will be to the Usurper but the beginning of sorrows; it will be the signal for the different Nations in Europe to assert their independence. Myriads of swords would then leap from their scabbards to wreak vengeance upon the perfidy, the oppression, and the cruelty of France. It would then be seen, whether the deliberate murderer of the disarmed, defenceless Turks at Jaffa, can make universal abhorrence a foundation for universal dominion.

If the spirit with which a soldier sustains the danger and fatigue of battle can be inferred from the object for which he contends, how encouraging is a comparison between the French and English armies! They fight to enslave a foreign land; we for the freedom of our own; they fight for plunder; we for everything dear to man in civilized life. To the enthusiasm of Liberty they owe the triumph of many a bloody day; but that spirit is now no more. The French soldiers have traitorously turned against their country the arms with which they were entrusted for its defence: they have basely surrendered its liberty to an Usurper, and the Government of France is now the despotism of Algiers.

That it is wise to take an hint even from an enemy, has been so long and so generally admitted, as to become proverbial. The French soldiers, if any hopes of success remain, found them upon their superior dexterity in military evolutions. This consideration will tend, I trust, to reconcile you to the attention, however fatiguing, that is necessary to make yourselves expert in the use of arms. Without this skill the most ardent courage is of little avail: valour, without discipline, serves only to add to the triumph of the enemy, by extending the havoc which it enables him to effect. A confidence that you are adroit in the tactics of the field, will soon in actual service give you that readiness under arms, which, in the opinion of experienced officers, is the only thing that would then be required to complete the military character of the Volunteers: and then, should even the winds and the waves be propitious to the enemy, and enable them to elude the attack of our brave Tars, who form the glorious advance guard of their country,united with the Regulars and the Militia, you would engage them with the greatest chance of success, and the least expenditure of British blood:-Should an army of ruffians set foot on the English shore, you will then be enabled to oppose them. with matchless vigour and effect. But as we are to contend with the whole power of France, and as that power is now at the absolute disposal of a man of daring enterprise, extraordinary talents, and still more extraordinary fortune, we must be

prepared for a struggle of the most tremendous kind. In the course of the war, the conflict may be severe, and the victory doubtful. Let our minds be fortified for so awful a crisis, by considering the importance of what the battle must decide: if we fail, the light of Liberty is extinguished for ages-the gloom of despotism, with its chill that paralyses every noble exertion of the mind and benumbs every generous feeling of the heart, will then envelope this fair Isle, the seat of Commerce, Arts, and Learning; and eventually degrade and debase an incalculable portion of mankind. We must then fall down upon our knees before our conqueror, and humbly implore the sacred Majesty of Napoleon, that after dividing our property amongst his soldiers, he would be graciously pleased to spare our lives, upon condition that we and our children become the abject slaves of the French.

But, however calamitous the consequences of defeat, proportionably brilliant will be the glory of success ;-transcendent will be the merit of having saved our country-immortal the honour of having checked the mad career of a Tyrant, marching in proud array to enslave, and consequently to barbarize, the civilized world.

When, therefore, the attack of the enemy is announced, and the trumpet summons you to arms, let this be the sentiment displayed upon your Banners

The Independence of our Country, or an honourable grave :This the resolution rooted in your hearts-To return Victorious,

or return no more.

AN ANCIENT Briton.

SHEINTON AND PRICE OF PERTHEIRIN.

SHEINTON OF LLANWNOG.

(From Lewys Dunn, vol. i, p. 305.)

Hugh Shienton ap Sir Phillip Ann d. Sir Hugh Manwering, Kt.
Shienton. Kt.1

William Shynton, Esqr. Jane, d. William Wilmor, Esq.

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Humphrey Shienton, Esq. Jane, d. Peter Corbett of Lee, Esq.

Thomas Shienton, Esq.

Em., d. George Asley, Esq.

John Shienton, Esq. Annes, d. George Higgons, Esq.

Thomas Shienton, Esq. Gwen, d. Howell ap David Dackin.

Hugh Shienton, Gent. Margaret, d. Wm. Wright, Esq.

Margt., d. Oliver Lloyd Richard Shienton, Gent. Ann, d. David Lloyd

Hugh Sheinton de Llanwonocke, gen.", was on a jury in the 30th Elizabeth.-Mont. Coll., vol. iii, p. 328. "Ric'us Sheinton de Llanwnog, gen.", was on a jury 16 James I, 1618 (Mont. Coll., vol. vi, p. 270), and was the son of the last named Hugh Sheinton. In 2 Charles I, 1626, he, as "Ric'us Shenton de Llanwnog, gen.", was on the grand jury.

