Professor Neumayer, and will sail shortly.

dition to the South Pole has been organised by

The Times announces that a German expe-

Line 2.1.0 [The Home News, of June 8, publishes the following

Line 2.1.1 particulars of the above expedition :-" Mr. Henry Villard

Line 2.1.2 has addressed a letter, dated the 4th instant, from Karls-

Line 2.1.3 bad to the National Zeitung, in which ho ascribes the

Line 2.1.4 merit of having planned a German south Pole Expedition

Line 2.1.5 to his fellow-countryman, Mr. Neumayer, director of the

Line 2.1.6 Marine Observatory at Hamburg. Mr. Villard states that

Line 2.1.7 he offered to assist Mr. Neumayer in his project, and that

Line 2.1.8 in the efforts he has made in the matter he has met with a

Line 2.1.9 cordial responso from all parts of Germany. For the pro

Line 2.1.10 ment, the writer adds, he is only dealing with the mere pro-

Line 2.1.11 ject, but should the affair end in the expedition being

Line 2.1.12 organised, the conducting of it should be entrusted to the

Line 2.1.13 originator of the scheme (Mr. Neumayer), who, as a man of

Line 2.1.14 science and a practical seaman, is so eminently fitted for the