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v CAERCENNIN CASTLE.
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v CAERCENNIN CASTLE. Among the castles of the Vale of Towy none is more remarkable for its position or grand in surroundings than Caercennin, or Carreg Cennin Castle, as it is sometimes called. It is almost surrounded by hills of considerable elevation but commands a prospect of prodigious extent along the wide valleys which intervene. From this spot may be seen a long reach of the finest part of the Vale of Towy on the right; directly in front the Vale of Llangydeirn, with the ocean in the distance, and towards the left the Vale of Llandybie., Of the history of the castle very little is known. The only mention of it that occurs in the Welsh annals is the circumstance noticed by Caradoc, of its being taken by Rhys Fychan from the English, to whom, out of her dislike to him his mother had delivered it. The time of its erection rests at present on conjecture. It has been assigned by some to the reign of Henry the First, but a manuscript in the British Museum ascribes the building of it to Urien, Lord of Cennen, who was a Knight of Arthur's Round Table. Its architecture bespeaks for it an early origin, and there can be little doubt of its being of British construction.
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The Celtic Congress, which will be held this year during the first fortnight in September at St. Pol de Leon, near Roscoff, in Brittany, will be presided over by the Marquis de L'Estour- beillon, deputy for Morbihan. Deputations from Ireland and Wales are expected to attend, whilst America will be represented by a delegation with Mrs. Moser at its head. Lord Castletown will 'be one of the visitors from across the Channel, and will, it is said, bring with him some Irish pipers. About a hundred Breton bards and over 200 litterateurs are to take part in the proceedings.
Pobl a Phethau yng Nghymru.
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Pobl a Phethau yng Nghymru. Y PARCH. Rice Price, curad Llanwnda, sydd wedi ei benodi'n gaplan ar eglwys St. Deiniol, Upper Parliament Street, Lerpwl. Y mae tair Eglwys Gymreig yn Lerpwl, ond nid yw'r byw- ioliaethau ynglyn a hwy yn atdyniadol iawn i glerigwyr Cymru. MR. Ivor Bowen, y bar-gyfreithiwr, sydd wedi derbyn un o'r swyddi cyfreithiol a waghawyd gan Mr. A. E. Lewis ar ei benodiad yn Ynad Cyflogedig y Rhondda. Mab i'r Parch. J. Bowen Jones, Aberhonddu, yw Ivor, ac yn wr sydd wedi ennill safle a pharch ar gylchdaith y Deheudir. AR ol gorphen a'r wyl genedlaethol yn Aber- penar, bydd haneswyr y genedl, neu'n hytrach y rhai a chwiliant i'w hynafiaethau, yn cyfarfod yn Pengwern, lie y cynhalia Cymdeithas yr Hynaf- iaethwyr eu cynulliad blynyddol. Dechreuir y Gymanfa Hynafiaethol ar y 15 eg o'r mis, ac am y tri diwrnod canlynol bydd pawb yn gwybod hanes pob hen garreg yn ardal Pengwern. Gyda Haw, enw presenol Pengwern yw Shrewsbury. CAFODD yr hanner-Cymry ergyd amserol yn un o gyfarfodydd Undeb y Bedyddwyr Cymreig y dydd o'r blaen. Un o'r areithiau galluocaf yn ystod yr wyl oedd eiddo'r Cenhadwr Indiaidd, Mr. W. R. James, ac 'roedd ei Gymraeg