The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic.
week ended January 8, 1854 :—Railway : P ,
parcels, &c., £1,784 4s. Bd. ; goods, £1,139: 1 s. a"'
Steamboats : £330 10s. 11d. • Total, £3,254 13s. 4d. ill.
crease as compared with the corresponding week last year,
£335 9s. 6d. _

A DREADFUL ACCIDENT, by which three men hale
lost their lives, has just occurred at the Tron coilierft
North Wales. The men were descending the pit what
by a sudden jerk, the chain broke, precipitating them to
the bottom. One of them in falling, struck with sail
violence against a scaffolding, used in sinking to the rata
bed of coal, that his body was literally cut in two per'
The other two were dashed to pieces, and the remaim
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have not yet been recovered, there being a large depth
water in the pit. All of them have left wives and large
families.

OBTAINING CHRISTMAS BOXES- UNDER FALSE P
TENCES.—Richard Ambrose and James Davies, men lateli
in the employ of Mr. H. $. A.spinall, brewer Birkeu.
head, were charged before the Birkenhead magistrate;,
on Tuesday, with obtaining Christmas boxes from 31r'
Aspinall's customers. At the request of Mr. Aspinalil
who declined to press the charge, the men were discharge'
after a severe reprimand.
AN AVALANCHE.—The down mail-coach from Hereford
to Aberystwith, and its passengers, had, on the evening
of the snow-storm, a narrow escape from total destruction.
When near the Forest Inn, on Radnor Forest, it-came
to a dead stand, owing to the depth of the snow. The
coachman, guard, and passengers alighted, and the horse,
had just been unharnessed, when an avalanche of soli
from the hill came down and buried the coach under s
mass twelve or fourteen feet deep ! Thus, owing to the
circumstance of their having dismounted, the lives of_ JP
who had been on the coach were • saved. They succeed&
in making their way through the snow to the Forest bib
but the coach is still buried. In Radnorshire, upwards
of 600 sheep from one flock are missing, having been
buried beneath the snow; and there are many othet
similar losses.

BIRKENHEAD AND WALLASEY BUILDING SOCIETY/
The annual dinner of this society was celebrated on Wet
nesday, at the Seacombe Hotel, where a numerous par
sat down to a really sumptuous repast, which was served
in excellent style by Mr. Stokes. One of the chief feature
of the entertainment was a magnificent American turkelf
which had been sent over specially for this occasion, froS'
the United States by the steam-ship Asia, which arrived
on Monday. Mr. Blake, the We president of the societ9if
was in the chair, supported on his right by Mr. Ball, o'
Wallasey, the newly-elected president, and Mr. Hornbi,
very ably officiated as vice-chairman. In the coarse
the evening it was stated that since the removal of the
society to Seacombe, it had increased considerably
numbers, and bid fair to prove a valuable auxiliary ill
promoting the improvement of a neighbourhood for whicb
an increase of buildings is rendered imperatively-neees'
sary by the great increase of population. The evenio°
was spent with great cordiality and good feeling.
rIS A DRAKE A DOMESTIC ANIMAL.—OH ThRTSag
seven parties were summoned before the magistrates o'
Birkenhead, on the information of Sir Geo. Stephen, 0,
cruelty to animals, in firing at a drake which was tethered
in the field. After a discussion, in which Sir Geo. Stephen
mistook abuse for argument, as to whether or not a drape
was a "domestic animal," the magistrates decided in the
affirmative, and fined the defendants is. each and costs.

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COMBERMERE ABBEY.—Lord and Lady Combermerei
with their habitual benevolence, have been alleviating
the distress of the surrounding neighbourhood, four of ii"
lordship's celebrated fat oxen having been slaughteredf
and, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Bellyse,'
his lordship's agent, Mr. Clark, the farm steward, and
Mr. Thursfield, distributed amongst the poor of the
vicinity. Her ladyship has distributed bedding and wear'
ing apparel of every description to upwards of 300 pn°,f
persons, who, in numerous instances, received pecunien
assistance according to their wants.—Chester Courant.
BIRKENHEAD MODEL. YACHT CLUB BALL.—The
nual ball in connection with this club took place °ll,
Thursday, at the Monks? Ferr; Hotel, the lady patron&
being Mrs. F. Pembroke Jones, of Highfield. The cony
pany comprised not only a large number of the membee
of the club, but several of the leading families in Birkeo:
head and its neighbourhood. Amongst those preselP
were F. Pembroke Jones, Esq., John Holme, Esq., Jolo
M. Hannay, Esq., William Stott, Esq., T. W. Tetley, Fs l;'
John Watkins, Esq., Henry Wood, Esq., &c. Gribbin
brass band was in attendance, and entertained the cons'
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pany by playing some of the choicest airs of the day. 11
supper was of a sumptuous description, and dancing _1:
kept up until a late hour.
JUVENILE PLUNDERING.--At the Birkenhead Pollee'
court, on Thursday, two urchins, named John Lynch an
John Taylor, were charged with stealing a quantity
iron, a mercury bottle, and other property, belonging to
Mr:Shaw, of Seacombe, and to other parties. Police'
officer Gunning, it appeared, had watched the prisoner;,
and another youth go into a marine-store kept by a Pf_A''
son named Lynch, and on being followed, the dealer deny
that he had made a purchase. Upon being threatened'
however, that his place would be searched, the fello
produced the plunder. The lads were then taken ipw„„
custody, but whilst the officer was searching the store'
one of them slipped the handcuffs, and made his esege.;
The marine-store dealer is also at large. The prisoner'
were remanded,