The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-30 00:00:00

TILE STRONOMWAL EXPEDITION TO

NORTH SPAIX.

HIMALAYA STEAMSHIP, JULY 28.

The Himalaya left Santander at 5.45 a.m. on the
26th, and anchored opposite the villages of San-
turee and Algorta at 9 a.m., in order to receive from
Bilboa the remainder of the astronomers and their
instruments. Here many Spaniards came on board
to examine this noble vessel. At 6.30 p.m. the
Himalaya again steamed out of Bilboa Bay for Eng.
land, finally anchoring off Portsmouth at 4 p.m. on
the 28th, having run this distance in 45 hours and
30 minutes.
The lights of Ushant were sighted on the 27th,
at half-pust 9 p.m., and the English coast.seen at
6.10 a.m. of the 28th ; at 6.45 a.m. opposite Start
Point; at 10.30 sighted Portland Bill; at 12.50
p.m. sighted the Isle of Wight ; at 2.45 opposite
the Needles; 3 p.m. off Hirst Castle, and at 3.48
her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria steamed
past the Himalaya in the royal yacht.
Yesterday a Council of astronomers was held on
board the Himalaya in the Ilay of Biscay, when
the following resolutions were passed :
Proposed by Mr. DE LA RUE, and seconded by
M. STRUVE,—
" 1. That the thanks of the Himalaya Expedition
be given to the Spanish authorities for their great
kindness and liberality."
Proposed by Mr. DE LA RUE, and seconded by
M. BONOMI,—
" 2. That the thanks of the Expedition be given
to Mr. C. Vignoles and the engineers and directors
of the Bilboa Railway."
Proposed by Mr. LASSELL, and seconded by Mr,
E. J. LowE,--
• "3. 'What similar thanks be given to Mr. Mould,
Mr. Philip Sewell, and the directors of the San-
tander and Alar Railway."

Proposed by the ASTRONOMER ROYAL, and
seconded by Captain JACOB,—
" 4. That the thanks of the Expedition be given
to Captain Seccombe and the officers of the Hima-
laya for their great kindness and attention."
Proposed by M. STRUVE, and seconded by Mr.
STANISTIEET,—

" 5. That the Himalaya Expedition desire to
record their gratitude to the Astronomer Royal for
the origination of the expedition and for his un-
wearied exertions to secure its success."

The Expedition has been a most important one,
and the immense number of observations made will
prove of inestimable value to science.
The astronomers having now returned, we are
enabled to give an account of the different stations
selected by the various observers, which will at once
show how completely the central line of the eclipse
has been dotted over with astronomers, and to what
learned men such important observations have been
entrusted :
At Briviesca were M. Lespiault (of Bordeaux),
M. D'Abladie, M. Beviat (of Bordeaux), M. Petit
(of Toulouse), M. Rachniewski (of St. Petersburg),
and M. Prosmowiki (of Warsaw).
At Haro—Mr. Byrne.
At Orduna and neighbouring heights..—Dr.
Whewell, Mr. Mathew, Mr. Dowling, Mr. Small,
Mr. Robertson, Mr. Greenbank, Mr. Pamler, Mr.
Reynolds, and Mr. Simon.
At Amurrio—Mr. Henry Vignolles, the Rev. 0.
Vignolles, Mr. Crowder, and Mr. Shoolbred.
At Llodis—M.7Rubernach, and M. Murran.
At Arranoudioga—M. Rumball.
At Bilboa—Professor Don Manuel, Mr. Lewis,
Mr. Lloyd, and Don Conza.
At Banderras—Don Montiseno, Don Epalza, Mr.
Adams, and Mr. Draper.
At Logromo—Mr. Perry and Mr. Pole.
At Monteayo—M. Leverrier, M. Villarceaux, M.
Chacornac, M. Foucoult, and M. Novella.
At Los Palmas—Professor Secchi, with a staff of
French, Spanish, and Italian astronomers.
At San Forego—Mr. Gavey, Mr. Winder, and
Mr. James.
At Laguardia—Mr. Galton, Mr. Gray, Mr. At-
wood, Mr. Forrest, and Mr. Bowden.
At Tolona—Captain Jacob, Professor Grant,
Rev. Dr. M' faggert, and Mr. Martin.
AtVittoria—Professor Madler (Dorpat), Professor
Goldsmit (of Paris), Professor Weyer, Professor
D'Arrest (of Copenhagen), and Dr. Thiele (of Co-
penhagen).
At Pancorbo—Professor Chevallier, Mr. Wilson,
and Mr. Hammond.
At Castle de Miranda—M. de Money and M.
Alicot.
At Pobis—The Astronomer Royal, Professor
Struve, Professor Oom, Dr. Winnieke, Mr. Benni-
son, and Mr. Stead.
At Gujuli—Rev. C. Prichard, Mr. Scott, Mr.
Wright, and Mr. Faze!.
At Gorbea—Mr. C. Vignolles (at 5,200 feet alti-
tude), and Mr. Thornthwaite (at 1,000 feet lower).
At Ribabellosa—Mr. De La Rue, Mr. Downes,
Mr. E. Beck, Mr. Beckley, and Mr. Reynolds.
At Miranda—Mr. Weedon, Mr. Bonomi, Mr. W.
Beck, and Mr. J. Beck.
At the Castle of Aguilar de Campos—Mr. W.
Lassell and Mr. Stanistreet.
At Santander—Professor Swan, Mr. E. J. Lowe,
Mr. Ellis, the Rev. W. R. Almond, Mr. S. Morley,
and Mr. Philip Sewell.
At Santander Bay—Capt. Seccombe, and Mr.
Thomson (master).
On Ship Himalaya—Lieutenant Verstrum and
Lieutenant Bojer.
At Bezana, on the Escudo Pass—Professor Lind-
hagen (of Stockholm), Dr. Moller (of Lund), Pro-
fessor Fearnley (of Christiana), and Professor Lin-
delof (of Helsingfors).
At Pena Castilla—Mr. R. Heath.
At Camesa—Mr. Breen, Mr. Buckingham, and
Mr. Wray.
We understand that a largo volume will be pub-
lished, under the direction of the Astronomer Royal,
of the records of the different astronomers of the
Himalaya Expedition.

