Litchfield enquirer., 1862-10-02

T-7- 1shs Goasssor gathered his whole force to subda'
 the Wslch. The arpy, led by Harold, was ire sistihls,i and LlYweiyn was forced ts sue fo1 peace at Edwards terms; and he paid the trib
 ute whish the English kings had long claimed
 but oaly by the force of arms succeeded in oh
 taining. . h., i: :''::
 At tls time ysf William the Conquero:, the
 Weleh princes, sAea h5. his name. submitted !sithdat. t.esiss3nes to pay him homage, and take the oath of allegiance. But the nationality oi .he Csnbri was dcssined to have one more great sefsndsr, Llyasiy1nf' of Jos~sth, grandson 9t Owain Grynedd, king of North Wales. This man, known ss Llyvelyn the Great, so much snng by Welch bards. and so much esteemed by Welch people, became king A. D, l1s4; and, in his long reign of fortysix years. upheld faith fully the Aoaar; and prosperity of his nation' There remains the history of Llywelyn ap Gryffyd, the last acknowledged Welch king. Of them all, none can claim higher respect. The granachild of uywelyu the Great, he conmen- eed reigning alone, about the year l2s6. A man of peace, he desired peace above all but a man of homer, he could not see the honor of his country invaded. He found himself forced into . contest with the English. For ten years this contest was maintained, and always, whilst the English were under Henry III, with success on the pat of tbe MeLak At the end of this <,e do befyroan them In l27l, Henry died. Edward ! upon being crowned, summoned Lywslyn to do him hon. age. ::sHis summons were neglected; War fol- lowed, ahd I4ysEgs.lyn, now hard pressed by the ability of Edward, was s!foreaa:: to: accept Ed wards terms of peace. Severe enough terms, we rsad, tkese ls were. :. ;. |. i; ;..:::s
 In the mean 1ine, Aywelyn had fallen in leve. His lady was Eleanor de M9ptford, daughter of the Earl of Leicester. They were l,hsetrotbed, and were to have been married years before; but Eleanor feIl into Edxsras power, and he de- tained her q prisoner in his court. Peace con cluded, she was released. fear the first blush of her cheek was gone. Never mind her lover did not think so. They were married, and whilst she lived, she restrained Llywelyn's fiery temper. Alas the true girl, who had waited so long for her lover, died in child-bed two years after her marriage. The daug ghter Catherine lived. Llywelyn sought again the warriors glo- ry. He had cause enough. Since the last peace, insult had been added to insult, and the rights of his peope .-axlp,sd ca by the English nobles Edward. al*ayss. vigorous, equipped a great army and marched . second: :ttme into Wales This was in the spring of l282. Ly- welyn skedaddled to the Snowden mountasns but from there, so we'll did he direct his attacks, that wben fall came, the skedaddlng took diff ferent direction. Edward, with the remnants of his army. EEstreatsed "gloomy and depressed'' Ono moreagainst' the fate, we cry, Alasl The ,end that might have been so gay is told most sadly jIp a few words. December 10, l2s2, Lly- velyn was killed in skirpaish,. in South Wales. He died, and his nation died with him.. Against the great army of Edward that came again the next .snmmer, there vas no leader. Wales. ea- silly condquered, ~as now: :annsxed .ts England, and to rivet his power, Edward built in different places and gasrsoned, several strong fortresses.. Then cfaftily Ae sent his queen Eleanor whilst encisnte." to one of thess:nsw castles at Caer narvon, and the babe there born. Edward of Caernarvon,) he offered to the Welch as the new Prince of.Wales Hence originated the title of the Prince of Wales, as applied to the first son of the royal family. i. r"
 To close here, would make our paragraph as incomplete as girls love letter without a post script. .,z.
 ."Ehaau! g! .do't belle him Percy; tboa d0s' belle.
 He never ,dia.aaaounter with Glsndower,
 He durst as xsll'hayscu met the devil alone,
 As Owen Glsndowsr f0s an enemy"
 Owen Glsndy.,.or, in English, .Glendower the last:P Prince of " ales, wa4; bosn aboat the year 1859: As to the place of his birth there is as much difficulty in settling it as Goldsmth's town papper had in settling his. But that's all the same! He sEsv sn; somewhere, comely youth, fond of pestry and fond of the ladies i; and we find him young man intimately con- nectsd with the Royal Cosrt at London. Dur, ing this tius. bis profession was that of law. yer To the day of his death he might have been lawyer still, had not .privste injury arous ed the fiery temper rithiss, him: Henry W, meditating a private expedition against the Scots, summoned Glendower, who was Grown tenant, to his: assistance. Through the perfdy of Lsra Grey de Ruthin, ovsti' did not re- ceive the summons sntil tco late to respond
 The king, anniadfal of tbe circumstance. for feited his estates and gave them toAis rival, tn. real offender, Lord Grey de Ruthin. But when Lord Grey attempted to take possession, Glen. dover, with his tenants and friends armed for the occasion, met him i; both driving him of. and ravaging his own domains
 These difficulties occurred in the spring and summer of l4Oo. On the 18th of September following, the king issued proclamation to gather an army against Owen Glsndowsr and the wechmepf that supported him. Oven Glen. dover immediatsly proclaimed himself the rightfai Prince of VI sass, desosnded by his
 mother .Helana-..;;a very pretty name that from Cathsriae, only daughter of the last Lly wslyn md with the vgos that always marked
 the man, be prepared dirsoAy. .betb,so defend
 his old, property and his new htle iHer stfsbi
 their old aatipstbiss te the saxens: and m loxe o