158 NORTH LEITH—ST JOHN'S [PRKSB. OF Elmside, Surbiton, Surrey, and had issue — Mary Hutton, born 4th June 1890; Alex- ander Norman, born 5th Nov. 1891 ; Annie Amy Turner, born 17th March 1893; James Case, born 24th Aug. 1894 ; Marjory Stirling, born 4th Jan. 1897 ; Ian Forbes, born 29th May 1898 ; Kathleen Louise, born 2nd June 1900 ; Donald Harry, born 5th April 1902. Publication — Simple Notes on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper (1895). JAMES ROBERTSON SWEET lgl3 WILSON, born Glasgow, 6th Oct. 1879, son of Thomas L. W. and Jessie Lang Sweet ; educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow ; The Hermitage, Helensburgh, and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1899); B.D. (1902); licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton May 1902 ; assistant at Barony, Glasgow ; ord. to St Columba, Oban, 26th June 1906 ; trans, and adm. 12th March 1913. Marr. 9th June 1909, HelenCameron, daugh. of John A. Cameron Ruthven, C.E., Dublin, and has issue—Thomas Ian, born 1st June 1910. ST JOHN'S (Q.S.). [Opened as a Chapel-of-Ease in parish of South Leith, 12th Dec. 1773, and declared a parish quoad sacra by Act of Assembly, 31st May 1834. From 1843-6 it was held by the Free Church, when the Civil Courts declared it to belong to the Church of Scotland. Erected by the Court of Teinds 19th July 1869.] WILLIAMBURNSIDE, M.A. ; ord. 2nd Nov. 1775 ; trans, to New Church, Dumfries, June 1780. JOHN COLQUHOUN, born Luss, 1st 1781 Jan. 1748, son of Patrick C, farmer, and Pennel M'Kimma ; originally a shepherd and weaver ; educated at the Society School at Muirland, and Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd Aug. 1780; ord. 22nd March 1781 ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1811) ; died 27th Nov. 1827. He marr. (1) 1781, Agnes, daugh. of William Black, merchant, Glasgow : (2) Euphemia Hunter, who died 12th Nov. 1831, aged 70. Publications— A Treatise on Spiritual Comfort (Edin- burgh, 1813) ; On the Law and Gospel (Edinburgh, 1815) ; On the Covenant of Grace (Edinburgh, 1818) ; A Catechism for the Instruction and Direction of Young Communicants (Edinburgh, 1821); On the Covenant of Works (Edinburgh, 1822); View of Saving Faith (Edinburgh, 1824) ; A Collection of the Promises of Scrip>ture (Edinburgh, 1825) ; A View of Evangelical Repentance (Edinburgh, 1826) ; Sermons, chiefly on Doctrinal Subjects, with a Memoir (Edinburgh, 1836).—[Diet. Nat. Biog., Campbell Irons's Leith.] PETER PETRIE, M.A. ; ord. 18th Sept. 1828; trans, to Kirkwall, Second Charge, 29th June 1831. JAMES LEWIS, born Glasgow, 7th 1832 April 1805, son of George L. and Margaret Hardie ; educated at Glas- gow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd Aug. 1831 ; elected 24th Nov. 1831 ; ord. 19th Jan. 1832; adm. a member of Presb. 25th June 1834. Joined the Free Church ; min. of Free St John's, Leith, 1843; res. on account of his health ; D.D. (Princeton 1871); Presbyterian min. at Rome, where he died 29th Jan. 1872. He marr. Marion (died 14th Dec. 1896), daugh. of James Wyld of Gilston, and had issue—Marion (marr. Rev. James Grant Mackintosh, Tasmania) ; Margaret ; Kate Isabella ; Alice Turnbull; George. Publications — Defence of Ecclesiastical Establishments (1830); Lecture III., On Civil Establish- ments of Religion (Edinburgh, 1835); Ser- mon at the opening of the North Parish Church, Kelso (Edinburgh, 1838); The Church of Scotland Obeying the Law of the Land and the Law of Godinher Present Opposition to the Civil Courts (Edinburgh, 1840); The Crisis and Preparation (Leith, 1843) ; The Necessity and Mercy Plea for Sabbath Trains triedand disjjosed of (1847) ; Indian Government, Past and Prospective^ in Relation to Christianity (Edinburgh, 1858). JOHN GIBB NIVEN, born Peterhead, 9th Nov. 1834, son of Charles N. and Barbara Davidson ; educated at Peterhead School and King's College, Aber-