1 Sir Philip Shineton was living in the time of Edward I, and was Lord of Shineton, in the County of Salop. A deed of his son, Hugh Shineton, without date, is sealed with a lion rampant, around which is: "S. HVGONIS DE SCIENTON".

SKETCH OF PEDIGREE OF PRICE OF PERTHEIRIN.

Lewis Price married, on 8th October 1647, Mary Sheinton, heiress of Pertheirin, parish of Llanwnog, county Montgomery, and probably daughter and heiress of Richard Sheinton, and it is probable he went to live there on his marriage. An entry in the Parish Register, and his serving the office of churchwarden, prove he resided at Pertheirin in 1688. He had issue (mentioned in his will 6th March 1700, proved at Bangor 8th Sept. 1702), three sons and four daughters:-1. Thomas, married and had issue; but as Pertheirin (the Sheinton property) came to his nephew Stafford, son of his younger brother Daniel, Thomas had either no surviving male issue or was of a previous marriage, and, therefore, not entitled to the Sheinton property. 2. Daniel, of whom hereafter. 3. Samuel, who died unmarried. 1. Margaret, buried at Llanwnog 1699. 2. Elizabeth, married 1695 to Humphry Mynton, of Kerry, county Montgomery. 3. Grace, unmarried, buried at Llanwnog 1688. 4. Sarah, married John Blackmore. Lewis Price died 1702 (his wife, Mary, died 1712). His second son,

Daniel, educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge, was appointed to the living of Aspeden, county Herts, in 1685. He became Dean of St. Asaph, and died 1706. He married Elizabeth Hodgson [or Hudson] 1689 or 1690, and had issue four sons and two daughters, all baptised at Aspeden as shown by that register:-1. Daniel, born Oct. 9th, 1691, supposed to have died young. 2. Stafford,1 born Oct. 27th, 1692, at Aspeden, of whom presently. 3. John, born Sept. 26th, 1695, of whom nothing is

1 His name, Stafford, was apparently taken from Stafford Leventhorpe, who was vicar of the adjoining parish of Stevenage to Aspeden. He died in 1678, or fourteen years before the birth of Daniel Pryce's son Stafford. The families were connected by marriage, but it is not known how. For the family of Leventhorpe see Burke's Extinct Baronetage.

known. 4. George, born Oct. 24th, 1696, afterwards of London. 1. Elizabeth, born Nov. 17th, 1698. 2. Barbara, born Sept. 26th, 1700. Daniel died and was buried at St. Asaph 1706. There is no record of the death of his wife. His second son,

Stafford, of Trinity College, Cambridge, took his diploma as M.D., married Mary, daughter of Captain David Evans-she, through her mother, only daughter of Mansell Stradling, was probably the heiress' of the Stradlings, of St. Donat's-but did not get the property. Stafford had issue two sons and four daughters; he lived at Pertheirin, where his children were born, as appears by the Llanwnog Register:-1. Daniel, baptised at Llanwnog 1728, and died unmarried 1812. 2. Stafford, baptised 1732, of whom presently. 1. Elizabeth, baptised 1730. 2. Mary, baptised 1735. 3. Sarah, baptised 1737. 4. Martha, baptised 1740. Daniel, the eldest son, joined his father in cutting off the entail of Pertheirin, when it was sold. This would be about 1750, when Daniel would be of age. Stafford died in 1761, and left his unsold property (Trafaelgwyn), part in county Montgomery and part in Radnor, to his son Daniel.

Stafford, the second son, removed to Shrewsbury. He married Ann Bright, and had issue two sons and two daughters-1. Samuel, who died an infant. 2. Stafford, born 1776, afterwards of Hendon, of whom presently. 1. Mary, died unmarried. 2. Elizabeth, twice married. He died in 1784. His second son,

Stafford, removed to London, and married, 1804, Margaret, daughter of William Davies, Esq., of Bromp

3

1 Absolute proof of this fact has not been discovered, but the result of enquiries made in 1820 render it highly probable.

2 The only clue to this is the following note: "25th and 26th March 1752. Conveyance from Stafford Price to Lewis Gordon," which probably was the date of sale. The property was always known as being in the hands of Mr. Caire Adams, by whose descendant it was recently sold to Mr. David Davies, M.P.

3 William Davies had also two sons, Colonel John Davies, formerly of Nantcribba, whose issue became extinct, and Rev. Richard John