Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-17
RICHMOND WHIG.
From the London Times Of Ssn, 81

With the exception Of the edifying narr,,i,. of The
hooh"f the Monastery OF Spo'etskoi. which was pub
'hed some weeks ago in that reracous OF pszeres
The Journal Of 81 PetersIurg. have heard very l,
e i now of the cruise ofrhe lts squadron sen, round
'"' North Cape TO operate, the weather per
United, in the Whi'e Sea. We knew NJ more oe III.
proceedings Of Cspain Lyons and Can,ain sevmop,
TOT The last three months. than il they had sal on
poIar exPedlion, aud they return from the Arie
h'gon' To relate their story. and tell US thai m.
northern must shures Of the Russian empire have MAJ.
| escaped tho ravag-s OF war.
h"Ill b. remembered that the Mirsnd, which ia :,
cfew steamship "f $50 horse p,wer CARVING Ia guns
was the hfst vessel sent into the B,c \, n, tb.
a'i'n oi war. 0re the Of the Ice and n, yy,
0n oi tic Great Belt. She forced her way with rs,
shH and daring through the ice Revel which Dart
III" surveyed ohe was then almost frozen in and com
PEELED to brezk the fields uf ice by firing he,vv
>hui; but she returned home with valuabl irfrn,,,o
and Vas soon repslred for another cruise still further r
lhe Iof n She sailed from the Downs in Company i,b
,ne brsk Steam sooP On the 2lst of Nay reached
IN me She land Isles, the 26h and sailed
iur the White Sea the 9Th of June The navio,ton
of those waters, however seldom open Till The ,,,,
paf oi june and II til the 2jth thai the yes,
ses were enabled to approach the mouth of he xiaa
where they met with string current and bar which
prevented the approach Of III. Mrinda to ArchanpeL
squadron had been ordered to apply an inme
nia'e blockade TO Por's Of the White Sea- because II
vas ascerainsd that both Omega aud at ArchangeI
afge amount II French and English property vas lyinq
when when had already been paid for, aud which would
nave been lost TO Us If could not b., .xp,rt.d
IN neutral vessels. These vessels appear L; have ft.
9uehed the northern in great NUMBERS for M less
man man 90 hips were arded by the Miranda in IN.
"'e sea- hni, the neutral property being now all re-
moved the blockade will Df cours. oe m,re strictly
| forced text year ="
On the Ich Of July the Miranda sailed around the
a"u 81 oo'"StNkiO, upon which Is situated building
ci'eD III mastery, but which proved 10 be strongly
ioiled aud armed with the most appry.d enyi,as -,
wal. ne quick eye of Lieutenant Mackenzie Of thu
Miranda also discovered roDps field pieces halfcon
ceaIeo IN The adjacent wUOd>, and heavy fire snn
c"nmenced IN The ships. On he following DAY the at
'ack was renewed fly bo'h ships haf-p.si in the
'npTnihg. and was continued until 6 in the evening
when the guns uf the enemy were sileuced the mo-
mastery having been she-d and fired into with red hot
sho'.
Twelve days ates the British forces destroyed all tie
pubic build ngs on place called Snavey Island; and
ao"ut mon at ewsrfs, on the 23d " August having
qutt tne internal waters Of the White Sea they mn,
c-eded 10 attack the iUwn Of kna the chief place in
huSsan LaPand. situated in the highest latitude oi F.
foPu aou' " de gre ;, and few ms the east OF
the Norwegian frontier and the Nor,h Caps Kuls is
described by the gaz-teers as 4 place ui ablu, OO1
inhabitants. aud We should wOrder If in so unp, nia
iattuteH contained mIre. But il undoubtedly fri
WIN batteries well armed, garrison. governor and
depot OF government stores, rne ntfcers of the NJ
ahda cunrivtd, wIh uEcummun skill and int,pp.d,Iv
to- buoy passage Tor very Considerable rsaur. uo an
siino't unknown river kOla and 10 lay the ship with
ia ZoU yaTds uf iHe battery.
he governor having refused 10 surrender the pace
o. TO listen t. trns, III Miranda op-ned tren 90,
hre, which -eiIy arnihI ted the -nemrs batteries
and party headed by first Lieutenant LANDED sword
IN mana, and carried everything before them 1t q,-
"'hInent s"Tes Were I'll destroyed, and the whole town
seems tn have shared the same fate-a ca,astrunha
which the governor might have avoided by surrender
ing TO an enemy whom he had the plwer to resist
1t Is ImPtSslbe To read without deep cmmseralinn the
narrative o OPP rauns which have il hcted rx.
IRENE hafd'hp rs On popuaton suffering IN, Sc terrible
shassements for the sIHs Gf ruler; aud II is dfc A,
~ discover m"'e than very rnde aud randmn Justice,
IN M aSnr.s which make the Lapanders kua respun-
sole Tor the MenskikOh mission and tn. passage of IN.
RUN But HAT is Of the conditions uf war with
me sSian empire. IL is nly By king the eople II
ihat rEpTe fee ihaiihey deeucele.s an op. 70 a,
nck aluig tie whOe Ut heir external frontier that
We can hope 10 drive IN III int submission; aud from
Lapland u tie c'hr IS f Armenia n power a. ne
man is alone responsible for these dreadful and d,s,rue
tive c'tstqu,nGes
But thOGgn we wish that the squadron in The White
Sea, Ike That IN the Baltic had encountered force
more worthy oi It's power. Capian LYONS and his pal
lint Comrades have unduub edly eec ed all that cOuo
OF done under the circumstances aud the utnst urais
is due TO the officers u The Miranda tor the skill with
wich they took that ship up the k"la River and MA
ced her Without hesitation within 25O yards OF the bat
tries which were accordingly very Rapidly drstruy.
we have sl some re"sIn hope before the allied
fleet quite the Baltic which will not be for some weeks
an.thrr ma operation " III De undertaken. and W.
shou oe hsFpy 10 learn, now. that Sir Charles
NAPIER had Uund an upNTIuniiy II perform some ser
vice worthy uf he reputation with which he star cd
this command