The New York herald., 1874-09-27
WHO wKUrE sHAKE5PEARE :
The Answers OF Leading Corkonians to
the Query.

The leading performers al negro Wius'fc'sy, "no
are nov playing at the dinerens nails IN our city,
and who are IN the habit of enacting nightly the
most heroic charac;erlstics OF the Bard OF Avon,
under the thin Disguise OF buresque, take great
interest In the discussion provoked by learned
men and deep thinkers as 70 the authorship OF the
ulavs which for $50 years have been accredited to
william Shakespeare.
DeemIng it more than necessary TO ascertain
what these learned 'Corkonians" thought OF the
0ificulty, a representative Of the HERALD paid
visit 10 the various haunts Of the disciples OF burnt
cork and gathered from them their opinions and
expressions OF sympathy for Shakespeare who
Seems 10 have the call in the pool.
BURNT CORK OPINION.
Our represen ntative found quite q group OF the
minstrel BOYS in the vicinity Of Brower's Hotel, In
west Twenty y-eighth street, and at the time that
he saw them and made known his wishes the pro-
fessionais were discussing with great eagerness
the merits OF the international shooting match at
Creedmoor yesterday. Among the best known
professionals there were Professor Char es backus'
professor Billy Birch, Add Ryman, Dave "anoo'u'
-Oofty Gooitn and Others hr. Brch' "no Is
widely known as the ''Pride ofthe Bahe'' was Inc
0rst 10 give vent to his opinion snd ne " % 'eiy
warm in TACT his enthusiasm Ior Shakespeare
approached violence.
Il think SIR" SAID Birch, MS large anu rotunu
features glowing with the inspiration OF Dattie; u
mink ar that the sainted Shakespeare has been
most vtley siandered in this respect. The man
who would lift his hand against the bones OF VIII
nam Shakespeare and diy up MS grave, ghoul ike,
e.cepting IN the way OF kindness, IS vlllain a
bastard and q slave whom 1t would be oeneht TO
mankind TO cremate in a boiler for the Novelty
WORKS. Why, slr,' cried Birch, elevatlng his voice
almost TO a scream, why, sir, is 1t not horrible,
most horripie, that TINS Beecher scandal ID not
rnAf a md fl
CHaRLEY BAcKUs iwho mas been listening with
his mouth open and one eye shuI) Give MN air;
open the crowd, the man is dying.
HNo wretch, am not dying, though misfortune
has driven me almost mad; but want to know
why tnis Beecher scandal cannot ne hushed up"
HERALD REPREsENTAfiyE-i beg your pardon
but think you nave made q mistake In tnls mat
ter don't wisn TO Know anything ABOUT beecner
Or his scandal, only desire 10 Know II Ou oeleEe
that the plays accredited to William SHAKESPEARE
Tor 30 many years were written BY nm or by
Bacon.
MIR. BlRCH-Preclsely 80. am cognlzant OF your
AlusloDs Sir. consequently DO not ne1ge my
nell thrice around with the divinity ol KING when
] say tnat this man. TINS Rev. Leonard bacon,
whom know TO De a minister, dotn clsirl lor h.ul
SELF the honor OF having written tue lmmortai
tragedies OF Richard ILL.," "hamlet,n The Com
edy OF Err ors,n Macbeth" and the rest OF the
giOr,ous galaxy OF genius.
CHARLEY BAcSUs-Gadzooks! he is mad. Canst
thou minister to mind diseased! give MN
nttle gin and setter Wny, Leonard Bacon mas mas
GOT nothing 10 do with this at all. ll's Lord
Bacon, man tnat's dead 2J0 years. He was not
IN time LOT Plymouth Church
THE MEAoRY OF GREAT Man.
Mr.. BIRcH-l stand corrected good my hege
But whether II Is Leonard Bacon or LORD
Bacon whom have lever met or or BACON Son
may count me in al! the time, nrst,
Iast and forever, Tor poor old Bin. what did ne
ever DO that MIS- remains should De hand ed thus
aishonoraolyt Does any man mean 10 tell me
that any other man tnat ever LIVED could nave
even attempted 10 make Hamlet or Twelfth
Nightn Dut William Shakespeareg Was there ever
such philosophy They say tnat 1T was lmpossDle
tDat any one man could know war, history, ootany,
agriculture, Me0Icine ana law. Now that Is sneer
nonsense. Ii stands 90 reason tnat q man may
know many things and know rnem all well why
look al mat great and good man Peter cooper
A a youth he gained precariJus livelihood max
ing barres. And now look at him, honored oy all
the potentates of the earth ana worsnlpped oy the
nnndren OF Lhe Cooper lnslitu5e schools Is there
anything lncongrGUus IN tHat, ask you, gente-
mem
ADD RYMAN-No, no, no; go on ''IncongrnouS'
" good. You have feeling that passeth snow
Mr.. BIRCB-I do not care Tor FOOLISH aud cnldish
Interruptions. l mad rather be an emo man ana
I'VE on tue vapors OF SWISS cheese tEan stand py
and see that great man, Snakespeare.1ons may sy
ne reign over great and VICTORIOUS TO Dless and
save ns-receving as many "oack caps" as have
aearo about the Bard of Avon this two days.
