Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-09-25

THE B1RTH-PBACE oF sH 5KsPEAHE.--On
the skirts of the country of Warwick, situa.
ted on Che low meadowy banks Of a river,
there is. a little quiet country town, Boosting
nothing to attract the attention Of the ira.
weller but a fine church and one or two an.
tique buildings, with eIaborately carved
fronts Of wood or stone, in the peaceful
streets. There would seem to he little
traffic in that place ; and the passing ira.
weller, ignorant of the locality, would scar
Gely cast Il second look out OF his carriage
window. But whisper It's name into bis
car, and hand in hand with his ignorance
his apathy will straightway depart! He
will order his horse 70 be stopped. He will
descend from his carriage. He will explore
those quiet streets. He will enter more than
one of the houses in that quiet little town.
He will visit that old church he will pause
reverentially before its monuments. He
will carry with him some ~notes--perhaps
some sketches and remember what he saw
and what he felt that day to the very close
of his life. Indeed, you will seldom fail to
sec, even in that quiet little town, small
gt0ups Of people, on whose faces and in
whose demeanour you will recognise the
strangrr.stamp. There is something TO
sec in those unirequented streets and they
have cone a long way to see it. What
wonder! The town is Stratford on Avon
It is the birth place and the burial place
of William Shakespeare. It is with the
former we have to do. There is a humble
tenement, not long ago a butchers shop, in
one Of the streets of Stratford. over the door
OF which is n board bear ing the inscription;
''Ihe immortal Shakespeare was born in
This house," Tho upper room. which is
said to have Witnessed the nativity ofthe
poet, is invested with an interest peculiarly
its own. The surface of the walls IL one
great sheet Of autographs including
many of the most renowned of modern
names--so densely packed together that
a vestige Of the original tegument Of
the wall can be seen. Of all the heart. ;
relics with thiso old country boasts,
there is not one so deeply interesting as
this there Is not one on the removal oc
which by the sacrilegiouB hand of modern
or uti%litarianism would ipftet n
more lasting reproach upon the nation
and yet the house is to be sold by auction
and may be carried away pieeemeal. and
cut into tobacco.stoppers 7 The property
Is now in the possession of family which
longer retain it among thenRslvcs,
and it is therefore TO be thrown into the
market. The sale. we understand, will
axe place at the end Of some two months
rom the present time. Among the parties
named as the probable purchasers of the
1allowed editice Is the corporation ofStrat-
ord. But this body is not, we are inform.
ID, prepared, perhaps not in a position to
exceed d certain outlay, and may therefore
all to grasp the prize. The sum which
he property Is expected to realise is be.
ween two and three thousand pounds.
There are, it is stated, American "specu.
a ors" in the field, who are willing to 90 as
mr. as the latter sum; but on this point we
lave no specific information. The pro- {
however, will 90 to the highest bid ,
An American moy carry it OF bodily. ,
ct it on wheels as a pcrambulating rarce. {
how, aud take the tour of the United q
A Frenchman may purchase the '
bode of the 'Tmmorial William" pull il .
own, and make it into snuff boxes. A r
buchanan may cut it into pipes. A China t
ian into card cases--M Morning Herald. d