Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, SEPTEIVMER 8. 1857.

nication from the general Board of Health was
read, in which the latter body expressed the
utmost :satisfaction at the plans of the township,
and stated that a first class certificate should be
awarded to the plans.
The Rev. Dr. Livingstone is at present in Man-
chester. A public reception will be gin to him
to-morrow.

We have somewhat startling intelligence from
Turkey this morning. A despatch from Constan-
tinople has been reeeived from Trieste, conveying
the curious piece of news that Redschid Paella
has been deprived of the rank of President
of the Council of the Tanzimat, to which he
was recently appointed, to console him for
the loss of the Viziriate. This heavy blow
struck at Lor 1 Stratford's best friends
looks very much as if his lordship's in-
fluence at Constantinople was irretrievably
acme, and that the wish is entertained by
the Porte, that he rrfght go himself. No particular
reason is assigned for this deep humiliation of the
once ali-powerful Turkish statesman, and at the
same time that ominous whispers are heard of the
impending dismissal of other Turkish functionaries,
it is also said that a great change is about to take
place in the political system hitherto pursued by
Turkey. It is, however, necessary to remark, that
Le Nord is at present the only paper which contains
this remarkable info) matiou. In a day or two we
shall be in possession of the details.
It would appear from a despatch from Berlin
under the date of Saturday, that a dispute has
arisen between France and Denmark, which has
produced an ulti►matu►n on the part of France.
The dispute originated in a difference of opinion
as to the execution of the treaty for the redemption
of the Sound Dues. The French government
wished to pay its quota i❑ Paris, whilst the Danish
government required the payments to be mede at
Copenhagen.
The King of the Belgians arrived et Geneva on
the 31st ult. His Majesty._ avoided passing
through Berne, the federal city, in order net to
have to hold any official reception. It was believed
that the King would only make a short stay at
Geneva, and then proceed to Milan.
We are now enabled to publish the decisive sell_
tense of the report of the committee of the Hol-
stein Diet on the special constitution proposed by
the King. The telegraph was right in calling it a
a rejection pure et simple. The Holsteiners insist
on being left under the dictation of a Danish
majority at Copenhagen, and will have no special
constitution embracing insignificant matters only,
if their general political independence is not first
secured. The turning point of the crisis is rapidly
approaching.

THE Queen of England has recently conferred
marks of honour upon many distinuished men,
both foreign and native ; but none among them
all has met with more national approval, as
none have been more richly deserved, than the
proposed ennoblement of THOMAS BABINGTON
AIAcAuLAY. This is a graceful acknowledgment
of the claims and dignity of literature; in a time
of war and battle it recognises that military
services are not the only pathway to public
honours. The great historian and orator enters
the Upper House not as a partisan of the Whig
aristocracy, but he appears on the ground of his
own splendid genius, varied acquirements, and
the respect which these have won him from all
classes of his countrymen. And when he takes
his seat as a British Peer he will confer dignity
on the House, as well as receive it from the
nation at the hands of the Sovereign. He who
so well understands, an .1 has so brilliantly de-
scribed, the history and growth of the British
Constitution may well enter that • chamber
of legislation which is removed from the
breath of popular change. At this critical
moment of the Empire he may hold
in reserve for us the benefit of his profound
constitutional wisdom till the time when this
military insurrection shall have been put down,
and the work of Indian reform has to succeed.
If, in consequence of the restiveness of the
press on some late occasions, it be intended to
add some new and fresh vitality, let the selection
be made on grounds as justifiable as those of
MAcAuLAY, and the nation will accord their
heartiest approval. Men who have never
descended to the littleness of party politics, but
who have assiduously applied themselves to
great national objects, and who, to vast intellect-
ual powers have joined lives of untainted moral
purity—these are the men whom a nation should
honour ; and they are the fit • material out of
which to create a highminded peerage, to be at
once pillars of the throne and bulwarks of the
people ; noble by birth, and dignified by posi-
tion, but yet more enobled when wisdom and
virtue lend lustre to title.

