The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-12 00:00:00

THE LATE lIRKE WHITE.

At the present day the works of Taste and Genius are
mule duly appreciated than al any farmer period Of true
history ; and while many of the candidates for fame harm
to win their way slowly amt difficultly, opoosed by t!...5:
I our in fashion of the time., the tittle of the ptstitio,
or the 11.110VOICUCe of ate cii:ir, the decision that lime
Itpoti their titillation, and the permanent
rank w loch thc,y are to laid, Is sinerriag mot final. ant!
she sons of Gestius genet ally -seem predostincti
to eocotintee the rutle,ti storms of ads es sity, and to strug-
gle unnoticed wells POS,ry dui misfortune, yet lianstcti-
dent merit will, sooner or later, meet its just reward. We
are led into dirs.! remarks hoot the t equent allusions that
has e been turtle in periodical publications to that e%lnt-
ottlinory in,tanee of juvenile talents aml-virtue, Henry
Kirke who was snatched away in Isis cas Nest
spring; the peculiar vain:• of whose works i Ili. coin hi-
-1146011 of talent, taste, anal piety, whirls they exhibit. A
circumstance has recently come to our knowledee,wisich,sri
the same time, SA ii aura LOSOUA to 1111 ISOry,ilisuoversn
congeniality of sentiment, generosity- of rharacter, and '
nobleness ofspirit, highly creditable to our Trans-Atlantic
brethren. An Americium who lately visited this country
for the tirst time, awl :stlachert peculiar ititcle.t to the
UMW, end ni-suory of 'Kirke White, :dace
Mt ennead, ro shed over his 1011111'V kiii cd tear, asid tisiii-
int( nu tri:inument pelted to reeord hi, west!), applied to
the family for permission' to erect one; —their consent ob-
tained, Ins Orders we's immediately g.ven to nor Esiiliete
Canova to produce mtmeittinm: worthy of his clikel, att,l
the merits of the departceletteellcuce it we-,10 perpetorsic.
'rite monument in now erected in A:I Sill:VA Chit:Hl, Cam-
bridge, and the tAlsies log elegant ant: appropriate
from the pen or Pt urcssurttaf ;he, hiscriued cn the impe-
rishable 81141'114e :--

Warm with fenil hope. and learning's snercil
To Granta's bowers, the youthful rout came;
Unconquei'd powers di' immortal mind display 1,
Bin wurn with anxious thruht his frame dway'd:
Pule o'er his Loop, and in his cell retired,
The inatisr student, Lahr!. and expired.
eli! Goalos. l'aste, ;Ind Piety sincere,
Ter early lost, Inithd studies ton civere.—
Foremost to mourn %as geerous Southey sacs,
He told the tak, end sliew'd what NV:ate Inui been,
Nor told in vain.—Far o'er th' Atlantic wave,
Wanderer came, i-nd sought the Poet's grave.
ell you, low, stone. lie read his lonely ihime,
And raisal this fund Lis Lime.

'SPIT trittni N 1710 t SCllool..—Tursdny the n pit
public extrisrincrimi of the children under education itt this
truly latolahte .took plaice in the si hoot mien
Qaaker.strret, Spuatnetils. It ve'.ll hr rcerillei ted that hie
Bit, el flightless the Doke of Volk had laid the foundation
stunt nhove school haute: lust.., ear, whirls was
did for the-grattittuue educatiou of the ch,ltheis of the poor
in he yriociplev of the radailished Church, ,The buadiwß
was crotpleird iu It con 11111 l itiouv it'll:. It is a square
in,z, divided io hit) Porte, and rnetracitig all II c requis les
nrceviciry ; one part is a ppropriiied for the ',0i1., oho hive
si ...parole done, and the other far Diet u,s. 'A tic, o'clock
the first pert, which was the noel commodious, oat filled
ennipirtely olte-rhildren, excepties a clear pa-1.:., 11-1 t
for the r patty to enter. .The girls were in their best
clothes, witted upon benches nil the lea, and the buys on the
right Ibe inner Mr I was appropriated for the company.—
At half-part t no, the laird Blot:opal' Loudon arrived, and at
three o'clock Pis Royal Highness the Duke of. Yoslc accom-
panied by theiDucitm arrived h our ran mgr. The
drrn were then examined in the usual iticipert, and they
aerated theinselero with n precision hiyhly gratifying in
all the beholder.. and Creditable or the rtio,icr •od'eitistrevVrv.
The Ihti:e and MOWN appeared -very much pleased.—The.
Seerethry then read the Reim", t a kith it arpearro
(het since IMP, girl. had been admitted, and that 246
Were tie v ht aKcndancr ; 529 hies had peen also admitted,
and tr- t. r:e prevent. Chst of !orldisig,:3,ll•JOt ; amount of
all benefactions and subscrioints,• t', It t deficiency, ex.
chicive of cu' rent expettei v fur master and nt 5tre..e.,600/.
Thi.uppe:red to he the Witte of the evtohlninnent. The
Duke of York nettle a,. imprevs;ve speech, and dwelt on the
utility of gbh' National !ammonia'', whirl. *AS obvious to alt
the In hotee.i at the pi:event itietnecr. The Bishop of losidito
minhythers orta.le handsome speeches, and a gout a-a:Wilton
the spot. 'Nor broke up about 'vie
o'clock, highly gratified and delighted.

Letters from Clay4low,leceive.l on Monday, men-
tion a very important failure that has taken place in
that city : the 'left,: and auceptanets fall little short
of 300,0001.

The'Stuart It:pets Which were in the pomession
of Cardinal York, at Rome, have been transmitted
from Rome to England tc the Prince Regent, who
has .appointed Dr. Sean>cr Clarke and firer other
gentlemen as Commissioners Under his royal war-
rant, and Mr. Pullen as their -secretary, to examine
their contents, and t' report to his Royal High-
neva from time to time, till the whole of their
contents is ascertained. It is expected some very
important information -respecting the History of
linglitml at 'those perhals will be obtained from
them. Vhe investigation is to be conducted in a
private manner. *i'he papers are extreniely volu-
minous, and filled setcrel.large packing ca:.es. They
have hem deposited in 'St. James's Palace, in the
late 'Queen's drawing-room, where the CometiN-
sinners with fl*:ir Secretary sit to examine and in,
vestigate the contents of these ancient documents,
117rninviK Wool Fair.—This mart from being the
first, night be lead in some degree to give the tone
to toosc that tallow iu the surruunding district. We
greatly lament to say, however, thdetiot only the
qttantity exposed to ault was trilling, but the prices
fell more gone one-third to what wa:; given on the
average of flose cf last yeur ; and what was scli
was only a few prime samples. The buyers '.r
not only few, but they took little intercLt in the :no.r.
ket. Such a day was never hefore known ainec ti u
fair Was first estabiLl;ed as that of Werinemlay.

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