Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTIIERN TIMES

Sir,—l beg to inform the public, through your
journal, that my reasons for omitting to write to
Messrs. Smith and Farnworth (as candidates for
the new :Mersey Dock and Harbour Board) on the
subject of dock obstruction in this locality, arose
from the fact that their respective offices are
nearer than mine to the scenes of mismanagement
complained of ; and, as they have undertaken to
represent the timber trade, I did not question
their knowledge of -the fact.--I remain, sir, your
obedient servant, EDWARD CHALONER, '
No. 6, eastside of Queen's Dock, 7th Jan., 1859.
*** Mention having been made of the trade in
mahogany in the Clyde, I beg to remark that it
has there almost ceased for a series of years past!

HENESSY v. WARKE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir, Having noticed, in your paper of
Tuesday last, a report of a case in the• Court of
Passage, for slander, Henessy v. Walker, which
should have read as follows :—Henessy v. Warke

—The plaintiff in this ease was an upholsterer and
cabinet maker, residing at 10, Upper Hill-street,
and the defendant, viz., William Warke, late
assistant to Mr. Gilmour, surkeon, •residing at
Upper Hill-street. The above parties were consi-
dered on friendly terms until September last,
when Mr. Warke accused plaintiff, then Mr. and
Mrs. Ball, of having taken his gold watch. De-
fendant refused to attend Mrs. Ball, who was then
living with plaintiff in apartments, saying he did
not like coining for fear of a row, and requested
Mrs. Ball to tell Mr. Henessy, if she had not
already done so. The defendant had accused the
servant girl previous, and said that he, plaintiff,
had taken his watch, and no person else. Knowing
your impartiality I should thank you to correct

this repo-rt. - JOllis' HENESSY.
10, Upper Hill-street, Toxteth Park, Jan. 8,1859.

At a meeting of the colliers' delegates, held at St.
Helens, on Monday evening, it was resolved that the
colliers of the district should reduce their demand for an
increase of wages to a penny in the shilling, and that if
the coalmasters refused to grant it the men should strike.

THE LATE SUICIDE OF ABRIDEGROOM AT KETTERING.
—The death of the young man, Frank Baxter, by his own
hands, on the eve of the time appointed for his wedding,
is still the subject of much conversation in the town.
The most prevalent opinion is, that he destroyed himself
,in consequence of his father not giving him the money
taken in the course of business on the day preceding the
melancholy event, instead of allowing him to retain it for
the purpose of defraying the wedding expenses. The
funeral of the deceased took place on the 30th ult. On
arriving at the grave, the bereaved maiden had to be
conveyed away in powerful hysterics.—Stainfordiffercury.
MIDEAPNESS.—Having been consulted by Mr. Gosslett, a
gentleman holding a high situation in one of the public
offices in Dublin, who had been deaf nearly forty years,
and pronounced incurable by several eminent aurists, I
did not consider myself justified in holding out to him
any 'hopes of recovery. He then put himself under the
care of. Madame Gardner, by whose judicious treatment
he has been restored to his hearing ; and as I have both
seen and examined him since his recovery, I should be
wanting in candour did I withhold this statement of the
fact.-4. W. Graves, late surgeon H.M.S.—Dublin, 20th
August, 1858. N.B.— Madame. Gardner may be consul-
d at her residence, No. 100, Duke-street, Liverpool.