Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-14

though he denies the charge compelled to resign his connsI
ion with the Queens College.
Mr.. FARxDAr at the last meeting Of the Royal Instiu
ton, announced his discovery that oxygen magnetic that
this property the gas affected by heat and that he be-
eves the durna variation of the magnetic needle to be due
to the action Of heat on this newly properly
Of OXYGEN the important constituent Of the atmosphere
These are not his words but believe them to be out
line Of the results and views of this eminent philosopher
We think NJ BEaUEREL has recently communicated TO the
Academy Of Sciences Paris his opinion that oxygen is
magnetic in relation the other cases. iron is TO the other
metals and that diuna variation may be connected with this
property oxygen This not the first instance ct French
and English scientific arriving simultaneously at the
conclusion.
The message of the PRESIDENT of the FRENCH
would lead to the inference either that his objects
have been quite misunderstood or that ne has aban-
doned the policy,of selfaggrandizement The Pre-
sident emphaticaly declares that "the invarlable
rule Of his political life shall be, in every circum.
stance, to do his duty, and nothing but his duty
And he adds, That which preoccupies me above
all things is not to know who will govern France
in 1852, but to employ the time at my disposal
in such manner that the transition, whatever 1t
may be, may be made without trouble" Such
manly sentiments as these, if honestly acted up to,
will do more to entide Louis Napoleon to pro-
loDgation of his powers, and to secure him that
prolongation, than the most ingenious contrlvances
that the craftest politicians could devise.
| The mischievous hoax pracsed by NJ. NEFFzER,
the editor of the La Presse, in issuing fictitious
message in the name Of the President is the sub
ject of grave censure and indignation in the Pro-
vinces. Those who allowed themselves to be taken
in by it are furious. 1t appears that SO great was
the agitation occasioned at Lyons by that document
tho hod tn vInda
arms for some time, lest movement might be at
tempted. The Messenger de Rouen states that
considerable injury was done by it to commercial
affairs in that city, where, in some cases. operations
that had already commenced were all at once
pended. 1t adds that in several manufacturing es-
adjustments the operatives were put on three days
work. Dispatches from Avignon and MaRseilles
state that considerable agitation was at first pro-
duced by the document and the Socialist agitators
began to conceive hopes of an approaching insur-
| rection, and took their measures accordingly.
M. NEFFzER has been condemned to years
\ imprisonment, and 1900 francs fine and costs.
/ The great commotion made in the South by this
mock message has dictated this rigorous sentence.
The Catholics in IRELAND are up in arms (not
] literally but fguratively SOY against Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, for his letter to the Bishop of DURHAM
about the Popes bull. But this the Minister must
have anticipated, and no doubt he is prepared to
bear the consequences with becoming equanimity.
i NOVEMBER 90, Is5O.-No news whatever that
can be depended upon. The principal difficulty
now to be apprehended is to ensure the submission
Of the people of Prussia to such terms of peace as
Austria may be disposed to grant. Nor will the
people Of Germany at large be disposed to sit down
quietly under federal system such as the Frank
fort Diet proposes, in which Princes alone should
have voice, and in which there should be no local
Constitution strong enough to resist the will of a
} Prince. The design Of Austria and her supporters
is sufficiently evident in the incauous declaration
of ScHwARzENBURG. This indiscreet Prime Min
lister exclaimed, in conversation, !" We have crush
ed Italian liberalism in the person of CHARLES
: ALBERT, and we must now crush German liberal
ism in the person of FREDERICK WILLIAM" Such
were the very words made use of by the Austrian
Minister, and which produced the summons of the
Prussan landwehr.
Great prosecutions of the Christians had taken
place both at Damascus and Aleppo. AT the latter
city, the Hungarian General Benz had exerted him.
self very successfully in suppressing disorder. The
Porte has taken the most energetic measures to pun
ish the promoters of these outbreaks.
Three o'clock.-The King Of Prussia will open
he Parliament in person. lis supposed that the
debate on the affairs Of Germany will be postponed
until the final settlement of pending questions has
been effected. The Constitutional party in Prus-
STA continues to urge war with Austria. The
Government of Brunswick has protested against
$ the march Of Austrian and Federal troops through
} the Brunswick dominions. The ornaments con-
tinue, but Prince SCHwARTzENBURG has, il is said,
agreed to make further concessions. Dispatches
from st. Petersburgh are said to be favorable to
Prussia. Nothing new from France. Winter has
set in very severely in Germany, and large guam
tity of snow has fallen, accompanied by very cold
winds, All military proceedings, it is said, must
be suspended for two or three months.
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