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ANNUAL REGISTER. 



Dda, prince of Nortk 



■will last for ever, in spite of enemies 

 — neitlier firr nor water can destroy 

 them, nor will they pprish till the 

 ■world falls to pieces, and man is no 

 more." After another specimen 

 from one of his poems, of the song 

 snng by tlie morning stars on the 

 creation of th^- world, he concludes, 

 " When I see in Milton, in Dry- 

 den, or in Pope, such nervous lines 

 as these, and such grand expressions 

 as this poem contains, I shall ad- 

 anire them as much as I do Goronwy 

 Owen, and not till then."* 



It is to be remarked, that in one 

 of Goronwy's letters to his friends, 

 previous to his departure from this 

 rountry, he laments that his friend 

 Lewis Morris had taken some of- 

 fence at his coiuhict, and had not 

 only withdrawn his attentions, l»ut 

 had even spoken in very disrespect- 

 ful terms of him. He vv'as himself, 

 however, superior to pique, and con- 

 tinued to express his gratitude and 

 friendship to the last. On the death 

 of his friend he composed an elegy, 

 beautifully expressive of his sense of 

 the loss of so good and useful a man, 

 Goronwy Owen died in Virginia, 

 but the time of his death I have not 

 been able to ascertain. 



Memoranda of the late Mr. Pennant. 

 From the same. 



This indefatigable and useful 

 ■writer was born at Bychton, in the 

 parish of Whitford, on the 14th of 

 June, 1726. He was a lineal des- 

 cendant from Tudor Trevor, who 

 married Angharad the daughter of 



Howel 

 Wales, + 



He became possessed of the estate 

 at Downing by thcdcath of his father 

 David Pennant ; and having discover- 

 ed a rich mine of lead ore on it, he 

 was enabled, by means of the emolu- 

 ments arising from this, to make 

 considerable improvements. Hero 

 he principally resided, 



" rhe house itself," he inform* 

 us, " has little to boast of. I for- 

 tunately found it incapable of being 

 improved into a magnitude exceed- 

 ing the revenue of the family. It 

 has a hall which I prefer to the ru- 

 ral impropriety of a paltry vestibule ; 

 a library ; a parlour capable of con- 

 taining more guests tlian I ever wish 

 to see in it at a time, septem convi- 

 vium ; novem convicium ! and a 

 smoaking room, most antiquely fur- 

 nished with aucient carvings, and 

 the horns of ajl the European beasts 

 of chace. This room is now quite 

 out of use, as to its original purpose. 

 Above stairs is a good drawing- 

 room, in times of old called the 

 dining-room, and a tea-room, the 

 sum of all that are really wanted. I 

 have Cowlej-'s wish realized, — a 

 small house and a large garden!" 



The library contains, he says, a 

 numerous collection of books, prin- 

 cipally of history, natural history, 

 and classics. " My own labours," he 

 adds, " might lill an ordinary book 

 room." 



In his History of Whiteford and 

 Holywell, he mentions another 

 house called Downing, on the op- 

 posite side of the Dingle, about 

 three hundred yards from this man- 



* Letter dated 7th October 1752. It is deposited among the Pliis Gwyn MSS. 



•fThe name is truly Welsh, derived from pen, the head, and nant, a narrow 

 ralley, the house of Bychton, the ancient family mansioq, being seated at the 

 head of a very considerable dinjle. 



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