Favre
JULES CLAUDE GABRIEL, a French advocate, author, and orator; born in Lyons, France, March 21, 1809.
He was prosecuting his studies for the bar at the outbreak of the revolution of July, 1830, in which he took an active part. He soon afterward commenced practice and won a reputation for his independence and radicalism. After the revolution of February, 1848, Favre became secretary-general of the Ministry of the Interior. He acted for some time as Under-Secretary for Foreign_Affairs, and opposed the expedition to Rome of December, 1848. Favre became the strenuous opponent of Louis Napoleon after the latter's election to the presidency. Favre's defense of Orsini in 1858 created a great sensation. In the same year he became a member of the legislative body; after which time he distinguished himself by his speeches in FAWCETT favor of complete liberty of the press, against the war with Austria of 1859, and, in 1864, by an attack on the policy of the imperial government in the Mexican War. He became vice-president of the provisional government of national defense, and minister of foreign affairs in September, 1870; signed the definitive treaty of peace with Prussia, May 10, 1871, and resigned his post two months later. He was elected to the French Academy in 1867. He died in Versailles, France, Jan. 19, 1880. an