a town or village of Glamorganshire in South Wales, with a bishop's see, and on that account has the title of a city. It is seated upon an ascent on the river Taff, or Tave, near Cardiff; but the cathedral stands on a low ground, and is a large stately building. The original structure was built about the beginning of the 12th century. The building now used as the cathedral includes part of the body of the ancient one; but is in other respects as modern as the present century, about the middle of which the old church underwent such reparation as was almost equivalent to rebuilding. The ruins are at the west end of the modern church, and consist of the original western door-way, and part of the north and south sides. The arch over the door is circular, and has a well carved episcopal statue immediately over it. On the upper part of the front under which this door stands is a whole length figure of the Virgin Mary, with a cross on the apex of the building. In this front are two rows of neat pointed arches for windows; and on the north and south sides above mentioned are two circular door-cases half sunk in the earth. These ruins exhibit an aspect very different from the present cathedral, the new part of which the architect formed principally on the Roman model, without considering how incongruous this style of architecture is with the plan pursued in the ancient part.—Landaff is a place of but small extent, and has no market. It is a port town, however, and carries on a good trade, as it has a very tolerable harbour that opens into the river Severn about four miles distant. The ruins of the bishop's palace show it to have been castellated. It was built in 1120, and was destroyed by Henry IV. W. Long. 3. 20. N. Lat. 51. 33.