Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-12

The Irish Qu estiOn-The Raby King
 of Spain-LHdWig of Bavaria
 A Pretty Story.
 Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR
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 LoNDoN, May 29. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Like good convert to Irish ideas, MT Gladstone has killed the Irish home rule bill to save it's life. But I should add that what the great parliamentary hand had at heart was not so much the saving of the bill as the saving of his party and his Cabinet; that is to say-himself. On Tuesday next the bill will probably be buried and then the House will proceed to business. The "Grand Old Man" had moment dreamed of crowning his political life by doing an act of justice to Ireland and granting her home rule, but he is not to be done out of office because England will have none of it. Though in his seventy year, Mir Gladstone is fond of power and he means to have a few years more of it. All this is sad spectacle. He might have retired full of years and laurels In the meantime shells and cartridges will be shipped to Ireland by way of suggesting to  their waiting patiently for the next appear ance of home rule bill in the House of Commons. Some politicians say that a new ly-shaped bill will be presented at an extra ordinary session in October next; others are of the opinion that only the next Parliament, and perhaps only the one after that, will deal with the burning question. Some also ex- press their belief that the idea Of granting home rule will be postponed to the Greek Kalends.
 tened and will henceforth be dubbed "His Catholic Majesty" a title which he will keep even if all his subjects were to become Pro- testants, just as sovereigns of Protestant England will enjoy the title of "Defender of the Faith," conferred by the Pope on Henry VIII. The arrival of this little royal boy has broken up the truce said to exist be- tween the Carlists and the supporters of the actual monarchy, the heads of these parties being credited with the idea that future marriage might be arranged between Don Jaime, son of Don Carlos, and Princess Mer- cedes, daughter of the late Alphonso XII. The birth of a posthumous son dispels this illusion, and it is not impossible that the dis appointed Carlists may give trouble to the Spaniards Not that the Carlists care much about Carlos, his heir or his pretensions, but because his name has been rallying cry for 8 batch of bandits, disaffected loafers and scamps, and the usual collection of gentry who take advantage of any political distur- bance, royalist, sooialistic or revoIu tionary, to commit plumber. They have no chance of success, as constitutional monarchy and republic are the only two forms of govern inert that enjoy the predilections of the na- tion and both constitutional paonarchists and republicans would unite against Don Carlos and his disreputable followers if he were to put in an appearance on the Spanish frontier.
 The Munich doctors seem to have arrived at the conclusion that Ludwig H., the merry King of Bavaria, is mad, conclusion that his subjects and the world at large had long ago arrived at. All the evil it appears comes from his fatal passion for Wagner's music. Perhaps NJ. Pasteur will devote his genius to the finding of cure for this new form of