OBITUARY.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7964, 11 September 1891, Page 5

OBITUARY.

[PSBPRBBS A.BSOOIATION.I Received September 10th. 10.30 a.m. Pabis, September 9. M. Jules Grevy, ex-Preaident of the French Republic, is dead; setat eightyfour. Frangois Paul Jules Grevy, ex-President of the French Republic, was born at Mont-Sous-Vaudrez in the Jura on August 15th, 1813. He was educated in the College of Poligny, afterwards studied law in Paris, and in due course was admitted an advocate. He took part in the Revolution of July, 1830, and subsequently was much employed at the bar as a defender of members of the Radical party who were charged with the commission of political offences. In 1848 he was appointed Commissary of the Provisional Government in his department, and was returned to the Constituent Assembly, heading the list of the successful candidates for the Jura. As a member of the Committee of Justice and Vice-president of the Assembly, M. Grevy frequently ascended the tribune, and proved himself to be one of the most able speakers among the democratic party. After the election of the 10th of December, M. Grevy opposed the Government of Louis Napoleon, and protested against the expedition to Rome. After the coup d'etat he held aloof from politics, and confined himself to the practice of his profession. In 1868 he was appointed batonnier of the Order of Advocates, aDd the following year he was again returned as Deputy for the Jura. On February 17th, 1871, M. Grevy was elected President of the National Aseembly, then sitting at Bordeaux, and now removed to Versailles, and in discharging the duties of this important office he displayed remarkable tact, judgment and moderation. He resigned this otfice in April, 1875, when he wae succeeded by M. Buffet. At the general election of Fehruary, 1876, he was returned the National Assembly by the arrondissement of Dole in th-s department of the Jura, and on the meeting of the Chamber he was elected its President, to which office he was re-elected by the new Chamber ol Deputies November 10th, 1877, and again in January, 1879. After the resignation of Marshal Macmahon, M. Grevy was elected President of the French Republic for seven years on January 30th, 1879. On the expiration of this period he was again elected, but resigned in 1887, his resignation being indirectly due to the decoration sc&ndala m which his son-in-law was implicated.