New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

v vhenever dull debate Is going on. heard him
one evening, when he the worse for the alco-
hOlic beverages tnat he had mblbed, contend, in
the drawng-room of widowed lady, that there
was 10 hahn in those offences against conjugal
ino'ality on which the interest OF French dramas is
PNoted, huG that he against divorce, because It
wonld relax the family tie. To enforce his argn-
nents he said " |. who take this view, am an old
member OF the .Judicature he was in is0I wher.
ne resigned subst of the Imperial ProcuratOr at
Ahgcfs, and my fOreiathers were judges for three
hunGIen years" RcprcsCntlng q very democratic
aTIondisscment of Paris. NJ. Allain large publicly
ii0stS reddish flag. But in private he keeps it IN
MS pocket and laughs at it. lie is an agreeable
man, tpsy or sober ana as his wife is a daughter
OF the late NJ. de Vlcmain of the Academy, and
many of his Anou kindred belong to the monarch-
cal clerical arlstOcracy of that province, he knows
Wlat l. gong on I'm every camp. Allan large is the
Ol'y member of the Gambetta set who goes 10 Jules
SIuon $. ! met hm there before last year on the
eve OF hostile appointment with Robert Mitchell
VINO was he said, an Gaidbtc fdrceur, and would be
as good a Republican any il he were rich enough
to do without the funds the Bonapartist leaders
supplied to him. Allan large is a man of swarthy
complexion and ptted with the smallpox His
mar and beard are black, with slight sprnking of
He thinks that if Gambetta purchases in the
name oil the State the great lines of railways from
the companies which made them, AMI farms them
ont to- district companies, he will be able 10 manage
the ShambcrS as he pledses measure OF this kind
would throw into the bands of Government a vast
amount of patronage. To carry il ont appeals
would have 10 be made 10 capitalists, and the eX-
pedlent of amortissable loans resOrted 10. This
would cause gold to flow in new channels and
stimulate the money market. NJ. Leon Say argues
that II NJ Allan Iarges scheme for the pure hase OF
French railways IS carried out, IL will pTecipitate
the nation into dangerous financial situation.
But as W. Allan large does not a straw Tor his
IDEAS, and cares good deal Tor official emOlumert5,
be Will not rrlel against tEe Head of the Cabinet
should he follow the advice of VI. Leon Say.
The other Objectionable Minister Is Rouycr
Deputy for Marscillcs. The InrdRsgcGnt in giving
sketches of the Ministers. only devOtes single line
10 THIS one. II treats him rs a thing emitting bad
smell. " Paugh Ca est is all that It says of
HIM. ROuvicr poor S q church mouse when
MaTsrlllcs returned him 10 the Assembly Against
the town Of Marscillc- he obtained charter for a
Port of MarScllIes Company, which launched
scheme for making new dock. This brought him
money. He has been also, since 1876 q member of
of that body 10 convert the per cent rcntes into
per cents would not be followed by the Govern
mcnt. Those VIII we're in the secret prOfited by il
the BOurse. Millions were lost by bona fde in
vestors and millions gained by knowing spccula-
tors. Again NJ. ROuyler was mixed up IN the Credit
Foncer Of Algeria. Eighteen millions of francs
were distributed last summer among the seven
Deputies who promoted that affair Then his
marriage was queer affair. When Il was cUntem-
plated the late NJ Edmond Adam wrote TO his
wife: { est yIai! Get innocent de Rouvlcr epouse
Claude NIgnun" II was reported when Gamhetta
was trying to compose his Ministry that NJ de Frey
cnct urclucd 10 enter { because Nine. de Frcycinet
cOuld not bring herself to attend the receptions of
Nine. Rcuvicr at W. RouvcTs Ministerial resi-
dcncc. But this is subject 10 be tOuchcd very
lightly. RolyIcr has made himself useful To Gam
Nctta by getting round 30 him the corporation Of
blgmcn. He has his reward in the Portfolio OF
Commerce and the Colonies. The poor Colonies
what did they eyer do Ia be placed under the Iulc
of the man whom Edmond Adam ironically styled
the innocent ROuvicrf