M. Gambetta was condemned on Tuesday, by the Eleventh Correctional
Tribunal of Paris, to pay a fine of 2,000 francs. (80), and to be imprisoned for three months, for the publication of his Lille speech in the Republique Francais°. It was further ordered that the fine should be paid at once, though it will of course be refunded if the appeal is decided in favour of M. Gam-. betta. The imprisonment stands over till the final appeal is decided. M. Gambetta's counsel applied for a week's delay, in order that M. Allou, who was to plead his cause, might attend and got up his brief ; but the tribunal refused the application, and therefore M. Gambetta's case was allowed to go by default. It will be pleaded, however, on the first appeal, which will be heard next week. If the finding of this Court be sustained, it is stated that M. Gambetta will be disqualified for office for the period of five years. It is particularly to be noticed that the judgment of this Correctional Tribunal insisted most on the insult ' to the Marshal contained in the celebrated sentence, "II faudra ou so soumettre, ou se ddmettre," which a Constitu- tionalist would have held to be neither a threat nor an insult, but simply a sound constitutional maxim.
