| Description | More about the proposed school at Llanfihangel (2158-9). A JOhn Palmer of Salop, claiming to be the "inventor" of a chain bridge to be erected at Bangor Ferry, complains that "the bridge now being erected at that place" is an infringement upon his patent, and begs his Lordship to bring the matter before the House of Lords (2169). J. H. Hampton of Henllys, supplicates the Marquess "on my knees" to get his son transferred into heavy cavalry (2172). A poor squatter on the common of Llanrug craves "protection to enjoy his present situation", adding that his case is "not a private one but the general cause of several of the parishioners" (2179). 2181 is an application from John Roberts, "Welch Harper" of 7, Duke Street, London, for an appointment as harper on board the Holyhead packet. (He is prbably the first of the John Robertses listed by Robert Griffith in "Llyfr Cerdd Dannau" p. 294). 2182 is concerned with the evening Eisteddfod to be held at Caernarvon in September 1821, which it was hoped King George IV would favour with his attendance on his way home from Anglesey. A medal worth 20 guineas was offered for the best ode on "Ymweliad ei Frenhinol Uchelder Sior IV i Ynys Fôn". |