The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-24 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, OCT. 20.—The average price of wheat
last week--was 21f. 19c., and that of rye 13f. 86c.
per hectolitre.
We lea). a from good authority that, whatever may
be the result of the commercial negotiations which
are now on foot at Paris for a Customs Union be-
tween Belgium and France, King Leopold will leave
the French capital about the 3d or the sth of Novem-
ber, at the latest, so as to be at Brussels at least three
days before the opening of the session of the Belgian
Chambers. Scarcely a day passes without an ex-
change of dispatches between the Belgian Ministry
and his Majesty.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 21.—M. Noel, inspector of bridges
and highways, has visited the whole section of the
railway from Con, tray to Tournay. Though the
buildings are not finished, the road may be opened to
the public on the 23d of October. The Minister of
Public Works will be present at the opening. For
the present, there will be only two trains in a day
from Tournay to Brussels, and vice versa. With
respect to the section of Turcoing, it seems that a
trial will be made on the first ten days of November,
and that the inauguration will be on the 15th, when
the King has promised to be present.
The French trains tarif have arrived at Lisle;
there is, therefore, nothing to prevent the trains from
immediately beginning to run, but the French train
at present takes only passengers, and no goods. The
section of Saint Saulve will probably be opened about
the same time.

BERLIN,' OcT. 12.—Letters have been received
within a few days from the two Prussian officers
serving in -the Russian ormy in Circassia, which
proves that the statement given in several foreign
journals that those two officers had been killed in
action with the Circassian, was a fiction. It is said
in those letters, that the losses which the Russians
have latterly sustained were trifling, and the mode
of carrying on the war introduced by the present
Commander-in-Chief, General Grabbe, is represented
as very judicious. Hence it seems to be really the
intention of Russia to keep the warlike mountaineers
confined as closely as possible to their defiles, with-
out attempting to subdue by offensive operations,
which are attended with great bloodshed and expense.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BavasExs, Ocr. 21.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent, 53
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. 102%
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 92
Three per Cent.... ......
---. Thirty-seven Millions, ditto 72
....—.. -. (1848) lO4
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. 92
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent BO
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 77
National Society
Exchange on London (short) . ... .... —
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 21.
A UsTIO AN k'UNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. 13
Five per Cents. Metalliques • .. 109
Four per Cents. lOO%
Three per Cents 76%
Bank Shares .. •............•
ifllg: ineine Zei.:ung, Oct. 17 .

BUENOS AYRES BONDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sm,—l observe that some of your Contemporaries
are disposed to think that too much apathy has been
manifested by the bondholders of the Argentine Re-
public, and indirectly (by comparison, at least) they
also attribute a want of energy to the contractors,
because hitherto no substantial benefit has been ob-
tained.

The first view, as it regards the bondholders, may in
some few instances be correct ; I am happy, however,
in having it in my power decidedly to negative the idea
of any want of energy, or of the least inattention, indif-
ference, or neglect, on the part of the contractors, in
urging and supporting, by every possible means, the
hard case of the creditors on the Bue'nos Ayrean
Government ; but quite the contrary. Tf all the
bona fide holders will do as I have done, send the
numbers of their bonds, and solicit information from
the respectable contractors (Messrs. Baring and Co.),
I have no doubt but they will agree with me that the
measures recently adopted, and now in prOgress by that
house, will prove much more effectual than any com-
bined public meeting or remonstrance of the bond-
holders. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A CONSTANT READER
AND SUBSCRIBER.

