Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-31
VOYAGES IN NORTHERN SEAS.

There was small but appreciative audi ence at Peck's Grand Opera House last even ing to listen to the first lecture of Command CT Cheyne on "Asrctic Explorations" The lecture was illustrated by magnificent views of the Arctic regions and portraits of the most prominent Arctic explorers The lec- turer confined himself last evening to an &C., count of the various expeditions sent out in search of Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated crew. The lecture was highly entertaining from first to last. The difficulties. dangers and hardships of Arctic voyages, and the manner by which they are over come, were fully explained, and the anecdotes and the personal adventures of the speaker Commander Cheyne has been an officer in three of the Franklin search expe- ditions, on the last one of which he had charge of Surveys and Observations" It was while doing duty in this field that he put into practical use his idea of bal1ooning among the ice mountains of the North Aerial navigation, applied practically to the advancement of polar expeditions, has been the one dream of his life, and though now nearly sixty years of age, he feels well repaid for the privations he has undergone and the rebuffs and jeers with which his balloon pro- iects have heretofore been received. He is satisfied now that the American people are taking the matter up and advocating his views.
 
 and fortunes to matters of much less impor- tance than the discovery of the pole," said Commander Cheyne, "ard died in harness, having failed of success in their life work I shall succeed I have already succeeded in making balloon ascensions in the Arctic re- gions. I shall die, but not to be forgotten, for in no way, other than by means of bal looms, can the first journey be successfully made to the pole.''
 It is Commander Cheyne's intention to make the attempt of reaching the pole by means of balloons during the coming sum- mer. He is to be accompanied by Lieutenant Schwatka of the United States army and he hopes to secure an appropriation from Con. gress which, together with Q similar one from the British Parliament, will meet the expense of the expedition. In his lecture this even ing he will fully explain his method of using balloons and relate his previous success with them The lecture will be one not only of interest to those versed in Arctic explorations but also to all friends of scientific progress and all lovers of the marvellous and the curi ous The house should be packed.
 Help from Canada to MT. Cheyne has been rendered as follows: At the lecture of Com mander Cheyne the Governor of Ontario oc cupied the chair, and at the close of the lee lure he spoke in the name of the people of Ontario and said if it was necessary to i'm pose tax to further the organization of this expedition the people of Ontario would will lingIy bear their share. The Dominion gov. ernment of Canada, at Ottawa, will prepare a grant in Parliament. In Montreal Sir Hugh Allen took the chair and headed strong and influential committee composed of Senators,
 members of Parliament and scientific men. Mr. Henry Walton Grinnell, son of the late Henry Grinnell, who sent out two Franklin search expeditions, has publicly identified himself with this movement, and is now forming an influential committee in New York in order to invite the American and British flags in|the enterprise.