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

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, DEC. '3o.—The average price of wheat
during the week ending 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, i❑ 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 Monitcur of this day publishes a law dated Dec.
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, and 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 Dike Michael, with which he
was attacked in the Polish capital. The Imperial Family
had left Czars aojeselo and had removed to the palace of
the Emperor at St. Petersburgh.
Prince Woranzow had again arrived at Tifles 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 and 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 Servia received 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 racha 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 FALMOUTH, 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
packet having signalised going into Rio as the Swift
came out; 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 Monteo Video. At Buenos Ayres, the Firebrand
remained blockading; and at Monte Video, the Eagle,
Vernon, Alecto, Melampus, Rally, and Grecian. It was
reported that some of the above were under orders for
the East Indies. The Royal Princess would he chris-
tened in a day or two at Rio, for which much prepara-
tion had been made.