The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-28
Various Foreign Matters.

occasion of the opening of the Memo rial 1heater and Hall, has been a. fine success in every way, except that 1t leaves the hospitable folks of that region still without funds enough to complete their design. The pretty lit tie theater is achieved, but the museum and library will have to await the ma terial forces of evolution. An exam ination of the register kept at the birth-house of Shakespeare shows that on an average of many years Americans have made just one tenth of the visit ors, which is large average when the distance is considered. The Strat- ford people have been hoping that some enthusiastic Shakspearians across the Atlantic, with plenty of money, would send them souvenirs of pill grimages in the shape of subscriptions, but the amount thus far received from America has been only about thou sand dollars, whereas the hall Is likely to require forty thousand yet. So far as the townsfolks were concerned, the artist who carried off. the laurels was Mir. William Shakespeare, 8 fine tenor, who has for a number of years been popular in London. Mir. Shakespeare not only bears the name of his i'm mortal ancestor, but bears a startling resemblance to the bust in the church. A great many years ago, when William Hewitt went to Stratford, he visited the gram mar school, which still sur vIves from the time of Shakespeare, and he asked the schoolmaster whether any pupil in his school was said to be of the famous family. The master replied yes, and Hewitt asked permission to try and pick that pupil out; he selected, ,hx rIfr lo1 ho selection has been equally remarkable in the case of our singer, who never before appeared in public in Strat- fore, but was picked out by the crowd on his arrival as holder of tue great name which had been advertised. l have had the pleasure of making William Shakespeare 'sacq uaintance, and am glad to say that he Is as gentle manly as "gentle Wilr could have desired the future bearer of his name to be, and genuine artist.
 The present policy of the Nihilists, according to the St. Petersburg cor respondent of the Cologne Gazette, who seems to be wonderfully well informed on the subject, Is evidently to spread terror and confusion in the capital, and keep the police necessarily on the watch. The report of a proposed at tack on the Winter Palace was so skill fully devised that the Grand Duke Nicholas remained for eight days with his suite in the building occupied by the general staff, and six or seven regi- ments were shut up in their barracks expecting an outbreak at every mo- ment. Bombs were found that did not
 burst, and petards which on examina tion proved to be harmless fireworks; hut fha nhioat nf Eaani.1o fha frnOnS and the police in constant state of alarm was attained. On the 27th of April the Third Section was suddenly informed that the Nihilists intended to blow up the principal gasometer of the town during the night. Instantly sew
 eral sotnias of Cossacks were dis patched to the spot, and crowd of policemen occupied the adjoining streets. When the police arrived, two men, who had torn up the pavement close to the chief gas pipe, escaped through side street. What could be the object of the Nihilists in attempting to deprive St. Petersburg of light is mystery, as no sign could be 'discov- cred of an intended outbreak; the streets were perfectly quiet, and noth- ing suspicious was found in the houses which were visited by the soldiers and the police. The correspondent adds that these numerous false alarms are perhaps intended to make the police less vigilant, so that when the outbreak really comes they may not be prepared for 1t.
 Forty years ago the finest house in the southwest of Ireland was Mitchels- town Castle, the property of the earl of Kingstown, but folly and extravaganza brought this superb mansion and the vast estates surrounding it into the h. cum bered Estates Court, and they are now in the possession of an English man named Buckley. MT. Buckley pronably believes in vicarious sacrifice, at all events that discretion is the better part of valor, and gives his property wide berth, leaving 1t in the hands of an agent. whose life has certainly not been bed of roses. A portion of the land is wild district on the Galtee Mountains, held by tenantry as rugged as the scenery, who scarcely understand any English and deeply resent interference with their wonted ways. Conseq uently Mir. Bridge, the agent, has during the past seven years been popped at thrice, and his groom has been killed Then a newspaper made furious attacks on Mir. Buckley, alleging that he had been cruelty harsh, through his agent, to his tenants, and the two were held up to public indig nation all through the country as mon- sters, and an action for libel followed. MT. Bridge has now retired, strange to say with whole skin, but on the day he left the neighborhood, such was the public excitement that he was attended | by posse of constabulary armed with breech-loaders, who, it is said, fully expected an attack. | The tenants danced for joy, and in the | exuberance of their feelings set fire to all the furze bushes in the neighbor- Fork Times.
 Gortschakoff is the model Minister of | an enlightened despot. He is noble; he is cultured; patriot, but no Chau- whist. He has some right to be an