Welsh Journals

Aug., 1878. BYE-GONES. Mr. Childe had resigned his seat for Wenlock in order to contest the county. Pelham, supported by Lloyd of Aston, Mytton of Halston, Corbet, and other gentlemen, who went in for " Freedom of Election," was returned, and it must have been soon after he took his seat that he presented to an astonished House of Commons his basins of gruel—if ever he did present them ! The duty on Salt from 1798 to 1805 was 10s. per bushel; it was then in¬ creased to 15s. ; reduced to 2s. inl823, and abolished early in 1825. Jakco. THOMAS FULLER IN WALES (July 24, 1878). The belief I expressed in my former note that Thos. Fuller had never been in Merionethshire is founded on the evidence of the old historian himself. If Aran will refer to "the necessary Preface to the Reader" prefixed to the portion of the Worthies relating to the Principality of Wales he will find the following observation by the author " I never was in Wales, and all know how neces¬ sary 'Autopda? is to accurateness herein." He will further find the whole preface an apology for old Fuller's own want of knowledge and the imperfectness of his own information in regard to Wales. E.B. BALLOTING FOR THE MILITIA (July 17, 1878).—In Feb. 1770 there was a great riot at Chirk, in Denbighshire, to oppose the execution of the Militia Act in that county. Near three hundred countrymen, armed with clubs and pitchforks, assembled at the meeting of the justices, and drove away the constables who were about to deliver in their lists ; and after insulting the gentlemen present, and breaking the windows of the house where they met, dispersed without any further damage. Nemo. AUGUST 7, 1878. NOTES. YOUNG DUTCH SAM AT LUDLOW.—In the days of our grandfathers the Noble Art of Bruising was a fashionable amusement. I have just been reading a long account of what is termed " a Scientific Mill" between Young Dutch Sam and Ned Neal, at Ludlow, on Tues¬ day, April 27, 1829. My record appears in Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, published in 1832. Ludlow seems to have been fixed upon as the scene of the encounter, for one reason because the innkeepers of the place subscribed £100 to_ be divided between the combatants. Sam and his friends put up at the Clive Arms, Bromfield, on the eve of the fight, so as to be quiet, and Neal at Mr. Cook's, the Angel Inn, Ludlow. We are told that " the milling coves" were numerous, and included Tom Spring, White- headed Bob, Holt, and others, but that, although there was such a gallaxy of talent in the town, "Ludlow did not exhibit that animation that might have been ex¬ pected," and, excepting the Angel and the Crown, "other houses obtained little, if any accession of company on account of the fight." To pass away the time on the afternoon before the fight, " most of the boxers took a view of Ludlow Castle," and the following is the account of the impressions made on the minds of some of them :— White-headed Bob listened with the utmost attention to the eloquence of Harry Holt on the beauties of the scenery, and other circumstances connected with this delightful ruin. Bob was not exactly up to Milton, who had written his "Masque of Comus " m this castle; nor was he down to Butler, who had likewise penned his celebrated work of " Hudibras." But Bob had no doubt they were good ones, if Harry Holt knew anything about them, though he had never heard of them before in the P.R. xxxx. " Perhaps not," said Holt, " but nevertheless they both made good use of their mauleys, and their hits were publicly acknowledged to have been capital. But they are both floored now ; and if your appellation and my name live half so long in the tablet of memory, nay, one hundredth part, we must con¬ sider ourselves great folks indeed." " That will do," said Bob, "recollect we have something more important in view than losing our time over these old stones : the sparring-matches will begin soon at the Angel, when 1 hope to pocket a little blunt." The "sets-to" anticipated by the white-headed Bob duly came off, when he with Holt, Oliver, Pyefinch, and others performed amidst "lots of applause," and some profit. During the evening amateurs from Shrewsbury and other places arrived, and " gave the town a little more life." The fight itself took place " in Ludford Park (on a hill, commanding a delightful prospect), belonging to £. L. Charlton, Esq., a well-known sporting gentleman, and distinguished for his breed of race-horses." The fight I will not describe. In the 78th, and last, round, "the Young One, with the utmost dexterity, gave Ned a rum one on his conk," which seems to have settled the busi¬ ness, but to make sure he followed it with "planting a severe hit on Ned's throat," which seems nearly to have settled him, for he was carried away insensible, and "attended by Dr. Wakefield, to the Angel Inn, Ludlow." The fight lasted one hour and forty-one minutes. In conclusion, the narrator speaks feelingly of the "humane attentions" of "Spring, Holt, Brown of Bridgnorth, the gallant Naval Captain and the Swell Dragsman," at the bed-side of the fallen hero. R.K.T. QUERIES. WELSH NAMES OF THE SALMON.—The following are the names, which in some parts of Wales, are applied to the salmon in its various stages of growth : 1. Silod y gro. Silod y gog. 2. Silod brithion. Brith y gro : pi. brithroaid. 3. Brithyll y rnor, Brithyll brych. 4. Gwyniad y gog. 5. Gwyniad haf. 0. Gafiaw. 7. Adfwlch. 8. Maran. 9. Camog. 10. Chwiwell. 11. Gleisiad. 12. Penllwyd. 13. Eog. The last, Eog, is the general name of the fish, as well as of the fish in its last stage of development. Are there any other names known to readers of Byc-gones ? Deiniol. THE QUAKERS IN WALES.—Can any of your readers inform me who wasKatharine Evans—a Friend— who went out with aSarahCheevers to the Island of Malta? A brief history of the voyage was published in London in 1715. She* suffered much persecution in Malta, and after her return from that imprisonment, Sewel, in his History of the People Called Quakers tells us (page 618) that imprisonment fell to her share " once at Welshpool, Mont¬ gomeryshire, in the year 1666, for refusing to swear." It would also interest many of your readers if w7e could be supplied with a list of the Quaker burying grounds and meeting-houses and houses recorded for worship, once be¬ longing to the " Friends" in Merionethshire. Gypt. REPLIES, HUGH THOMAS, HENDREF. (July 10, 1878). The mention of Col. Anwyl's name having called forth some remarks from Gwyniad regarding Col. Vaughan's friend and second, if I remember rightly Col. Vaughan had another friend of the same name, viz., Captain Anwyl, of Brynadda, Dolgelley. Perhaps some of your readers can throw some light on Gwyniad's query as to which C apt. Anwyl was Col. Vaughan's second, also re¬ garding the duel. Student. 12