pur yn werth i'n pregethwyr gartref wneyd sylw o hono. Pan ar ganol ei araeth gwaeddai rhywun am Saesneg, ond trodd Mr. James ato yn sarug, gan ddatgan, Ni ddaw gair o Saesneg tros fy ngwefusau i'w halogi y nos hon." Ac felly y bu. Pa nifer o areithwyr cyhoeddus a fyddent mor ddewr ac mor synwyrol a Mr. James. Y MAE Eluned Morgan wedi dod yn ol i Gymru o Patagonia, a bwriada aros yn yr Hen Wlad am yspaid. Oddiar y bu yma o'r blaen cafodd y golled chwerw o gladdu ei thad-un o sefydlwyr y Wladfa. YN mhlith cynrychiolwyr y Gymdeithas Brydeinig a ymadawsant am Dde Affrig, ddydd Sadwrn, am dri mis o daith, yr oedd y Proffeswr Phillips a'r Proffeswr Bryant o Goleg Prifysgol Bangor. Bwriada Dr. Phillips gymeryd mantais ar hyn i draddodi anerchiadau yn mhrif drefi y wlad ar gyfundrefn addysg Cymru, a threfnwyd ar gyfer y gyfres darlithiau gan Llew Tegid. Yn mhob darlith cyflwyna'r darlithiwr gerbron y gwrandawyr Gronfa Adeiladu Coleg Newydd Bangor. YN Aberpenar y bydd y byd Cymreig yn ystod yr wythnos nesaf. Mae rhagolygon addawol am Eisteddfod lwyddianus yno. MAE 678 o fechgyn a 768 o ferched yn dysgu Cymraeg yn ysgolion Caerdydd. Ar ol deall hyn ni ddylem anobeithio am Gymraeg y dref. YR wythnos ddiweddaf anrhegwyd llyfrgell rad Llanelly a dau ddarlun hardd, un o Syr Arthur Stepney, ac arall o'i dad, Syr John Stepney. Mae teulu'r Stepneys wedi bod yn bur hael i dref Llanelli ar amryw achlysuron. CEISIA un Mr. Daniel Davies ddod allan fel ymgeisydd Rhyddfrydol dros Ferthyr, ond rywsut neu gilydd nid yw'n cael derbyniad croesawus iawn gan y dref., Credo Daniel ar bwnc y tolli sydd yn wael, oni bae am hyn gwnai aelod tra chymeradwy. DA genym ddeall fod Mabon yn graddol wella o'l anhwylusdod diweddar, a sicr y rhoddir iddo dipyn o seibiant am y misoedd nesaf yma er mwyn cael llwyr adferiad. Nis gallwn fforddio colli gwr fel Mabon yn yr amserau cythryblus hyn.
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Os oes arnoch eisieu esgidiau Q unrhyw fath darllenwch tudalen 6. YN ei anerchiad o gadair Undeb y Bedyddwyr Cymreig, caed sylwadau amserol gan Pedr Hir ar y Diwygiad. Gosododd bwys neillduol ar ei werth ymarferol, sef y gwerth sydd ynddo fel gallu i waghau tafarndai, sobri y meddwon, clirio dyledion, puro a chodi bywydau. Dyna werth mawr y Diwygiad, meddai, nid codi cywair y llais wrth weddio, ond cywair y dyn i fyw. Y cwestiwn mawr, wedi'r cyfan, ydyw-nid sut y mae top notes gweddi dyn ar yr heol, ond sut y mae bottom notes ei fywyd yn y ty ac yn y gwaith. ———— MAE ychydig o bobl i'w cael sydd yn gosod pwys mawr ar allanolion y Diwygiad, heb bryderu dim am y pethau trymaf-y pethau sydd i bar- hau. Ac yn y fan yma y mae un o beryglon y Diwygiad. Y mae perygl, ebai Pedr Hir, i lawer am fod allanolion y Diwygiad ganddynt mewn rhyw ffurf, i ruthro i arwain y bobl ar esgynloriau ac mewn pulpudau heb fod ganddynt dalent na diwylliant, ysbryd na neges. GWNEIR cais yn Eisteddfod Aberpenar yr wythnos nesaf am gael yr wyl genedlaethol i Lundain yn 1907. Y mae Abertawe yn gofyn yr un peth hefyd, a chredir yn bur gyffredin mai i'r lie olaf yr aiff y tro hwn. Er hyny dylai Llundain ofalu am bwyso y cais erbyn 1909.
REPRESENTATION OF ANGLESEY.
