The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-21
A Remarkable Expedition. -Saynns to
CircumnnVisate the Globe.

The expedition about 70 be dispatched by
the British Admiralty to undertake scien-
tifc circumnavigation of the globe is de-
scribed at great length by the Nature. The
vessel set apart for this purpose is the cor
yette Challenger, of 2,306 tons, under the
command OF G. s. Mares, Z. n, well known as
the author of a valuable work on scamanship,
who has seen great deal of active service,
formerly in Arctic exploration, and lat
terly in the Sucx survey, which he now
leaves to head this expedition. On the
scientific staff arc Professor Wyville Thomp-
son, F. R. S., as director; j. 7. Buchanan,
of Edinburgh University, chemist; II. n.
Moseley, OF Oxford, naturalist; DIR. Won Will
lemoes Suhm, Of Munich, naturalist; John
Murray, of Edinburgh University, natural
ist. The three naturalists take charge re-
spcctivev Of the invertebrata, the verte.
brata, and botany. Professor Thompson as
sumcs the charge of the general geological
work. A photographer is also assigned to
duty. The whole expedition is under the
immediate direction of the hydrographic de-
partlnent of the Admiralty, and the ship is
fitted out with magnificent collection of
scientific apparatus.
The Challenger will sail from Portsmouth
for Gibraltar, the first haul of the dredge be-
ing made in the Bay of Biscay, if the wea-
ther should chance to be favorable. From
Gibraltar she will proceed to Madeira, thence
to St. Thomas, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the
Azores from thence to Bahia, touching ut
Fernando NUrohna then across to the Cape
of Good Hope, and, after stay In that neigh
borhood, southwark to the CroZetts and Ma
rion Islands and kerguelens Land. A run
southwark will then be made as far as possi-
bic to the ice, and the course thence be made
to sydney. New Zealand, the Campbell
and Auckland groups, Torres Straits, New
Guinea, and New Ireland will then be
visited. a long cruise of perhaps a
year will then be made among the Pa
e;fc islands; thence the expedition, passing
between Borneo and CelebeS, and visiting
J1lzou and its neighborhood, will proceed to
.Tanan. where sME of two or three months
is eypected. Thence northward to ham-
sl,atka. whence run will be made northWard
through Behring's Straits, and then through
the Aleutian Islands. southwark to Pancou-
ver,s Island. and so through the deep eastern
renion of the Pacific by Easter Island, and
noSsib,y by the Galapagos Archipelago TO the
Horn and thence home. The voyage Is eX-
nected TO take about three and nall years.
# is difficult (says the lNature) TO over.
estimate the immense benefit which science
m,,st derive from an expedition such as TINS.
Anart from the results of intense interest
which may be expected from the deep-sea
work. the principal object of the expedl-
fion. and which must 60 far to elucidate o
subject on which our knowledge Is at pre-
sent of the most imperfect description,
abundant opportunity will offer for the accu-
rate investigation of the animal and Vegeta-
ble life of many high!y-ipteresting and yes
imnerfectly.known Or totally unexpiored
reeions. The investigation of the fioras of
sIIeh islands rs Fernando Norohna ana the
Marion and Crozett groups cannot 1ali 20
Weld most instructive results anu u Is nesa, ~
less to speak Of the intense interest Wnich ill 7.
centres in New Guinea. 81.