AS. THOMPSON BELL, Sc. D., Clerk of Hastings county, Belleville, Ont., was born at Newcastle on Tyne, Eng., January 8th, 1811. He is the son of captain William Bell, who commanded the transport "Cambo," Cambo," during Sir David Baird's expedition to Corunna. Dr. Bell commenced his studies in the old land, by attending the Royal Grammar school at Newcastle. From 1827 to 1830, he was engaged with a landed proprietor in the double capacity of tutor to the family and student of agriculture. In the latter year, he returned to Newcastle, and entered upon the study of natural history, which he

pursued for many years. In 1851, he came to America, and shortly after arriving, had the misfortune to lose his wife, whose death left him with seven children. He then returned to England, where he remarried, and in 1859, again came to Canada and settled in Belleville, his present home. Dr. Bell is one of the best known and most highly respected men in Hastings county, and has given much valuable aid to the cause of science and education. In acknowledgment of his public services, he was, at the instance of the Hastings County Council, appointed professor of Mines and Agriculture at Albert College, Belleville, from which he received the degree Doctor of Science, in 1884. He has done considerable literary work of a high order, having been a correspondent of the Victoria Institute of Great Britain, the Newcastle Chronicle, Monetary Times, Edinburgh Scotsman, and editor of the Belleville Independent for some years. In religion the doctor was brought up in the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, to which communion he still adheres. politics, a staunch adherent to Conservative principles. He was married thrice; first, in 1834, to Miss Isabella Smith, daughter of Geo. Smith, Esq., of Berwick, England; second, in 1856, to Miss Margt. Hattle, also of Berwick; and third, in 1873, to Miss Sarah Boulter, daughter of the late Nathl. Boulter, Esq., of Montreal. The last named Mrs. Bell, died in 1885.

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OHN BELL, Q. C., Belleville, Ontario, general solicitor of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, was born in 1823, in Strabane county, Tyrone, Ireland. He is the son of Robert Bell, who emigrated to New York where he was engaged as à cotton manufacturer until 1833 when he moved with his family to Canada. In 1843 Mr. Bell became a pupil at Victoria College, then under the direction of the late Dr. Ryerson. At the end of one year, owing to failure of his health, he left college. In December, 1844, he entered the law office of George B. Lyon, in Bytown, now Ottawa. The following year he removed to Toronto and completed his articles in the office of Crawford and Hagarty, of that city, of which firm the present Chief Justice of Ontario was then a member. In 1849, he was admitted as an attorney and solicitor, and immediately after, entered into partnership with the late Hon. John Ross, under the name of Ross & Bell. In the early part of 1851, Mr. Bell was called to the Bar where he has achieved rare success. In October, 1852, he was, on the organization of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, appointed its solicitor. In 1850 he was appointed to succeed his friend, Mr. Ross, as solicitor of the Bank of Montreal, also of Hastings county, and on the incorporation of the Merchants Bank, he became its solicitor also. All these positions he still holds. Mr. Bell was elected a bencher at the first elec

tion of the Law Society, and also at each subsequent election. He is still a member of Convocation, and was made Queen's Counsel in 1866. In religion, he is a Presbyterian, in politics a Liberal. He never, although often solicited, was a candidate for any political office. He was a strong supporter of the late Hon. Robert Baldwin, who was his warm personal friend. Mr. Bell was married, in 1853, to Miss Helen M. Turnbull, daughter of the late John Turnbull, of Belleville. She died in 1879. In 1884 he married Miss Caroline Stewart, daughter of the late Dr. Stewart, also of Belleville, Ont.

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SIDORE NOEL BELLEAU, Q.C., mayor of Lévis, Quebec, was born in Deschambault, province of Quebec, March 7th, 1848. He is a son of Isidore and Marie D. (Pagé) Belleau, both natives of the aforesaid province. Mr. Belleau was educated at the Seminary of Quebec, and at Laval University, graduating LL.B. from the latter institution. He was admitted to the Bar in 1871, and in the same year established the Echo de Lévis, weekly newspaper (Conservative), which was published for four or five years. advocate, Mr. Belleau is well and favorably known, and the firm of which he

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is the head, has a large and important legal connection. His able and intelligent grasp of public affairs brought him before the electors, and in 1874, he contested Portneuf county against Dr. De St. George. In 1878, he was defeated in the local general elections by Hon. F. Langelier. He was again defeated for Lévis by Hon. E. T. Paquet in 1881, but was elected for the same county to succeed the late Hon. J. G. Blanchet in 1883, and again defeated in 1884 and 1887, in Bellechasse. He was married to Marie-Louise, daughter of J. B. Raymond, Esq., advocate of Lévis, Quebec.

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LLEN RUTTAN, M.D. and C., Napanee, Ont., was born in Adolphustown, county of Lennox, in January, 1826. He is the son of Peter W. Ruttan of U. E. Loyalist descent, and Colonel of Militia in the war of 1812. Dr. Ruttan began his studies at the High School, in Picton, Prince Edward county, and afterwards attended McGill College, Montreal, where he graduated in 1852 with honors. He began practice at Newburgh, and subsequently located in Napanee, where he now continues (1892) the oldest practitioner in that part of the country, and holds that position in

the community to which his life long devotion and skill entitle him. He is physician to the Grand Trunk Railway Co., examiner for the I.O.O.F., and surgeon for the Kingston, Napanee and Western Railway, and a member of the Council of Physicians and Surgeons for Ontario. Dr. Ruttan is also a member of the Masonic order. He has always taken an interest in educational and municipal matters. In religion, he is a churchman and a church warden, and also delegate to the Synod. The doctor was married in 1854, to Miss Caroline, daughter of the late Wm. Smith, Esq., of Montreal.