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 Rev. G. Stonehouse ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 549 white Howers, was placed in front of the platform ; and the organist played the Dead March in "Saul." The Rev. J. L. Parsons conducted the service, the preliminary parts being taken by the Revs. S. Mead (Baptist), James Lyall (Presbyterian), and J. G. Millard (Wesleyan), after which an address was delivered by the Rev. Charles Manthor|)e, a highly valued friend of the deceased. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Manthorpe said of Mr. Stonehouse : "I think we are justified in thanking (iod for his consistent and blameless life. For more than 25 years he has gone in and out amongst us in this land, and I have never once heard, in any way, a word disparaging his life, character, or ministry." The body was then conveyed to the North Road Cemetery, where the Church of England service was read by Dean Russell, who afterwards delivered an appreciative address, during which he declared that all standing by the graveside would say, "This was a good man." On the following Sunday funeral sermons were delivered in the late gentleman's old church by Dr. Jefferis and the Rev. J. L. Parsons. To describe the Rev. George Stonehouse, we take the words of the Right Hon. Sir S. J. Way, in a speech delivered during the Jubilee .Services in connection with the North Adelaide Baptist Church, May 1 1, 1898. Coming 27 years after his death, they serve to illustrate the durability of the rev. gentleman's ministry. The Chief Justice said: — "I came to the Colony early in 1853, and it was my privilege to make the acquaintance of the Rev. George Stonehouse, a cultured minister of the old school, with a keen, well-cut, intellectual face, of benignant manners, and a catholicity of spirit which everyone who knew him admired. The could not measure the value of the services which this man rendered to the Church, nor could they sufficiently revere his memory. His had been a sweet influence, which had lasted long beyond the term in which he officially served the Church, and long beyond his own life, and it would be a beneficent service for many years to come." Mr. Albert Henry Landseer MR. ALBERT HENRY LANDSEER is a member of an English family of high reputation. His father, the late Mr. Henry Landseer, served in the Peninsular War; his uncle, Mr. John Landseer, was engraver to the King ; and his cousin was the famous painter, .Sir Eldwin Landseer. Mr. Landseer was born in London on February 18, 1829. After leaving school, he served for seven years under Matthew Johnson, a sculptor. In 1848 he came to South Australia, and remained until the Victorian goldfields began to attract adventurous spirits from all parts. Mr. Landseer joined the eager gold- seeking throng, and was fairly fortunate. After his third journey to Victoria he returned to South Australia, and opened in business at Port Elliot. Thence, in i860, he removed to Milang. From 1875 to 1899 Mr. Landseer repre.sented Mount Barker in the Hou.se of Assembly ; on five occasions being returned at the head of the poll. Mr. Landseer has ever been an earnest and uncompromising supporter of liberal legislation. He sat on the Murray Waters and several other Commissions, and is familiar with a considerable portion of the important part of the history of South Australian legislation. In a quiet and unobtrusive way Mr. Landseer has left the impress of his mind on our laws, and has conscientiously served the best interests of the Province.