has never failed to elicit the military spark that glowed in their bosoms, and the pride of ancestry may be justly cherished by the offshoots of such sires, whose renown has been placed beyond the reach of fortune.

We have looked up with sincere respect to several actors in the momentous dramas of public life, pillars of the state, uniting their own honour and interests with the fortunes of their countrymen, blending patience of deliberation with promptitude and fertility of genius in execution, and thus acquiring a legitimate ascendant over the minds of men. Rewards may be expected to devolve on those who, disregarding the frowns of fortune, steadily adhere, through all its vicissitudes, to the discharge of duty. "Men at some time are masters of their fates," and if they prove themselves equal to the emergency, a tide of extraordinary success may be expected to ensue.

We have marked with satisfaction the solidity and durableness of the foundations on which the lofty fabric of the house of Herbert rests. It stands unimpaired by the ravages of time, and challenges the whirlwind and storms of an unknown futurity.

Centuries attest its security and prosperity

"At genus immortale manet, multosque per annos Stat fortuna domus, et avi numerantur avorum." Whether, then, we reflect on the capabilities, or characteristic features of the family, whose enterprises in peace and war we have been recapitulating, or observe their relation to our county, the principality, or the kingdom at large, we are convinced that they have deserved well of the State by the verdict of past ages, and that they have left their posterity a rich legacy of noble exploits to emulate, and that their good deeds, which have been already embalmed in many grateful memories, are entitled to a cordial eulogy in the annals of Herbertiana.

Courage and self-devotion in great political emergencies have always characterised the Herberts, as though the spirit of their forefathers had been transmitted with their blood. Their ancestors succeeded for

ages in maintaining the liberty of Cambria, after their Saxon neighbours had tamely bowed their necks to the Norman yoke; and the Emperor Charlemagne, the founder of their race, was conspicuous, like his brave subjects the Franks, for his love of freedom and arms, regarding retreat as a shameful flight, and flight as indelible infamy, and is the only prince in whose favour the title of Great has been indissolubly blended with the name.

APPENDIX REFERRED TO ON PAGE 25, supra.

We give a copy of the Trust Deed founding "The Powis Exhibitions", as the provisions of it are interesting, as well as useful, to the inhabitants of Powys-land; and more particularly because the information it contains is not so easily procurable as one might have expected.

It is remarkable that neither the Oxford nor Cambridge Calendar contains any account of, or even mentions, "The Powis Exhibitions."

THE POWIS EXHIBITIONS TRUST DEED.

This Endenture made this seventeenth day of August, one thousand

eight hundred and forty-eight, between the Right Reverend Father in God CHRISTOPHER LORD BISHOP of Bangor-The Right Reverend Father in God THOMAS VOWLER LORD BISHOP OF St. ASAPH-The Right Reverend Father in God EDWARD LORD BISHOP OF LLANDAFF-and the Right Reverend Father in God CONNOP LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID's of the first part, and the Right Honourable Edward James Earl of Powis of the second part.

Whereas at a public meeting held on the nineteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, at Willis's Rooms, in the City of Westminster, to promote the object of a Testimonial to the Right Honourable Edward Herbert, Earl of Powis, since deceased, in acknowledgment of his long-continued and successful efforts to preserve the existence, in their separate state, of the Dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor, it was resolved :First, That it is desirable to exhibit, by some permanent memorial, the gratitude due to the Earl of Powis, from members of the English Church, for his successful exertions towards the preservation, in their separate state, of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Second, That such memorial should be in the form of some institution for the permanent benefit of the Church in Wales. Third, That inasmuch as the immediate foundation of the see of Manchester, and the early prospect of a further extension of the English episcopate, are in a great measure due to the persevering exertions of the Earl of Powis, a general appeal throughout England should be made to members of the Church for their support in the undertaking. Fourth, That the proposed institution shall be that of Exhibitions, to be called The Powis Exhibitions," in such number as the funds collected will admit of, at

one or both of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge: for the maintenance of students, natives of Wales, or of one of the four dioceses of Bangor, St. Asaph, St. David's, or Llandaff, thoroughly acquainted with the Welsh language, and intending to become candidates for holy orders; such exhibitions to be held till the owner is of sufficient standing to take his B.A. degree; and, if the funds suffice, to be in part continued to him during a limited portion of the period of his occupying a curacy in Wales, under such regulations as shall be approved of by the Earl of Powis and the Bishops of such sees. Fifth, That the persons then named be appointed a Committee, of whom five shall be a quorum, with power to add to their numbers, to collect subscriptions, to arrange the value and number of the exhibitions, and all other details whatsoever; such details to be laid before, and approved by, the Earl of Powis and the Bishops of Bangor, St. Asaph, St. David's, and Llandaff; and that upon such approval the Committee have power to carry the scheme into effect.

