Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-25
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EURGPE.
Arrival Of Steamship America.

We announced in our paper of yesterday af.
te7noon that the America had arrived at Hall
fax in the morning, but we failed, unaccount-
ably, 10 receive any news by her ever the wires
IN time for our publication. Although the ad-
vices are one week later than the preceding, by
the Baltic, The state Of affairs concerning the
war have undergone but little if any, change
SEBAsroPoL STILL STANDS, which fact of itself
embraces the whole story.
The dates by the America are to the 18th
instant, and the intelligence may thus be
summed up.
The news from Sebastopol is brief The
public have finally concluded that the war
must be protracted one, and without hope of
s:istance from Austria
The Allies have gained partial successes be.
fore Sebastopol, bat nothing decisive has
transpired.
Several extensive failures were spoken of
privately at Liverpool the day the steamer
sailed, but the names had not transpired
The English press admits that ali hopes of
peace hare fed, and that no assistance can be
expected from Austria, and but little from the
resi- OF Europe-consequently France and
England must be prepared to fight it ont.
The London Times publishes an article ex-
pressing these views. The Same paper also
has an editorial in behalf Of the government
.tatins that il is impossible to peruse the of.
lcial documents Of the Vienna conference
without seeing that Russia neyer was in ear
nest in her pretended desire for peace
Earl Grey, in the House of Lords gave no.
tlce OF motion that an address be sent to the
Queen, deploring the failure Of the peace NO.
EQUATIONS at Vienna, and setting, as the opin-
ion Of Parliament, the belief that the propo,
sails OF Russia were never such as to afford q
| TAR prospect of concluding a peace
Correspondence from tho allied camp up to
| the 9th Of April explains the difficulties of
the seige, and states confidently that the allies
are advancing their acquisition Of the ground
bit By bit, and, while tleir works so advance,
mere can be no doubt of ultimate success, pro-
vlded the Russians in the field should BIO una.
Bile to force the allies to raise tho siege
Marshal .Canrobert had announced, that
when reinforcements arrived he would enlarge
the circle of operations
The latest official advices from Sebastopol.
dated May 10, state that on that morning the
Russians made sOrtie, with a largo body of
troops, on the allies right. The French drove
them back Immediately, and second end
similar attempt shared the same fate. The
Russians met with serious loss
General ManoIa had arrived at the Crimea
| with 1000 Sandman troops
The English portion of the Baltic feet was
working up towards the Island of Gothland
| as far as the ice would permit
Ii is said that France has asked permission
| to establish n French camp on the Swedish
territory, ard II this is refused the allies will
then take possession of Bomarsund and fortify
Il. Three ships left England on the 10th to
blockade the White Sea.
The following is from the London Standard:
| "A very extraordinary circumstance is re-.
ported from quarter which precludes any
doubt as to the truth Of the statement. 1t
reaches US by letter from st Petersburg. 1t
| appears that fine American trigate built
ship recently arrived at a port in the Baltic.
where it was stated that the vessel had on
board eight bales Of cotton, but the corre-
| spoDdent OF our informant visited tho shin.
and found that in addition to this cargo. she
had on board $4,000 rife and five thousand
revolvers? The Msssrs. d merchants of Bos
ton were passengers on board the vessel ~
The Standard asks, What are our oonsuls
in the United States about, to have permitted
| such cargo to leave without spprisipg the
government here of the facts?"
Symptoms increase that the Austrian and
Russian cabinets are attempting to effect q
| general accord among the German States.
The editors of the semi-oficial journals have
united to favor the movement.
| ENGLAND
All the documents in regard to the Vienna
conference have been laid before Parliament
These documents, extending over ninety
pages, have been partially republished in the
Eoglish newspapers and excited much in
| te'est.
Lord PIlmerston evaded answering The
| question whether the conference was NO,
finally broken OF, but it 10 said that as ths