Welsh Journals

Aug., 1885. BYE-GONE 8. 27 The testator mentions that the limited provision made for Lord Herbert is in consequence of his (Lord Herbert's) succeeding to the Garron Tower estate, under the will of the testator's mother. AUGUST 5, 1885. NOTES. THE AMERICAN ALOE IN DENBIGH¬ SHIRE.—A correspondent of the Gardener's Magazine, writing about 1830, from Gwrych Castle, Abergele, Denbighshire, tells us that " about eight years back he pulled down one of his hothouses, in which stood a large American Aloe, known to be 68 years of age. It was in a box about two feet square, and the plant was so large that he determined net to put it in the new house then building; it was, in consequence, placed alongside the south wall in the corner (not expecting it to live), where it has been ever since, never having been watered in sum¬ mer, nor matted nor attended to in winter, and it is now as vigorous and as healthy (if not more so) than before. The box was not buried in the ground, and is now falling to pieces. The garden is about one hundred yards from the sea." Verax. Oswestry. MRS. SIDDONS A NATIVE OF BRECON (July 15, 1885).—The following is the song (referred to in my communication of July 15), sung by Mrs Siddons's (then Miss Kemble's) lover at the Brecon theatre :— THE DISCARDED LOVER. Ye ladies of Brecon, whose hearts ever teel For wrongs like to these I'm about to reveal, Excuse the first product, nor pass unregarded The complaints of poor Colin, a lover discarded. When first on the shore of fair Cambria he trod, His devotion was paid to the blind little god, Whose aid and assistance each day he'd implore To grant him his Phyllis—he wanted no more. No cloud seemed to threaten—each bar was removed : The father though silent, with silence approved : The mother at last bestowed her assent, When Phyllis seemed pleased, and Colin content. Secure as he thought in a treasure so dear, Neither Duke, Lord, nor Squire had he reason to fear ! But oh ! strange the reverse to all things brought about, For the last, underlined, has poor Colin thrown out. Common fame, who we all are informed is a liar, Reported of late that a wealthy young Squire Had received from the fair an invincible dart, And " Robin, sweet Robin," had thrilled through his heart. At length the report reached the ears of his flame, Whose nature he fear'd, from the source whence it came ; She acquainted her Ma', who, her ends to obtain, Determined poor Colin to drive from the plain. Not easily turned, she her project pursued, Each part of the shepherd was instantly view'd; And the charms of three hundred a year—some say more— Made her find out a thousand she ne'er saw before. Pool Colin, whose fame bids all slander defiance, Could not help being moved at their talked of alliance ; The means of alluring, so tempting the bait, Thus Colin considered, and dreaded his fate. Yet still on his Phyllis his hopes were all placed, That her vows were so firm they could ne'er be effaced; But soon she convinced him 'twas all a mere joke, For duty rose up, and her vows were all broke. Dear ladies, avoid one indelible stain, Excuse me, I beg, if my verse is too plain ; But a jilt is the devil, as has hmg been confess'd, Which a heart like poor Colin's must ever detest. Now your pardon he begs, as your pity he might, But here 'tis confess'd you have shown it to-night ; For his merits, though small, you have amply rewarded, So accept the poor thanks of a lover discarded. Brecon. E. Poole. THE SALUSBURIES AND DE CLITHEROES OF LANCASHIRE.- John de Salebyry son of Gilbert de Salebyry was living 24th Edward I., and was married to Margery daughter of Hugh de Clitheroe, all of them being settled in that year at Salebury in Lancashire. According to an old manuscript which Mr Richard Llwyd possessed, it is manifest the above named Gilbert had derived from Alexander de Salesbury of Raby in Cheshire, and that he was third in descent from him. On turning to Mr Lyons's two "Comporte" of the Lancashire and Cheshire manors of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, 24 and 33 Edward I., published by the Cheetham Society, 1884, the John de Salebyry, Gilbert, and Hugh de Clitheroe mentioned by him in that work, will probably be the very persons alluded to above; but how these Clitheroes and Salesburys came to Denbighshire is not alluded to either by Llwyd or Mr Lyons. I think Mr Williams mentions some of them in his Records of Den¬ bigh as being there in De Brettle's time. The annexed, I copied out of Mr Lyons:—" De xiijs. iiijci. deredditu Hugonis de Cliderhow pro terra quondam Thorne de Hiltone in Salesbyry quam idem Hugo tenet in thaynagio. Et sciendum quod heres dicti Hugonis tenetur pro superdicto tenemento in xls. de Relevio. Et pro tenemento quondam Johannis de Salebyry in alliis xls. Et eciam pro tenemento quondam Johannis filii Gil- berti in eadem, in aliis xls. cum tern pus relevii accident, De undecim Solidis de firma Ade le Tasker pro tenemento quondam Magistri Henrici de Claytone in Salebyry nichil quia reddetatur eidem Henrico per Comitum." As I read the records of this family they first appear in Lancashire; then a younger son of the house settled in Cheshire ; a younger son of the Cheshire branch, in Denbighshire ; and, according to the above, a younger son of Cheshire must have gone back to Lancashire, and thence probably came the Clitheroes, and others of the same family, into Denbighshire later on. Can any of your correspondents throw new light on this ? Ruthin. GEORGE THE FOURTH IN WALES.—The True Briton, in May, 1821, eaid, " We a few days ago an¬ nounced that his Majesty bad signified his intention of honoring Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., of Wynnstay (in Den¬ bighshire, North Wales), with a visit the ensuing summer. We have now to announce that his Majesty will honor Wynnstay with his presence in the month of July, and that active preparations are now making for his Majesty's re¬ ception. Sir Watkin will give a grand entertainment on the occasion, which will be conducted by and under the very able and judicious management of J. Parry, Esq. The chief of Wynnstay intends to summon the Bards and Minstrels (as in days of yore) to give our beloved Monarch a specimen of the manner in which the ancient Britons performed their national music; and we doubt not but his Majesty will be highly pleased; for the cause will in-