And whereas the Earl of Powis referred to in the said resolutions hath since died, and hath been succeeded in his title by his eldest son Edward James, now Earl of Powis.

And whereas the sum of five thousand one hundred and eight pounds four shillings and one penny hath been already subscribed and paid, including the sum of forty-eight pounds thirteen shillings and sevenpence interest, towards the said Powis Testimonial, out of which the sum of four hundred and thirty-one pounds eleven shillings and twopence has been expended in and about the collection of the said fund, and otherwise by the Committee before mentioned, and the sum of four thousand two hundred and sixty-six pounds nine shillings and sixpence has been invested by the Right Honourable George William Lord Lyttelton, the Treasurer of the said fund, in the purchase of the sum of five thousand pounds, three per cent. consolidated bank annuities, and the sum of four hundred and ten pounds three shillings and five pence is now standing to the credit of the said Lord Lyttelton in the hands of Messieurs Cocks, Biddulph, and Company, bankers to the fund.

And whereas the said Committee, having arranged the value of the exhibitions, and the terms and conditions upon which the same should be conferred and holden, framed a scheme for the regulation thereof, the details of which scheme were laid before, and approved by, the said Earl of Powis and the said Bishops of Bangor, St. Asaph, Llandaff, and St. David's, and are as follows (that is to say): First, The fund having been raised for the foundation of exhibitions at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, to be called the "Powis Exhibitions," the said exhibitions shall be tenable at any college or hall at Oxford or Cambridge. Secondly, The exhibitions shall be for the maintenance of students, natives of Wales, or of one of the four dioceses of St. Asaph, Bangor, St. David's, or Llandaff, thoroughly acquainted with the Welsh language, and intending to become candidates for holy orders. Thirdly, The candidates for the exhibitions shall be members of the Church of England, shall be under twenty years of age upon the tenth day of October in the year in which they are elected, and shall produce certificates of baptism and testimonials of conduct and character. Fourthly, The exhibitions shall be awarded after an examination which shall consist of two parts: (1), Welsh reading, composition, and speaking;-the further examination of those who fail here shall not be proceeded with. (2), Theological and classical. The theological examination shall always include the New Testament in Greek. The classical examination shall always include Homer's Iliad, Xenophon's Anabasis, Virgil's Eneid, Cicero de Officiis, and Latin composition in prose. And the exhibitions shall be awarded according to superiority in the second branch of the examination; but in the case of two candidates being so nearly equal that the examiners are unable to decide between them, the exhibition shall be given according to superiority in the first branch of the examination. Fifthly, The examiners shall be two in number, and shall be appointed by the Bishops for the time being of the several dioceses afore

said, and by the Earl of Powis for the time being, or the majority in number of such persons respectively, and shall receive an honorarium of ten pounds in acknowledgment of the time and trouble given to the objects of this foundation, and that such honorarium shall be paid out of the annual income of the said trust monies. That notice shall be given by public advertisement of the number of exhibitions to be filled up, and of the time and place of examination which shall be fixed by the said Bishops and Earl, or the majority in number of such persons respectively, and the same advertisement shall include a notice of the subjects of examination to be fixed by the examiners. That an examination for two of such exhibitions may be held during the present year, before the commencement of the next University term, after a notice thereof, to be given not less than one calendar month before the first day of the examination, but that notice of every subsequent examination shall be given at least three calendar months before the first day of the examination. The examiners shall, within thirty days after the examination, furnish the said Bishops and Earl with a written notification of the names of the persons whom they recommend to be elected to the vacant exhibitions; but no candidate shall be so recommended by the examiners whom they do not consider qualified to enter one of the Universities; and the said Bishops and Earl for the time being, or the majority in number of such persons as last aforesaid, shall, within thirty days after the receipt of such certificate, appoint the persons so recommended to fill the exhibitions or exhibition for which such examination as aforesaid may have been holden. Sixthly, The annual value of each exhibition shall be sixty pounds, to be paid half-yearly, out of the annual income or proceeds of the said trust monies; and if an exhibition is vacated in the course of a half-year, the proportional instalment of it, which shall be due at the time of the vacancy, shall be paid to the holder of such exhibition, or his representatives. Seventhly, The exhibitions shall be tenable for four years by those exhibitioners who at the time of their election are not legally members of either University, and shall, in their case, date from their matriculation; and by those who at the time of their election are legally members of one of the Universities, the exhibitions shall be tenable till the close of the term in which te degree of Bachelor of Arts is due to the holder. Eighthly, The exhibitions shall only be held during good conduct, and while the academical residence required by the University is kept by the holder, both which shall be proved by certificate: if such residence is suspended (the name remaining on the college books), the exhibition also shall be suspended; but if the intermission of residence continue for one full year, the exhibition shall be forfeited. Ninthly, Whenever any such exhibitioners shall occupy stipendiary curacies in Wales, after the termination of the time during which they have received their exhibitions, a portion of the annual income or proceeds of the fund, not exceeding one-fourth of the whole income or proceeds for the time being, may be applied at the discretion of the said Bishops for the time being, and the said Earl for the time being, or the majority in number of such last-mentioned persons respectively, to the augmentation of the stipends of such exhibitioners, while occupying such curacies; provided that the sum which any one exhibitioner shall so receive shall not exceed a certain proportion of the value of the exhibition which he held, and shall be paid to him only for a certain term of years, both which shall be fixed by the said Bishops and Earl, or the majority in number as aforesaid, according to the circumstances of each case.

