iSlG.] Anecdotes of 



desciilied, contribute largely, if not al- 

 logctlier, to the stiiictiue oi' all oftlieu). 

 Tlic English lias 7 as iiouus, and 31 

 as ]M-epositions, &c. 



'i'iie French has 6 as nouns, and 03 as 

 prepositions, &c. 



'I'iie Latin lias 5 as nouns, and 40 as 

 prepositiojis, &c. 



The German has 4 as nouns, and 21 

 as prepositions, &c. 



11. The Hebrew has 33 of its ele- 

 ments, out of the whole number of 65, 

 vvliich agree in identity of sound, signi- 

 tieation, and fuiictioiis, with tliose in the 

 Welsh; the Aralic has 63, and the Ptr- 

 siau has 61, wliieh, in like inaiiiier, 

 asjree with siwiilar elements in the IVclsh: 

 and this is the most important of the 

 facts by wliieh the I'oregoiiij; inierences 

 are to be proved, as it clearly demon- 

 strates those languages to havo had a 

 conuuon origin. Lest the reader should 

 not see the bearina; of these points, as 

 intended, it may be necessary lo exem- 

 plify it by one or two instances. Aiv, 

 in iVelsh, implies, abstracieiily, ivhat is 

 endued with motion, a Jlow, ajiitid ; and 

 then, as the name (»f what most obvi- 

 ously possesses this princi|)le, it sigiiilies 

 water ; and it means the same thin"' in 

 Persian, and iu Ihe ancient Geriitnn ; so 

 we find it also in the French, in tiie word 

 tuti, though disguised under dllferent 

 symbols. Hhi is a compound of two 

 elements, and, iu Wehh, siguiiies ab- 

 .stractedij , uccumnlalcd, as to bein^\ ener- 

 gy, or iniellrcl; and, in its conunou accep- 

 tation, it means old, or ancient; and it 

 is of the same im])ort in t!ie Armenian, 

 the liiirman, and the Sanscrit ; and, in 

 the Latin and the Irish, the same word 

 is found joined to a prefix of very ex- 

 tcnsi^e use, rej>resentcd in these tongues 

 by the symbol *, and is the parent of a 

 multitude of derivatives. 



12. J5y having a thorough Juiowledge 

 of those elementary sounds, we i)osse33 

 the IvC^s, by uhieh the hitherto hidden 

 arcaua of languages may be ojjened; 

 even those that have uutiergone every 

 kind of coiDmixioii, such as the Lrench 

 and the English, their intricacies may 

 be, iu a great measure, unfolded, though 

 impenetrable by any other known 

 means; and must of the mythological 

 •enigmas, veiled iu the lahles of the 

 (ireeks, lUunans, and other luitious, 

 may also he thus rationally explained. 



The foregoing tv.dve heads are given 

 as an outline of the system, which, at 

 I'utme op])or(iini(ies, 1 intend to illns- 

 Irate, by daailing :iud cxeinpliiying its 



Dr. Young. Si 



dilferent parts, if yon, Mr. Editor, should 

 not consider your pages wanted for 

 anore interesting objects. ^^jj^.^N. 

 July 1, 1816. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 



SIR, 



S THINK it right to acquaint you 

 with a few errors in the statement 

 I have met with in your Magazine of 

 last month, respeetiiig the late Dr. 

 Young, — having been born within a milu 

 of Welwyn, and never having resided 

 more than !ive miles distant from that 

 place, and my father was acquaintetl 

 with the Doctor. 



Question. — Did he keep much com- 

 pany. 



Aufwer.—'He was acquainted with 

 the lleyshams, of Stagenhoe; and not 

 Ishams, of Stagsdcn ; — Dr.Yarborough, 

 of Jewiu; not of Digsall; — Dr. Smith, 

 of Datchworth, was never esteemed a 

 very rich man, for (his good reason — he 

 iie\er was a rich man. 



The square pedestal was erected by 

 the i>resent rector of 'W'elwyn, the llcv. 

 Samuel Johns Knight. 



The legacy for building a new parson- 

 age-house was not left by Dr. Smitli, 

 but by Dr. Ralph I'recmau, then rector 

 of Ayott St. Peters, and who lived tlie 

 latter part of his life on his large estate 

 at Hamniels, having given tiie living 

 of Ayott St. Peters to the liev. Charles 

 Chauncy, his relation. 



Dr. Young had a summer-liouse and 

 bathing-house in his garden, having 

 some lines from Horace written on tha 

 outside, wliich is but just now pulled 

 down. Likewise the charity-school he 

 founded in the year 1760, at the north- 

 end of the church-yard, for the educa- 

 tion of sixteen poor boys, of the parish 

 of Welwyn, and endowed it with 1600/. 

 South-sea stock, to alibrd a salary of 20/. 

 per annum to a master for ever, and to 

 clotlie the sixteen boys in blue uiiiform. 

 This stock vias to have been sold out 

 as soon as possible, and lands purchased 

 wilii the money; but at present it has 

 not been done, to the great loss of th« 

 charity, and much inconvenience aiid 

 trouble to the present trustees. 



The sum of 10*. is also allowed yearly 

 to the rector of Wel\v>n, tor a charity- 

 sermon for the good of the school, and 

 30*. for an annual dinner to enteitaia 

 the trustees at their general meeling. 



Also, an altar-piece, put up in the 

 chnrc'h, worked on crimson velvet, by 

 Laiiy Betty Yomig, sister to the iiaii 