PUBLIC ALLOWANCES FOR

HOSPITALITIES.

In contrast with the shabby treatment of the cap.
tains of our men -of-war, of which Sir John Paking
ton revealed to the house such disgraceful instances
on Tuesday, it is curious to observe bow the public
deals with the great guns of the Church. The
scandalous augmentation, by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, of the Income of the Dean of
York to £l,OOO a year was expressly justified by
Mr. Westhead on the ground of the hospitalities
incambent on that dignitary. Indeed, Mr. West-
head contended that the income of the deanery
ought to be doubled to enable its convivialities to
expand in the same proportion; but, the present
dean " having a private fortune," the member for
York refrains from urging this second and hand-
some augmentation until the next avoidance of tbe
office ! The " good private fortunate," however,
did not prevent the commissioners from adding
£2OO a year to the Hon. and Very Rev. Augustus
Duncombe's salary, which was overpaid with the
£BOO at which he accepted it. See how much
better it is to be a dean than a captain in the navy,
where the disbursements for hospitalities must
come oat of the captain's private pocket as long as
there is a guinea in it to sustain the credit of the
service and the honour of the nation. If there is
one public officer entitled more than another to
the most liberal treatment by a country like
ours, it is surely the man to whose skill and
valour we intrust the glory of our flag, and
with it the safety of our commerce; but, on the
contrary, it is precisely to this very office
that the public behaves with the meanest par-
simony ; while, to a functionary like a dean,
whose very use is a question which we
defy the whole Social Science Association to ex-
plain. there is no limit to the public munificence.
The dean or the bishop has only to ask and he re-
ceives. There exists a commission specially charged
with supplying all their wants, nay, often antici-
pating them ; if the prelate desires a statelier
palace, it is built for him ; if the dean would like a
few additional hundreds a-year for his table, there
is not a moment's hesitation about granting it. No
doubt the deanery of York job was dose in a corner,
but we keep corners for clerical jobs while there is
no corner, not even at the Admiralty, where even
common justice is done to the officers of our fleet,
the services of any one of whom would far out-
weigh those of all the deaneries in the country. In
the House of Commons we are glad to observe
that the York job has had few advocates. Mr.
Deedes said it ought never to have been done
without application to Parliament. Mr. Spooner
though it, as all good men do, a most unjusti-
fiable nroceeding while there are incumbents of
parishes starving
.on £BO a-year. Sir James
Graham disapproved of the augmentation strongly;
and Mr. Henley declared "it had done more to
shake the confidence of the public in the Ecclesias-
tical Commission than anything which had occurred
for years."—Examiner.

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