Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1861-10-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

GUARDIANR.—The weekly meeting of the Board was held on Thursday, when the following guardians were present :—Mr. T. Glasbrook, chairman, Mr. C. T. Wilson, vice-chairman; Messrs. T. R. Davies, David Lewis, Griffith Griffiths, T. Powell, Nancarrow, E. Dare, Monger, Howell, John Williams, Thomas Jenkins, R. Eaton, Morgan Jones, T. Phillips, O. G. Williams, P. Rogers, M. Moggridge, and H. T. Arnold. The Building Committee reported, after which the Board proceeded to the appointment of a collector of poor-rates, in the room of Mr. David Thomas, deceased. There were fifteen applications for the office, as follows --B. W. Williams, Tower-hill; John Baker, Birmingham; W. R. Mitchell, Swansea; C. D. Morgan, Parkmill; George Murray; Charles Johns, Newport; Arthur Walters, Clarence-terrace; W. Thomas, Swansea, son of the late collector; J. W. Hallam, Trinity Place; Thomas Hopkins, Union-street; William Barron, Sketty ; John Bowles, accountant; Thomas F. Clarke, Morriston ; E. E. Rowse; C. Walker, Sketty. After some discussion as to the mode of election, the whole of the testimonials were read, and the following six were selected for final decision :—W. R. Mitchell, A. Walters, \V. Thomas, J. W. Hallam, Thomas Hopkins, and B. W. Williams. On the motion of Mr. 0. G. Williams, seconded by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Thomas was unaniwously appointed; Mr. Williams speaking in high terms of the deceased, whose son was elected, and also testifying to the deserving character of Mr. Thomas, and to his abt.lity in every respect to fill the office to which he had be m appointed. The resolution was spoken to by Mr. Moggridge and Mr. Thomas Phillips, who both coneui,ed in the appointment as a judicious one. Burnam; Seim:in.-0e Monday an inquest was held before Mr. Collins, coroner, on the body of a man named John Jenkins, lately residing at No. 2, Myer's-terrace, Swansea, who committed suicide on the previous Saturday, by cutting his throat. Thomas Hancock, of St. Johns, tailor, stated that about half•past one o'clock on Saturday afternoon he was in the court at the back of the Chili Arms, when he saw the deceased, leaning against the wall of the garden of his house, as if he could hardly stand. He was calling out for Mr. Evans, his next door neighbour, and as soon as he saw witness he called to him. Witness immediately ran and calle Mrs. Evans and her husband, and then all three went •,‘ deceased, whom they found sitting on the ground flower bed in his garden, and bleeding at the ti He was immediately conveyed into the house; Dr. Williams was sent for.—Thomas Evans said, that on being  alarmed by the last witness he ran to the deceased, who was sitting down in a pool of blood. Witness caught hold of him, and the deceased said in Welsh, " Evans dear, it's all up with me—l've cut my throat with a razor." Witness then saw that his throat was cut and was bleeding profusely. The deceased was immediately taken into the house, where he died in lees than an hour after. Deceased was a quiet man and not intemperate.— Elizabeth Jenkins, the widow of deceased, stated that she left her husband apparently in his usual state of mind shortly after dinner, and while in the market witness heard that he had committed suicide. He had had some disputes with the Board of Health, which seemed to prey upon his mind; he we:. always talking about his grievances in that respect, and had been to Swansea about some of them that morning. She had never heard him speak of committing suicide. The jury returned a verdict of "temporary insanity."  Proposed by Mr. Ilxituv, and seconded by Mr. EDMONDS ; " That the classification for examination, according to age, is wrong in principle and totally impracticable, inasmuch as the attainments of the I children depend upon mental capacity, and the early educational advantages afforded them; moreover, the new regulations would tend to foster a system of forcing very injurious to the tender minds of the children in group one.'' Proposed by Mr Bxesecurr, and seconded by Mr. NicffoLis: " That a petition be drawn up and presented to both Houses of Parliament in the coming session ; and that the Members for South Wales be respectfully solicited to support the prayer of the petitioners."  It was resolved . " That Messrs. Adams and Cole, with thc secretaries, Messrs. D. Williams and J. Barnecutt, be appointed to draw up the petition in accordance with the views of the meeting—to have the same printed and sent to all the teachers in South Wales for  signature." It was further resolved: " That deputations be appointed to wait on the members for the boroughs and counties, with a copy of the petition, prior to the meeting of Parliament." Tea was prepared in the girls' school by Mrs. Barnecutt and Miss Lewis, and the meeting was a very interesting and pleasant one. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman and to Mrs. Barnecutt and Miss Lewis for their trouble in preparing tea. [Llanelly news continued on page B.]  their reach if in the classes above better cookery diminished the consumption, and of course thereby reduced the price. Butchers, indeed, are under immense obligations to bad cooks, and should give prizes to them after the fashion of agricultural associations. Who knows ? Perhaps they do. Perhaps your cook who spoiled that tine they of mutton yesterday is subsidized by a grateful butcher. The green-grocer, too, rewards her fur those potatoes uneatable either from being crude or boiled to jelly, which she sold for hogwash today. Wilful waste proverbially makes woful want; but waste, whether wilful or not, must make want in some direction. Every pound of meat spoiled is a pound of meat taken out of the reach of the poor, and which might be brought within their reach. We want improved cookery for the economy, comfort, health, and morality of all. If we are asked why morality, we answer that people would be astonished indeed if they could see the domestic quarrels and had habits coming of bad dinners. The hungry husband disappointed of his meal is out of humour with his wife and children; if a savage he beats them, and though not bad enough for that, he goes off to the publichouse for the stimulus of drink to supply the place of the stimulus of wholesome food. He must have something. This is the common every-day occurrence in the families of the humbler of the middle and trading classes; and above them, wherever there is bad cookery there is more drink than there otherwise would be. "I have a very small appetite," said the Irishman, "and what little I have I keep for my drink," but people who don't keep their appetites for drink, when their appetites are disappointed of food are apt to have recourse to drink as a substitute. Sobriety is generally as much the ally of good cooking as inebriety of bad. France, the land of cooks, is a sober country. And in that part of upper England in which cookery exists inebriety is unknown.