Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-25
ARRIVAL OF THE STEINER ARIEL


at hsr dock at O'Clock on Friday ssternuon
Capt Lsfsvrs Left Hsvre at 8 O'Clock in the
afternoon Of June g.
The Ariel brings no political news Of i'm
portance The Paris PATHS, referring to the
resignation of Ave Of the Spanish Ministers,
says that the motives of their retirement are
entirely per onal. and will effect no change In
tho policy Of the Spanish Government. In
referring more particularly to NJ Lusuriaga,
it states that his resign alton is caused solely
by bad health
General Zabala, who succeeds NJ Luzuria.
ga in the ministry of foreign affairs, possesses
fortune of several millions Of francs. M
Brutl, the succssso of NJ. Mad0x, Minister Of
Finance, is a rich banker of Saragc,ss, who
recently offered to assist the Spanish Govern
ment IN its embarrassment by placing at its
disposal the whole of his fortune The other
three ne Minis;srs--M NJ. Mar tinss, Fuen.
teandres and Huelves-are members Of the
Constituent Assembly, and are, no doubt,
among the most distiDgui' he'd members of that
body The Queen has given her sanction to
ell these appointments Of Marshall Espartero
A duel recently took place between General
Concha, brother Of the Captain General of
Cuba and the Marquis of Albadia Each of
the combatants was slightly injured by tho
disch,rge of his pistol.
INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE WAR
NEWS.
From the L0ndon Tines Gown Correspondent ~
BEFORE SEBAsToPoL May %, LII P M
Absut two hours ago, g., at nine O'Clock,
Wnlch Is the most quiet part Of the day in
camp, the soldiers having all gone to bed, the
camp was disturbed by tho heaviest cannon
AIDE which has besn heard since the last bom-
hardr nn1
heavier than that Cathcarts hill was soon
reached by many anxious spect stors, and then
IL was seen that the firing was from the very
extreme left Of the French batteries, and was
returned by the Flagstaff, the Garden, and
the battery in the middle Of the town 1t
was an extraordinary sight and ono that M ANY
of our friends in England would give a great
deal to see. Looking from Cathc arts bill
over the camps you saw q wide expanss of
country, dotted with white tents, waich shOne
out clearly and co1spicuousIy in tho bright
moonlight All looked quiet and calm. The
only sounds that were heard On this side was
the challenge Of the sentry or the neigh Of
morse; but on turning round and gazing at
oe0asfopol, you saw great contrast
Ihere was visible war in ell its stern real
ity. A thick white cloud of smoke hung over
the French batteries and that part If tho town
which was answering their FIRE. Bright fl ashes
OF IRE cleaned through this smoke every sec.
ond, as guns were fred or shels exploded
There was no cessation in the firing for an
hour, when there was slight lull, and imme.
dlateiy Volleys OF nuskctry were heard, which
continued without intermission for come time,
ABOUT lO 10 there was an explosion in the
Russian batteries. II see ned az if there had
boon train of powder loose upon the ground.
as there was suddenly a long bright sheet Of
name seen lighting up the wall of smoke
Acout IO 81 there was another similar explo.
slen. The number of shells that were fred
from both sides was enormous There were
generally i've or six in the air at one time, and
oncs counted nine. The French fred great
many "5ouquets"-Dot the bouquets that are
popular smorg ladies, but flight Of shells
WINCH separate in the air and by about in all
l.3O p. m The firing continues a. Sercs
as ever, the surmisss about the cause OF this
are numerous Some say that the French be.
gan tho bring and intended to storm the tower
Under cover of II; others that the Russians
were making sortie, AID were repulsed by
the French l have jug, seen some French
omcers, who say that tho attack was premedi-
tated, that the cannon we're to Ere for an hour.
ana tnen the nussetry to begin. They did
not Know the object Of the attack I shall be
able to learn more to morrow
may Al have just learned that the cause
OF all the nring last night was, that tho French
wisned to take position that aaaoyed theI.
very much. l have already told you what
Ietfinc oannonade this gaze rise 20 The
FRENCH arc said to have lost in killed and
wounded upwards of 200 men, and the Rus
SLAMS many more. l believe the French got
possession OF the position, but have not been
able to discover if they still hold It,
From another Correspondent
Llear Division, before Sebastopol, May "A.
AT about half past o clock, .. m on the
z2d instant, heavy firing was heard On tho ex
IRENE left OF the French lines, and tho unin-
terrupted succession Of shot and she'll III at was
observable from the English camp till nearly
O'Clock IN the morning told that a nerce
struggle vas going on between our ally and
Inc enemy; during the day the cannoaading
was pretty much as it had lately been, hi
after sunset, on the 23d instant, it was yigor
ously renewed
IL is dlmcuit at all times to ascertain par.
uoulars OF tho movements incidents and thu
casualties occurring in The French lines, but
the following is rs briefly as possible and as
correct report Is l have been able TO collect:
Inc french have lately been sapping to,
wards the Quarantine battery, and had con
struoted some outworke TO protect their an
proach The Russians had not in the mean
wnlle been idle and had also mado some de-
fences, Whioh were seriously obstruoting the
progress of the besiegsrs On the night Of the
zZd the iench IN great force carried these
obstacles, but could only hold the position till
dayl not having had time to throw up any
SHELTER from the batteries, which pIayed beay.
ny on them, and they consequently retired in
the dusk of the evening with Serious loss The
estimated numbers appear to be not less in
Killed and wounded than 900 men, bat the
Russians, who wero also Gin swarms," soft
tered far more; their dead and dying are de.
scribed me by an eye witness az being quite
countless. On the following night (the 23d)
another attack was made by our allies, and
with increased success, for they now hold the
ground they had taken the preceding night,
and have thrown up such dsfencss q will ORE.
vent their being expelled from them. The
loss was on the second occasion very great on
both sides, but have not been abs to obtain
an approximation to the actual numbers.
PRINCE soBrsouAxoPp's ACCOUNT.
The following Is Prince Gortschakoff's ac.
count Of the important attack On the 22d
hitherto reported only by telegraph:
SEBAsToPoL, May 2a-On tie night of the
2lst so opened a trench as q counter approach
opposite to the cemetery in front Of the Cen
trail and Quarantine bastions, and connected
it with the former ia order to opsrate axain,t