Let Lord PALMERSTON select as wisely in
other instances and we do not question
that soon the Upper House will be brought
into something more of agreement with public
opinion and the wants of the nation. Happily,
the British Gmstitution, at once stable and
elastic, makes possible- provision for this
emergency. And there may be some others
hardly less eminent and less deserving of nobility
than MACAULAY. It would not be difficult to
name them. MACAULAY'S elevation to the
peerage will help to improve that good under-
s'anding and sympathy which ought to unite
the great middle class with the nobles of the
land. His reputation as a historian, brilliant
essayist, and reviewer, will glorify the House of
Lords, as his rich and stately eloquence will
impart loftiness and wisdom to their debates.
In the Upper House he will find, if possible, an
audience more worthy of his grand and philo-
sophic oratory. The Lower House, eager,
bustling, business-like, squabbling about pounds,
shillings, and pence, is not precisely the
atmosphere most suited to the calm, dig-
nified, yet embellished oratory of the philo-
sophic historian of England. We may
hope that, without materially interrupting
his favourite pursuits and studies, the new Peer
will enlighten the nation and the world by the
vivid utterance of those broad views, profound
deductions, and philosophical principles, which
are fitted to guide human affairs. Whatever
MACAULAY may deliver from his high place in
Parliament will be worthy of consideration, and
will be waited for with eager expectation.
We hail this elevation as an evidence of the
decline of mere !party spirit, and the growth of

the father, or do:
tuted mind that
the tolemitiou 9 f

wider national sympathies, a frank reognition
of true merit, an acknowlegement of the dig2itY
of letters, and of that intrinsic nobility which is
older and higher than the gift of Kings. " A
King can make a belted knight, a marquis, duke,
and a' that; but an honest man's aboon his
might." MACAULAY is already a noble and a
duke in the republic of letters, and her Majesty
only ratifies by an outward and visible sign the
common sentiment of the people, that there is
one whom they delight to honour. May he live
to long enjoy his honours, and to be a strength,
a dignity, and a grace to the British House of
Peers

WE publish in another part of to-day's im-
pression an account of the Sixth Annual Con-
ference of the Mormon sect, which was held on
Sunday last, in London. We have, on more
than one occasion, commented upon the dan-
gerous character of the Mormons as a religious
body, denounced their principles as antagonistic
to Christianity, and warned our fellow-country-
men against the extreme folly of countenancing
a system which aims at the subversion ofssociety
as now constituted. The proceedings which
took place on Sunday demonstrate beyond the
shadow of a doubt' that a more dangerous and
anti-Christian organisation cannot possibly exist
than that called " Latter-day Saints." Now,
when we find men combined together for the
purpose of inculcating the doctrine of polygamy,
and holding the most extreme principles of
Socialism—when we find them coming forward
and addressing their fellow-creatures to the effect
that JOE SMITH has done more good than any
man since our Saviour ; that BRIGHAM YOUNG
was a great and mighty prophet and father in
Israel ; that thousands and • tens of thousands
were willing to lay down their lives for his sake ;
and that the LORD GOD had destined him to
preside over the nations and kingdoms of the
world. Taking the character of BRIGUAM
YOUNG into account, the illegal deeds which
he has perpetrated in Utah, his defiance of the
laws of the supreme government of the country
to which he belongs, and the bestiality of his
social principles and practices, we rob the
Majesty of Heaven of His attribute of
holiness to suppose for a single moment that
the Omnipotent Ruler of heaven a'ud earth can
sanction such horrid blasphemies. "Submit your-
selves to the powers that be," is one of the
Divine injunctions, and the Lord of Life tells
us, " whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her, hath committed adultery with her
already in his heart." " But, no," says the
pretended Prophet of God in Utah—BRIGHAAI
YOUNG—" We can dispute the authority and
orders of the powers that be," and nothing con-
tained in the Sermon on the Mount shall restrain
U 5 from enjoying and holding a plurality of
wives." The conduct of many of these " Latter-
day Saints," on Sunday, proved that the gratifica-
tion of their animal propensities, more than the
service of GOD, brought the " SAINTS" together
on that day. The report of the proceedings
tells that the af:ernoon matters were rendered
somewhat pleasant by refreshments, such as
ginger beer, and other cooling drinks. This
was, no doubt, much required; for we are
informed that here and there might be noted
affectionate couples with their arms around each
other's waists, billing and cooing in the most
approved and effective manner. The proceed-
ings were wound up on Sunday evening by
Mr. ORSON PRATr, the Elder from Liverpool,
descanting upon the origin and history of
Mormonism. After alluding to the sufferings of
the sect in India, he impiously exclaimed that
the word of the Lord came"—to whom ?
To Utah ! 'saying to all the servants of God,
`Come out of India; it is enough ; you have
suffered sufficiently.'"
In sober seriousness, it is a matter for the
gravest consideration whether a sect such as the
Mormons should be tolerated. We punish men
and women for conduct which offends the public
morals. llow much more readily should
we fine and confine all who broach
doctrines, the result of which is sapping
the foundation of the morals a the people,
indulging a total disregard of the Divine pre-
cepts, and.'setting at defiance the most sacred and
binding of GOD'S laws. Destroy the religious
principles and inclinations of the people, permit
the seeds of Mormonism to germinate, and who
can answer for the effects which must follow ?

