The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

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Another resolution had been adopted inaugurating
the London Central Arctic Committee for England
OF which DR.. Cameron. member for Glasgow. had
since consented to become q member as repre-
sentative for Scotland. Commander Choyne. who
was received with applause said it with untold
satisfaction that that morning he had again crossed
the Tweed to the land of his forefathers which had
LED she way in Arctic exploration. He had SO ap-
Piled the spur to England through Scotland that he
hoped he had dragged her to tho front. and when
Scotland had once taken thing in hand it was not
within the scope OF the Scottish character to with
draw. We all now ackno wledged that it would be
great disgrace to this nation IT, after the partial
falure that had lately taken places failure in
sit down quietly In our rooms and cry peccavi. and
wrap ourselves up in blankets and say I'VE are
by tho Duke OF Wellington or Nelson, and such
would not be the course pursued by any leader or
n blood Il shs% The sna cans
dim, SIR John Macdonald, had promised support
TO the expedition: and Sir Leonard Tlley. Minister
OF Finance for Canada had said to him: -''H you
break down in this country for want of funds come
to Canada and think we do it for you
self. He wanted to unite the two countries and to
form Britsh-Canadian expedition with good
Tho gallant commander then with the aid of the
magic lantern ana dissolving views described graph
ically the vicissitndes an expedition has to 90
through III its voyage toward the Pole according to
his own experience. Abiding to the last explora-
ton he remarked that it not the want of limo
juice the sledges that had broken down the crew.
but the keeping the men between badly ventilated
decks and not allowing them fresh air. Such infor-
mau , ne h Impaired parted, ABOUT the oceanic eur
the later taken from the soundings OF
He, m Majesty .,s.,, ship vAosous in Davis Strait
to take--on the ship lifted out for Captain Mares
last expedition which he intended to ask from tho
Channel. through Queens Channel, where he viii
winter on the station gained by Captain Mares and
thence into the unknown by means OF sledgos and
balloons in . north-northwest course to-not to-
wsrd--the Pole Among the views lie exhibited
were sketches OF the remains. first found. OF the
petition in Beachy Island and q capital portrait of
Sir John Franklin. While these were passing
cent style on the organ .The Dead March in SAUL
and Commander Cheyne afterward remarked
that il they could only throw much spirit into
The British public a. the organist had thrown into
the march we should soon have the North Pole dis
covered. Having described the method OF his in
tended balloonng enterprise and brought the good
ship back into Portsmouth, he closed his admirable
lecture by showing portrait OF the Queen aud said
there appeared to him but one jewel wanting in the
Grown OF Her Majesty, and that the British
colors flying ut tho North Pole We did, he owned.
want to annex more territory. but only to take it
burnings over that. He hoped that we should yet
be able hgurativey speaking to create Her Majesty
'Quoeu OF Suo NoILus (lIOuQ oppl4uBo.) BEFORE
concluding he reported what support he had met
with in England, what was intended to be done in
!reand. and hoped the Central. Committee already
formed in Glasgow would work well, and trusted
that Scotland. having come by herself to the 'front.'
might reap the reward of her enterprise. AS for
himself he had pledged his word a. q Scotchman TO
do what he could to accomplish the discovery OF the
North Pole.
MARxHAMs RECENT VOYAGE
At the last meeting of the Royal Geographical So
ciety. LORD Northbrook presiding. paper by Cap
tain A. H. Markham. who is not In England at pres
Sea, read by the honorable secretary. Captain
Markham considered that the present year must al
annals o, Arctic exploration for during the last few
months two important geographical problems had
been successfully solved: The Swedish ship Vega
voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific by rounding
the northern termination OF the Old Worlds voy-
age which, il 1t should not prove important in
o commercial sense. would always rank as one OF
the greatest geographical feats OF tho present
fury. And. secondly, small sailing schooner had
Josef Land. He said inaccessible, because the
Tegettho the only vessel that had ever approached
which she had been helplessly beset for two years
an imprisonment from which her officers were
the latter .nis Feat n'a xs e
the little Dutch exploring schooner Willem
Barents; His own cruise. this year. although
forty-three burden was as far as it went per-
fecty successful aud had tended very materially to
strengthen his previous opinion that the route by
Franz Josef Land is the that will lead the dis
covery Of the greatest extent of previously un-
nhics pont Of view his rp would have IN beeg
had it not been for the unwillingness evinced by
the Norwegian crew to face the Ice: The
their newly elected associate Sir Henry Gore
Booth. Early in the year he. gladly ac-
him on a sporting trip to Novaya zemlya with the
understanding that they should afterward examine
the ice in the Barents Sea and other localities dur
ing what he considered to be the naviQable sea-
son-namely. the month of September. For their
cruise he had hired the little Norwegian cutter
Isborn already rendered historical by her exploits
under Payer and Count Wiczek. He could not help
strongly expressing his opinion regarding the en-
ploymsnt OF vessels unprovided with steam
power in exploring the icy seas. At the
very moment when the ice is moro open
than at any other time-namey, in q calm. q sailing
there Is q fair wind through tho pack, 1t would be
imprudent for commander to run on, because to
extricate himself from the ice he would have to
work to wIndward in an ice-blocked channel. AL.
though most successful work has been accomplished
in the Arctic seas by sailing ships. there was no
doubt that had those vessels been steamers much
more would have been achieved. Yet this year
had an example of small sailing YES
sci not only reaching, but also returning from. .
country which steamer approached. in 1873, by
being helpessly drifted in the ice only to leave her
doupt TINT had the Wem napens was e
power she would this year have made the most
brilliant and successful summer cruises In the Arctic
ever recorded. AS 1t not pre- bable, re-
marked Captain Markham. that the British govern
ment would for some time any rate. interest itself
only for private individuals men like Allen Young
Leigh Smith and Gore Booh--to follow the good ex.
ample set them by Mr.. Oscar Dickson. ofGotten.
burg who by the late geographical achieved
by Nordenskj0ld had rcaped the reward Of patient
perseverance, 1t only by perseverance that sue
cess could be commanded in the Arctic seas He
would now propose that vessel (and is quite
sufficiently should be sent out to Franz Josef Land
prepared to winter. Should the season be unfavor-
able and the vessel be unable to reach her destina-
ton. the commander ought to be instructed to re-
turn 10 England and be sent out the following year.
But from comparison Of all the voyages which no
had enumerated he was inclined to think that
steamer would have difficulty in reaching the
south coast OF Franz Josef Land during the last
week in August OF during the hrst two weeks in
September.
From the London Standard
That the friends OF Arctic exploration anxious
for another expedition to essay tho Pole Is, We be.
lieve. what the French call ecrct de I0iichineuc'
and that Franz josef Land is to be the basis from
which this northward journey is to be undertaken is
equally matter of notoriety among geographers.
We are afraid that we can hold out little
enc uragement for those who. like the ia
NOUS first sailor beyond tho North Cape ara