Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-05
MAX 0'RELL'S LETTER.
The Irish Home Rule Bill-The House
of OrleaRs-One of M. Ernest Remains
Lay Sermons Parisian Models go
Mrs. Langtry-The Spanish Royal

Mrs. Langtry-The Spanish Royal
Baby.
Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR
TER. All Rights Reserved.l
LONDON, May %.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
I announced to you last week that the
Irish home rule bill was on the eve of giving
up the ghost. I may safely announce to you
this week that the bill is dead-for year at
least. A resolution embodying the princi-
pie of home rule may yet be voted, but it
will be resolution committing nobody and
not an act. Perhaps in the present confused
state of minds and parties-a perfect chaos
this is the best thing the English can do to
avoid making fools of themselves. John
Bull is placed between two fires. If the
home rule bill is rejected the Nationalists
threaten to blow up his whole concern; if
the bill passes the Loyalists propose to in
wade and crush the south and west of Ire
land Under the circumstances a resolution
giving hopes to both Nationalists and Loyal
lists, and preparing the minds for future leg
is1ation, is doubtless the only way out of the
difficulty. The opponents of home rule,
whether Tories, Wings or Radicals, are all at
skies and sevens. Some propose coercion,
some propose parliament for North Ireland
and another for South Ireland. Some will
retain the Irish members in Westminster,
others will have nothing more to do with
them Everyone thinks of his own party
and his own chances. The word patriotism
has become party-otism, and it is evident
that nothing in the shape of bill likely to
please majority can be framed in the pres
ent state of affairs.
1t is an interesting and perhaps signifcan<
fact that foreign courts have of late sought
alliances with the house of Orleans, which l
ought rather to call the house of France now
that the Count de Chambord is dead. 1t is
true that in these days royal marriages have
not the same political Importance they had
of old, and it is equally certain that their
money alone would make the members of
the house of Orleans desirable partners, but
nevertheless the fine matches lately made by
some of them incline one to think that the
reigning houses of Europe see the good star
of this long shelved royal family rising.
Signs of this might have been noticed at the
marriage of the Princess Marie d'Orleans
with Prince Valdemar of Denmark, when
nearly forty princes and princesses of Eu-
ropes monarchies were present. 1t was a
sight that delighted the eyes and hearts of
french FOydllSts. IoCdl1lhS do ~ Slio W oAolA
past days of grandeur.
A day or two ago they had similar salts
faction in looking at the immense concourse
of illustrious persons from the royal, aristo-
cratic literary and artistic world assembled
at the Hotel Galleria, the town house of the
Comte de Paris, to bid farewell to the Prin-
cess Amelie d'Orleans, daughter of the
Comte, before her departure to Portugal to
marry the Duke of Braganza The bride
groom-elect, heir apparent to the throne of
Portugal, is descended from Hugh Capet, the
founder of the French monarchy, whose
grandson conquered the Moors and founded
the Portuguese dynasty. So the young prin..
cess is going to live among descendants OF
her own ancestors, and there was none of the
feeliut of coming Punishment about the fare
we'll gathering The Hotel Galleria was fifty
decorated for the occasion and for three
hours the stream of leave-takers passed
along its drawing rooms, greeted with smiles
and kind words by the radiant princess, VINO
looked charmingly in her dress OF white
tulle, unornamented save by single white
camelia.
Princess Amelie d'Orleans has the reputa-
ton of being good and amiable like all the
women of her family who keep l dare say
before their eyes such models as the dear good
Queen Amelie, wife of Louis Philippe, and
the Princess Louise d'Orleans, wife of Leo
pold, father of the present King of the Bel
pians. two women whom to know was to ven
crate and love. Around the young princess
were her father and uncles, all men OF dis
tinction in one line or another; the Comte
de Paris, soldier and an author; the Due de
Nemours the best horseman in Europe; the
Prince de Joinville, the venerable sailor
prince; the Due de Chartres, one of the most
gallant soldiers of our day. At the time of
the Franco Prussian struggle this Prince was
forbidden to fight for the republic, but lay
ing aside his title, which was stumbling
block to the republicans, he took the pseudo
nym of Robertle-Fort (name of the founder
of the Orleans branch) and with his little
army corps did great service to his suffering
country. One and all, they are fne-look-
ing race too, with something royal in their
mien and bearing, and looking round on
them one is tempted to regret that there Is
apparently no hope of reconciling IN France
modern democratic idea with monarcnlcai
principles The French are trying to per-
suade themselves that a monarchy means
tyranny, although twenty miles on mere are
the people of England, the freest perhaps IN
the world-incontestably the treest IN Eu-
rope but monarchists to the backbone. a
republic may be the best thing for country
that has no past, but country like France,
whose history extends back twenty-thrs
centuries. does herself an injury when she
breaks the chain of glorious souvenirs OF
the past. ,. "a
While presiding az the annual banquet ol
the General Association of the Farlslah
Students" last Saturday, M. Ernest henan
| gave the students of Paris one OF those oe
iiphtful lay sermons for which he Is re-