The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-16 00:00:00

he Queen of 205., also to pay 31., the amount for
ich the articles ad been pledged, or be imprisoned
for 41 days, with hard labour.
Ile was locked up in default.
-" Ann Smith was charged with robbing a sailor
It
Thomas Santo of his handkerchief, value 3s. 6d.
i It appeared that the parties were drinking together
Oithe Cock and Neptune public-house, Ratcliffe
ghwan when the prisoner spilt some gin and water
er her dress, and borrowed the prosecutor's hand-
!trchief to wipe off the stains. As she did not return
hien
he asked her for it, when she immediately handed
o::g.h.it he thought was his handkerchief,
whi h but
c , on getting into the street, he found was an
(Laughter.) He went back and taxed her
teeth the robbery. She denied it and abused him, and
gave her into custody.
abin her defence, the woman called a man who swore
Whereas
Was not in the Cock and Neptune last night,
ereas /11.'Intosh, a constable, proved apprehending
her there.
for _
the f BALLANTINE committed her to take her trial
elony.
SA

LE OF SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE

(THIS DAY.)

Le Was not for an age, but for all time."

c .I'4 house in which, according to the best tradi-
"°°, oUr immortal bard—Shakspere! was
Mart
ushered,
shered
,
into the world, was sold to-day, at the Auction
117 Mr. Robins. The cowering, crumbling house,s
scrawled over with the names of millions of pilgrims
inert all the regions of the earth, who came tgriam
o the
to
°Mks of the " soft flowing Avon," a
Prostrate themselves before the shrine ofs it were,
the greatest
genius the earth ever produced—the shrunken,
acked, aged fabric which, with its appurtenances,
Would not, in the ordinary course of things, fetch,
though auctioneer might o'er match his skill in set-
tle'
• --e off the tenement to the best advantage, 1001.—
Was here eagerly sought for at the price of thousands.
Tor nearly two centuries and a half the small mean
h.,°use, the cradle of the man whose associations are
Restined, as in the past, to achieve a world of good
Ilesa, virtue, and charity ; to educate and civilise
roknkind from nature's own book, has been cherished
not so much, we fear, from reverence for Shakspere,
but for the half-crowns and shillings which the
majesty of his genius brought to Stratford ; but will
never become, as it should have become long ago, the
,Ll4°Perty of the nation—the spontaneous purchase of
wiat Puissant nation which, if it were a desert, the
ulaijes y of
he genius would have rendered immortal.
tile national nature of the sale entrusted to
auctioneer brought a vast number of persons,
lithtn:lrt:hcrn were several distinguished persons, to
athhortly of Mr. Robins. The lower room was filled
after twelve o'clock so full, that shortly before
e aPpointed hour at which Shakspere's house was
koounced to be knocked down by the hammer, one
eel t
hi.,.°°-•, the upper rooms were thrown open, and the
-"•'41 tiP stairs was quite confounding, and quite as
-uergetic as at the gallery of the Surrey on a panto-
me night, or the stalls of the Opera when Jenny
Lind is announced to sing. .
1,1111(4 °lie whit less respectful or solemn were those
bar ?aroe to witness the transfer of the house to
%: °ands to-day than they who, when passing the
A.►eall°ld of Shakspere's home at Stratford-upon-
4:°°, raise their hands and bow down their heads in
;:er'ce, as if they were entering a church.
3-r• Robins ascended the rostrum at one o'clock
taidst. 1
~,,„ "" 411 d cheers and a cry of " hats off," which
n::: Partially obeyed. He commenced by saying
17 he felt himself highly honoured in having been
pe:ll3ted with the sale of the house in which Shak-
th`es-A Nature's poet"—was born. He agreed
,with
l
ones whO considered that, as the relic was a nationa
• ' the nation should become its purchaser, and that
It kilo
I%esuld stand for ages as a monument of Shakspere's
_t_t'essi purchased by the subscriptions of a nation...
tet7ender had no interest in the property, he simply
he etas the trustee of several minors to whose interest
Party bound to look, and in bringing the pro-
before
taer
beenelY following a course which the Court
hancery Would have directed if it had
i graphic ahl."4led to in the matter. He then gave
rnise3P io to
of the house and adjacent pre-
The
within thlehleastte)
ilftti