CHARLEY BACKUs-Your defence OF snake
Vpeare puts me IN mind o. story. You remember
when we were at Carlsbad taxing the waters in
As72
ADD RrMAy-Tskine the waters Taking the
chips, you mean The ante was pretty high, wasn't
BISMARCK on THE BARD.
CHARLEY BACKUs - Inats neither here nor
shere, insolent boy. As | was saying, we were
good time There was present myself tne
Prince Bsmarck, the Duke oi Bfetze, Patsey
si the nrst chop. Gaughter) Wen, We were
walking along through the kursaa!
Asten,ng 10 the footing o. the German band and
as had lost hundred Napoleons 10 Bismarck
the night before, Brerzel and him playing two
hauGed game OF Iorty-Gyes against myself and
Patsy Eaean. why, the Prince ietra,ner nypercoon,
and he iTiennlV-lke:--
Graf backus. have great ADMIRATION tor good
poets and dramatic authors" and IL was here that
''You do me much honor Prtuce,nI answered.
Al may say that have mingled iree!y WIN the
GuaiDtance Of one OF OuI mos. learned commenta
tors on shaEespeAre-George, the Count Jo
GanneS.n
"On indeed ~ said the Prince, with a delicat'
sneer On bis high-toned lIp al nad lalc.ed INA
your Villain -hak-es-peeT was one gfahae noon
bug
Ny blood rose at THIS Insult. and would have
smote aim, le tyranf' a. ne stood. Dat as we "tr
anout TO come 10 uloW, the DUKE OF Bretzel IN Ter
fel ed and came between Us. and uttered one sen
tence that poured oil on the troubled waters. H'
trehy s4ll:-
''Mon PROM, beware. das ls aus gen SPIEL
'DJn't NEEDLE Wiz ine, du sptZ->pn sdy ma
IOTd aeon Wr0le al ~ 2rJnIe pays Hamlet,
-Rlclard Antony aud Cleopatra. "
''Not Tor Stamps he dIdn't" said /, in a careless
tone. "funCe. put UP or saut up. Bacon was
tneaN; ne TOOK al ne GOT ana was reaching 10
NOR when Jc was stopped"
'he was. indeed % maH aNer my own heaft
cOnc!uded BSM1rcG. AMI with fuat tie q 0rrt
ehde1. lat uMe OILY SHOWS the prejudice tna
there a. among .orei4uets against Shakespeare.
a DEFENDER OF l. ED BACON.
DAVE NA1B0LD-o.Il Gcu .-mcu, believe ina
Bismarck wa- rgn'. 4 uf-. LAY That 4 never
could ouch tbc dULb.s taat nave ARISEN in ml
MUD "a 10 tie paternity q. LAe tragedies vi Va
ham ,h8ks care. How could % bg possible for
ma educated Llan Ike n,n 10 nave write
'HamIeL,' With "a! rs ucep ihoughtt u a.mC'
stdggcrs belle. tlat BE- sIOlld nave written j
Possibly, be may have YtIrteu the sou
nets ~ the 'Ytdpe Oh Lu.Iec." and ie,
of the comedies; Jut ! am " tue opiulo
tnat Richard Grant Waite ls wrong and my yOlc
IS stu .or Lord Ha3ou, and VIII nOt sUrrcu4C
my Deuei lntu lut-te proOl hos 0een auGuced.
AIR. BmCH-And a. Iag as am concerned a
tor poor old BIZ, NOW Is the winter OF his CISCO
TEN, and DC has many iardels 10 bear, hut a
certain Jnat ne VIII triumph. lne fact oi the ma
ter ~ this, WamDold. you fancy you look ul
Hamlet because you nave q melancnoY sspet
axe my lriend Bergh and JOBu O'MahOney al
Neise Waterbury. But IL this thing gocs on mut
longer tuey'li have 10 sell pools on the matter a
Lben we' got az The trulh.
CHARLEY BACKUs- Wei, II tAey sell pocis ! "a