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WE are glad to be able to announce that the arrangements for the Eclipse Expedition are progressing very rapidly and satisfactorily, and that there seems every chance of everything being done which can insure success. In response to their circular, the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society have received upwards of sixty applications from observers anxious to help in an examination of the phenomenon. It is proposed that, if possible, there shall be two expeditions; one to Spain, the other to Sicily. The desirability of this is obvious, as the chances of bad weather are thereby considerably reduced. Unfortunately, those who know Sicily well state that the region to be visited is so brigand-ridden that other precautions besides those usually employed in Eclipse Expeditions will be desirable. The Italian Government, which will also, we believe, send an expedition to Sicily, will, doubtless, look to this. The French Expedition will observe in Algeria.