The Draft of a Bill for rebuilding, enlarging, and erecting Churches in England and Wales, is very judicious, but we have not room for it. The Draft, we doubt not, would be welcome to the higher authorities.

G. T.'s favour is received; his former Letter is preserved, and we hope to hear from him again.

"A Constant Reader" is informed that any Communication sent by him shall be forwarded to the Writer of the Letters respecting the Antient Buildings at Sherborne.

VIATOR'S Communication is received.

The "Pilgrim's Progress," inquired after by our old and respectable friend, is very rare.

In answer to a Corespondent in our Magazine for December, page 482, J. B. T. W. and W. R. state that the title of "Queensbury," is taken from a high hill of that name, 2000 feet above the level of the sea, in the parish of Closeburn, and shire of Dumfries. About the half of this hill was the property of the late Duke of Queensbury.

Some egregious errors in Rapin's History have been suggested to us. In the table of the genealogy of Edward III. (vol.I. p. 444.) Margaret, mother to Henry VII.. is stated to have been married to three husbands: 1. John De la Pole, Duke of Suffolk; 2. Edmund Tudor; 3. Thomas Stanley; when in fact (according to several undoubted authorities) her husbands were, 1. Edmund Tudor (father to Henry VII.) 2. Henry Stafford (son of Humphrey Duke of Buckingham.) 3. Thomas Stanley Earl of Derby. There is another mistake also noticed in giving John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk as husband to Elizabeth daughter of Edmund Earl of March, whereas that Lady was wife to the Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur; a personage who will not be forgotten so long as Shakspeare continues to be read and admired. This table or pedigree has been recently copied into 'Andrews's History of Great Britain,' 4to. with these errors.

As the name of the person who seized the infamous incendiary Guy Fawkes is not generally known, we give the words of a respectable Correspondent on that subject: "This act has been generally attributed to Sir Thomas Knyvet, a gentleman of the Privy Chamber and a Magistrate; but I rather suppose that Fawkes was brought to him after his apprehension. My authority is from an epitaph which was in the church of St, Ann, Aldersgate, London, for Peter Heiwood, who died in 1701, which states that his ancestor Peter Heiwood of Heywood in the

county of Lancaster was the man who apprehended Guy Fawkes with his dark lantern; and that for his zealous prosecution of Papists, as Justice of the Peace, he was stabbed in Westminster hall, by John James, a Dominican friar, in 1640. It concluded with this distich

"Reader, if not a Papist bred,

Upon such ashes gently tread."

R. X W. would be glad if any of our Correspondents could assist him in discovering the bearer of the following coat, which occurs frequently in the diocese of Lincoln; viz. a cross boutonnée; the tinctures of the field and of the charge are unknown to him. "It occurs in Lincoln, on the Vicar's College, in many places, associated with the Royal Arms, and those of Beauchamp of Warwick ;-also in the College House, associated with the arms of Bishop Smith ;-and in the Cathedral, on the Dean's Stall. It is found over the North Porch of Newark Church; and a similar, if not the same coat, is in the windows of Stoke Church, Nottinghamshire, (where it is emblazoned, Sable, a Cross boutonnée Argent). It is found in other parts of the Diocese.-As this information is wanted in reference to a Work which is on the eve of going to press, an early reply would be peculiarly acceptable."

"A Juvenile Reader" asks, "By whom was Earl Grey secreted after the battle of Sedgmoor? What was the fate of the individual who secreted him? Where was that individual born?"

E. H. remarks, that "There is a medal by Kirk, of John Harrison, the reverse of which is the Library at Armagh, founded by Primate Robinson, and which is also the reverse of a medal of that Prelate. Is this Chronometer Harrison, and had he any connexion with Armagh Library, to justify this application of the above mentioned reverse?"

The same Correspondent inquires whethere is any Biographical Sketch of Frith, the Birmingham Poet, who kept a public-house in that town, writing and singing songs for the entertainment of his customers?

A Correspondent, under the signature of A, wishes to be informed as to the legality of an Assignee to a commission, in cases of Bankruptcy, retaining effects in his possession, for the purpose of applying them to his own use, and at the sale becoming a purchaser of the same.

The Remarks on Chankbury Hill will be inserted soon.

S. T. B. will find his communication inserted in the SUPPLEMENT. Other friends shall be attended to as speedily as our li mits will permit.

HE following account of the for

Tmation of a Society for the pre

servation of the remains of ancient British Literature, and for the encouragement of the National Musick, will want no recommendation to the Editor of the Gentleman's Magazine. The valuable remains of our ancient national literature have suffered, with in these hundred years, irreparable losses by fires and neglect, to the great discredit of a literary age and nation. To prevent such further losses, and to do honour to the most ancient of the living languages of Europe, is the main object of the Cambrian Society. To promote such an object will, I am sure, give pleasure to Mr. Urban. I am, Sir, your faithful servant, BRITANNICUS.

Primary Meeting of the CAMBRIAN
SOCIETY.

Oct. 28, 1818. A Meeting was held at the White-Lion, Carmarthen, which formed itself into a Society for the Preservation of the remains of Ancient British Literature, Poetical, Historical, Antiquarian, Sacred, and Moral; and for the Encouragement of the National Musick, by the name of the CAMBRIAN SOCIETY, under the patronage of the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Powis, the Bishops of Bangor, St. David's, St. Asaph, and Llandaff, Lord Dynevor, Lord Kenyon, Lord Cawdor, Lord Clive, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Sir Thomas Mostyn, Sir Robert Vaughan, Sir Charles Morgan, and C. W. W. Wynn, esq. M. P.

Adjourned Meeting at the Palace Abergwilly, Oct. 29.

