They become possessed of them in some way?—Yes, in some way. They claim them evidently.
Mewn atebiad i Mr. [wedyn Syr] John Rhys, M.A., dywaid fel y canlyn:—
I referred to the rental of Merionethshire as 140,335l. paid as agricultural rent in the last return to which I referred, and then I made this statement: "In a land and among a peasantry singularly devoted to social converse there is not a public village institute or hall; keenly fond of reading, there is not a public library. In a changeable climate, mainly damp, and with homes small and confined, there is not a single hospital or dispensary."
Ychydig o barch a gâi'r gwerinwr a'r llafurwr tlawd; edrychid arno fel pe wedi ei wneuthur gan y Bod Mawr ar ôl i'r clai gorau gael ei ddefnyddio i wneuthur y bobl fawr, i'r unig ddiben o fod at eu gwasanaeth hwy. Yr oedd athrawiaeth Paul fod un llestr i amharch ac arall i barch yn hollol wrth eu bodd. Pa sawl mab ffarm y bu'n rhaid iddo adael ei wlad, neu i'w dad golli ei dyddyn am ddim ond dilyn ôl traed ysgyfarnog yn yr eira ar ddarn o fynydd a drawsfeddiannwyd gan y gŵr a hawliai mai eiddo ef yr ysgyfarnogod, y petris, ieir y mynydd, a physgod nant y mynydd? Nid oedd nemor well yn Lloegr. Ryw dro torrais y dyfyniad a ganlyn o bapur newydd heb nodi pa un.
The condition of the working classes in the centre and South of England was deplorable. An agricultural labourer had to support a family on 9/— a week and pay for a cottage, probably a very insanitary one.
Those imprisoned for debt were in a terrible plight had they no friends to help them. My mother as a child visited Newgate with Elizabeth Fry, a friend of her mother's, saw the prisoners lying in chains on the straw, and never forgot the sight. Lunatics and even ordinary sick people had but scant attention compared to the present day.
Ninety years ago even good people did not realise what was due to those less fortunately circumstanced than themselves, and serious abuses existed, and little protest made. Poaching was a crime, and though the mantrap with its crocodile teeth
