Welsh Journals

250 BYE-GONES. Nov. 6, 1889. however, was not entirely of a public character, but was confined to the tenantry on The Quinta estate, and the singular unanimity and readiness with which they joined in the celebration was the most eloquent testimony to the warm place which Col. and Mrs Barnes hold in their hearts. It was decided to present Col. and Mrs Barnes with an illuminated address, framed in English gilt, and a solid silver fruit dish and tongs. The workpeople who do not reside on the estate also presented Colonel Barnes with a silver cigarette case. NOVEMBER 6, 1889. NOTES. THE OLD GALLOWS TREES AT DOL- GELLEY.—I recollect seeing, in the year 1849, two old oak gallows in Dolgelley gaol—kept with ancient lumber in the attic above the prison. One was pointed out to me as the "tree" on which the poor Hwniw mater suffered the last penalty of the law. They were both of the same type—made of rough massive oak—consisting of two side posts let into feet, and the cross-beam. Each gallows was made wide enough for the cart which bore the culprit to pass between. The parts were after¬ wards taken to pieces and there deposited in the prison lumber-room just named. C.T.B. THE BIRTH OF THE EARL OF PO WIS.—The following verses were written by Thomas Roberts (nephew of the Revd. Walter Davies) on the re¬ ceipt, in Welshpool, on the 6th November, 1818, of the news of the birth of Edward James, Earl of Powis, having taken place on the previous day at Pershore, in Worcestershire. The original MS. is in the possession of the sister of the writer of the Verses. She still survives and resides in Oswes¬ try, aged 77. X. " Oh ! lovely muse thy aid impart To hail the joyful Morn; And sound aloud in every Part, To (1) Clive an Heir is born. An heir of honor and renown, Sprung from a Noble race His Ancestors have won a Crown As in his Line we trace. Then may our Hearts beat high with joy, And all our pow'rs exert, In honor of the Noble Boy, Long Live our young Herbert. May shouts be heard to rend the Air, And let the Shout be this, Prosperity to the New Born Heir, Long live our young Powis. May Clive still blossom as the rose, And as the Morning fair, Like the sweet Lily be Montrose, (2) Long live the Noble pair. 1. The father of the present Earl,was then Viscount Clive. 2. Lord Powia's mother was a daughter of the Duke of Montrose. May Herbert Clive and Powis live For ever on this shore And to their Names due honor give, Till time shall be no more. Novr. 6th 1818." A MONTGOMERYSHIRE PREACHER'S CERTIFICATE.—Thinking that many of your readers, like myself, had never seen a preacher's " certificate," I have copied the following for your interesting column. The William Watkin re¬ ferred to was a man of sterling qualities, a thorough patriot. He was father to Mrs. Morgan, draper. But who was " Tho. Owen "? Llanfair Caereinion. T.J.W. Certificate. To Wit I, Thomas Owen, Esquire, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County'of Montgomery, do hereby certify that William Watkin of the parish of Llanfair in the said County of Mont¬ gomery did this day appear before me, and did make, take, and subscribe the several Oaths and Declaration contained and specified in an Act made in the Fifty-second year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled " An Act to Repeal certain my day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty-two. (Signed) Tho. Owen. Oath of Allegiance. I, William Watkin, do sincerely promise and Swear that I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to her Majesty Queen Victoria. So Help Me God. (Signed) William Watkin. Oath of Supremacy. I, William Watkin, do Swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious and here¬ tical that damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the See of Rome may be deposed or murthered by their Subjects or any other what¬ soever. And I do declare that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Pre¬ eminence or Authority, Ecclesiastical or Spiritual, within this Realm. So Help Me God. (Signed) William Watkin. Oath of Abjuration. I, William Watkin, do truly and sincerely ac¬ knowledge, profess, testify, and declare in my con¬ science before God and the World, that our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria is lawful and rightful Queen of this Realm, and all other Her Majesty's Domi¬ nions and Countries thereunto belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I do believe in my conscience, that not any of the Descendants of the Person who pretended to be Prince of Wales during the life of the late King James the Second, and since his decease pretended to be and took upon himself the style and title of King of England by the name of James the Third, or of Scotland by the