RETURN OF THE 'CHALLENGER.'

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5240, 28 July 1876, Page 3

RETURN OF THE 'CHALLENGER.'

PokxsMOcrrrr, May 241 - After the shade* of evening had closedAfrer the" anchorage of , Spfthead the ' Challongor,' exploring ship, .tyiptain Thompipnj , steamed up almostiunpba or've'et, having completed her groat voyage of exploration round the wurld. She frag, carried out her noble undertaking with reipa'kablo success. Tlio civilian scientific sta(F consists of Professor Wy ville Thompson, in charge, anduMessrs. Buchanan, Moseley, Murray, and Wild. Unfortunately the (scientific world has to mourn the loss of Dr. W. E. von Suhm, who died oil tho passago froirth"6~ Sandwich" Islands to Tahiti. Tho 'dtcllgingand sounding operations are already ■tWgirded as of th«' Ubmosfc value in all' that oottcerns ocean currents and the biology of the aca in the existing and "in" past epochs. Tin i collection specimens it very extensivfu Sot»e oi theso hav"o b6bn sent hpma,"wliile a con iiderablo number still- remain on board. '■'Thn M (Qha)lenger ' left Spithead. J)w. 21,, l8'«2hOa|JEt\t'JNar<i8' being then in cominarid.'-i On h'fl appointment to the command of the \ -Ari tic l'.xpedition , he .w,m ■ «nc<;ooded; byOaj tftm {Thompson. . The total distances run ha\o been as follows : First year, 19,367 mil it ', second yoar, 17, 158 miles ; third ' \jk»ir, 18,824 miles ; fourth year, 12 835milw • a total of 68,184 miles ; 4,710 ton* of coal have boen consumed during the voyage.

It if sajd that !the Pope will be a contri. butor to the Centennial. Perhaps ho wil} ■end a bull.