The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

PRICES OF BULLION.

Sovereigns, each, 11r. 2as. ; Bank of England notes,
per 1/. 101 r. ; Spanish dollars, per 100, 221 r ; German
crowns, per 100, 215 r. ; Sycee silver, per 100 tolas,
103 s. ; gold leaf; per tola, 16r. to 17ir., range of quality ;
gold bar, 97, standard, per tola, 16r. 1 la. ; gold mokuns,
Bombay, each, 16r. ; Ditto, Calcutts, old, each 20r.,
new 17r, ; gold tomauns, 16 wals in weight, each 6r. and
14a ; ditto, Gubber, 12 wals in weight, each sr. 4a.
Freights—To London, 80s. nominal ; to Liverpool,
80s. nominal ; to Clyde, no quotation ; to China, 12r. to
15r.—rather difficult to procure.

ARRIVAL from SOUTH AMERICA.
.PORTSMOUTII, JAN. I.—Her Majesty's ship Daphne,
Captain Onslow, has arrived at Spithead. She came up
about nine o'clock, after twelve days' tedious passage,
from Vigo, into hich port she had been compelled to
put to obtain water and provisions. The Daphne has on
board a freight in gold, bars of silver, and dollars,
amounting in value to about one million and a half
sterling, which will be sent to London by the South-
Western Railway. The Daphne quitted Valparaiso in
August, having taken in all the merchants' money which
had been collected from the intermediate ports, and
brought thither by her Majesty's ship Talbot. The
Daphne arrived at Rio Janeiro in October, and left for
England on the 20th of that month. The Curacoa and
Griffin were the only men-of-war there. The Raleigh
had not arrived. The Daphne did not touch at any
place except Vigo. She has brought home Commander
Barrie, promoted ; Lieutenants Aldridge and Jackson,
from the Sampson, invalided - Dr. Slight, promoted ;
and Lieutenant Pennington, with a few invalids
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FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 30.—The average price of wheat
during the week endin• Saturday, Dec. 26, was 27f.
23c.; and that of rye, 21f. 74c. per hectolitre, which is
an increase of 10 centimes on wheat, and 15 centimes
on rye, above the prices of last week.
The Senate, in its sitting to-day, received a report of
Mr. Bethrone on the budget of the interior; and that of
Mr. Ribancourt on the budget of law relative to the im-
portation of tow. The assembly unanimously agreed to
the project of law for the exemption from duty of salt
intended for manure, and the budget of dotations. It
then opened the general debate on the provisional vote
of credit for the department of public works.
The Moniteur of this day publishes a law dated Dee.
22, which fixes the budget of the marine for 1847 at the
sum of 2,191,562 f., conformably to the annexed table.
RUSSIA AND POLAND.

We yesterday received two letters, dated Dec. Bth
and Dec. 15th, by the same post. It seems that the mails
have been detained longer than usual.
The letters confirm the accounts of the unsuccessful
endeavour of the Emperor to cross the Niemen, which is
very thinly frozen over, aed his Majesty return in con-
sequence to St. Petersburgh. The letters mention as
object of the Emperor's intended visit to Warsaw an in-
disposition of the Grand Dzllte Michael, with which lie
was attacked in the Polish capital. The Imperial Family
had left Czars Kojeselo and had removed to the palace of
the Emperor at St. Petersburgh.
Prince Woranzow had again arrived at Titles on the
15th of December. after an absence of six months. The
Russian troops in Trans-Caucasia hope soon to go into
winter quarters.
The Livonian papers mention many instances of
wolves attacking both men and cattle. The district of
Dorpet was the most infested by those ravenous beasts.
Yet, even France, the land of civilisation, has not yet
been able to extirpate these animals, though there is
scarcely any other kind of wild beasts to be found there.
Other accounts which we have received speak of the
measures continued with great rigour to propagate the
Russian-Greek religion. The whole island of Ossel,
they say, is already converted to the Greek church, and
the Protestant churches were now frequented by the
landowners arid their children. Thus the nobility in
the Baltic province are punished for having so long per-
sisted gradually to give civil liberty to the peasants, and
to inspire them with attachment to themselves and their
religion.

BELGRADE, DEC. 17.—A few days ago Mustapha
Beg, a Turkish Commissioner, arrived here, and brought
the orders (about sixty in number) which were pro-
mised to the most deserving civil officers in the service at
the meeting of the Sultan with Prince Alexander Kara-
georgiewitsch last spring. The most remarkable circum
stance is that the Princess of Serviareceived from the Sultan
the present of his portrait, richly set in brilliants, which
the bearer hung round her neck with great ceremony, in
the presence of the Paella of Belgrade. This is cer
tainly the first distinction of the kind with which the
Sultan has honoured a Christian lady, subject of his
kingdom. All this proves both how the Turks have
changed, and likewise how much the Sultan has at heart
to obtain the attachment of the Servian nation.

MONTE VIDEO.—TALMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Her Ma-
jesty's packet Swift, Lieutenant Douglas, arrived to-day
from Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the 6th of
November. Passengers—Captain Barker and Mr. Tom-
linson, R.N., and Mr. Cox. She brings on freight about
14,5001. There is nothing of interest by this arrival.
She brings no mails from the River Plate, the branch
I,aeltet having signalised going into Rio as the Swift
came nut; but the Crane, remaining there, was expected
to leave in a week after, by which the mails will arrive.
As to the affairs of the River Plate, nothing would be
done until Mr. Hood's return, or some one instructed as
to the policy
to he adopted by the Anglo-French authori-
ties at Monte° Video. At Buenos Ayres, the Firebrand
remained blockading•' and at Monte Video, the Eagle,
Vernon, Alecto, Melsmpus, Rally, and Grecian. It was
rei,orted that some of the above v:cre under orders for
the East Indits. The Royal Princess would he chris-
tened in a day or two at Rio, for which much prepara-
tion had been made.