The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1884-08-09 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

HUNDRED. The following peition to the board was road, and caused much amusement:— To the Hon. Board of Guardians, Neath Union. The humble petition of Thos. O'liyan. finoweth that your humble petitioner was employed as foreman coke burner at Cwrnavon, under J. Shaw, Esq After Mr. Shaw left Cwmavon works your humble petitioner was drawn out to reduce the staff by Mr. Price, receiver for the court of Chancery. Sines then, which is 17 mouths, he has esrned very little to live upon. Your humble petitioner's constitution is not one of the strongest, as it his been broken down by the privation of the battle field and the severe winter of 1854 in the Crimea. Your humble petitioner was discharged In 1857 with a pension of 6d. per day for a term of three years. He is not able to do hard, heavy, manual labour. If he was he would not trouble your Honourable Board. He is reduced to a state of absolute poverty and starvation. Your humble petitioner lays his sad case before your Honourable Board, hoping that he will be ;relieved or get employment. He has tried for employmeht at every place that he knew or thought of as far as it was in his power to go, that fa, employment that his pvsioral strength will allow him to do. He has parted with furniture and clothes for a subsistence before applying to your Hon. Board: every thing is parted with, and starvation is staring him and his wife it. the face. Applying to your Honours is the last extremity. He humbly implores your most gracious clemency to take his sad case into your consideration and do something for him. Sirs, you will have the plaasure of reflecting back on having poured oil and wine into hearts almost broken, like (the good Samaritan. He threws himself entirely on your mercy,—Your humble petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. O'Hyan's wife appeared and said her husband was one of the "Six Hundred." He was quite unable to get work, and they had parted with nearly the whole of their things before making application to the guardians. The relieving officer was directed to relieve the people with some food, and to make enquiries into and report fully on the case at the next meeting. This was all the business.  A female prisoner at Milbank has murdered the chief matron, it is supposed by strangulation.  A number of Jews has been arrested at Spitalfields while playing cards. They made a desperate attempt to escape.  It is supposed that a boat and six persons have been lost off Guernsey. A squall came on when the boat was out at sea.  A grocer at Sheffield in committed for trial on a charge of embezzling £il33 belonging to the Attercliffe Burial Board.  The Conservatives have derided not to again, this session, propose a vote of censure on the Government.  An attempt has been made to blow npNottingham post office by nitro-glycerine. Twelve ounces of the explosive was dropped into the letter-box.  At Dover, Elizabeth Connor has been committed for trial on a charge of stabbing a labourer, named Bennett.  Cairns, of Liverpool, has been the successful swimmer in the mile salt water race at Portsmouth. He accomplished the task in six minutes, 33 seconds. Mr. David Thomas of the White Hart Inn, Maesteg, has died from injuries he received by falling down a flight of stairs.  The project of constructing a North Sea Canal to connect the Baltic with the mouth of the Elbe, is being rapidly matured. The services at Orchard-place Chapel Neath, on Sunday were fairly well attended. The Rev. IA. Humphreys, Dowlsis, preached. During the evening service the congregation was also large. On Sal urday next the Rev. W.Mathias, Swansea, is to preach.  The bank holiday will be long remembered at Britonferry as being a day of great rejoicings consequent on the restarting af the Vernon finplate Works. The sound of the heavy steam hammer was hailed with joy, after a long stoppage of Matzen mouths. It was pleasing to see the old bands at their work, and Mr. Morgan is greatly praised for his efforts to make this start, which will be the means of employing about 1611 men within a week or so, with a hope ot increasing daily. The start was very satisfactorily made, the machinery working well.