Welsh Journals

establishment, though always rather a bigot for his church and party, but latterly he has much neglected his former diligence and had become rather a slave to intemperate habits. Now he is gone-no prospect at all of reformation, but things getting worse every day. The whole of £ 40,000 received as dowries with his wives somehow has melted away, debts not settled, servants not settled with for 10 years. The whole neighbourhood is in a clamour. -People trusted his word." "December 11. Mr. Phillips buried. The funeral was private. I was invited by the family to attend, but the weather has been severe, frost and snow, for some days, and my health delicate, I begged to be excused. I had also some private reasons in the present state of feelings among the populace." "December 15. The whole country around full of bitter censure, and religion is sadly damaged by this new discovery." "January 25, 1856. Auction at Fairy Hill. William Oriffiths is scathing about the wreck caused by the extravagance of the clergyman-" victim of his own extravagance and folly." The tombstone at Llanddewi records To the Memory of the REVD. SAMUEL PHILLIPS of Fairy Hill, who died DECEMBER 5, 1855 aged 61 years, also his wife who died JANUARY 1, 1855 aged 55 years This stone is erected by their loving children." The six children got a new home at Taunton and the connection of the Noel family with Fairy Hill had ended. Notes. vide LADY BARHAM IN GOWER Gower vol. ix (1956). Miss Alicia Gower Jones is thanked for the use of quotations from the William Griffiths' Journals. C. E. Vulliamy. Colwyn Edward Vulliamy (author of the article STOUTHALL SIXTY YEARS AGO ") born in Radnorshire, now living in Surrey, has been writing for thirty-five years, and has published forty-five works in all biographies, satires, novels, essays on archaeology and three volumes of autobiography. Some of his titles may be familiar to readers of GOWER": Calico Pie," The Proud Walkers," Scarweather," Prodwit's Guide to The Anatomy of Satire and his latest book, published in 1960, Little Arthur's Guide to Humbug." Editorial.