And whereas it is intended by the before-named Committee that the scheme so framed and approved shall be carried into effect in manner hereinafter mentioned, and accordingly, at their request, the said sum of five thousand pounds, three per cent. consolidated bank annuities, has been transferred by the said George William Lord Lyttelton into, and is now standing in, the names of the said Bishops of Bangor, St. Asaph, St. David's, and Llandaff, who, together with the said Earl of Powis, have accepted and agreed to carry out the said scheme in manner hereby appointed and de

clared; and it hath been determined, that the said balance of four hundred and ten pounds three shillings and five pence, after defraying any further claims on the Committee, in respect of the said fund, and also all further sums which may hereafter be received for subscriptions or contributions to the said Testimonial, shall also be paid to them the said Bishops, upon the trusts and for the purposes aforesaid.

Now this indenture witnesseth, that for effectuating the purposes and object of the said Testimonial to the late Earl of Powis, and to carry out the said scheme, and to declare the trusts of the fund, as well already as hereafter to be contributed, they the said parties hereto of the first part do hereby covenant each for himself, his executors, and administrators only, with the said Edward James, Earl of Powis, his heirs, executors, and administrators, and with all and every person who may hereafter succeed to the title of Earl of Powis, in respect of the present creation of such title, that they the said parties hereto of the first part, and the survivors and survivor of them, and the executors and administrators of such survivor, shall stand and be possessed of all such sums as shall be subscribed or contributed, and paid for the purposes of the said Testimonial, upon trust, to invest the same in the purchase of a competent share or shares of any of the parliamentary stocks or funds of Great Britain, with power to transpose such stocks or funds, as well as the said sum of five thousand pounds, three per cent. consolidated bank annuities, into other stocks or funds of the like nature, and do and shall stand and be possessed of the said sum of five thousand pounds, three pounds per cent. consolidated bank annuities, already transferred to them as aforesaid, and of all such sums of money and stock as may arise from such future investments as aforesaid, and the dividends and annual proceeds thereof respectively, upon trust, that they the said parties hereto of the first part, and the survivors and survivor of them, and the executors and administrators of such survivor, do, and shall from time to time receive the dividends and annual proceeds which shall accrue due in respect of the said trust funds, and by and out of the same pay and discharge, or retain to or reimburse themselves and himself, all costs, charges, and expenses of executing the trusts hereof, or otherwise arising out of these presents, and pay and apply the residue of such dividends and annual proceeds, under such regulations, and according to such scheme, as are herein or hereby established and set forth, to such persons as shall be exhibitioners at one of the said Universities, or stipendiary curates in Wales, and as shall, in respect of such exhibitions or curacies, be entitled to partake of such dividends and annual proceeds.

Provided always that no payment shall be made by the trustees hereof, except out of the annual income or proceeds of the trust funds; and that any surplus income which may arise from vacancies in such exhibitions, from a want of proper candidates, or from any other cause, and any new or further contributions to the fund, shall be invested or capitalised, till required for the purposes of this trust; and that as and when such accumulations shall be sufficient for that purpose, the same shall be applied to the foundation, and in support of an additional exhibition, of the like value, and subject to the like rules, as are herein before declared and settled.

Provided also that the Bishops for the time being of the several dioceses of Bangor, St. Asaph, St. David's, and Llandaff, shall at all times be the trustees of the said trust monies, stocks, funds, and securities; and that in the management and disposition of the fund, and in the execution of the trusts hereby declared, such relation of the late Earl of Powis, whether by lineal or collateral descent, as for the time being shall hold and enjoy that title, shall be always associated with the Bishops of the before named sees, each of such persons having an equal voice on all questions which may arise in relation to the said trusts.

Provided also that when any Bishop of any of such dioceses shall cease to be such Bishop, the successor to the Bishopric shall be, without any furthur or other appointment, a trustee in the place or stead of the person so ceas