Duffy

Sir Charles Gavan, an Trish patriot; born in County Monaghan in 1816. He had an_ active share in awe the Tenant League and the Independent Irish party, and on the break up of the latter, emigrated to Australia in 1856. After some time of practice at the Melburne bar, he drifted into politics, and after the establishment of the Victorian constitution, rose in 1857 to be Minister of Public Works, of Lands in 1858 and 1862, and Prime Minister in 1871. He was defeated next year, was knighted in 1873, and in 1877 elected Speaker of the Legislative- A embly. His little work, “ The Ballad Poetry of Ireland” has been for years a household book in his native country. He died Feb. 9, 1908.