Oct. 21, 1842.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.
ERECTION OF A MONUMENTAL COLUMN
IN LONDON TO THE SCOTTISH RE-
FORMERS OF 1793-4.
At the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, on
Saturday (Mr. H. Tabrum in the chair), a long, very
animated, and most interesting debate, took place on
the consideration of the Report of the Committee ap-
pointed to consider, on the suggestion of Mr. Joseph
Hume, M.P. (who has the sum of MO/. placed at his
disposal for the purpose), the propriety of granting a
site, in the parish of Marylebone, for a monumental
column to celebrate the memory of the Scottish Re-
formers of 1793-4, viz.) Alu'r, Palmer, Skirvieg,
Gerrald, and Margarrot.
Mr. FLOOD, the Vestry-clerk, read the Report,
which set forth that the Committee were unanimously
of opinion that it was expedient to accede to the pro-
position of Mr. Hume in providing a site for the
contemplated monumental column. That in the
opinion of the Committee the most desirable place for
such erection was the Regent's-circus, in Oxford-
street,
and the Committee recommended that spot for
the approval of the -Vestry. The spot, however, being
under the control of the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, so far as uniformity of paving and lighting
was concerned, the Report concluded by recommending
that rpplca,ion be made to such Commissioners fur
the sanction.
Mr. COPELAND said he should move that the Report
lie on the table. He would never consent to the
parish of Mwrylebone being disgraced by the erection
of a monument to men who were nothing better than
Jacobins and revolutionists of the worst description.
Mr. HODGRINSON seconded the motion.
Mr. JOSEPH moved, as an amendment, that the
Report be re-committed. He differed from Mr.
Copeland, but he could not concur in the Report,
which made the Vestry, by calling upon them to go
to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and
asking permission to erect the monument, parties to
the acts of these Scottish Reformers.—(Hear, hear.)
Without entering into the claims of those parties to
be political,martyrs, he should move, on the grounds
he had stated, the re-committal of the Report.
Mr. Gomm seconded the amendment.
Mr. GLASIER opposed both motion and amendment.
He contended that the erection of such a monument
would be an honour to the borough of Marylebone.
If the Woods and Forests refused their sanction,
their Vestry could give a site for the monument
opposite Trinity Church, New-road.
Mr. WiLuems said, the erection of a monument to
the Scotch Reformers would do the parish infinite ho-
nour, and he knew.of no place in London more worthy
of it than the spot selected. He said this as an
inhabitant of the Regent-circus.—(Hear.)
Mr. SODEN said it was absurd to go to the present
Government to ask permission to erect a monument
to men of such political principles as Muir and others.
Why not the Vestry at once grant a site in a place
over which they had control ? (Hear.)
Mr. BIERS differed from Mr. Soden. He thought,
however adverse the present Government might be to
the men whom it was desired to honour, they had too
much good sense to refuse the application.
Mr. CLAPP, threw back the insinuations of Muir and
his colleagues being Jacobins and revolutionists,
when he found them associated with such men as Fox,
Lord Grey, and Sir James Mackintosh. Who could
doubt but they were worthy of the proposed tribute ?
In those days of tyranny persecution was so great
that the words of liberality uttered by Lord John
Russell, or even Sir Robert Peel himself, would have
sent them to Newgate or Botany Bay.—(Hear.)
Mr. NISIiETT said he should support the original
motion. It was not the truth that Lord Grey, Fox,
Mackintosh, and
others, associated with these men,
after it was discovered that they had associated withthe Jacobins of France.
After a further and very stormy discussion a divi-
sion took place—when there appeared, for the motion,
14 ; for the amendment, 16—majority, 2.—The Ves-
try then separated.

ROWING MATCH.—On Saturday afternoon John
and Robei t Doubledee, of Lambeth, and T.:Coombes
and Goodrum, of Vauxhall, rowed an oars match from
Westminster-bridge to Putney, for 301. a side. They
are well-known watermen on the Thames, and have
frequently distinguished themselves in various matches,
and the present one consequently excited much inte-
rest among gentlemen amateurs, who, despite the un-
favourable state of the weather, mustered pretty nu-
merously, the Leander and King's College eight-oared
cutters being among the boats brought into requisi-
tion. The men started themselves at about half-past
three o'clock, the rain descending in torrents at the
time. They went off evenly, Coombes and his partner
appearing to have a slight lead before passing the
barge roads, but, having to go outside them, lost what
advantage they had gained, and at the Horseferry the
Doubledees were nearly a boat's length ahead. The
leading men increased upon this, but off the Red
House, Battersea-fields, the young ones, and who
were also much lighter men, gallantly overhauled
their opponents, and a desperate fouling match ensued
for full a mile and a half, during which some admira-
ble manoeuvring and science in the art was displayed.
At length, however, the Doubledees were enabled to
"shake off" their courageous and dangerous oppo-
nents, and they ultimately won the match by about
200 yards. It was a really spirited and gallant con-
test throughout, and both parties deserve the highest

praise.
A rope upwards of three miles long, and weighing
fifteen tons, has been recently supplied to the Direc-
tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway by
Messrs. Maggie, of Gateshead. It is heavier by five
tons than any line ever manufactured before, and is
intended for the tunnel on the Edinburgh and Glas-
gow Railway.--Dundee Courier.