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 days after his arrival in the colony the writer of this sketch heard him perform one of Beethoven's Sonatas, and though his visitor had the music before him, he could not detect a single false note. Though Herr Bertram's past career is marked with success, it may certainly be predicted that his future in this colony will be of that triumphant character which the genius and ability of such a talented composer and musician undoubtedly deserves.

J. J. BarclayRRIVED in the colony by the "Catherine StewartForbes," October, 1837, having been deputed by the British and Foreign Seamen's Society to form a branch of it in South Australia. He commenced business as a tailor and clothier, and occupied the first building with a brick floor in Adelaide. He was well known as a lay preacher in connection with Mr. W. Giles and the Rev. T. Q. Stow, at Glenelg, Brighton, &c. He was an Alderman of the Glenelg Corporation, and Mayor of that municipality for three years. He died May 21, 1867.

William Witherick RRIVED in this colony May 16, 1839, by the "Planter," in the capacity of mate. Shortly after landing he located in the hills at "The Tiers," and engaged in woodsplitting, an occupation then followed by many now prominent and leading colonists. In 1852, attracted by the rush to the Victorian diggings, he travelled overland thither, enduring those hardships which so long a journey in primitive times and the absence of regular roads entailed. He was fairly successful, and as his health was becoming bad