The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-28 00:00:00

SHAKSPE RE'S HOUSE.

Thursday, a public meeting was held in the
Thatched-house Tavern, St. James's-street, for the
purpose of taking measures to promote a subscription
for the purchase of Shakspere s house at Stratford-
upon-Avon. Among the gentlemen present were
Messrs. C. Kemble, J. P. Collier, T. Amyot, C.
Knight, Bayle Bernard, P. Cunningham, T. K.
Hervey, Vandenhoff, Bartley, C. H. Bracebridge,
Professor Tom Taylor, &c.
It was stated that communications had been re-
ceived from the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, and Earl Howe, expressing their concurrence
in the object of the meeting anti their regret that
they were unable to be present at the meeting; simi-
lar intimations had been also made by Lord Morpeth
and Mr. Macaulay, the former being prevented from
attending by a severe attack of gout, and the latter
having made arrangements to leave for Holland that
morning.
Mr. J. P. COLLIER was called to the chair, and in
opening the proceedings, briefly adverted to the steps
taken by the Stratford-on-Avon Shaksperian Club,
and their secretary, Mr. Bracebridge, to accomplish
the object which the meeting had been called to
promote.

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Professor T. TAYLOR having stated the circum-
stances under which the present movement had origi-
nated, and urged the necessity for immediate exertion,
moved the first resolution, as follows :
" That the house in Henley-street, Stratford-upon-
Avon, traditionally reputed to have been that in which
Shakspere was born, and: doubtless that in which he
spent a considerable period of his youth, having been
advertised
for sale by public auction, it is highly expe-
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sion.
to the general desire which seemed to exist the
more should be done than merely purchasing the
house, and that other places with which the name of
Shakspere was associated should be restored and pre-
served. In conclusion he moved the second resolu-
tion, as follows :
" That it appears to this meeting that the Royal
Shaksperian Club of Stratford-upon-Avon have acted
judiciously in employing a large amount of the funds
already collected under their auspices for the purchase
of a separate portion of the Ilenley-street property,
which really forms an integral part of the house in which
Shakspere is held to have been born ; and that, pro-
ceeding upon the same principle, it is expedient to urge
the extension of the subscription to the utmost limits
which the public sympathy may determine, not for the
exclusive purpose of securing the remainder of this
interesting property, but for connecting with that more
immediate object the further expression in some ade-
quate mode of the reverence which those ' who speak
the tongue which Shakspere spoke' most especially feel ,
towards his memory."
Mr. P. CUNNINGHAM seconded the resolution.
Mr. W. J. TitoMs moved that a metropolitan com-
mittee be formed to aid the Shakspere Club of Stilt- '