Cylchgronau Cymru

NODYNAü GWASGAROG. 19 fyddai peidio dweyd dim ; a Duc o Mnrlborough, yn yr hwn mae pob nodwedd sydd yn ddiraddiol i'r natur ddynol wedi cydgwrdd. Ar y tair colofn hyn, mae bywyd a ffyniant rhan fawr o'r Eglwys Sefydledig yn ymddybynu. Mae 43 o fywioliaethau yn nwylaw Earl Lonsdale, ac hawl ganddo i'w rhoddi i'r sawl a fyno ; 11 yn meddiant y Marqnis of Aylesbury, a 9 o dan nawdd y Duc o Marlborough. Fel hyn, mae 63 o fywioliaethau yn hawl tri dyn y mae eu henwau a'u bucheddau yn ddrygsawr yn ffroenau y wlad. Ni allasai y fath gyflwr o bethau byth fodoli ond yn yr Eglwys Wladol; byddai y wybodaeth eu bod yn bodoli mewn unrhyw enwad arall yn sicr o fod yn ddystryw i'r enwad hwnw. Tra ar y pwnc hwn, dichon y byddai y ffeithiau canlynol o ddydd- ordeb i rai. Ymddengys fod gan y Duc o Beaufort yn ei rodd 24 o fywioliaethau ; y Duc o Bedford, 25 ; y Duc o Devonshire, 88 ; a'r Duo o Butland, 25; 112 o fywioliaethau yn nwylaw pedwar duc. Priodolir y sefyllfa druenus hon o bethau i'r ffaith fod Eglwys Loegr yn sefydledig, ao nid yn eglwys hunan-lywodraethol. Pa hyd y pery hyn. Dihuned y wlad, a myner diwygiad buan. To the Editor of Yr Ymofynydd. THE LATE REV. WILLIAM EVANS, OF TAVISTOCK. Dear Sir,—Amongst the most interesting things in the Ymofynydd are the biographical notices which occasionally enrich its pages. Their moral value is not diminished by slight inaccuracies ; but for historical purposes, accuracy is of great importance. Permit me, therefore, to correct one or two errors in page 275 of your last issue in the account of the late Bev. William Evans, of Tavistock, who died in 1847. His native place, Cefngwili, is not near Carmarthen, nor in any way connected with the river Gwili, from which the Episcopal village of Abergwili takes its name. It is nearer Swansea, being a farm in the Parish of Llanedi, in the County of Glamorgan. On page 269, his uncle—the Bev. William Evans, of Sherborne—is by a similar mistake connected with Cwmgwili, which is the name of a well- known mansion near Carmarthen. On this error is evidently founded the conjecture that the Evanses of Cefngwili (confounded with Cwm- gwili) may have been related to the late Mr. John Evans, of the Journal Office, Carmarthen, and to the Bev. William Evans, the Tutor, who died in 1720. Ágain, William Evans, of Sherbourne, is stated to have been the author of the Welsh and English Dictionary, published at Carmarthen in 1771, an elaborate work " carefully com- piled from the most approved authors in both languages." Now, William Evans entered the Academy as a student in 1768, and left in 1772. IIo must have beeu a student of extraordinary ability and