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likeas they did at the manse and gleib by delivering earth and stone according to usual custome. lt was ordained that a letter should be written to the Archbishop (Burnet) to acquent his grace of this affront put on the Presb. in shutting up the church and churchyard doors, and when they came to execut his grace's commands that a number of women were conveened in the churchyard with their laps full of stons, as a guard to keep us out of church and churchyard, and beside that some women rail'd on us, calling us soul murderers and the divel's servants, which letter was drawn and subscribit to give to the Archbishop." Mr S. was deprived by the Privy Council 29th Aug. 1689, for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates, nor praying for their majesties William and Mary; but continued till 1693, when he retired to Hawick, and exercised his professional duties till he died, in the prime of life. He marr. Miss Burnside, and had a son, William, min. of Hawick, and two daughters. -[Act. Rect. Univ. St And, Presb. Reg., MS. Lett. of Dr Somerville, MS. Acc. of Min. 1689, Peterkin's Constitution of the Church, Somerville's Life, Mem. of the Somervilles ii.]

1694. ROBERT BELL, A. M., son of Mr John B., min. of Smalholm, a youth of promising parts, had his degree from the Univ. of Edin. 7th May 1689, licen. by the Presb. of Earlston, 12th Oct. 1693, called in Dec. following, and ord. 14th Feb. 1694; he was one of four who dissented from an Act of the Synod asserting their principles respecting the established government of the Church in April 1703, and one of three ministers in a minority of 17 to 59, in the Commission of Assembly, 7th Nov. 1706, who, according to the doctrine of their covenanting ancestors disapproved of twenty-six Prelates sitting in the united Parliament of Great Britain; trans. to Crailing 15th Nov. 1721.-[Edin. Grad., Wodrow MSS, Presb. Reg., Boston's Memoirs.]

1723. HUGH KENNEDY, A.M., trans. from Torthorwald, pres. by Arch. Douglas of Cavers in 1722, adm. 13th Nov. 1723; trans. to Rotterdam 25th May 1737, where he was highly respected and useful, had D.D. from the Univ. and Marischal College Aberdeen, in 1763, and died 3d Nov. 1764, in his 66th year and 44th min., "one of the best pulpit-men in the kingdom." He declined calls to Dunfermline (1st charge) in 1742, and to Dalkeith in 1746, His appearance was commanding, tall, and rather slender, with an open countenance, and a ruddy complexion. He marr. Margaret Scott, who died in 1746, and had two sons and three daugh., William, Professor of Greek in Marischal College, Aberdeen, Walter, planter in Surinam, Anne, spouse of Mr Alex. Livingstone, Provost of Aberdeen, afterwards merchant, Rotterdam, Rachel, spouse of Will. Fraser, Esq. of Fraserfield, and Beatrix, spouse of Captain Bradshaw Publications-Sermon at opening of the Synod, Edin. 1732, 8vo; a Discourse concerning the nature, author, means, and manner of Conversion, 1743, fcp. 8vo; Sermons in the Dutch Language (which have not appeared in English), Rotterd. 1748, 4to; a Short Account of the rise and progress of a remarkable Work of Grace in the United Netherlands, Lond. 1752, 8vo; also an Essay in Dutch prefixed to the translation of Boston's Covenant of Grace, Leyden, 17 41, 8vo; and Preface to Halyburton's Great Concern of Salvation.-[Presb. Reg, Steven's Scott. Ch. Rotterd., Douglas's Peer. ii., Carlyle's Autob.]

1738. CHARLES DOUGLAS, licen. by the Presb. 1st March 1738, pres. by Arch. Douglas of Cavers 1st May, and ord. 16th Aug. same year; died 1st Dec. 1745, in 8th min. Isabel Douglas, his relict, died at Dalkeith in Jan. 1748. He had six sons and a daugh., Andrew, Walter, Archibald, William, Charles, George, and Isobel.-[Presb., and Test. Reg., &c.]