nutcher, was in the shep of which had, up to
Sears, been devoted to the trade
good condition, so good that he
were 0 doubt it would stand for centuries. There
a several comfortable apartments in ss hich
cutlePdarty might
comfortably dine ; he had
very comfortably in one of them with a party
ttZlll3 visit co
Property was attached
lie
house
ttlt read the conditions, which were of the usual
the :e. The title of the property would descend to
It
erPrehaser or puchasers from the will of the im-
-I'sl bard himself.
ea.44A _oerlPer',o °olvithnaoustaches, who was stated to be
bp:nilttao
exhibitor, here interposed, and called
selling r* Robins to prove that the house he was
born Was the identical one in which the bard was
kr. Roil
about ~ Illa said there could be no doubt at all
i 4 .., 't• Tradition, which pointed out the room
ainnd
.._B4.l.ser i
Jame Castle Perpetrated, which a fearful murder
the room in which
Cii_lllBes the First was born, pointed out this
y:..cias that of Shakspere's birth-place. His father
reetptri,slvas born.._in
cl it, and there could be no doubt that the great
.th!
it ..-`t ofhouse and spent the greater
his tire •in it.—(Cheers.) They must take
~...s, a matter of course.
ster.„
se _ Re wished that those who
in..: eptical on the point would stay away,
res; ad of starting doubts which had no foundation to
sf 8,4°11. The house was transferred from the hands
„,... shako ere descendants, in 1806, to the present
4-mazes
m„. 4°ra, and its quiet transference then presented a
41401‘ed contrast to the excitement which the an-
truucenlent of its sale now produced, showing the
heat Progress made in education, and a due
itr'elateeiation of all that appertained to the
At att genius the world ever
produced.
that time, and for many years, about 1,000 per-
tlci,Us visited the edifice in the course of a year; butthe
e late years as many as 7,000 visited it in
Acitirse of one year, a vast proportion of whom were
house
Itraerieans. The lady who had charge of theethere-
the
not enlighten her querists.h.t.n as
to
house ;
van
she derived from exhibiting Li
gcommunicative
bl)ety
could
not get
hh
teero
but no doubt she de-
lien, that poi (
incoment-lAaug from the exhibition of it to
to 'I. a handsome
a story of a person going
titists. He recollected
to Q
who
the midwife
Stratford, and expecting to seeeffi
elated at the birth of the poet—(Laughter.).
ro6h
searching the register and insti-
q t, perhaps, by
have learned that she slept
14 the
'4. minute inquiry,
dwelling.
le churchyard near the poet's
he was a solicitor, in-
(..7' Person, who stated that
sell the house ?
l'ired if the trustees could legally -
Mr itt,
doubt about it,
d . -/311.43 said there could be no.
all - Prod
his. audience would not
allow L.aced the deed, which .
read a clause of it,
~vb.
1, "In) to read ; he, however,
A full power to sell
thelch: stated that the trustees ha-
with loud
the -"use, statement which was receivedhis
sister, who
triaerk Slaakspere left the house to
known
es soaks Mr. Hart, and the house was always
of it the
farPeres house, and the proprietors
st Shaksperes."
kb; 4body here called out, " I'll give a thousand
---enstoi.,,
here gentleman, whose name we could not learn,
the tided Mr. Robins a paper, which stated that
eci
acting Stratford and London
ii
jo blved
tnmittee at to offer 3,000/. out of the subscriptions sent
to h; the People, and that they were most solicitous
i‘i collie possessors of the house.—(Cheers.)
r.
It".said, the part of the trustees he
had to ins on
re. tate, that they waived their
PUrehas
Prc,t,c, e•-•-•(Cheers.) All they wished was, to
otie has ' the infants left to their charge. Well,
if no
duty tor'Y further sum to offer it will become my
1)1,15_ knock the house down to the highest
,„,er.---(Cheers.)
4-be
't/ have an with the moustachios here exclaimed,
A v tie with
to give 2,oool."—(Laughter.)
vatleed°ice---The nation has purchased it; they ad_ the
fir,,, money,--(Renewed cheers.)
tto. •
Nvito.. b ins said, as no higher sum was offered it
(till's duty to knock it down to the committee.
twice° bc'use 'was, after the preliminary, " once,
riool'c arid thrice," and a smart tap with the hammer,
Cheers 4ewn accordingly amidst loud cheers.
.t.
tte,-teoers
Ivere subsequently awarded to the commit-
and kad
~_ the auctioneer, and to the great bard himself,
zircl crowd dispersed.
tl
nallit 0 thi isle glive the great* batisfactiou