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intended to send for her as soon as he saw what the colony was like. His youngest son—F. E. Grundy—was taken from college to accompany him, and they arrived here safely. He had completed his arrangements for Mrs. Grundy to join him, but they were not carried out as she succumbed to an attack of bronchitis. He remained a widower, mourning in silence to the end of his days the loss of a worthy and affectionate partner. He began business here as a broker, and subsequently started the Standard newspaper, which had a tolerably prosperous career, but the difficulty experienced in getting in his subscriptions determined him on relinquishing this venture. He next took a house at Brighton, which he ultimately gave up and went to Crawler, where in 1859 he established himself as an auctioneer, accountant, and commission agent. He eventually resumed his literary pursuits, and became associated with the Bunyip, which under his able management enjoyed a high reputation. He could turn a pathetic sentence that did not fail to arrest attention, or verses, "to point a moral and adorn a tale." His readiness to investigate any question of oppression and imposition secured for him the good-will of the passengers of one of the emigrant vessels. They had been badly treated during the voyage, and he was instrumental in having the conduct of the captain inquired into. The passengers gave him a handsome silver snuff-box, bearing this inscription:—"Presented to E. L. Grundy, Esq., by the immigrants per "Indian," in grateful acknowledgment of his humane efforts on behalf of the emigrant stranger. Adelaide, October 3, 1849." Having long advocated the interests of the colony, he had the honour conferred upon him by the constituency of Barossa of being returned to Parliament. The illness preceding his death was of short duration, and three days after an attack of erysipelas it proved fatal. Nothing serious was anticipated at the outset, but the inhabitants were shocked to hear of his decease at the mellow age to which he had arrived. He was