THE LATE M. LEDRU-ROLLIN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 428, 23 January 1875, Page 3

THE LATE M. LEDRU-ROLLIN.

Our cable telegram informs us of the death of M. Ledru-Rollin, the French statesman and writer. Of his career " Men of the Time " supplies the following particulars :—: —

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, exMinister of France, born in Paris, February 2, 1808, became an advocate in 1830, and was frequently engaged to defend men charged with offences against the Government. Being a politician of vehement character and extreme opinions, he rendered himself conspicious as an avowed representative of the Communist interest. Having married an Irish lady, M. Ledru-Rollin paid a vist to Ireland during the summer of O'Connell's •' monster meetings," was present at the memorable assemblage at Tara, and on that occasion was hailed by the excited multitude as a delegate from the republicans of France to the Irish republic He took a prominent part in the revolution of February, 1848, was nominated Minister of the Interior in the Provisional Government, and was third on the poll in the candidature for ' the presidency of the Republic. Having been implicated in a conspiracy to overthrow Louis Napoleon he was forced, to seek safety in England, atid published, in 1850, La Decadence de V Angleterre, a work inspired by the bitterest animosities against the institutions and ideas of the country that had given him shelter. He has written other works on legal and political subjects, all characterised by extreme views, and has fraternised with the most notable of the proscribed men of the day, such as Mazzini, Kossuth, and Ruge. For more than 20 years he resided alternately in London and Brussels, subsisting on the wreck of his fortune and by the aid of his pen. In 1849 he was condemned by default to transportation for his share in the revolutionary movements of that year, and again in 1857 for being concerned with Mazzini ond others in a plot againsc Napoleon 111., and his name was excepted from the general amnesties of 1860 and 1869. In January^STO,. however, a decree was published granting him permission ito return to France,; and, though he at first declined to take advantage of the amnesty, he made his appearance in Paris on March 25. after an absence of more than 20 years.

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