But it is not on religious grounds alone that
we object to this huge scheme of iniquity. In a
social point of view, sufficient is known to
convince us that already' Mormonism has
inflicted a serious injury. upon many a
benighted family,- who have left their homes,
embraced the doctrines, and set out for the
Great Salt Lake; 'where they found
nothing but disappoiatas•ent, eve:y expec-
tation blasted, and' each and all doomed
to struggle as me slaves, and com-
pelled to obey the irreligious, selfish, and
unfeeling mandates of the Mormon Prophet,
BRIGHAM YOUNG. HOW comes it, then, that
we permit these o}pen•air iiteachers of the doc-
trines of Mormon to frequent our public places,
and hold forth fo:r the purpose of misleading,
an ignorant and an unthinking public? Already
the Government of the United State& have
been compelled to take_ steps for scotching this
religious snake, wb.ich, like the V7pas•tree,.
throws out its pe iisosious odour on every avail-
able locality. V There is the husband, the wife,

so frequently take place in the streets of
Liverpool ? Nuisances far less offensive and
dangerous in their results are put down by the
interference of the police ; and we see no reason
why that which aims at infidelity and irreligion
should be permjtted for a single hour to conta-
minate the land.

Mr. JAMES M'DONALD has again addressed a
Memorial to the Town Council, praying that
body to take his case into their favourable con-
sideration. We have over and over again
expressed our views on Mr. M‘Doeuen's case,
and we are now more confirmed in them than
ever. If ever there was a martyr to the cause
of honesty and truth, that man is JAMES
M DONALD, and we do hope that the Town
Council will perform a duty which they owe,
not only to Mr. M'DONALD, but to themselves
more especially.
The persecutions to which this poor man has
been subjected, for no other offence than having
told the honest truth—which it was clearly his
duty to have done under the circumstances in
which he was placed—have not only been dis-
creditable to the Corporation, but positively
disgraceful. It is a foul blot on the fair
escutcheon of the Council, and the sooner it is
obliterated the better. To crush a poor man as
Mr M‘DoNALD has been crushed, because he
incurred the hatred of some few jobbing adven-
turers, was not only little, it was truly despicable
on the part of a body like the Liverpool Corpo-
ration. What were the simple facts of this most
extraordinary case ? They are briefly told. Mr
M DONALD, according to his own statement,
entered the service of the Corporation as a com-
mon policeman iu 1836. lle rose rapidly, till,
in 184.5, we find him in an office next to the
Head Constable, and there can be little doubt
that, had he remained in the force, he would,
long ere this, have been at the head of the force,
for he had the capacity and conduct. In the
summer of 1845 the Harrington Water Company
resolved on appointing an out-door manager and
engineer for their extensive works. There
were some hundreds of applicants for the
situation, but the testimonials furnished by
all the Liverpool authorities of Mr. M`Doera.en's
entire fitness for the office, led to his unanimous
selection by the Board of Directors, and he
proved worthy of the appointment, as was
evinced by the Board increasing his salary by
501. each year during the three years he had
the controul of the works. It is undeniable that
Mr. M`DONALD, at the same time, rendered the
most important service to the town by the intro-
duction of the high pressure plan for extinguish-
ing fires. Whoever may have been the originator
of this plan, one thing is certain, and it admits
of the fullest proof, we in Liverpool are indebted
to Mr. l‘l'DosraLn, and to none other, for its
introduction here. When the water works were
repurchased by the Corporation, he was still
retained in his office, with the rnost;perfect under-
standing that his invaluable services were to be
permanently retained. In fact, such was the
confidence reposed in him by the authoriies
that when the alarm caused by the Chartists and
Repealers was at its height, it was proposed to
place the whole constabulary under his and the
late head constable's (Mr. WHITTY'S) charge—
and this was only a few months prior to the
time when he was so cruelly deprived of his office.
The circumstances which led to this result are
well known. The Pike engineer, in a report
which he laid before the Council on the Bth of
April, 1848, with a view of securing, the adop-
tion of his plan, represented the yield of the
wells as being less than one half of what it
really was. Mr. AllcioNALD, as was clearly his
duty, at once put the Council in pos-
session of the truth, and although he
proved the. truth of his statements, yet he was
deprived of his office. This proceeding provoked
a storm of indignation not only in the Council
but out of doors, to allay which he was
appointed assessor and surveyor of water rates,
at just one-half his former salary 3. but even this
punishment, cruel and unjust although it was,
did not offer sufficient atonement in the opinion
of certain parties, for his having committed the
grievous crime of jelling the truth, and hence
it was determined, if possible, to ruin him
entirely. No doubt, Mr. MWDNALD must have
felt keenly the injustice which had been done
him, but, with his characteristic philosophy, he
submitted to his fate. With a view of beguiling
his leisure hours, he took on lease a small farm
in Cheshire. This he greatly improved, and by
so doing.he necessarily incurred considerable out-
lay—relying, of course, on his salary-1.0 meet
the- same, His conduct in his office -met the
entire- approval of his superior, Mr.. NLWLANDS
and he-was perfectly reconciled to his position.
No chance was afforded for his enemies, lynx-
eyed: al-thoug;h they were, to find fault with him.
At last an opening occurred, or rat'her a charge
was invented, which served the purpose of his
implac ablf; enemies.
On tilt: 11th of June, 18=51, a very short
leading :article appeared in the Liverpool Courier,
giving the particulars of the gross yield of
the wells. Mr. M.D'ONA.I.D was charged with
the arathorship of that article ; and, although he
VMS -prepared to prove .his entire innocence, he
was denied the opportunity of doing so, and
rem norselessly doow.2d to dismissal—that is, to
ruin and beggary., Amore unprincipled, wanton,
and vindictive piece of tyranny and unmitigated
raothee with a properly consti- injustice never was committed by any public
can for a moment encourar.v body on on old and faithful servant. Yet so it
the ArQr exhibitions w)%ich was. At the dictation of one or two members
Mott .s..