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REPRESENTATION OF ANGLESEY. The Anglesey Conservative Association has once more to search for a suitable candidate. For some time the name of Captain Lawrence Williams, Plas Llanddyfnan, Llangefni, has been before the Association, and considerable pressure has been brought to bear upon this gentleman to induce him to stand. He has now, however, firmly and finally informed the Association that he will not contest the seat against Mr. Ellis Griffith, M.P. Captain Williams would have proved the most suitable candidate for the party, being well known and well connected, besides being universally respected. His name was before the Association a long while ago, and it was thought probable that he would accept, but the name of Mr. Edward Owen was brought forward, and Captain Williams withdrew in that gentleman's favour. When Mr Owen declined to stand, the party again approached Captain Williams, but without any satisfactory result: Dr. Roland P. Williams, of London and Menai Bridge, still holds to his intention of contesting Anglesey at the next election as an independent candidate, with Protectionist views. Dr. Williams was at one time sub-agent for Mr. Ellis Griffith, assisting that gentleman to gain the seat. A meeting of the Conservative Association will shortly be held to consider the position.
WELSH NATIONAL LIBRARY.
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WELSH NATIONAL LIBRARY. Another Gift to Aberystwyth. Mr. Henry Owen, of Poyston, Pembrokeshire, whose collection of books and manuscripts illus- trating the history of Pembrokeshire has been described by the Privy Council as unique, has promised to bequeath his collection to the Welsh Library at Aberystwyth unless an approved place for its reception be provided in Pembrokeshire during his lifetime. The collection contains many original manuscripts relating to the county 9 ted and-transcripts of ma. y others, while the prInted books, in all about 7,000 volumes, include prac- tically every publication which bears on the county, and many important works on Wales and Welsh archaeology. The report of the ^riv^ Council states that at the exhibition of Wels Biblical literature promoted by the Cardiff Cor^ poration in 1904 all the examples of the olae Welsh Bibles and Testaments were from the Llanstephan, Cwrt Mawr, and Poyston col e tions. It is believed that Dr. Owen would mUo £ prefer his fine library to remain in the county Pembroke, and with the object of securing it a movement has been set on foot at Haverfordwest. The movement to establish a free library, °.n ever, is not meeting with much support, an, n, the past similar projects have had to be a doned, although Dr. Owen had then prom the promoters his unique Welsh library.
IN LOVELY WALES. I1:1
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his Laws from the White House, it was here that the beautiful Nest-the Helen of Wales-heard of the death of the stern old warrior, her father, the last Prince of South Wales, it was to this that Prince Rhys brought his heroic young bride, Gwenllian, the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan, it was here that Rhys ap Meredith nursed his dark schemes against Llewelyn ein Llyw Ola', it was around these walls that our last Llewelyn dealt his last shrewd blow at his Norman foes, on the eve of his sad fall at Builth, it was in this castle that Gruffydd ap Niclas-the patron of the Carmarthen Eisteddfod of 145 I -entertained the Lord Whitney and the other Royal Com- missioners who were sent to take him prisoner, it was here that Sir Rhys ap Thomas kept princely state in the first fine days when Welsh Kings sat on the Saxon throne. On the opposite side one can almost catch a glimpse of Carreg- Ceunen, a real crow's-nest of a castle perched on a precipitous crag, and the rich park of Golden Grove, where Jeremy Taylor hid and mused. That fair hill, a few miles to the south, is the far-famed Grangar Hill, and a little lower still is Dryslwyn Castle. But why stop to enumerate ? Every homestead and mansion has its story, as the traveller hurries through Llanegwad, and Pontargeitho, and Nantgaredig. And so we came to Abergwili, where the Bishop of St. David's hopes to live when his palace is restored. And then to Carmarthen, the old capital of South Wales. A town,-with a high rain'd castle, And walls mantled over with ivy With church towers square and strong, And narrow irregular streets And, frequent in street and lane, many Windowed high-shoulder'd chapels." At Tygwyn, close to the town, Sir Richard Steele spent the last years of his chequered life. A greater poet and a better man, Sir Lewis Morris, spends to-day the peaceful evening of a fruitful day at Penbryn, a mile away. At Llanstephan, which might almost be called Aber- Towy, lives Sir John Williams, the greatest benefactor of modern Wales. It is a fair land we have hurried through-a land of calm beauty and of warm hearts.