Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-14

0o-A writer in the Charleston Courier thul touch- es up tho of Great Briian for their unworthy attempt to appropriate portion of the credit due Leyerrier for the discovery of the new planet.
 In the first notice which took of the new plane- of Leyerrier some weeks ago, curiosity eXpress ed to know howsthe English philosophers would re- ceeive the French proposition 10 give to the planet the of it's illustious dscoverer. It did ter my mind the idea that they would dispute thc glory of discovery and lam il for one of themselves In the simplicity Of my heart, honestly supposed that the extent to which English egotism and envy could go would be 10 seek excuse to told hon bring and rewarding the illustrious Fienchnan in ihe way proposed. But the ingenuity of egoism and the malice of envy have exceeded any expectation. If a German an Italian Astronomer, if an African or kamschatan had made the discovery, Il ight per- haps have been borne; but that young French sa- vant should thus, bevnd, place himself far be- yond and high sbuve all ERglish Astronomers, pasi and presen:-hai the greatest intellectual triumph ,f the age should be achieved by a Frenchman--a Frsachmani-llis is loo bad aud must Rot be admit ted So they produce from St. Johns College, Cam bridge, youthful phenomenon, Master Adams
 theY don't actually assert it, but presume that Mas t'r Adams wearsgound-a-bouis and rufies ye )-and what do they prove for himl That the inter esIina youth, monhs m advance of Leverrier, had adopted tie theory, and elaborated the calculation, and arr- we'd al the conclusions and actually made the discov cry of Leverrier; but that R excessive modesiy he had refused lo make it public! Oh, Ho--no, all.-| They only prove how iDiih the aid oC Leuerrier, Mas ter Adams had like to have discovered the star. and how we'll they all would have liked io discover u!- .rhs discovery of the new planet" says Mir. Chat lis, directory of the observatory Cambi idge, sis perhaps the greatest triumph of modern science - The glory of n is due entirely theory Four months ago Mr. Adams. of Sl. Johns College, and Mir. Le verrier. eminent French Mathematician, conclu- ded by their theoretical caculai ions, that the anon olies leng since observed in the march of the planet Uranus, could only be explained by the influence of disturbing planet, whose distance from the sun should he double that of Uranus. The Mathemati- cians agreed in fixing upon the S25 degrees of heo- centrique longitude, Ihe probable position of the supposed planet position which, in fact the event has proved 10 differ but little from its actual place Mir Levsrrer has lately determined more profound and elaborate investigations that the mass of the bling planet bears proportion to that of Uranus of about 10 2 Ga ress 10 uhieh Mr. Adams continuing
 his researches has also arsipsd and that consequently the planet should present visible disc 10 powerful telescnpe." have not met. ii should be Iemarked in passing, with the originaf letter of Mir. CbalIis, and ia making the above quotation. have had 10 ren- der into English Freueh ranslalil ln Did you ever meet with piece of cool and quie. impudeuce sur passing that with which in iIe above extract the name of Adams is placed before that of LeveriIerl IL surpasses the impotence win which English poll lcians now preparing and will soon consummats the annexation Of the Ps1jasb Is Brtish dominions is India.