of the Council, that body sanctioned, if they
did not actually approve, ale absolute ruin of a
man who, for half a lifetime, had served them
with zeal and fidelity. We verily believe that
the guilty authors of this monstrous proceeding
now feel heartily ashamed of themselves. And
we would call upon them, if they have one sp,'lrk
of honesty or gentlemanly feeling in their com-
position, to be the first to come forward once
more in Council, that Mr. NPDONALD'S case may
be fairly considered on its merits. This is all
he asks for; and surely there is independence
enough in the Council to insure his prayer biting
complied with. We hope our cotemporaries—
or, at least, that portion of them who abhor
tyranny and injustice, whether on the part of
princes or town councillors, and who dare to be
honest—will boldly come forward and advocate
the claims of this deeply-injured public servant.
It must be borne in mind that the time has at last
arrived when the truth of every statement made
by Mr. M DONALD has beeri clearly proved.

THE LATE FRENCH RAILWAY FRAUDS AND TUE ORED/T
Montenca.—Three months back a letter was inserted in
the London papers from M. Pereire, the President of the
Credit Mobilier Company, denouncing a statement that
Charles Taurneyssen, who had just absconded, was par-
tially connected with some of the leading persons in the
Credit Mobilier, as an abuse of the privileges of the press.
All Paris is now in consternation at finding not only that
M. Auguste Thurneyseeo, the uncle of the dofeu'ter, and
one of the most influential directors of the Credit Mobi-
lier, his been declared a bankrupt from his connection
with net iadieiduel, but also that the Credit Mobilier is
felt to be so cempremised by this judgment that several of
the other chief members of its direction are hurriedly
endeavouring to abandon A batch of resignatione is
said to hive been sent in within the last few days, which
it was decided should not be accepted, as the public an-
nouncement of such a secession might prove fatal. One
f the number, however, M. Ernest Andre, was de-
termined te free himself, and be has accordingly done
so by a notarial act. Several others, it is aeserte(l,
may be expected to follow hie example—namely
Messrs. Mallet, Berta, and Uribarren, and, according
to some accounts, even 'M. Hotticguer. Meanwhile
the 500 f. shares, which at one time stood at 1 9001.,
are rapidly falling. A week back the quotation was
9301, and it is now 8651. Every effort has been mode to
prevent public alarm, but it is to be apprehended that
the mischief will make further rapi.l progress. It is ad-
mitted that the prestige of the establishment is wholly
gene, that the expediency of a winding-up is imminent,
and that in the uncertainty as to the class of securities
held, or the possibility of their realisation, this prospect is
such as to create intense anxiety. Meanwhile the ruin
which has fallen upon M. Auguste Thnrneyssen, and
which may extend to others, must be regarded with deep
regret. He was formerly connected with the honso of
Stieglitz, the Wart banker at St. Petersburg, and has for
twenty years occupied an eminent position as a F,ench
capitalist. The ultimate fate of the Credit Mobilier has
never been a matter of doubt, and the disenchantment of
the Parisian public with regard to it, can lead only to
benefit. Their eyes might hale been opened sooner, if it
had been possible for them to receive the warnings of
lookers-on iu England—not as the results of jealousy, bat
as sincere attempts to avert a course of proceeding which
