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

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

CI:UNTIE AND HOLTIIBILD RAILWAY.--Traffie for tbs.
week ended January 8, 1854 :—Railway : Passengers;
parcels, &c., £1,784 4s. Bd. ; goods, £1,139 17s. 91
Steamboats : £330 10s. 11d. Total,' £3,254 13s. 4d. In-
crease as compared with the corresponding week last year,
£335 9s. 6d.

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

OBTAINING CHRISTMAS Boxes UNDER FALSE Pun.
TENCES.—Richard Ambrose and James Davies, men lately
in the employ of Mr. H. K. Aspinall, brewer, Birken-
head, were charged before the Birkenhead magistrates,
on Tuesday, with obtaining Christmas boxes from Mr.
Aspinall's customers. At the request of Mr. Aspinall,
who declined to press the charge, the men were discharged
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 disti-uction.
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 horses
had just been unharnessed, when an avalanche of snot'
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 all
who had been on the coach were saved. They succeeded
in making their way through the snow to the Forest Inn,
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 other
similar losses.
BIRKENHEAD AND W.A.Lrasirr BUILDING. SOCIETY
The annual dinner of this society was celebrated on Wed-
nesday, at the Seacombe Hotel, where a numerous party
sat down to a really sumptuous repast, which was served
in excellent style by Mr. Stokes. One of the chief features
of the entertainment was a magnificent American turkey,
which had been sent over specially for this occasion, from
the United States by the steam-ship Asia, which arrived
on Monday. Mr. Blake, the late president of the society,
was in the chair, supported on his right by Mr. RA, of
Wallasey, the newly-elected president, and Mr. Hornby
very ably officiated as vice-chairman. In the course of
the evening it was stated that since the removal of the
society to Seacombe, it had increased considerably in
numbers, and bid fair to prove a valuable auxiliary in
promoting the improvement of a neighbourhood for which
an increase of buildings is rendered imperatively neces-
sary by the great increase of population. The evening
was spent with great cordiality and good feeling.
IS A DRAKE A DOMESTIC ANIMAL.—OG Thursday
seven parties were summoned before the magistrates at
Birkenhead, on the information of Sir Geo. Stephen, for
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 drake
was a "domestic animal," the magistrates decided in the
affirmative, and fined the defendants is. each and costs.

COMBERMERE ABBEY.—Lord and Lady Combermere,
with their habitual benevolence, have been alleviating
the distress of the surrounding neighbourhood, four of his
lordship's celebrated fat oxen having been slaughtered,
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 poor
persons, who, in numerous instances, received pecuniarl
assistance according to their wants.—Chester Courant.

BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB BA_LL.—The an-
nual ball in connection with this club took place on
Thursday, at the Monks' Ferry Hotel, the lady patroness
being Mrs. F. Pembroke Jones, of High-field. The com-
pany comprised not only a large number of the members
of the club, but several of the leading families in Birken-
head and its neighbourhood. Amongst those present
were F. Pembroke Jones, Esq., John Holme, Esq., John
M. Hannay, Esq., William Scott, Esq., T. W. Tetley, Esq.,
John Watkins, sq., Henry Wood, Esq., Bre. Gribbin's
brass band was in attendance, and entertained the corn'
pany by playing some of the choicest airs of the day. The
supper was of a sumptuous description, anti dancing was
kept up until a late hour.
JUVENILE PLUNDERING.—At the Birkenhead Police'
court, on Thursday, two urchins, named John Lynch and
John Taylor, were charged with stealing a quantity of
iron, a mercury bottle, and other property, belonging 0
Mr:Shaw, of Seacombe, and to other parties. Police'
officer Gunning, it appeared, had watched the prisoners
and another youth go into a marine-store kept by a per-
son named Lynch, and on being followed, the dealer denied
that he had made a purchase. Upon being threatened,
however, that his place would be searched, the fella;
produced the plunder. The lads were then taken into
custody, but whilst the officer was searching the store,
one of them slipped the handcuffs, and made his escape'
The marine-store dealer is also at large. The prisonerS
were remanded,