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  course. On April 29th he defeated MᶜLean, another New South Wales sculler, over the same course for the championship of the world. In 1892 he also beat Sullivan, the New Zealand sculler, over the Parramatta course.

Standish, Captain Charles Frederick, sometime Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria, was the son of the late Charles Standish, of Standish Hall, Wigan, Lancashire, where he was born in 1824. He was educated at Prior Park College, and then entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He subsequently obtained a commission in the Royal Artillery, in which he served for nine years, and retired with the rank of captain. He went to Victoria in 1852, and in 1854 was appointed assistant Commissioner of Goldfields at Sandhurst, and in 1858 Chinese Protector. On the resignation of Sir he was made Chief Commissioner of the Police. This post he resigned in 1880. Captain Standish in 1861 was installed District Grand Master of the Freemasons of Victoria, English constitution. He died on March 19th, 1883.

Stanley, Major Henry Charles, M.Inst. C.B., entered the Queensland Civil Service in Jan. 1866, and was appointed Chief Engineer of Railways for the Southern and Central Divisions in July 1889. He entered the Queensland Defence Force in Feb. 1868, and was appointed Acting-Major of the Moreton Field Battery in June 1887.

Stanton, Right Rev. George Henry, D.D., Bishop of Newcastle, N.S.W., was born at Stratford on Sept. 3rd, 1835. He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford, and graduated B.A. in 1858 and M.A. in 1862, receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1878. He was ordained deacon in 1858 and priest in 1859, and was curate of Christ's Church, Rotherhithe, from 1858 to 1862; of All Saints', Maidstone, from 1862 to 1864, of St. Saviour's, Fitzroy Square, London, from 1864 to 1867; and vicar of Holy Trinity, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London, from 1867 to 1878; on June 24th in which year he was consecrated first Bishop of North Queensland, in St. Paul's Cathedral, by Archbishop Tait and Bishops Jackson, Browne, Thorold, and (of Sydney). A few months later Bishop Stanton left for his new diocese, where no difficulties in the way of travelling, whether over trackless bush or swollen rivers, ever daunted him in the discharge of his duties in a truly pastoral and missionary spirit. In 1888 Bishop Stanton visited England to attend the Pan-Anglican Conference, held at Lambeth in that year, and took the opportunity to appeal to English liberality on behalf of his diocese, which, with a view to its more efficient working, he proposed to divide. In Nov. 1890, much to the regret of his North Queensland flock, Dr. Stanton accepted the bishopric of Newcastle, N.S.W., vacant by the resignation of Dr. (q. v.).

Stawell, Hon. Sir William Foster, K.C.M.G., LL.D., was the son of Jonas Stawell, of Old Court, in the county of Cork, and of Anna, daughter of the Right Rev. William Foster, Bishop of Clogher, in Ireland. He was born on June 27th, 1815. He entered the University of Dublin, where after a distinguished under-graduate course he took the degree of B.A. in 1837. Then he studied law in London, was called to the Irish Bar in 1839, and was admitted to the Melbourne Bar in 1842, when he combined professional with pastoral pursuits in partnership with his cousin Mr. Foster Fitzgerald. Mr. Stawell quickly attained eminence in his profession, being retained in every case of importance, and here it may be remarked that very few of his judgments, after his elevation to the bench, have been reversed on appeal to the Privy Council. Notwithstanding his constant work both before and after his accession to office, he devoted a large portion of his time and influence to the promotion of religious and charitable objects, being the author of the Act establishing the Church of England Synod, of which body he was a member till his death. No man gave a more cordial support to Bishop in his arduous task of organising the newly established diocese of Melbourne, and no one gave greater attention to the promotion of education, which he always maintained should be based upon religion. He was Chancellor of the University of Melbourne and Trustee of the Public Library, in both of which institutions he felt a vivid interest. In all matters of public importance he took a prominent part, notably in the anti-transportation agitation; and when Victoria was created an independent 431