We regret to record the death of Mr. Alfred Deakin,
the dis- tinguished Australian orator and statesman. He was sixty- three. Mr. Deakin was a native of Victoria, and was by pro- fession a barrister and journalist. He entered the Victorian. Assembly when he was twenty-four, and became one of the most powerful advocates of Federation. He sat in the first Commonwealth Ministry as Attorney-General, and afterwards was thrice Prime Minister. He continued to lead the Liberal Opposition till 1913, when he retired from polities. Australia owes much to Mr. Deakin's vigorous democratic policy, un- tainted by the selfishness of the class interests which gradually overcame him. We remember him gratefully as a loyal son of the Empire, who worked hard for many years to strengthen the ties between the Mother Country and the Dominions.
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