LEON GAMBETTA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1268, 3 January 1883, Page 3

LEON GAMBETTA.

Leon 6am)jetta, : .aE(en(|;i4tesmau born i a.t,Calioi's ) of a Gcnoeso family, Oct. 30, 1838. Adopting the legal profession, he became a member of the Paris bar in 1 $59, ami soon acquired fame iis a.forensic orator, tying mjifli emplpyed'in political causes,' both' 'in the capitiil and the provinces,,, while, lie obtaihedj. immense; jiopulalityUinWg certain classes of • the on account bf his 'advanced Ifepu'blicnn opinions.'i'ln Mnich','' 18C9, oil the mjcjpon of the prosecution of the mancipation newspaper at Toulouse, young and eloquent orator received a, most enthusiastic leception in the south.' "'At tho''general election held

that year, M. Gambetta stood for Paris . as a reprosontative of the :!' irreconcilable opposition," and •was returned for both constituencies, but-'6lected' to take his seat• for.Marseilles.,' In Jan., 1870, lie ; made r violentattack on the Ollivicr 'Ministry;; •declaring' that tlie day). y.;o«ld, come wjieh' tlie majority ,'of the people: would, without appealing to force, succeed 'in establishing, a .Republic.' On the fall of the Empire and the consequent formation of,the. Government, of the 'ljefence, in Sept., 1870, he, / WaS nominated Minister o( the Interior, and soon showed that he possessed ad T mimstiiitive powers of a high' order. "When a serious misunderstanding took • place between the. Delegate Government atTonrs and (lie National Defence Committee b Paris; regarding the contemplated election bf deputies, M, Gambetta • was elected by.his colleagues to proceed to .'the, former city and explain the position of affairs in the capital. Accordingly lie left Paris on Oct. ), 1870, iri'a bajlooii; named the "ArmandBaj'bes," accompanied by- a secretary '.and ; an aeronaut, passed safely over the Prussian lines, and reached "iinuen in the evening. Proceeding without loss of time.to.Tours, he there assumed the direction, and for some months was virtually Dictator of all those provinces of France 1 which were free from the German invaders, He urged tho people to continued resistance, raised the Armyoo r the Loire, and after ; the, Dt'le^te'Government had been obliged to remove •to Bordeaux, he issued a proclamation advocating war & outrance and (resistance even to complete exhaustion, It is scarcely necessary to that'iiis dream of driving out the Prussians was,not realised, and that his volunteer' armies were completely crushed by the well trained, forces of th'd.'eAeWiy. l OnTeb. (i, 18ft,' ; m!e Arago, Gamier Pagfes, and Eugene Pelletan, members of the Paris Government, arrived at Bordeaux.,bringing with tlieni a decree signed by. all tlie' memboro, of the Government, which annulled"-that of M, Gambetta, by which .certain glasses of. electors were disqualified , fas /candidates : -for the Assembly. • In consequence of.this censtif'o; M. Gambetta at once resigned his functions. Shortly afterwards he prodeeded to Spain; and resided therefor gome months in seclusion, but he 1 has since returned to France and obtained a teat/in 'the Assembly, where' ho is regarded as leader of the Radical wing ' of the Republican party! His political conduct has beea characterised by and reserve, but nevertheless he ha? .constantly directed hig efforts tojone, object—th e definitive establishment of the Republic. In Sep., 1872, K'ws$ a ,'.M®d °f .Democratic,"Pro-! = Wi the South of France, receiving a semi-official welcome from the muni- 1 cinal/'aulkorities: He delivered a faroolis speech at Grenoble, which was regarded ,as a manifesto and programme of tho Red party,' amounting to a declaration of war against the Govern- ! w?nj of the National Assembly. Another famous speech of his was delivered at Aix in Jan., 1876. At the close of the yeaf, lSf-7 M,, Gambetta paid a visit to.Rome, and had private conferences with - .the l leading statesmen of the On September; 11, )viw. condemned' by the eleventh .Correctional Tribunal of Paris to three, months' imprisonment and to pfty.^Mof,2,ooofrancs,. .for having said of Marshal, M acMahon, at a private meeting.at Lille, that after the next ; elections the President of the Republic ; roust either :• submit or resign "II fraudraou se soumettre, ou so dfeincttre." M. Gdmbet'tn was also prosecuted for his 'circular to the electors of the twentieth 'arrondissement of Paris. J»dgmentwM pronounced on October . 12, twi dliys; before the election, M. • Gambetta being condemned to three months' imprisonment and -to pay a fine of 4,000 francs, Two days later he was elected Deputy for the twentieth anbndissenient. In the discussion in the Chamber respecting the election of M..de Fourtou (Novomber.lß, 1878), M.' called that statesmau a • liar. £ -This unparliamentary expression lighting a duel'with pistols « Jsis Piquet, about five miles fflMie Merics, The encounter was sweetly harmless one, .'and it was hinted that blank cartridges were used with the connivance of the seconds. , jV/il '/I:,:!,: ' ■ <; ■ .

, |^®.twelve of. the'fbishops noJdlng teafg in the House of Lords are llie Kaliops) of Chichester and Llandaff, are over eiohty veara ojt.age. , It is kiderafood thit tlia creation pf twdailew r -Carifl'diari 'Provliicei'' in'-the norltewpvluuf been decided lipMn','one of wbioh will be called Quappelle.ib'd th'e oilier Saskatchewan, n m®!' '' : &bput (( to.return-, to I Cochih Clilila, where he will' continue his reicarchea jnto the natural history, and--North-weßtorn Bailway'' Company bawttferiUy bought l 6oo cows' to ij inpply ■' Unity of Oddfellows IS °1 I,t January,lut toj <-. i i I,ii'J A

A despatoh from Montreal, dutod November 13," says that' Margaret Scoit, of Merlin Tower, Quebec, tbi oo years bed ■ ridden, anil holplesa from spinal com plaint; claims to have been rostored health bj* tlm prayers «f „ p irry of Uditi byher bedside Tlii-TV '.lCanl, of-'Montreal, Vduohos ior .lid umili oftliu story. ■

An ecconiric old Spaniard died in Spain recently,'■ consigning his twulve-yedt-'old daughter to lhe euro of a colored blacksmith of Koeltnk, Imva, U.S., of which, place the Spaniard was n former roaident, By his will lie loaves 70,000d0l to the, nt'gro,aud. 400,000 to tho daughter entrusted to him. ! Tho oxports froni Gorraany to the Uoitod States lmve roachedj ■ 10,, the, latest statement, the iilnußiiallylarge total of 56,000,000, marks. V'* ' i There was lately moore'dWi tho Tliames it Westminster |t little Btearaor' destined (or piotißor mission work in, Africa. As # pieco of ongiu.eoring, the steamer is a little wonder, The objectiho builders had in view was to'provido a boat which ftilil 1 bo readily taken lb' 'piocea' and', easily carried overland, If caii he taken into 800 pieces; Viiy ono of which a mail will hava.no difficulty in carrying The accommadation on board, considering the size of the boat, is admirable, and its engines oan be worked at a speed.

■ A Bill is to be introduced in the Roiehstag forbidding the use of whito phoß phorous in the manufacture of lucifer matches, Mr Thomas Coats has. presented the town of Paisley with his observatory at Oakahaw Hall, which is said to have cos iti donor the sum of 110,000.