery of London. He was married in November, 1854, to Helen, daughter of the late Dr. White, of Kingston, Ont.

OHN MCCLARY, of the McClary Manufacturing Co., London, Ont., was born on the 2nd of January, 1829, in the township of Westminister, County of Middlesex. On his father's side he is of the historical stock of Adams, his grandmother being a cousin of the celebrated John Quincy Adams, a name which will long stand forth as one of the greatest among American families. His mother, Sally Stark, who was born in Pennsylvania on the 17th of March, 1786, was a descendant of Gen. Stark, of Revolutionary fame. Mr. McClary learned the tin business in London, and in 1850

went to California. He returned to London in 1851, and, in partnership with his brother Oliver, started the present establishment under the firm name of J. & O. McClary, which was carried on until 1871, when a joint stock company was formed under the name of the McClary Manufacturing Co. (Ltd.). The business has, as is well known, reached gigantic proportions, and their stoves, furnaces and tin supplies are handled by the trade in every town and city in the Dominion, while they also do their share of foreign trade. Mr. McClary in religion is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a trustee of Wellington Street Church, London. He has always been a Reformer in politics, but is a strong supporter of the National Policy and a thorough advocate for developing the natural resources of the country. He is a magistrate, director of the L. and P. Ry., vice-president of the Ontario Loan and Debenture Co., vicepresident of the London Life Assurance Co., and is president and chief stockholder in the Manufacturing Company which bears his name. He is a shrewd business man, and the success of the company is due largely to his ability. Mr. McClary has been twice marriedfirst, in 1853, to Mary Ann, daughter of Phoenix Drake, and again, in 1866, to Miss Pavey. He has two daughters by his first wife-Mrs. Gunn and Mrs. Gartshore-both of whose husbands are engaged in the business with Mr. McClary.