The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-27 00:00:00

PRANCE.

IS,AY.
The Emperor and Emp PAR
ress to-d Moreeived
several foreigners of distinction, who were pre-
sented by the Anibaasadsrs of Austria and Russia,
and the Ministers of Belgium, Bavaria, Chili, the

Netherlands, Mexico, Grand Ducal Hesse, Sweden,
and Denmark.
The Moniteur states the reception, on Sunday,
of Dr. Kern, Envoy Extraordinary of the Swiss
Confederation, who presented his credentials to
the Emperor.
The Imperial decree appointing Monseigneur
Morlot, Cardinal-Archbishop of Tours, to be Arch-
bishop of Paris, in place of M. Sibour, is contained
in the official journals.
BOURSE, Jan. 26.—The following were the last
quotations :

End of month.
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67 65

Cash. ft. c
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 67 70
New Loan
Bank Shares 4,175 Roman (x d)
Credit Mobilier 1,402 50 Austrian
Belgian Fives 99,i— Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt
RAILWAYS—Fog CASH.
tr. c. fr c
Orleans 1,395 Western -
Northern
Lyons 1,380 New Ditto
Mediterranean — Graud Central
Lyons Geneva
Cette

SWITZERLAND.
The Bund publishes an order of the day just
issued to the federal army of Switzerland by Gen.
Dufour, and dated from head-quarters at Zurich.
After expressing his satisfaction at their conduct
since they have been called under arms, the gene-
ral concludes as follows :—" Federal Soldiers—
You are on the point of returning to your homes ;
my sincere good wishes will accompany you thither
and I hope that you will retain a remembrance of
your old commander, who was ready to share with
you all the hazards of war. Enjoy in your families
that repose which you have so well merited ; but
let your repose be that of all brave men.
ever
separate yourselves from your arms, and be always
ready to take them up and again rush to the fron-
tier if an enemy should approach it. It is thus
that you will preserve the esteem which is now felt
for you, and secure to our happy Switzerland con-
sideration, peace, and prosperity.".

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN
MILAN.
A letter from Milan of the 22d, in the Constitir-
tionnel, says :—" The peasants have returned to
their homes, and the Court will now find itself face
to face with the nobility of the country and with
the rich bourgeoisie of Milan. It was well known
in high quarters that petty plots and hostilities
had been prepared beforehand against the Court.
What is positive is that the Emperor, after having
severely lectured one of the principal chiefs of the
nobility of Milan on the inconsistency and puerile
opposition of some patricians, decided that there
should be no balls at court. At the same time, his
Majesty declared that having come more particu-
larly to examine into the real wants of the country,
he should abstain from appearing at the tradesmen's
ball at the Casino, a ball about which there had
been some hesitation felt in inviting their Majesties.
These two little coups d'etat have produced a cer-
tain effect. The nobility and the burgesses regret
the lesson which they wished to give the Govern-
ment, and as to the people, properly so called, they
merely laugh at the whole affair, as being com-
pletely disinterested in the matter. With regard
to the ball by the municipality given at La Scala,
it came off last night. Considering the immense
number of invitations given, and which extended
to many of the lower classes of society, this fete
might have been transformed into an excellent
ground for conciliation. Unfortunately, such was
not the case ; and the affair passed off in the coldest
manner imaginable. The Emperor and Empress
were not by any means as warmly greeted as at
the theatrical representation of La Scala, and ap-
peared to take but a very slight degree of inte-
rest in the entertainment. Atter looking, with an
eye evidently careless, not to say wearied, on a
little divertissement given by the corps de ballet
and the first danseuse La Pocchini, their Majesties,
followed by the Archdukes Ferdin And Maximilian
and Charles Louis and the Duke of Bavaria, took
one turn through the salle and then retired. I
cannot make use of the coventional phrase and say
that after the departure of their Majesties the
dancing was resumed with great spirit and kept
up until a late hour in the morning ; for, in point
of fact, no one danced at all for the whole evening,
and at about one o'clock the guests began to retire,
with the exception of those who remained for the
supper which was promised."

ITALY.
A letter from Florence of the 20th instant in-
forms us that, on the same day, the Grand Duke
and Duchess of Tuscany had granted a private
audience to the Marquis of Nurmanby, who pre-
sented letters from his Sovereign in reply to the
notification of the marriage of the Hereditary Prince
with the Princess Mary of Saxony. An hour
afterwards his Highness the Prince of Li Tour
d'Auvergno, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Em-
peror of the French, had likewise the honour to be
received by the Grand Duke to present the letter of
his Sovereign in reply to a similar notification.
A letter from Cagliari of the 20th instant, an-
nounces the arrival there of the Count de Paris from
Genoa.

The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 23d instant, an-
nonnces the arrival of the King of Piedmont a
Nice.

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 21st contain nothing
of political importance. The Marquis de Turgot,
French ambassador, had given a ball, at which the
members of the diplomatic body and a number of
important political personages, amongst them Mar-
shals Narvaez and O'Donnell, were present. M. Ors
y Garcia, an active member of the Liberal party
had been arrested. The elections for the Cortes
would, it was expected, take place at the commence-
ment of April, and it is alleged that the Absolutists
intended to take part in them. The Council of
Ministers had resolved on granting an amnesty to
the Carlist insurgents of Aragon in 1855. At Bar-
celona the authorities were continuing their efforts
to find work for the people, and it was said that
several thousand men were employed on the rail-
waysre in Catalonia. It appears from anwd
oofficial
re-
turn turn that the amount received from the sale of
tobacco, salt, postage stamps, stamps, gunpowder,
and passports, which was 339,171,906 reals in
1855, was 389,721,275 reals in 1856. A protec-
tionist association, in opposition to the free-trade
association, was about to be established.
Cabinet had resolved on not continuing to
make
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deductions from the stipends of the clergy.