The following Committee was appointed: The Lord Bishop of St. David's, Lord Dynevor, William Lewes, esq. D. Davies, esq. M. D. T. Bowdler, esq. Capt. Philipps, R. N. J. E. Saunders, esq. William Morgan, esq. The Rev. Archdeacon Beynon, Rev. B. Millingchamp, Rev. Edward Picton, Rev. Edward Da

vies, Rev. Eliezer Williams, Rev. David Williams, Rev. David Nicholl, Rev. William Morgan.

The objects of the Society are expressed in the following, amongst other Resolutions passed at this Meeting:

"That one of the first objects of the Society will be to collect a complete Catalogue of all Welsh Manuscripts, to be found in the several Libraries in the

Principality and in England, or on the Continent, both public and private.That a Literary Agent, of competent abilities, be employed by the Society, as soon as its finances are equal to the charge, to visit the said several Libraries of Welsh Manuscripts, of which they may obtain information, in order to transcribe, with the permission of the owners, copies of the said Manuscripts.-That a complete collection of the transcripts, so obtained for the Society, be deposited in the British Museum, or elsewhereafter the publication of such of the transcripts as shall be approved by the Committee for that purpose.-That it shall be a special object of the Society, to collect all printed works in the Welsh Language of which there are not copies, at present, in the Library belonging to the Welsh School in Gray's inn-lane, in order to be deposited in that Library.— That Mr. Edward Williams be requested to reside, for a certain portion of the year, at Carmarthen, to superintend the printing of the Society's publications, and to give instructions to young Students in Welsh Poetry and Literature.

That Mr. Edward Williams's acceptance of the said appointment be entered into the minutes of the Society.-That the Prospectus of Collections for a new History of Wales, collected and translated from ancient historical documents, in the Welsh Language, by Edward Williams, be printed and published at the expence of the Society.'

The Thanks of the Society were then given to the Lord Bishop of St. David's, for his great Exertions in conducting the Formation of this Society, and the lively interest he has taken in promoting its objects.

Queries

Queries on particulars desirable to be known relative to Welsh Antiquities and Literature.

1. What inedited Welsh Manuscripts are known to you?—2. Where are they deposited?-3. Are you acquainted with any portion, or any whole translation, of the Holy Scriptures, in Welsh, more ancient than the Norman Conquest, or than the art of printing?-4. Do you know any unpublished Welsh Triads, handed down by tradition or otherwise? -5. What Welshmen have left the Principality, since the time of the Reformation, on account of their Religion, or any other cause, whom you think probable to have conveyed with them any Remains of Welsh Poetry and Literature?-6. In what Libraries, in England, or any other part of the British dominions, do you think it likely that some of these Remains are deposited?—7. In what Continental Libraries do you think it probable that some of them may be found?-8. What original Welsh Books, or what Books, relative to Welsh Literature, in any Language, do you know to be published?-9. Do you know any Pennillion not yet published?-10. Do you know of any species of Welsh Composition, Poetical or Musical, corresponding with that called "Glee" in English, or which is known by the name of Caniad tri, or, Caniad pedwar' ?-11. Can you exhibit to the Society any old Welsh Tunes, Sacred or otherwise, not yet published?-12. What Welsh Books, and Books on Welsh Literature, already published, and now become scarce, do you think merit to be republished?"

At a Committee Meeting, held at Carmarthen, Nov. 25th, 1818, the following Resolutions were adopted:

"That the special Thanks of the Society be given to Mr. J. Jones, of Jesus College, for his offer to transcribe Welsh Manuscripts for the use of the Society; and to the Rev. Walter Wilkins, now at Florence, for his promise to examine the Catalogues of Foreign Libraries, with a reference to the fifth Query.-That Lord Dynevor be requested to be the President of the Society in Dyfed.-That the annual Meetings be appropriated to the recitation of the Prize Verses and Essays; and to the performances on the Harp; and that all other business be reserved for the Committee.-[The Literary Prizes proposed by the Society have already been noticed in our last volume, p. 538.] -That there be four Judges appointed for the decision of the poetical Prizes,

two from North and two from SouthWales; and that a President of the four be chosen by ballot, and have the casting vote. That Mr. Edward Williams

Nec malè vixit, qui natus moriensque fefellit.

HERE is something peculiarly

THE

pleasing and interesting in the Anecdotes of Original Characters who have passed through a long life,— provided that nothing occurs injurious to sound morality, or offensive to good manners, which make the man. In the singularity of men retired from all society, it is curious to investigate, and satisfactory to know, in what manner they have filled up the many hours, in which we, who occupy the more busy scenes of an active life, fancy ourselves to be more usefully, and better employed. Though the effect and influence of example be totally lost by the retired habits of the solitary and recluse; still from the simple and inoffensive life of the Nobleman developed in the following Memoir, the contemplative mind cannot fail of deriving some amusement: and, I hope, some instruction from his benevolence, and from the genuine mildness of his W. C. D.

manners.

On Saturday, August the 29th, 1818, we went from Sandgate by the venerable and picturesque ruins of Saltwood Castle, and the elegant modern house of Mr. Deedes at Sandling, to Mount Morris, the seat of the late Lord Rokeby, whose portrait we purchased at Sandgate. It is situated in the parish of Monks Horton, about five miles from Hythe in Kent, in a sort of park, which, save some handsome trees below the house, could never have much to recommend it. The house, which I imagine to have is of red brick, square, of tasteless been built in the reign of Charles II. unimposing elevation; and having a heavy balustrade at the top. Since Lord Rokeby's death in 1800 it has been uninhabited and neglected, has a desolate and melancholy appearance; and probably, in a very few years,