LORD LONSDALE’S TOUR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1894, 21 May 1889, Page 4

LORD LONSDALE’S TOUR.

One of the moat remarkable Arctic journeys on record is that of which a brief description has just been received from a Moravian missionary in Alaska by a friead in Bethlehem, Pa. (says the San Francisco Examiner). The hero of this story is Hugh Cecil Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale. As he appeared in the streets of this city two years ago, when he was achieving unenviable notoriety as the manager and protector of that lively Gaiety actress, Miss Violet Cameron, Lord Lonsdale was a sturdy young fellow of thirty, nearly 6ft tall. He had previously acquired celebrity in England through the prosecution of a libel suit against Edmund Yates, the editor of the World. For the rest, his Lordship was known as a clever rider to hounds —one of the best cross-country men in Leicestershire—a skilful boxer, and a plucky fellow generally. It was announced a little over a year ago that the gay young nobleman was about to start for the North Pole. The Earl reached Winnipeg, and after fitting out with provisions, arms, furs, and dog teams, he disappeared into the country north-west of Manitoba. He was accompanied by a single white man, his English valet, who subsequently returned to Winnipeg, leaving his master to prosecute his journey with the Tchukche guides and a halfbreed Indian. According to the story now received from Alaska, Lord Lonsdale’s progress has been even more extraordinary than the feat of Colonel Gilder in crossing Siberia after the burning of the Lodgers. He had succeeded in reaching Banksland, to the west of Melville Sound, and thence had made his way to Nushagak, on Bristol Bay, Alaska, a distance of over 2000 miles, over ice-fields and snowdrifts, with the thermometer standing once or twice nearly 100 below the freezing point. For a man inexperienced in Arctic travel this is simply a marvellous performance, and places the enterprising Earl among the first of Northern explorers. Most of the journey was made on foot, the dogs barely managing to drag the camp outfit and provisions. Fierce blizzards swept across the country continually, and the greatest exertions were necee-. sary to keep the party from being scattered and frozen to death. Lord Lonsdale left the mission at Nushagak on January 14th, and with a dog train started across the peninsula to Katmai, on the North Pacific. From there he crossed to Kodiak, on Kodiak Island,

rounds for a “ purse.” At the end of the e'ghtli round both men appeared to be as fresh as «hen they started, and the * referee declared the contest a draw. Some of our lady readers might like to know what the new G-overnor’s wife is like. Here is the description furnished by a Wellington correspondent : Lady Onslow is a very nice-looking woman, apparently about 30 years of age. She is tall, and has dark hair and eyes, a fresh, bright complexion, and a particularly pleasing expression and smile. Your lady readers will be anxious to Know how she was dressed, so I obtained full and precise particulars from a lady spectator, who is an authority entirely to be depended on. She gives me the following particulars:—“ Lady Onslow wore a very handsome walking dress of sapphire blue velvet, with vest of white cashmere, and exceedingly pretty bonnet of the same material as the dress (sapphire velvet), with pale pink rosebuds and sprays of stephan - otis ; bright tan-coloured kid gloves, and shining patent leather shoes. She carried a handsome bouquet of hothouse flowers.”