reason and experience alike demonstrated, could have bat
one termination ; and which, by injuring the system of
European credit, meet be felt to affect—in a greater or lets
degree--the commercial interests of all countries.

NUNNAH SAIIII3.—As the motions of the rebel Nunnah
Sahib appear C. be aubjcol, of 3W= luterest, the follow-
ing particulars which have bean commanicated to vs, may
be acceptable.—The Nunnah, a man of between 30° and 35
years of age, is the elder of two adopted sons of the late
Peishwa, who died four or five years ago. The Paishwa
left an imasecse property, chiefly in treasure, jewels, and
other personalty, hoarded in the palace at Bitboor. The
property was valued at four millions sterling, to one half
of which the Nunnah was entitled, subject to some insig•
ni&ant charges for the ladies of the family. Disputes, as
usual, arose on the death' of the Pelvis wa, and as the royal
privileges attached to Bithoor had recently been
abrogated, those disputes came within the cognizanee
of the East India Company's local courts. Toe
estate obviously was an immense prize, and was
saon besieged by all sorts of law agents. Nunnah indicted
some of them in the Sepaeme Court fercanspiracy, but th 3
defendants, were acquitted. That court granted letters ad
colligenda to Mr. Hogg, the Administrator General ;• and
a suit was also brought in the Civil Court at Agra. The
ground of these proceeding; was, that the other adopted
son was a minor. and that the estate was in danger of
being wasted. The Agra Toad required security hom the
family manager for the full value of the property, four nail--
lions sterling;- and as it was not given, the court
took possession of the property. One of its `first
acts was to invest the Pashwa'S cash, 40 lakhs of
rupees (4400,900); in Company's paper; and the result
wits that the Nunnah found his rights litigated,
and his power of disposing of his-property gone. If the
question is aslici, " Ho v came a man who had so mueh.at
stake to joie in the rebellion ?" this case furnishes a pro-
bable solution. The fon:a millions sterling will now be
legally confiseated,.and let us hope that they will be applied
to indemnify those whose property has-been destroyed, and
to provide pensions for widows, orphans, and the many
persons who have been disabled and brought to destientiou.
• Having mentioned the Supreme Court, we may say in
excuse, not of the court, but of English law, that its
pewee wads exero'sed, net rn virtue of English law, but
of a recent act of the local legislature, which threatens to
bring every native estate in Calcutta into the hands of the
Administrator-General, by the facilities which it opens for
'false claims and pretenders. The Peislawa happened to
leave a small sum in Company's paper, which was
at Bithoor, but being payable in Calcutta, it was, by a fic-
tion considered legally as is Calcutta, and in virtue of this
fiction the court granted letters, ad colligenda, to the
Administrator-General, to enable him to claim the paper.
The conduct of both courts was highly deprecated at the
time by many persons. The above narrative comes down
to about the end of 1855; what has happened since or
what eventually become of the estate we do not know. It
appears clear that Thumb still lives at Bithoor. He may
be in possession, subjeet to the surveillance of the officers
of the court at Apra ; or the second son may have attained
his majority. *Be this as it may, his past experience must
have embittered him against the rule of the East India
Compaay.---Lforning Star (Peace Paper.)