The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-23 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN CHINA.
ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 15.
The Calcutta steamer has arrived at Suez with
advices from Hoeg Kong to the 16th of D,-!e.

Yeh, backed up by the gentry and people, con-
tinued obdurate.
The French Folly Fort had been taken and

destroyed.
The Chinese had set fire to the factories, and

all the Aongs were destroyed.
The Oriental, Agra, and Mercantile Banks
were on fire, with no hopes of saving them.
One fatal accident had occurred, 0. T. Lane,
nephew of Sir J. Bo wring, being killed by the
falling in of a wall.

It was said the city of Canton would no longer
be spared, and that the discharge of rockets and
shell& had already commenced.

THE EXPEDITION TO THE PERSIAN
GULF.

There has been received from Trieste, by way
of Vienna, the following despatch :
The Lloyd steamer arrived this evening at
Trieste with the following news :
" The British fleet has taken possession of the
fort of Bushire and the Island of Karrak."

•
THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN
MILAN.
(From, the 2d Edition of the Times.)

MILAN, JAN. 17.
On Thursday, the 15th, the Emperor of Austria
made his solemn entry into the Lombard capital.
The entry, which was at first announced for 11
a.m., was postponed to 2 p.m., and, finally, about
3 p.m. the guns of the citadel made known to the
lieges the arrival of their Majesties at Loretto. To
Loretto 108 gentlemen of Milan went to meet and
greet the Emperor, of whom 60 were unofficial, and
must therefore be considered as volunteers, though
some I have heard went under terror of the Con-
scription Law being enforced against their sons. The
Emperor, I have been told, addressed very few
words to these gentlemen, but said he was glad to
see there were so many.
The Imperial and Apostolic toilets having been
made, the Emperor and Empress started in an open
carriage, followed by their suite, and by so many
of the carriages of those gentlemen who went forth
to meet them as the authorities thought worthy to
join in the train. Arrived at the city gate, they
were, of course, received by the Podesta, Count
Sebregondi, who read an address to the Emperor
full of ornamental phrases, but containing also a
hope that the Imperial visit would contribute to the
amelioration of the city, and that his Majesty
would himself perceive the increasing wants caused
by the progress of society, which was, from some
reason or other, entirely omitted in the report
given by the Government Gazette. His Majesty,
replied that he was willing to forget all that oc-
curred within those walls, and hoped the Milanese
would give him reason to exercise his clemency.
The windows and balconies of almost all the houses
along the route of the procession were more or less
occupied ; but there were some exceptions which it
is said the Emperor himself observed and remarked
upon, particularly the houses of Count Orese and
the Marquis Crivelli, as he seems to have expected
that the political refugees would have returned to
meet him, whereas there were only two, the Duke
Litta and the Marquis Raimoudi. Nothwith-
standing the vast crowd of persons thus collected
to witness this show, there was not, as far as I was
able to judge, the slightest enthusiasm—certainly
none within earshot of where I was myself, and
from what I have been able to learn from others,
cone elsewhere, except at the covered way where
the Imperial party passed on foot from the
Cathedral to the palace, and where it was said
the police had stationed their best elaqueurs.
The same evening the Emperor and the Empress
went to the Scala. The theatre was well filled,
but not with the right people, that is, not with
those who are ordinarily there. On Friday there
were receptions at Court. The Emperor received
all the different civil and religions corporate
bodies, and the military, and afterwards the Em-
press held a Court. The Emperor's receptions
were of course numerously attended, seeing that
all the persons who went to pay their court were
officials of one sort or another, but the number
of ladies was extremely limited, havini, been only
25 Lombards, one Piedmontese, one Tuscan, and
five or six Germans. At the reception of his
Majesty the chief points that seem to have
caused remark were that when he received
the magisterial body, he amused himself
by knocking his spurs together to relieve
himself front the ennui of a very tedious
day of receptions ; and, in reply to the Cen-
tral Congregation, he said, " Gentlemen, I hope
you will know how to preserve the provinces
which you represent in sentiments of fidelity to
Imy person." On the whole his Majesty's manner
has not produced a favourable effect on those who
went to Court ; they say he is stiff and morose,
while the Empress has made herself a reputation
for amiability and provenance, and her good looks
have gained her many admirers of both sexes.
On Thursday evening everything was prepared,
and all went merrily as a marriage bell, but it was
very amusing to see the desperate " whip" made
on Friday to fill the theatre, to do honour to their
Majesties. The Imperial party made their retreat
almost unobserved, and there was, consequently,
of hands on their retirement.
noTchlaepp
ing
Paris Presse contains the following letter
from a special correspondent at Milan, dated the
16th :
"At two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Em-
peror of Austria made his entry into Milan. I saw
everything myself, in order that I night give you
the exact details. This is a resume of the 8010111-
nity—a splendid official reception. A numerous
crowd thronged the streets, but it was silent.
'The Emperor was cheered on four occasions ;
first, before the eastern gate, where hisses inint-ded
with the applause ; before the Dario, where the
Government employes had assembled ; before the
palace of Princess Semailoff ; and before the Hotel
de Ville. At the theatre the public consisted of
the military, functionaries, rustics, men and women
—these individuals replacing for the occasion the
Milanese public.

" The administration had insisted upon having
the keys of the palace—abandoned under various
pretexts by the proprietors—arrl installed their
soldiers, employes, and their families, and some
other spectators of a lesser grade. At the official
presentation not more than 100 persons were pre
sent ; the Milanese nobility were absent almost to
a man."