The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-01


The vulgar adags Of great cry and little
wool !" seems thus far TO SUN mp pretty accu-
rately the results of the Anglo.French opera
tons in the Baltic and Black Seas. The cost
ofthe fierce Is, we must say, lamentably dspro-
portioned to the returns. The glory won will,
however, make up for the absence of more solid
advantages. The Russian feet, it is true, still
lies safely ensconced behind the granite FORTH
cations of.Sebastopol, and the submarine bate
RES at Cronstadt have az yet only astonished the
piscine inhab tants Of its waters What of that?
There is time for every thing; and the allies
like to play their great cards fret. What are
the invasion of the Crimea and the destruction
Of the outworks Of st. Petersburg compared
with the coup de force which has just shed so
much lustre on the arms of the coalition? The
Gar and old Nesselrode are no doubt by this
time shivering in their shoes. The doom of the
Muscovite empire is sealed; for Bomarsund has
surrendered!
We knew full well, Notwithstanding the i'm
patience manifested by the radical portion of
the English press, that Sir Charles Napier
could not have been all this time idly beating
about the Baltic, and scratching his old shock
wig, without hitting upon some bright idea to
retrieve his damaged reputation. AS procras-
tination is in the eyes Of the gallant old tar
nearly equivalent to dishonor, we expected
that he would make up for the time lost by
some brilliant achievement, eclipsing the glory
of his former feats. We have not been disap-
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Russian feet at Cronstadt, nor blown up the
Notifications Of Sweaborg, nor sent Revel to
the devil. He has done much more glorious
thing-he has taken Bomarsund
But few of our readers are probably aware Of
the strategetical advantages of Bomarsund.
If they were, they would at once appreci tie
the Importance to the allies Of this acquisition.
We would emil ghten them on the subject il we
could; but as we cannot, they must take the
thing for granted. They may rest assured,
however, that the old hero Of Beyroot would
not have spent months meditating over the
enterprise If there was not something to be
gained by it. Besides the advantage of it's
forming sort o. sentry box to the Gulf of Fin
land, Bomarsund is situated in first rate agri-
cultural district Now, we should be sorry
to insinuate that the Admiral's well known
penchant for the pursuits of the farm yard had
any influence in directing his attention to this
enterprise. He may love cabbages well, but
he loves his duty better. A little Aland farm
would no doubt offer an agreeable occasional
diversi6cation to q long watch and ward in the
Baltic; but we are certain that such an idea
never entered his head. No, he took Bomar-
sund for the simplest of all possible reasons
namely, because it was the only place takeable.
A fine tenable position will Bomarsund be in
q Polar winter. When the straits Of Alandshaf
on the one side, and those of Watuskiftet on the
other, are closed up by ice, morning calls can
be alternately exchanged with the Fms and
Swedes-supposing the Fins and Swedes to be
IN visiting humor. The Gear himself may
even be tempted to drive across in his sledge
to see how his visiters are enjoying their health
under the rigors Of q Polar temperature. If.
he does not carry his politeness to the extreme
of insisting upon the British Admiral and Gen.
d'Hilliers accompanying him back to
ST. Petersburg, they may look upon themselves
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thing into his head, it is quite certain that they
will not be in position to refuse it. They
could not have picked out a spot more favora-
bly, adapted for such eventualities. Let us
hope that they will enjoy themselves in Bomar-
;und.
1t was not TO be expected that position en-
oying such manifold advantages could be OBJ
tanned without considerable sacrifices. For the
fifty or seventy millions Of dollars that have
been expended by England and France in pre-
partitions for the war, the only acquisition asyet
made is Bomarsund. 1t would have been cheap
at any price, and 1t is therefore not to be
wondered at that the allies were Ia hurry to
lake it. We hope that they will keep fast hold
Of it, now they have got 1t. 1t Is something to
have to show for their money.
The LONDON TINES AND THE GREYTowN