Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-11

lrlSh Rebel in AS, Afterwards British
 Prime Minister of Australia.
 London, Feb 11.-A dispatch from Nice states that Sir Charles Gayan Duffy died Monday night, at the age of 86, after few days illness.
 Sir Charles Gavan Duffy fitly de scfibed his autobiography by the title My Life in Two Hemispheres' Few men, even among the rowing adventur- ous Irishmen who have won fame in every land, had seen life under more strange and varied conditions, encoun- tered more, notable characters or en- Joyed wider experience on the political stage of old and new countries.
 For a generation, as he himself could say with simple truth, he was fac tor In whatever was done or projected III the public affairs of Ireland For nearly another generation he lived in new country, by no means an idle witness of it's marvellous develoDment, while the last 8 years of his long life of ST were spent in dignifed retire ment in which he still cherished his lifelong passion-the determination to love, and, if possible, serve Ireland.
 He was born in Monagh in 1S16 His father, a shopkeeper of but mod crate means, died when Charles was 10 years old, and his education was a per- sonal struggle. He became journal ist in Dublin, when he was 23 WAS cd lung a paper started by Ulster Catho- lies in Belfast. and in 1842 returned to Dublin as the founder, together with Thomas Davis and John Dillon. of the Tn s, 4 1 with it's outspoken views on repeal l and its patriotic verse, was read all over Ireland Duffy had become a re- cognized leader of the nationalist par ty and in 1844 was included in the same indictment with O'Connell. He was convicted by a Dublin court, but acquitted with 'the Liberator'' by the house of lords on a point of law. l Duffy's ideas, however, were in ad- vance of O'ConnelPs at this period and the two separated. Duffy joined the "Young Ireland" leaders and was tried for treason-felony in 1S4S. when l the abortive rising of Smith O'Brien took place. The jury disagreed at his first trial and upon promise that if he l pleaded guilty at the second trial he I would not be punished he did so. and thereby lost most of his popularity with the Irish people. Duffy was then elected to the British house of commons. A premature movement. which he supported, to bring about an I alliance between Catholics and Pro- l testants upon the land question failed and Duffy joined the emigrant stream 1 to Australia.
 This was in 1856, and in the next year he became minister of public works in Victoria, this being a rapid acknowledgement that his great polfti- cal talents had found a suitable sphere, His activity in politics made him a force in the colony, of which he became prime minister in 1871, holding office for two years and retiring with a knighthood. Four years later he was elected speaker of the assembly and finally, in 1880, retired to return to Eu rope.
 Among those with whom he was I personally acquainted were Charles Hamilton Telling, one of the leaders of 1793; James Clarence Mangan, who contributed some of his finest poems to the Nation; Thomas Carlyle, many conversations with whom he published Disraeli and Cardinal Newman. He was received by Marshal NacNahor during visit to Paris, and later 1T Rome enjoyed long conversation with Pope Plus K.