| Teitl | Correspondence : Candidates for excise jobs are still numerous. And along with them comes William Francis, the Amlwch schoolmaster, with that model penmanship of his, craving "one favour more in addition to the many received". His earning as a teacher have sadly diminished since the establishment of the National School in the village, and to add to his plight, other seminaries have been set up there during the last few years, conducted by preachers of various denominations, who attract the patronage of such parents as are above sending their children to the National School. All which leads up to the "favour" desired : a post in one of the mine office (2182, 2194). Another schoolmaster, this time from Llangeinwen, with aspirations to an excise appointment, finds a suitor in his uncle, who has in turn, as he impressively puts it "4 or 5 wealthy uncles having votes for the county of Anglesey" (2193) |